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Cards (46)

  • academic writing - it is a from of writing produced as part of academic work
  • book review - gives essential information about a book
  • literature review - integrated analysis and synthesis of scholarly artciles
  • research report - the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources to establish facts and reach new conclusions
  • project proposal - used to present general plan and justification to pursue a project
  • position paper - used to claim a one sided position on a specific issue
  • book review - it is a critical assessment of a book based on key points like content, style, plot, author, quality, etc
  • book report - commonly describes what happens in a work and focuses on the major plot, characters, and main idea of a book
  • before you read - there will be elements that you need to consider before beginning to write your review of a book
  • as you read - this time, pay more attention to the introduction and preface
  • writing the review - begin with a couple of sentences describing what the book is about
  • revising - means making changes or doing some modifications in your paper
  • before you read
    • author
    • title
    • genre
    • preface
    • introduction
    • table of content
    • cover / book jacket
    • abstract or summaries
  • as you read
    • characters
    • setting
    • theme
    • plot
    • style
    • arguments
    • quotes
    • index
  • assessment - it is an assessment of a body of a research that addresses a research question
  • process - it is a process of reading, analyzing, evaluating, and summarizing scholarly materials about a specific topic
  • summary - it can simply be a summary of the sources where it gives a recapitulation of the important information of the source
  • chronological literature review - it is the best used for histographical papers and research methodology that focuses more on how the ideas have developed over time
  • thematic literature review - it can be compared to an inverted pyramid that focuses on broad to specific topics and ends with a synthesis
  • information partly related to the paper - refers to the data from studies not directly related but somehow can influence the research
  • information directly related to the paper - refers to data from other authors with the same problem statement. it can either agree or disagree with the problem stated
  • synthesis - means to put together multiple ideas from different sources to understand the role of each part
  • research - derived from the middle french word "reserche" which means "to go about seeking" the term itself being derived from the old french term "recercheir"
  • research - it is a systematic process of gathering and analyzing data to establish a plan of action
  • importance of research - research will help you and all people to discover and to explain facts that may be the reason why a modification in almost everything is happening
  • characteristics of a good research
    • accurate
    • logical and objective
    • relevant
    • patiently done
    • specific, measurable, and attainable
    • systematic
    • timely
    • clear
    • complete
    • presentable
  • summary note card - this note is condensed form of what you have read
  • paraphrase note card - this includes a move comprehensive discussion compared to a summary
  • quotation note - this note is an exact copy of the statement read during the research
  • thesis statement - is a statement that contains the main idea of your research
  • introduction - it gives the background of your paper
  • background of the study - brief history of the problem
  • statement of the problem - it should be clearly stated and defined
  • significance of the study - explanation of the importance of the study
  • scope and delimitation of the study - limitation and coverage of the study
  • hypothesis - intelligent guesses regarding the results of the study
  • body - it is the longest part of the paper and this contains the main points and the details about them
  • conclusion - it is the summary or the restatement of what has been discussed in the introduction and body of the research
  • documentation - defined as the recording of published sources materials for the research report
  • bibliography - list of the books that you have read and consulted in writing your paper