Transcript Written Report - King Edward VI Handsworth School

Written Report
• All projects must include a written
report.
• Approximately 5000 words if your
project consists of only a written report,
e.g. extended essay, exploration of a
hypothesis, investigation etc.
• Minimum of 1000 words if your project
combines a report and an artefact.
EPQ Report: You need to consider:
• The format.
• The structure of the report and what is included:
– Sources of information accessed
– Details of the range of skills used
– Historical or other research
– Details of the methodology used; the design, knowledge,
understanding and skills used to complete activities
– A conclusion which summarises logical inferences from the
research and evaluates the outcomes of the project, and
your own performance of learning and decision making.
• The language of the report using the features of academic
writing.
• The length – in line with AQA requirements.
• The writing process.
• How to avoid plagiarism through appropriate referencing.
Why must I reference my work?
1. It allows the reader to distinguish your ideas from other
people’s.
2. It allows your claims to be checked so you can’t just make
things up.
3. It allows the reader to follow up things in your work that interest
them.
What must I supply references for?
• You must supply a reference for every work (book, journal
article, web-page) you have referred to in your essay. Any idea
or fact that isn’t yours must be referenced so that the reader
can tell where it came from.
How do I supply references?
• We distinguish between citation, which is referring to other
works in the text of your essay, and referencing, which is how
you present information about your sources at the end of your
essay.
Name(s) & initials.
Article title
Date.
Smith, A. & Jones, B. (2006). Giving
references properly.
Journal of Psychological Writing, 18,
256-259.
Journal in which published.Volume
No. Page Nos.
Citation in text
You make your reader aware of a work you
have drawn data or ideas from by giving the
author’s name(s) and date of publication
(Smith and Jones, 2006). It doesn’t matter
whether the work you are citing is a journal
article, a book, a chapter in an edited text,
the citation format is always the same
(Bloggs, 1995). The exception to this is
where you are citing a newspaper story in
which case you give the name and date of
the publication (The Guardian, 22nd February,
2009).
Things you do not have to
cite & reference:
Things you must cite &
reference:
Common knowledge – ideas that
are very widely known and
accepted;
· Facts that are common to a
variety of sources and generally
agreed upon;
· Personal ideas and
suggestions.
Direct quotations; (give page
numbers as well);
· References to others’ ideas in
paper or web-based
materials; references to a
reference already cited by
another in a text;
· Paraphrases, precis and
summaries of others’ quotations;
· Paraphrases, precis and
summaries of others’ ideas;
· Statistics, figures, charts,
tables, pictures, graphs etc.
Put these features of an academic
report in order
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Introduction
Abstract
Conclusion
Results and
discussion
• Bibliography
• Methodology
• Title
What is in each?
Features of academic reports
• Is there an abstract? What form does this take?
• Is there an introduction? What is its length
compared to the rest of the article?
• Does the article reflect a specific piece of research?
• How are the findings described?
• How does the discussion or debate unfold? Are
different points of view put forward? How?
• What conclusion is included?
• Are illustrations/photos included? What part do they
play?
Managing your report writing
• Plan your report and how many words to include in
each section.
• Generate lots of ideas for different sections of your
report.
• Write initial ideas in a first draft.
• Rigorously edit and cut.
• Redraft and re-write.
• Use a word processing spell checker.
• Rigorously edit and cut - ask your supervisor or a
subject expert to read it.
• Draw up your conclusion.
• Careful proof read for accuracy and style.
• Finalise your bibliography.
Your report
• Which features are appropriate for your own
report and subject area?
• Are there any other features you have seen
throughout your research which you think
you need to include?
• Work out a possible template for your own
report.
• Submit your template to your supervisor for
approval.
Writing an Arts/Humanities report
• MLA guide on formatting at:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/7
47/01/
• Harvard Referencing System – see Moodle
• CMS guide for quotations and footnotes:
www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citation
guide.html
Writing a scientific report
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Title
Abstract
Introduction
Experimental
procedures
• Results and
discussion
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Identify the different
sections in the
scientific articles.
• Use the Harvard
referencing system.