WRITING YOUR ABSTRACT....
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?
• 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
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.
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.
Writing an abstract
Keep in mind
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
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?
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.
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
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.
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