The first step in writing a graduation thesis is to choose a topic. An appropriate topic can make a good start for the writing of the whole paper. Many candidates think that tens of thousands of words of graduation thesis is easier to be bigger, but they have gone into the misunderstanding of writing empty.
Li Tonggui, a teacher of psychology department of Peking University, believes that undergraduates should not make the topic of their thesis too big, but should start with a small problem by combining reality with their own reality or through investigation and analysis. And if you want to make the topic concrete, you'd better connect it with reality. Weng Changshou, a teacher in the journalism department of Renmin University, suggested that candidates might as well combine the topic of the thesis with practical work in order to find problems at close range. At the same time, because we have accumulated rich materials in practical work, we can try to solve the problem by choosing the research framework. On-the-job examinee Qin Feng combines work with topic selection. When he was developing an enterprise instant messaging software for his computer company, it was also very helpful for him to take his own work project as the topic, collect information extensively, discuss the development background and design framework of this project, and complete his graduation thesis.
For candidates who lack work experience, in addition to traditional data collection, they can look for topics from current political news and hot issues of public opinion. Candidate Sun Litong said that the topic of his graduation thesis was inspired by the scholar Yu Dan's project. Yu Dan's "new interpretation" of a sentence in The Analects of Confucius caused a heated discussion in the society for a while. While comprehensively analyzing the ancient comments on this sentence, he listed different ways to break the sentence. Finally, combined with the idea of teaching without distinction, etiquette and music in The Analects of Confucius, he reached different opinions.
In addition, candidates with diverse professional knowledge backgrounds may wish to adopt interdisciplinary research methods. Bruce Lee, a teacher from the College of Literature of Beijing Normal University, introduced that a student he had coached had studied the knowledge of administration. Although he chose an object with rich previous research results, he linked the text analysis with the arguments of administration, thus finding a new way to choose the topic.
Literature can be used for two purposes.
For graduation thesis, it is essential to quote and collect literature. The first function of citing literature is to prove the argument and enrich the content of the paper. However, it should be noted that the sources of documents and materials must be regular. Teacher Guo of Peking University Law School suggested that for most professional candidates, they should try to browse the periodicals in the library or get information from the websites of professional periodicals such as China HowNet and VIP Information, instead of using online literature casually. Due to the lack of standardized editing, there are often many errors in online materials, even out of context, which is easy to mislead candidates.
A self-taught graduate introduced that when he was writing a paper, he quoted a passage from Engels on the Internet, but when he was commenting, he wrote the wrong name of the document on which this paper was based and corrected it when he answered. If candidates find materials that can be quoted from online literature when writing their papers, they should not quote them directly, but verify the authenticity of the materials from formal literature sources as the source of the materials. If candidates majoring in journalism must quote online news, they must indicate the exact website in their notes.
Another function of related documents is that they can be used as teaching materials for academic research and thesis writing. For self-taught students, they are usually immersed in textbook review, and rarely have access to professional journals, let alone familiar with the methods of paper writing. Teacher Gan, who directs the law graduation thesis of self-taught examination, believes that the process of collecting materials is also the process of self-taught examination candidates learning to write papers. It is suggested that candidates should pay attention to learning writing methods while reading the materials collected from professional journals. For example, from what point of view, how to start the argument, the academic norms to follow when quoting materials, the format of the paper, etc.
Format conformance template
Xiao Yang is a self-taught journalism graduate. When he applied for his graduation thesis for the first time, he had no idea about the format of the thesis. "It takes only 800 words to write an argumentative essay in high school. How can you write a graduation thesis of thousands of words? " Xiao Yang said. But her confusion was quickly solved, because after applying for the graduation thesis, she quickly got the format template of the thesis from the examiner school.
In this paper template presented by Xiao Yang, the reporter saw that the first page is the cover of the paper, and candidates only need to fill in the information such as name and major according to the prompts. On the second page, candidates should write a summary of the whole paper and make a brief statement of the text, which generally includes the research significance and purpose of the topic, the problems to be solved in the paper, and the basic viewpoints. The number of words can be controlled within 300 words. After that, candidates should list several key words of the paper.
In the body part, in addition to writing the title of the thesis, the tutor will generally ask the candidates to write in several paragraphs, and each paragraph should draw up a paragraph title according to the template. The text under the paragraph heading should be arranged in the natural paragraph. If a document is quoted in a natural paragraph, the quoted part must be quoted and marked in the form of endnotes. If the quoted material is divided into separate paragraphs, quotation marks are not allowed, and endnotes are required after the quotation. It is worth noting that although candidates indicate the source of references in the endnotes, they still need to list the references used in writing the paper at the end of the paper.
The reporter learned from some examiner schools that many professional candidates will get the template provided by the examiner college or tutor when writing their graduation thesis. However, due to the differences in the nature of disciplines, there may be subtle differences in the paper templates of various majors. Some professional paper templates also have specific requirements for the forms and publicity formats in the papers. When writing a thesis, candidates should strictly follow the format provided by the thesis template to ensure the academic standardization of the thesis.
Attitude determines achievement.
Self-taught graduation thesis scores are divided into four grades: excellent, good, qualified and unqualified. Those who pass the exam can graduate, but most candidates will aim at obtaining a degree and pursue good and above results. According to the relevant thesis tutor, the final score of a thesis generally depends on whether the candidate's writing attitude is serious. It is not difficult to get good or above grades as long as you write your thesis carefully and revise it according to your tutor's opinions.
Yuan, director of the Office of College of Literature, Beijing Normal University, said that most of the candidates majoring in Chinese Language and Literature in previous self-taught exams have achieved good results in their graduation theses. Many candidates' first drafts fail to achieve this result, and there are many problems. However, the thesis tutor will make corresponding suggestions for revision according to the specific problems in the candidates' papers, and list relevant literature materials for candidates to read, so as to enrich the content of the papers. Candidates can generally do well in the exam as long as they revise their papers to the standards expected by the tutor according to the requirements of the tutor. For the undergraduate thesis, the tutor will not ask for the level of filling the academic gap, but only ask the candidates to put forward their own views and "justify themselves" after conducting independent research and investigation on a certain issue.
However, if the examinee's attitude is not serious, it is often difficult to achieve good results in the thesis. A thesis supervisor of preschool education major said that there was a candidate in the last thesis defense, and the thesis was not written seriously. Until the final version, there are still many quotations that are not marked as required, and the material quotations also account for a large proportion, lacking independent thinking and opinions. The tutor suggests that if the candidate's graduation thesis is still not satisfactory to the tutor before the defense, he can apply to the tutor for an extension of the defense, and don't miss the opportunity to get a degree. The best way to make your papers reach the standard is to keep a serious writing attitude, communicate with your tutor frequently, pay attention to the corresponding academic norms, and don't copy them.
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