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TERM PAPER TERM PAPER

PREPARATIONPREPARATION

Anecito G. Galdo, MAEM

Assistant Professor 2

Southern Leyte State University Main Campus

Sogod, Southern Leyte



Term Paper DefinedTerm Paper Defined

written assignment that asks students to applyideas, theories, concepts, or principles learnedor studied in class to a new situation(www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/~agraham/guides/tpglossary.htm).

paper assigned in course which requires that astudent synthesize knowledge gained on acertain topic and present it in an orderly

fashion; length varies, but is often 10 or 15 typewritten pages(www.oswego.edu/academics/continuing/orien

tation/terms.html).



Term Paper DefinedTerm Paper Defined

a lengthy piece of written workrequired of a student on a topicdrawn from the subject matter of acourse of study(www.answers.com).



WRITING PAPER: 10WRITING PAPER: 10

BASIC STEPSBASIC STEPS Explore your topic

Form a thesis

A thesis statement in an essay is asentence that explicitly identifiesthe purpose of the paper orpreviews its main ideas



Clarifications on ThesisClarifications on Thesis

A thesis statement is an assertion,not a statement of fact or an

observation.

Fact or observation: People use manylawn chemicals.

Thesis: People are poisoning theenvironment with chemicals merely tokeep their lawns clean.




A thesis takes a stand rather thanannouncing a subject.

Announcement: The thesis of this paperis the difficulty of solving ourenvironmental problems.

Thesis: Solving our environmentalproblems is more difficult than manyenvironmentalists believe.




A thesis is the main idea, not thetitle. It must be a complete

sentence that explains in somedetail what you expect to writeabout.

Title: Social Security and Old Age.Thesis: Continuing changes in the Social

Security System makes it almostimpossible to plan intelligently for one's

retirement .




A thesis statement is narrow, ratherthan broad. If the thesis statement

is sufficiently narrow, it can be fullysupported.

Broad: The Philippine steel industry has

many problems.Narrow: The primary problem of thePhilippine steel industry is the lack of funds to renovate outdated plants and

equipment.




A thesis statement is specific ratherthan vague or general.

Vague: Hemingway's war stories arevery good.

Specific: Hemingway's stories helped

create a new prose style by employingextensive dialogue, shorter sentences,and strong Anglo-Saxon words.




A thesis statement has one main pointrather than several main points. Morethan one point may be too difficult for the

reader to understand and the writer tosupport.

More than one main point: Stephen Hawking'sphysical disability has not prevented him frombecoming a world-renowned physicist, and hisbook is the subject of a movie.

One Main point: Stephen Hawking's physicaldisability has not prevented him frombecoming a world renowned physicist.




BASIC STEPSBASIC STEPS

Take notes

Organize your research

Draft the paper

Edit the paper




BASIC STEPSBASIC STEPS

Rewrite

Prepare the bibliography

Prepare the title page

Proofread



PREPARATIONPREPARATION

GUIDELINESGUIDELINESPAPER LENGTH

The paper should be 15-25 double-spacedpages of 12 pt text, excluding your cover page,

abstract, literature review, and figures. Thepaper should be submitted in hardcopy andmay also be sent by e-mail. However, thehardcopy must be presented not later than5pm on the due date.

PAPERS ARE DUE ON SATURDAY,SEPTEMBER 30, 2006, NOT LATER THAN5PM.



FORMATFORMAT

Typing

Use a word processor or typewriter;

minimum font size is 12 point.Use one side of sheet only; line spacingshould be 3 or 4 lines/inch (double-space).

Use medium-weight bond paper (16g) -white.Leave 1-inch margins at top, bottom, leftand right.



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Pa ge Numbering

Number the pages in the bottom center,

as follows:

Abstract-------------------- ii

Acknowledgment-------- iii (if included)

Table of Contents--------iv



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Title Pa ge :

should be a separate page.

Centered, approximately 3 inches from the

top, with 2-inch margins at both left and righteach

3 to 8 words in length

Centered below the title, and with suitable

line spacing, should be the authors name,followed by the course name and number forwhich the term paper or report is beingsubmitted, and finally the date of the report



FORMATFORMAT

T a ble of Contents ( Pa ge iii or iv, a s a ppropri a te)

Use separate sheet. Example:TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction...............................................1

2. The Elliptical Graph Problem....................3

2.1 Definition of Elliptical Graph....................3

2.2 Optimality of Graph Structure.................5

3. The Graph Solution Algorithm...................7

4. Comparison with Other Algorithms..........16

5. Experimental Results............................... 20

6. Conclusions............................................. 23

Appendix A - Validity Proof of Algorithm......25

Appendix B - Source Code Listing...............27



FORMATFORMAT

List of Figures (omit if none)

You can number figures either

sequentially (e.g., Fig., 1, Fig. 2) oraccording to the section within which

they occur (e.g., Fig. 2.1, Fig. 3.2), butbe consistent.



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List of T a bles (omit if none)

Tables also can be numbered

sequentially or according to the sectionwithin which they occur (e.g., Table 1 or

Table 2.1).



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G loss a ry (option a l)

Use a glossary if you use many acronyms,

special words or symbols. List the items in

alphabetical order, together with brief

definitions



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Abstr ac t

One page of single-spaced text and should

include: (a) a short introductory sentence ofthe general topic being discussed, (b)statement of the problem (i.e. questionsaddressed), (c) synopsis of the findings, (d)

overall major conclusions and (e)identification of areas that need further study.



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B ody

Essenti a lly the body of the p a per is a n

exp a nsion of wh a t is presented in the

a bstr ac t ( a nd vi c e vers a ).



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I ntrodu c tion

introduce the general topic (as you did in the

abstract), explain what topics you will address

what major questions you plan to discuss, aswell as the boundaries of the paper.

will help the reader (and you) to focus on your"message" and avoid false expectations ofthe reader



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The Other Se c tions

The sections following the Introduction would

deal with a detailed description taken to solvethe problem, with the particularimplementation (say, if the development ofspecialized software was involved), withresults obtained (possibly comparing thesewith results by others if this is appropriate),and finally with a concluding section(Conclusion).



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The Con c lusion

This is an important section. Concisely

review what you have done and whatyour results have been. In particular,

restate what you consider the significantimplications of this work to be.



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I llustr a tions : "A picture is worth a thousandwords", so use every opportunity to

complement what you say with a figure, table,or picture. If you use someone else'spicture, be sure to acknowledge the sourceOR ELSE YOU WOULD BE PLAGIARIZING

THEIR WORK. THIS IS UNETHICAL. Youwill also lose points if this turns out to be the

case.



ReferencesReferences

Follow this:

Fama, E. F. (1991). Efficient CapitalMarkets II, J ourn a l of Fin a n c e , 49(3),

pp.15751617.Keynes, J. M. (1936) The G ener a l Theory

of Employment, I nterest a nd Money ,London: Macmillan.

Strunk, W. and E. B. White (1999) The Elements of Style , Allyn and Bacon

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