PHE 505 Abstract

Guidelines and Rubric

Overview:

Abstracts typically serve five main goals:

1. Help readers decide if they should read the entire text

2. Help readers and researchers remember key findings on a topic

3. Help readers understand a text by acting as a pre reading outline of key points

4. Index articles for quick recovery and cross referencing

5. Allow supervisors to review technical work without becoming bogged down in details

The format of the abstract is determined by the type of study you are cond

ucting. Note: The abstract is written in third person. No references or quotations are

allowed.

Prompt

: Please craft an abstract for your research Your abstract needs to include:

 Title

 Statement of topic and purpose of your research

 Scope of yo ur research

 The methods that will be used and the kinds of evidence anticipated , as well as collection and analysis methods

 Anticipated results and potential consequences

Guidelines for

Submission Submit assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12 point Times New Roman font, and one inch margins Your abstract

must be 150 200 word s

Critical Elements

Proficient (100%)

Needs Improvement (8

0% Not Evident (0%)

Value

Title

Title is

concise and

representative of the

investigation

Title is either wordy or under

expresses nature of the study

There is no title

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Topic & Purpose

Main idea and purpose

of the

research, research questions and

reasons behind the research are

clearly stated

Main idea and purpose

of the

research and the research

questions are outlined

Topic and/or

purpose is not

stated

10

Scope

Foundation for the work, the

author’s concentration and the

focus of the research are

described

The focus of the research and the

aut hor’s concentration are

evident

Any statement of scope is vague

and without clear direction

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