Abstract Directions(Fall Assignment #8)

Abstract Directions(Fall Assignment #8)

What is an Abstract? The Abstract is a summary of your proposal or project. Your abstract is made up of a brief statement of the essential, or most important, thoughts about your project. Abstracts should summarize, clearly and simply, the main points of the experiment. Spelling, grammar, punctuation, neatness, and originality are important. It should be 250 to 300 words in length (1 paragraph). It is usually one of the last parts of your proposal or project scientific journal article that you will complete. Basically, you should include a brief description of every part of your proposal or project and it should tell the “story” of your project.

This document should be done in WORD and emailed to Dr. Adams

In the FALL, include the following to create your abstract:

• The title of the project and the name(s) of the author(s).

THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE IN PARAGRAPH FORM:

• A short introduction that contains your project’s purpose statement and why the problem or idea is important as well as the hypothesis statement. THIS SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN PRESENT TENSE (“IT IS KNOWN…”). ~2 SENTENCES
• A brief description of the methods that includes a description of the variables and the experimental control / constants; a description of the variable(s) that will bemeasured in the experiment (the dependent variable(s)); the parameters that will be used to affect the dependent variable(s) (the independent variable(s)—ones you manipulate); and a description of how the variables/controls will be measured/observed. THIS SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN FUTURE TENSE (“WILL BE DONE…”). ~3-5 SENTENCES
• A brief description of what you anticipate the resultsto be and what those results mean. THIS SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN FUTURE TENSE (“WILL BE SEEN…”) AND USE THE WORD “ANTICIPATED” WHENEVER DISCUSSING WHAT YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN. ~2 SENTENCES
• A short conclusion of what the anticipated results will mean to the overall problem or idea. THIS SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN FUTURE TENSE (“WILL MEAN…”). ~1 SENTENCE

In the SPRING, include the following to create your abstract:

• The title of the project and the name(s) of the author(s).

THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE IN PARAGRAPH FORM:

• A short introduction that contains your project’s purpose statement and why the problem or idea is important as well as the hypothesis statement. THIS SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN PRESENT TENSE (“IT IS KNOWN…”). ~2 SENTENCES
• A brief description of the methods that includes a description of the variables and the experimental control / constants;a description of the variable(s) that were measured in the experiment (the dependent variable(s)); the parameters used to affect the dependent variable(s) (the independent variable(s)—ones you manipulated); and a description of how the variables/controls were measured/observed. THIS SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN PAST TENSE (“WAS DONE…”). ~3-5 SENTENCES
• A brief description of what the results were. Include actual averaged data as well as descriptions of what those results mean. THIS SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN PAST TENSE (“WAS SEEN…”) AND PRESENT TENSE (“THIS MEANS…”). ~3-5 SENTENCES
• A short conclusion of what the results mean to the overall problem or idea. THIS SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN PRESENT TENSE (“DOES MEAN…”). ~1 SENTENCE