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WRITING YOUR ABSTRACT....
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Abstracts
What are they?
Why do we need them?
What do you need to include in yours?
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Abstact – what is it?
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• Go to: What is an abstract?
• Download the sample paper.
• Read the abstract
• How much does it tell you about the article?
• Does it entice you to read the article?
Read an abstract
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Abstract - definition
• An abstract is a short summary of your completed work.
• If done well, it makes the reader want to learn more about your work.
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2 main types
Descriptive• provides a description
of the report's main
topic and purpose as
well an overview of its
contents.
Informative• provides information from
the body of the report—the
key facts & conclusions.
• summarizes the key
information from every
major section in the body
of the report.
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Writing an abstract
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Keep in mind
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Abstracts answer these qns...• What was done?
• Why was it done?
• How was it done?
• What was found?
• What is the significance of the findings?
• An abstract written at different stages of your work will help you to carry a short version of your project in your head.
• This will focus your thinking on what it is you are really doing and help you to see the relevance of what you are currently working on
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Or abstracts contain the following1) Motivation/problem statement:
Why do we care about the problem? What practical, scientific, theoretical or artistic gap
is your research filling?
2) Methods/procedure/approach: What did you actually do to get your results? (e.g. analysed 3 novels, completed a series of 5 oil
paintings, interviewed 17 students)
3) Results/findings/product: As a result of completing the above procedure,
what did you learn/invent/create?
4) Conclusion/implications: What are the larger implications of your findings,
especially for the problem/gap identified in step 1?
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Identify the structure used
Because on-line search databases typically contain only
abstracts, it is vital to write a complete but concise
description of your work to entice potential readers into
obtaining a copy of the full paper. This article describes
how to write a good computer architecture abstract for
both conference and journal papers. Writers should
follow a checklist consisting of: motivation, problem
statement, approach, results, and conclusions. Following
this checklist should increase the chance of people
taking the time to obtain and read your complete paper.
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Identify the structure used• What was done?
• Why was it done?
• How was it done?
• What was found?
• What is the significance of the findings?
• Motivation/problem statement:
• Methods/procedure/approach
• Results/findings– /product:
• Conclusion/implications
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Have a go.....Write a first draft of your lit review abstractUse: •Either the resources about abstracts. OR•The structures covered in the slideshowPost in your project diary.