- TITLE PAGE
- ABSTRACT
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BODY
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I) Introduction
- A. Statement of topic area
- B. Statement of general issues
- C. General goal of paper
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D. Literature review
- 1. Historical overview
- 2. Major contributions to this research area
- 3. Statement of purpose, including identification of gaps
- 4. Hypotheses
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II) Method
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A. Participants
- 1. How many?
- 2. Characteristics (male/female, proficiency level, native language,
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B. Materials
- 1. What instruments?
- 2. What sort of test? What sort of task?
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C. Procedures
- 1. How is the treatment to be administered?
- 2. How/when is the testing to be conducted?
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D. Analysis
- How will the results be analyzed?
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III) Results
- Charts, tables, and/or figures
- verbal descriptions
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IV) Discussion/conclusion
- Restatement of the main idea of the study
- • Summary of the findings
- • Interpretation of the findings in light of the research questions
- • Proposed explanation of the findings, usually including information
- about any findings that were contrary to expectations
- • Limitations of the study
- • Suggestions for future research
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIXES