The 7 secrets of academic writing every professor should know:
The anatomy of any perfect research paper has 7 crucial components.
The anatomy of any perfect research paper has 7 crucial components.
1. Evidence
Make it visible
Present facts and data.
Show your sources explicitly.
Let readers see your supporting material.
Invisible evidence is no evidence at all.
Make it visible
Present facts and data.
Show your sources explicitly.
Let readers see your supporting material.
Invisible evidence is no evidence at all.
2. Analysis
Interpret with purpose
Make sense of your evidence.
Interpret with your discipline's lens.
Qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods.
Your analysis should always reveal profound insights.
Interpret with purpose
Make sense of your evidence.
Interpret with your discipline's lens.
Qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods.
Your analysis should always reveal profound insights.
3. Question/Problem
Start with "Why?"
Address a specific issue.
Your study should fill an existing gap.
It often comes from our lack of knowledge.
Make your contribution clear.
Start with "Why?"
Address a specific issue.
Your study should fill an existing gap.
It often comes from our lack of knowledge.
Make your contribution clear.
4. Method
Show your work
Employ a rigorous procedure.
Use a discipline-specific approach.
Your method is the blueprint for everyone else.
Make it clear, replicable, and defensible.
Show your work
Employ a rigorous procedure.
Use a discipline-specific approach.
Your method is the blueprint for everyone else.
Make it clear, replicable, and defensible.
5. Structure
Build a logical framework
Establish causal sequences.
Organize your ideas coherently.
Whether IMRAD or another format.
Your structure guides readers through your argument.
Build a logical framework
Establish causal sequences.
Organize your ideas coherently.
Whether IMRAD or another format.
Your structure guides readers through your argument.
6. Argument
Construct a compelling case
Develop a series of demonstrated claims.
Lead the reader to a central idea.
Thesis or hypothesis.
Your argument is your work's spinal cord.
Construct a compelling case
Develop a series of demonstrated claims.
Lead the reader to a central idea.
Thesis or hypothesis.
Your argument is your work's spinal cord.
7. Implications
Look beyond your results
Extract broader significance.
Discuss your findings' impact in context.
What comes next? What matters? What now?
Impactful research poses more questions than it answers.
Look beyond your results
Extract broader significance.
Discuss your findings' impact in context.
What comes next? What matters? What now?
Impactful research poses more questions than it answers.
These elements transcend disciplines.
But may manifest differently across fields.
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