Teaching the IMRAD Scientific Format and Using Its Accompanying Peer Review
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 217
Proposal
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Short Description
The majority of academic writers are used to formatting their research reports in the “Introduction, Body, and Conclusion” format learned in high school. While this format remains a necessary and continual background for various writing strategies, it should be developed into a more significant outline that encourages students to produce quality reports. The former indicates that a “thesis” be established and followed throughout the report. Moreover, teachers remind students to “stay on focus” and end with a conclusion that “wraps up” the argument stated in the thesis. Again, this is the underlying tenet for most writing assignments; however, there exists a more in-depth and deeper level of reporting: using the Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRAD) format.
Keywords
Academic writing, Report production, IMRAD format (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion)
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
LaGamba, JoNette, "Teaching the IMRAD Scientific Format and Using Its Accompanying Peer Review" (2012). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 45.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2012/2012/45
Teaching the IMRAD Scientific Format and Using Its Accompanying Peer Review
Room 217
See presentation description.
