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WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER:

AN INTRODUCTION

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CHARACTERISTICS OF A

GOOD RESEARCH PAPER1. It must be truthful.

2. It must be objective.

3. It must be timely and relevant.4. It must be clear.

5. It must be complete.

6. It must be neat and presentable.

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TIPS ON SUCCESSFUL

RESEARCH PAPER WRITING1. Know the requirements.

2. Make sure your topic has been approved by yourteacher.

3. Do not attempt to take the shorter route.4. Acknowledge all information you get from books, articles,

and from the internet.

5. Keep all your drafts, notes, references and the outlineinside an envelope.

6. Keep your list of references updated on a separate sheetof paper.

7. Know what processes keep you from writing and changethem.

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STEPS IN WRITING THE

RESEARCH PAPER1. Know the requirements and choose a topic.

2. Look for references

3. Prepare a preliminary Bibliography.

4. Construct a tentative thesis statement and tentative outline.

5. Continue gathering information and taking down notes.

6. Revise tentative thesis statement and tentative outline.

7. Write the first draft of the body.

8. Write the introduction.

9. Write the conclusion

10. Put together parts of the paper.

11. Add reference list.12. Revise the draft of the paper to check organization and content.

13. Edit the draft for grammatical and mechanical accuracy.

14. Submit the paper.

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CHOOSING AN APPROPRIATE

SUBJECT/TOPIC FOR YOUR PAPER

THINGS TO CONSIDER IN CHOOSING ATOPIC

1. Your interest in the topic.

2. The availability of data or materials onthe topic.

3. Your ability to handle the topic.

4. The relevance and timeliness of thetopic or the subject.

5. The usefulness of the topic.

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TOPICS TO AVOID

1. Topics that can adequately developed from a single source.Ex: The Seven Layers of the Atmosphere.

2. Topics that are so technical that the writer cannot understand his/hermaterial, much less present it intelligibly to others.Ex: Convergence and Divergence of Acid Rain and the Greenhouse Effect.

3. Topics that can be developed solely from personal experience and thereforedo not require research.Ex: Why Love is Blind.

4. Topics that are too narrow or too trivial for a paper of suggested length.Ex: The Difference Between a Centimeter and a Millimeter

5. Topics that are so subjective that they cannot be significantly influenced byresearch.Ex: Why Females are the Stronger Sex (aka Why Girls are Better than Boys)

6. Questions that dwell on morality or ethics and those that require valuejudgment.Ex: Should there be prayer in the classroom?

7. Overworked or worn-out topics like euthanasia, divorce, pre-marital sex,abortion and drugs.

8. Topics on which little has been published anywhere.Ex: Are there aliens in Saturn?