Dissertations and Project Reports
A Step by Step Guide
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Faced with your dissertation or major project and need some help getting started? Thinking about how your final project will affect your overall grades? Then read on.
Tapping into her tried and tested formula for learning, bestselling author of The Study Skills Handbook, Stella Cottrell, takes you step-by-step through the key stages of planning, developing, researching and writing up your dissertation or project report.
Whether you are an undergraduate or a postgraduate, this guide:
- Offers comprehensive coverage of the major components essential to producing strong dissertations and project reports
- Gives unique emphasis to the importance of project management skills
- Gets you involved through interactive activities, checklists and engaging student examples
Most importantly, it offers the support you need at every stage and will help ensure that the creation of your academic masterpiece is an enjoyable and rewarding experience.
Bestselling author Stella Cottrell taps into her tried and tested formula for learning and brings students the essential guide to producing top-quality dissertations and project reports. The book breaks down this process into manageable chunks and covers everything from preparation and planning through to conducting research and writing up the finished article. Packed with dozens of hands-on activities and quotes from real students, this book demystifies dissertations and project reports and helps ensure that the process is an enjoyable and rewarding experience.
This is an invaluable resource for students of all levels embarking on a dissertation, project report or other piece of extended writing. Its interdisciplinary approach means it is the ideal companion for students of all disciplines.
- Helps students to conceptualise the project as a whole and establish a clear strategy from the get-go
- Emphasises the importance of sound project management skills when producing long assignments
- Provides explanations of purpose or rationale at specific steps, so students understand the reasoning behind what they are doing
- Contains detailed checklists, self-evaluations and reflective activities at every step to help students stay on track and manage their project effectively
- Includes insights from students with first-hand experience of writing an extended piece of academic writing
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