11839_procedure for writing a term paper (chemistry)

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WRITING A TERM PAPER

A term paper is a task assigned to the student, which they will have to complete within the term and tosubmit (Along with a presentation on the same) at least one week before the last class of the term. Aterm paper is an innovative course specific long duration activity to be completed by students as a

minor project. The students are required to gather assimilate and analy!e the data for a givenproblem1.

"rimarilyTerm Paper is a record of intelligent, careful and systematic reading, noting and presentationof several sources on a particular subject under study. The procedure for writing such aTerm Paperconsists of the following steps#

Task Importance/Methodology Suggest !e"eadl nes

$. %hoosing a subject &ost good papers are built around questions. 'ou canfind subjects in any Te tbook *eferencebook +ournal ewspaper &aga!ine etc. -imply takesome part of the te t that interest you and e amine itcarefully.

Ask yourself the following things about it to seeif you can locate a question to answer in your paper.

oes it tell you all you might wish to learn aboutthe subject/

Are you sure it is accurate/oes the author make any assumptions that

need e amining/%an two of the more interesting sections in the

te t be shown to be interrelated in some useful way/

'our paper is an attempt to write a well0organi!edanswer to whatever question you decide upon, usingfacts for the purpose of proving (or at least supporting)your contention.

iscuss the subject with your teacher before movingahead.

1 Guidelines for Evaluation & Assessments-Ref. LPU/VCO/8 / 8

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1. 2inding sources ofmaterials

2or this one can go the library, search various websites.And start writing the material related with the topic ofyour term paper. 'ou can make reference cards of theseby placing these cards according to the topic. The

references should be written in following format.1! Article in a journal 3ilson, +.A., "ulford, 4. . and Thomas, -. (1556),

-orption of %u and 7n by bone charcoal, 8ol.19, pp. 9$09:.

1) 2rom book *aymaond %hang (155;), %hemistry, Tata &c0


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6. Tell in the end what youCve said (summary andconclusion)

>. 3rite the references (complete one)

;. Dditing the paper 'our first draft is ready

A. *ead it as a readerF. Fe loud in reading, you will know about the fault.%. %ross check spelling.. *eferences, footnotes, and punctuation.2. "roper form of tables and graphs. (give table no. andfig. no. along with their tile and also give the referencenumber to it)s

B. Avoid %opy "aste o not copy pastes directly from the source. Try to makeyour own language.

$5.2inal body $. Title page1. Acknowledgement

6. Table of %ontentThen start with your actual material. Gntroduction Gmportance of topic *eview of literature %urrent research status %onclusion references

$$. -ubmission ofpaper

onCt wait for the last date submit it before last date insoft copy. Ipload well in advance, at last date servermay be to busy to work for you.

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11839_procedure for writing a term paper (chemistry)

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