EAPP (writing an abstract, precis or summary Flashcards
1
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What are the research abstract?
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Rationale (around 20%)
Research problems (around 10%)
Methodology (around 20%)
Major findings (around 40%)
Conclusion and implications (around 10%)
2
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- are used throughout the research community to provide a concise description about a research project. It is typically a short summary of your completed research.
- does not use any citation, specific result statistics, and is last to be written.
- usually contains 150 to 300 words.
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research abstract
2
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outlines the topics covered in a piece of writing so the reader can decide whether to read the entire document.
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descriptive abstract
2
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readily present the key ideas and major findings of the study (e.g. research papers)
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summative abstract
2
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what are the kinds of abstract?
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- descriptive abstract
- summative abstract
3
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- is a short summary for non-research academic text.
- generally condenses information into 15 to 30 percent of the original text.
- Main ideas are combined using cohesive devices.
- Name of the author and the title of the article are indicated in the first sentence.
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precis / summary
