1, choose the correct paper topic.

Lin Chongde, a famous psychology professor, said that a good topic selection is half the battle for a thesis, whether it is an undergraduate, a master or a doctoral student. I advocate that my graduate students should not always follow my topic and my research direction to choose thesis topics.

There are two problems to pay attention to. First of all, we should consider the basis of student research: what research work students have done and what their academic interests are; Second, the topic of the paper should be groundbreaking and have certain theoretical and practical significance. After such consideration, the topic is decided and we can enter the opening topic.

Ren Dingcheng, a famous professor in the history of science and technology, reminded that some graduate students have big topics when writing their papers, but they will find themselves difficult to control in the process of writing. Therefore, when writing a thesis, we must learn to focus on the big picture, start with small things, do closed research, such as statistical analysis of some data, and do some in-depth practical investigation and research.

Hu Zhifeng, a famous professor of communication, pointed out that the topic of the thesis should be moderate. Generally speaking, we should pay attention to the following points: first, the topic selection should reflect professionalism and meet the requirements and norms of this major; Second, the topic size is moderate; Third, we must have a sense of problems in order to make the paper targeted and targeted.

Fourth, we should have academic awareness, analyze the degree of academic research on this issue, and find a new point on the basis of their research, so as to have academic significance. Fifth, it is also important to communicate with instructors and experienced people.

2. When writing a paper, you should highlight your own work.

Professor Ren Dingcheng said that each paper has its own specific norms. As long as the research is done well and solidly, the paper will be easy to write. The pressure of science students to write papers comes from publishing papers in high-level international journals, which will have a certain impact. The pressure of liberal arts students stems from their ignorance of international academic norms, and some master students and doctoral students are still writing their graduation thesis with the standard of college entrance examination composition.

If you want to write a graduation thesis well, you should mainly spend time and energy to find out the problems that can be better studied, then determine the appropriate research methods and find out the results through hard and meticulous work. In this process, we must pay attention to our own work and clearly express our understanding and views on the problem in order to become a qualified academic paper.

3. Rational use of reference materials.

When writing a paper, you often need to quote materials. Many students, especially undergraduates, are puzzled: to what extent does citing materials count as "plagiarism"? How to use materials reasonably? In the process of reading the materials, I found that I was easily "taken away" by the materials, which led to frequent changes in topics. What is the reason?

Professor Hu Zhifeng said that an important criterion to define citation and plagiarism is whether you have your own opinions on the whole, whether you have your own arguments, and whether other people's literature is a supplement and citation to your own opinions.

If you don't form your own opinions and judgments, just moving other people's things around will inevitably lead to plagiarism. If you have your own opinion, information is a footnote to your opinion and a reasonable quotation.

Hu Zhifeng explained that it is normal for undergraduates to be "taken away" by information and change the topic, because the undergraduate stage is also a process of learning from others and cannot form their own things. The fundamental reason is that the students who are "led" lack a kind of determination and have not formed their own basic positions and viewpoints.

How to prevent others from taking it away? The best way is not to lose your original problem, but to have your own judgment and understand what you are concerned about and interested in.

4, learn to do second-hand literature list, work list.

Lin Chongde said that literature review is both subjective and objective. It is objective, because it reflects the relevant research data of a certain discipline and the research results of others and predecessors; Subjective abstract is a summary of the achievements of predecessors and others, and whether the abstract is accurate is the most important part of literature review.

Literature review of graduate students must adhere to two standards: first, there must be basic theories of psychology; Second, it must cover the academic achievements at home and abroad in the past five years. Advocate reading new literature, so that you can understand the research trends at home and abroad, grasp the whole research trends, and the paper will have a certain foundation. Don't write a paper or do research without a good literature review.

Ren Dingcheng said that the conditions for doing research and writing papers are very good, the library is rich in materials, and e-books and the Internet are convenient to use. As long as we make full use of it, the research information will continue, providing a good foundation for research. When doing research, you should learn the norms of doing research and writing academic papers.

Learn to make a second-hand literature list, learn to write a work list, learn to collect information for indexing, and fully learn the research done by others. Only on the basis of other people's research, can our own research be solid, the paper be scientific and rigorous, and further innovation be possible.

5. Students should actively strengthen communication with their tutors.

Some people report that the level of students' papers is declining year by year, and even some students only spend a day or two writing papers and do things hastily.

Hu Zhifeng said that tutors should also be responsible for the low level of students. Although the tutor has a heavy burden and great pressure, since he has recruited students, he should take responsibility, supervise and urge them to do a good job in the thesis.

Lin Chongde said that tutors should grasp every detail in students' thesis writing. My graduate students started this project in the second semester (Grade One). I think opening the topic early can make students start the research of the paper early, which is convenient for the guidance of the next paper. Tutors should also grasp the inner dynamics of students and understand their practical difficulties. The quality of students' thesis depends on the requirements and guidance of the tutor.