WRITINGYOURBIO196PAPER

MarilenM.Parungao1stSemester2010‐2011

RESEARCHPAPERSTHATYOUCANWRITETHISACADEMICYEAR…

•  Primaryorexperimentalresearchpapers(THESIS)– describeanexperimentperformedbytheauthor– thepaperisaboutanovelinves>ga>onconductedbytheauthor

•  Secondaryorreviewresearchpaperssummarizetheresearchthathasbeendoneinapar>culararea– Reviewsgenerallydonotintroducemuchnewinforma>onornewresults,butrathersynthesizealargerbodyofwork,providinganewperspec>veonafieldorques>on

YOURBIO196SCIENTIFICREVIEWPAPER

•  Isnota'bookreport'oranannotatedlistofexperimentsinapar>cularfield–  Demandsaconsiderable,completeliteraturereview–  Beyondjustrepor>ngtheresultsandconclusionsofother

studies– Mustintegrate,interpretandexpandtheseconclusions

•  ReviewpapersoLentakehistoricalperspec>ves,describinghowafield(andthemajorques>onsinthatfield)changedasmoreinforma>onwasaccumulated

•  Reviewpapersmayfocuson'thestateoftheart'inapar>cularfield;interpre>ngdivergentresultsandsugges>nganappropriateavenueforfutureresearch.

TIPSFORYOURBIO196SCIENTIFICREVIEWPAPER

•  TIPS:– Presentrelevanceofapar>cularresultorconclusion

– Combineconclusionsofseparateinves>ga>onsintoacohesivepresenta>on

– Maybecontrastedandcompared;arethereconflic>ngconclusions?

– Canapparentconflictsberesolvedthroughanewoutlookorinterpreta>on?

HOWWILLYOUWRITEYOURBIO196PAPER

BEFOREYOUCANORALLYPRESENTANYTHNG,WRITESOMETHING!

WHATSHOULDITCONTAIN?•  Title•  Abstract•  Introduc>on•  Body•  Conclusion•  Acknowledgements•  LiteratureCited

•  NOTE:–  1)researchatopicandfindapar>cularsetofissues,resultsor

opinionsthatseeminconflict;–  2)researchthisareainmoredetail,andthenthinkindependently–  3)Buildanthateithersupportsonesideoftheconflictorresolvesit

ABSTRACT•  Thisisaconcisesummaryofthepaper:shortandshouldincludeasentencedescribingeachofthesetopics:– objec>vesandintroduc>on(background)– methods– results– conclusionsanddiscussion(relevance)– 

•  Whereyoutrytogainthea[en>onofthereader:ORyourreadermaynotwanttocon>nuereadingyourpaper

•  LASTTOWRITE!

INTRODUCTION•  Focusesthereaderontheissuesyouwilldescribeorcontrastinthebodyofyourpaper

•  Establishesacommonpointofdepartureforreaderswithdifferentlevelsofexper>se

•  Itshouldprovidesomejus>fica>onforthepaper(whytheissueisimportant),anditshouldpresenttheobjec>veofthepaper

•  NOTE:Directthereaderfrombroaderbackgroundinforma>ontothespecificissuesthatyouwilladdress

BODY

•  Outlineswillbeabighelptoyouatthisstage

•  Don'tbeafraidtowriteyourideasdonebeforetheyareperfectlyformed

•  Youcanplacetheminalogicalsequenceanddevelopthemintoaflowingpresenta>on

WHATTHEBODYSHOULDCONTAIN•  ExperimentalEvidence:Describeimportantresultsfromrecentprimaryliteraturear>clesandexplainhowthoseresultsshapeourcurrentunderstandingofthetopic

•  Men>onthetypesofexperimentsdoneandtheircorrespondingdata,butdonotrepeattheexperimentalprocedurestepforstep

•  Pointoutandaddressanycontroversiesinthefield

•  Usefiguresand/ortablestopresentyourownsynthesisoftheoriginaldataortoshowkeydatatakendirectlyfromtheoriginalpapers

CONCLUSION

•  Redefinetheobjec>veofthestudyandshowhowyousa>sfiedthesegoals

•  Itshouldstrengthentherela>onshipbetweentheideasyouhavebuiltinthebodyofthepaper

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

•  Thankthepeoplewhohelpedyouresearchtheques>on,designorconducttheexperiment,andreviewdraLETC…

LITERATURECITED

•  Thissec>oncontainsbibliographicalinforma>ononthereferencesthatwerecitedinthebodyofthepaper

•  Onlylistthereferencesthatwereactuallycitedinthebodyofthetext

•  APAFormatinci>ngreferences

FORMATTINGYOURPAPER•  Usedoublespacing(or1.5)

•  12pt./TimesRoman

• MAXOF12PAGES

•  Oneinchmarginsonallsides

•  Pagenumberinginlowerrightispreferred

READY?BUTFIRST,CHOOSEATOPIC!

1. THEME‐CENTERED2. CLASSWILLCHOSETHETHEME

TIMELINEDATE class 9-10 class 10-11

June 21

Lecture 1: Making your Review and Assigning of Presentors

Lecture 1: Making your Review and Assigning of Presentors

June 28 Lecture 2: How to Present your Paper

Lecture 2: How to Present your Paper

July

Library Work to Finish Review paper (Submit Review Paper on July 26 to Reactor and Faculty-in-Charge)

Library Work to Finish Review paper (Submit Review Paper on July 26 to Reactor and Faculty-in-Charge)

August and September

Seminar Proper (3 papers at a time)

Seminar Proper (3 papers at a time)

August 2 Speaker 1-3 August 9 Speaker 1-3 August 16 Speaker 4-6 August 23 Speaker 4-6 August 30 Speaker 7-9 Seotember 6 Speaker 7-9

September 13 Speaker 10 and Awarding

September 20 Speaker 10 and Awarding

TOPICS:JUNE28OUTLINE:JULY5FIRSTDRAFT:JULY26FINALDRAFT:SEPTEMBER27