The abstract ppt

This is a 1.5 hour lesson for undergraduate course in Advance Research for lecture discussion with writeshop activity.

1. Lesson Objectives: Define an Abstract Enumerate and describe the 2 types of Abstract Differentiate Abstract from Introduction Explain the purpose and limitations of Abstract Evaluate the structured and unstructured Abstract Show example of abstract Write your own abstract

2. ABSTRACT - A concise summary of a larger project that precedes papers in research journals and appear in programs of scholarly conferences, usually a one paragraph appearing at the beginning of a manuscript, acting as a point entry for any academic paper.

3. TYPES OF ABSTRACT Structured Abstract- usually follow IMRAD pattern; original, norm, citation needed Unstructured Abstract- composed of one paragraph with no explicit headings often appropriate for review articles that don’t follow the IMRAD pattern within their bodies

4. DESCRIPTIVE VERSUS INFORMATIVE ABSTRACT DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT INFORMATIVE ABSTRACT -Describes major points of the project to the reader - Includes background purpose and focus of the paper or article but never the methods, results and conclusions if it is a research paper -It is most likely used for humanities and social sciences papers or psychology essays - Informs the audience of all the essential points of the paper -Briefly summarizes the background, purpose, focus, methods, results, findings, and conclusions of the full length paper -is concise usually 10% of the original paper length, often just one paragraph - most likely used for sciences, engineering or psychology report

5. Abstract differ from Introduction ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION The essence of the whole paper Covers the following academic elements: -background -purpose & focus -methods -results/ findings -conclusions/ Recommendations Summarize briefly the whole paper including the conclusions Introduces the paper Covers the following academic elements -background -purpose -proposition -also called point of view or thesis statement -outline of key issues -scope 3. Introduces the paper and foregrounds issues for discussion

6. Purpose and Limitations of Abstract

7. Purpose and Limitations of Abstract

8. CRAFTING A RESEARCH ABSTRACT

9. CRAFTING A RESEARCH ABSTRACT

10. CRAFTING A RESEARCH ABSTRACT

11. EXAMPLE OF RESEARCH QUESTION TRANSLATED INTO THESIS STATEMENT

12. CRAFTING A RESEARCH ABSTRACT

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14. LET US WRITE

15. CRAFTING A RESEARCH ABSTRACT

16. ASSIGNMENT Be able to encode and print your one page Abstract and submit next meeting. Follow our Format: Arial Font size 11, 2 in X 2 in, One paragraph without indention, 200 to 500 words only.