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Our Emerging Líteracy
Orientarían
Educational research writing
is
like other forms
of
writing
in
many respects Here
is one of them— a good research article rnust grab yo
ur attention right away. In addi-
tion a
good
research
article
will let you
know what
it is all
about
a s
soon
as it
can.
Good titles
an d
good opening
paragraphs an d
statements address both
o f
these
goals
A
good title will capture you r interest
or at
least
let you
know
if the
article
is
aimed at a reader like you or not. Furthermore a good title
will tell you quite a bit
about
i ts
article.
It
will
not
only reveal content—m ore often
than not
it
will tell
yo u
something about the manner in which
the
research
was conducted. The opening
points are even more directed toward your potential
desire to read t he article. In
the
very beginning researchers often make their case for
why you should read
their
research in the
first point. All researchers
feel
their research is important
. The best
researchers make their work
as clear as they can while
convincing you that this
research ought to be important to you
as
well.
ractíce
Makes
erfect
It
is now time to practice som e of the ¡nsights and
ski l ls
you have
explored
¡n
this
chapter. First
o f
all
yo u
need
to
turn
to the l i teratura. I t
should
be
easy
t o find
journa ls
with
primary art ic les that
are
¡nteresting
to
you.
Gather
together
about three to
four
art icles that you can understand
to some degree based on your
knowledge of the
field.
Now do the following:
•
Identify
the
t it le
type for
each art ic le.
Do not worry about
covering
all
types.
Just see i f you can handle the act of
labeling real t it les.
• Each of th ese art ic les
also
has an opening. Can you ident i fy their
openings?
Again do not
worry about
covering all types of openings.
• If possible shar e your results with
your c lassmates.
What
sor ts of t it les and
openings
did you
f ind? Were some types
of
t it les
and
openings more common
than oth ers? Did these various types
seem
to depend on the content and form
of the art ic les or the topics covered?
C h a p t e r
The
Abstrae
The Abstract Is the Front
Door
to a
Research
Art icle
There A re Specif ic
Guidelines
fo r Creating an
Abstract
There Are a Number of Different
Types of A bstracts
Abstracts Foreground
Important
Content
Abstracts
Can Be
Coded
and Decoded
Our
Emerging
Literacy
Orientation
Practice Makes Perfect
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