Conducting Educational Research - Educational Psychology.
A Sample APA Paper: The Efficacy of Psychotheraputic Interventions with Profoundly Deceased Patients Jeff Aspelmeier Radford University Acknowledgments: Many parts of this paper were unabashedly ripped off from course materials developed by Dr. John Rosenkoetter that were presented to me when I took research methods with John (we will not discuss how long ago that was). The absurdity of the.
The main elements of your discussion section are generally the same as any research paper, but centered around interpreting and drawing conclusions about the key findings from your analysis of the case study. Note that a general social sciences research paper may contain a separate section to report findings. However, in a paper designed around a case study, it is common to combine a.
For example, a clinical study might discuss how psychologists might apply the findings in a clinical setting or a social psychology project might talk about political implications. By exploring those kinds of implications, students address what Scholl considers the most important-and often overlooked-purpose of the discussion: to directly explain why others should care about your findings.
Examples of results sections. An excerpt from the results section of a chemistry report Results When samples of hydrolysed and unhydrolysed BSA were analysed by ascending paper chromatography, the appearance and separation of the two samples were quite different. The unhydrolysed BSA had very little colour and appeared to remain on the origin (Fig. 1, lane 7). In its hydrolysed form, however.
Journal Article: Discussion. Criteria for Success. A strong Discussion section: Tells the main conclusion of the paper in one or two sentences. Tells how the paper’s results contribute to answering the big questions posed in the Introduction. Explains how (and why) this work agrees or disagrees with other, similar work. Explains how the limitations of this study leave the big questions.
American Psychological Association style is the format of choice for writers of scientific research papers. Typically, APA-style papers are broken down into a standardized set of sections, allowing.
This paper should be used only as an example of a research paper write-up. Horizontal rules signify the top and bottom edges of pages. For sample references which are not included with this paper, you should consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 4th Edition. This paper is provided only to give you an idea of what a research paper might look like. You are not.