Your report should include the following labeled sections.
ABSTRACT:
Briefly summarize your project by
explaining the behaviors you attempted to
change or observe, the procedure you used,
the measured outcomes and the conclusion.
PURPOSE:
Clearly state the intent of your project.
METHOD:
This section refers to the exact steps
in your experiment or project. Include your actual PROCEDURE, describe
your SUBJECTS, and include the MATERIALS used. This section
should be written clearly and with enough detail to enable another experimenter
to duplicate your project.
RESULTS:
In this section you display and discuss
the data you collected. Your results should be expressed clearly and factually.
You may want to compute a mean or a correlation to summarize your data.
This is not a section for conclusions. Just state the facts you obtained.
Graphs and tables are excellent aids for you to use as you explain the
data to your reader. A table showing the number of dwarfs remembered
in each condition in the memory assignment would be useful. If you use
a spreadsheet or a word processing program to make your chart you should
be able to copy it to your clipboard and then post it to the Forum.
CONCLUSION/DISCUSSION:
This section will tie together all of
the important factors of your report.
It provides you with an opportunity to:
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