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Category Archives: ILMRaD
on “other” academic writing
Academic writing is not all introduction, literature, methods, results, discussion. While this is the dominant mode of writing across the social sciences, and in other disciplines too, it is not all that there is. IMRAD, and the variations on it, is certainly … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, ILMRaD, IMRAD
Tagged academic writing, alternative genres, IMRAD, Pat Thomson
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is there a format for a thesis?
There is a format for the thesis and it goes like this – Introduction, Literature review, Methods, Report of research findings, Discussion and conclusion. This is known as ILMRaD. Many theses follow this structure and it does ‘work’ – it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged default thesis structure, ILMRaD, literature review, methods chapter, Pat Thomson
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some more thoughts on structuring the thesis
A little while ago I was asked a tricky question about thesis chapter: How much should each thesis chapter stand-alone? On pursuing this a little, it turned out that there was more to the question. The questioner also wanted to … Continue reading →