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How to write A Good Report

LITERATURE REVIEW

Show what has been done before

Refer to

LITERATURE REVIEW

STEP 1

SELECTING TOPIC

main relevant authors/ works

most recent work

LITERATURE REVIEW

further research

• Place your study in perspective

• Relate

findings

LITERATURE REVIEW

NOTICE

Undergraduate research project is not required to write as separate chapter

Purpose

previous

knowledge

• Define and limit the problem

• Select methods and measures

Understand

the assignment

LITERATURE REVIEW

Choose the topic you

Show what was

done in present work

• Show reason for study
• Define objects

Step 4

WRITING YOUR REPORT

METHODOLOGY

You can change the topic

Use BOLD Subheadings

METHODOLOGY

• to organize methods section by topic
• easy for reader to find

• the topic is lack of information
• the topic is too broad

EXPLAIN

METHODOLOGY

For a researcher

in the RELATED field

to understand the essence of methods

For a researcher in the SAME field

to replicate

the experiments

How to write A Good Report

Step 4

WRITING YOUR REPORT

INTRODUCTION

Summarize

- Prior work ( Literature Review)

- Your new approach

How to write A Good Report

Introduce

THE 3 FIRST STEPS

- The problem and reason it is interesting

- Every new idea, concept, symbol, abbreviation

Main ideas

STEP 3

PREWRITING YOUR REPORT

Think up a Thesis Statement

STEP 3: PREWRITING YOUR REPORT

Others

Summary of what you want to prove

General enough to stand throughout your essay

Ask yourself

• Define scope and purposes
• Provide a brief result preview

• DO NOT use subheadings

1. Why is this problem important?

2. Why is it timely?

3. How does your approach to the problem differ from other approaches?

Create

Decide how to FORMAT your report

How to write A Good Report

STEP 3: PREWRITING YOUR REPORT

Create an OUTLINE

• A structure using Microsoft Word
• 3 sections

- Front matters

- Body

- End matters

• TOC, LoFs, LoTs

STEP 3: PREWRITING YOUR REPORT

Visualize your essay

Research your topic

Pick 3 major ideas

STEP 2: RESEARCHING TOPIC

Insert

How to write

STEP 2

RESEARCHING TOPIC

Straightforward lists

Idea webs

Concept maps

• Page number
• Citation
• End note
• Footnote

Have the correct number of sources for your paper

Write down

details about each

STEP 2: RESEARCHING TOPIC

Keep track of

information you find

Write it down on

a flashcard

Visit the LIBRARY

STEP 2: RESEARCHING TOPIC

Excellent source of information

book that

cover your topic

useful information

the source

other author used

Make sure your online sources are REPUTABLE

STEP 2: RESEARCHING TOPIC

Double check any fact you find

Decide the TITLE

of your report

STEP 2: RESEARCHING TOPIC

Avoid unreliable sources

Clear

Descriptive

Not too long

State main result

A GOOD REPORT

HOW TO WRITE

A GOOD REPORT ?

And follow the STRUCTURE

• Step 1: Selecting your Topic
• Step 2: Researching Your Topic
• Step 3: Prewriting for your report
• Step 4: Writing your report
• Step 5: Finalizing your report