The elements of the EE

Typing

12 pt Arial or Times New RomanBlack ink 1.5 spacing 1 inch borders around text.Consistently use EITHER footnotes OR

endnotes. Be consistent with spelling: e.g. always

-ize OR -ise, but not both.

Title Page

Your nameYour student numberYour essay titleEE subjectYour school

Abstract

No more than 300 words. State what the problem is.State the methods used to try to find

answers to the question posed.Summarise the findings in one or two

sentences.DON’T put in lots of specific details It is NOT your introduction!

Introduction

Say why you felt compelled to research this topic.

Give a clear outline of the background to the problem.

Body

Use “View Header and Footer” to insert name, student number and school on each page.

Use automatic page numbering.Don’t “crowd” your work.No pretty borders and title fonts - this is

academic work!

Conclusion

State briefly what your findings are. If you didn’t research it, don’t write it into

your work!Don’t invent conclusions that have no

connection to your workings.Don’t introduce new ideas in the

conclusion.

Appendices

Do you really need them?If so, order and label them clearly

and make sure they are referred to in the body of your EE.

DON’T include CDs, audio tapes

Bibliography

Include every source you have referred to.

Group according to publication, websites, interviews etc. (remember to record dates for downloading articles from the net, conducting interviews etc)

Use the Harvard format for referencing.

Harvard Referencing

(Hawking 1994)(Smith, P 1992) and (Smith, T

1993)(Smith, Jones and Brown 1995a)(The Fine Line 2004)

Bibliography

Book:Stewart, I. 1998. Life’s Other Secret. London, UK. Allen Lane, The Penguin Press.

Articles from journals:Musick, Mark D. September 1996. “Setting education standards high enough”. Network News and Views. Vol xv, number 9. Pp 14-20.

Information from the internet

Vincente Goyzueta. Inka’s Sacred Capital. 16 March 1999. www.bestweb.net/~goyzueta/qosqo/.

What is MLA Style? 5 January 2003. www.mla.org.

Referencing pages

See Smith, P (1992: 12-15)“Don’t use footnotes if you can

avoid them.” (Smith 1997:145)Don’t include page numbers in text,

as a rule. They can go in the bibliography if necessary.