REVISING AND EDITING WORKSHEET

WRITING AND SPEAKING ABOUT SCIENCE

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Revising = Checking Broad Structure

Does the intro answer all of the guiding questions? (ntroduce topic and signi)icance* Summari+e re e,ant pre,ious researc"* Prepare )or current data -y raising .uestion or indicating gap* (ntroduce current study -y stating purpose or out ining researc"* Methods Section Past tense* Su-"eadings* Ans'er a guiding .uestions* Results Section Are data con,erted to managea- e si+e* Are genera i+ations c ear and supported* Are data se ected persuasi,e and support t"e /ey message* 0o grap"ics )o o' guide ines! inc uding o ( ustrations se ) e1p anatory* o (n)ormati,e tit es A2345 ta- es* o (n)ormati,e captions 2563# )igures* o (ntegrated e1p icit y and appropriate y in te1t* Does conclusion and/or discussion answer all the guiding questions? Summari+e ma$or )indings compared 'it" ot"ers or predictions* Address ad,antages and imits o) met"ods used* 51p ain imp ications )or current practice or t"eory* 3ut ine researc" .uestions t"at remain* Is an thing !issing that a reader in the target audience needs to know? Is the ke !essage"s# clear? $ther ele!ents as needed:

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%diting = Checking Sentences and &iner Structure

0o ,er-s )o o' su-$ects as soon as possi- e* (s t"e action con,eyed -y ,er-s* (s t"e 7ne' in)ormation8 at t"e end o) sentences or c auses! in t"e stress position* (s t"e 7o d in)ormation8 at t"e -eginning! in t"e topic position! to in/ -ac/ and pro,ide perspecti,e )or ne' materia t"at )o o's* (s t"e noun '"ose 7story8 it is at t"e -eginning! in t"e topic position* Are sentences o) ,aried engt" used to dra' readers in* 9a,e t"e ru es o) grammar and spe ing -een used 'it" pro)iciency* #ou d su-"eads impro,e your understanding* 3t"er e ements as needed:

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