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About a correct length of course work

The main requirements for the volume of course work Most often, such requirements are presented in the guidelines for the relevant subject, issued by the university. If there are no instructor's instructions on this score, then it is worth to focus on the volume of 25-35 pages. At the same time, the older the course, the volume of the course should be closer to the upper boundary of the range (about 35 pages). Important! Applications are numbered separately and are not included in the scope of the course.

The volume of the structural parts of the course work

If the total amount of work is relatively clear, then how much should each structural unit have? How to skillfully distribute the information on the chapters in order to open the topic and "fit" into the given boundaries?

Title page

On the first page the number is not set, but it is included in the total volume of the course work.

Table of contents

The second page of the course is the table of contents. Despite the fact that the research work itself begins with the introduction, the table of contents is a full section of any scientific work that is included in the volume and numbered. Introduction The introductory part of the course work is represented by a number of mandatory elements, the total volume of which is 1-2 pages. In this part, the main essence of the research is presented in a laconic form. If the introduction goes beyond two pages, then it is worth reviewing the content of this part. Perhaps, it is worth reducing the relevance, reflecting its formulation more clearly, accurately and concisely, reviewing the tasks, methods of research, etc.

Main part

This part is the basis of the course work and takes about 20-25 pages. The number of chapters can vary depending on the subject, but most often the main part of the coursework contains 3 chapters. The allocated volume should be evenly distributed between the chapters: 6-8 pages for each chapter. In the same way, you should distribute these pages according to the paragraphs of each chapter: depending on their number, there are 2-4 pages per paragraph.

Conclusion

In the concluding part the main conclusions and proposals for research are formulated. This part of the work usually takes 2-3 pages.

Bibliography

The number of pages that the list of literature occupies depends on the number of sources. If the teacher does not make any special requirements to the number of sources, then one should expect that one source of literature per page of text. So, the list of literature from 35 sources will take about 2-3 pages. When starting a course work, the student must make a plan. Already at this stage it is very important to estimate approximately how many pages each paragraph will occupy, so that later there would be no difficulty with such seemingly trivial matters as compliance with volume requirements.

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Educational internship report writing guidelines

Educational practice is one of the forms of teaching students of initial courses, which is aimed at consolidating theoretical knowledge and preparing for practical assignments. Usually such practice is pre-approved by the university and passes in accordance with a specific curriculum.

The educational practice of any student, regardless of the type of activity, must end with the writing of the report. This, in a way, is the result of the acquired skills and knowledge.

How to write a report on training practice: information gathering

The ease and dignity of the training practice is that most of the time these classes are held in a group. Usually during practice, a group of students is led on an excursion to an enterprise, where they learn in detail about its structure, analyze its activities, take out useful information for themselves, get acquainted with the rules of work, and understand what they will have to face after graduation.

Already at the initial stages of the practice, many students have the question of how to write a report on practice. For this, first of all, as you go through the practice, you need to collect such information:

Information about the organization where the practice is conducted and its structure;

Information about the work of the department in which the classes took place;

Information about the duties of people working in this department;

Documents contained in the company, all sorts of archives and extracts.

In addition, the report on training practice should be supplemented with a so-called practice diary.

The practice diary is a document that contains detailed information about what the student did every day of practicing. It indicates the date and type of work performed. A very correct step will be to ask the head of training practice for an example of the report, as well as certain requirements for it. The fact is that very often in many universities the requirements for registration differ from the generally accepted requirements, especially recently.

Additional annexes to the report on the training practice

In addition to the report itself, you need to write a few more documents that are required when submitting the report:

Diary of practice;

Explanatory note;

Characteristic.

Thus, the writing of a report on the training practice should be approached with all seriousness and responsibility. A lot of requirements are imposed on the student, after performing which, you can pass the work without problems, but you need to be very careful: to lose sight of any small flaw is very easy.

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How to make up a of graduation thesis

Structure of the graduation plan thesis

Thesis work plan is written so that the student not only opened the topic, but also could form a logical sequence. Then you can easily create your own structure, and also laconically deliver the information to the commission that will be present on thesis protection.

Introduction

This is the first thing that starts the thesis plan. In the introduction, the following points are considered: The relevance and appropriateness of the topic; What are the goals and objectives of the project? what objects and objects are considered; practical significance graduation thesis; what, where and how investigated; which main sources were in development at the time of writing; that is included in the graduation thesis structure. Typically, the introduction should fit on two A4 sheets. That is, it is necessary to describe the graduation of thesis briefly and in fact. However, in some cases the volume is exceeded, but there is nothing to worry about. It is important not to exceed 5 A4 sheets. This will be considered a search and it is unlikely that the commission will have the patience to listen to a long introduction.

Theoretical part

It describes the subject and object of research. This part shows the student's knowledge of theory. The author of the graduation thesis in the first chapter shows that he processed enough scientific literature, primary information (documents, postings, data from the archive, etc.). Everything depends on the graduation thesis theme. It is also necessary to touch on a bit of history in the theoretical part. That is, here you can tell about the works of predecessors. What they have achieved in this area and what mistakes may have been made. Attention! If you doubt your abilities, we recommend that you ask for help in writing graduation thesis to professionals. As a rule, the author should inform the commission that on the basis of textbooks or encyclopedias it is impossible to thoroughly learn the theory. Therefore, it must be confirmed by scientific facts. If the author of thesis brings something new and unusual to science, this will be a big plus for the commission. There are some nuances that will help quickly and easily write the first chapter graduation thesis:

Generate a list of sources used. This is necessary in order to immediately reference the necessary literature when writing a work.

Write exclusively on this subject and reflect the essence of the problem.

Write the opinions of several authors who know and deal with this problem. Expressed in scientific style.

To finish the first chapter of the theory is logical and to sum up the above.

Practical part

After writing the theory, it becomes easier to express thoughts, since the necessary scientific information is obtained. Now we need to collect the initial data about the enterprise, which is described in graduation thesis. For this, you need to undergo pre-diploma practice. When the student has received the result at the enterprise with the help of documentation and experiments, then it is necessary to conduct an analysis. To do this, you need:

describe the graduation thesis object;

substantiate the methodology of work on the basis of practical data;

analyze the data;

to develop a proposal for introducing something interesting, new and unusual to the enterprise;

solve the tasks that are necessary for graduation thesis;

sum up the practical part.

Conclusion

As you can see from the example, thesis must be logically terminated. For this purpose, a section "Conclusion" was drawn up. Here are described the results of research, that is, summarizes the results that need to be logically structured. In conclusion, the conclusion is written:

the conclusion made by the author in the course of the research on practice and theory;

proposals for the introduction of new developments in the enterprise;

result, as for the prospect of research on the topic;

answer the questions: "what tasks were given in the work?", "what goals have been achieved?";

write about the difficulties and problems identified in the enterprise.

In the final section, you need to write briefly about the main point. There should be a maximum of 3 A4 sheets. It is necessary to write so that there is an ideal combination of a practical part and a theoretical one.

List of used literature

And now, finally left to write the sources that the student used, and the work can be considered complete. Literature should be modern. That is, you need to take textbooks that are written in the last 5 years. Later sources can be used if historical facts or data are needed. The literature is taken exclusively on the topic of the project.

Most preference is given to scientific articles, statistical data, monographs, etc. Laws should also be applied if the topic is appropriate. The literature used is written in alphabetical order. Any official documents or laws used in the graduation thesis are written at the very beginning, before the literature.

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Classification of abstracts

As already mentioned above, each essay differs in its style, presentation of material, presentation, content, etc. It all depends on the particular institution and its specifics.

Types of essays by the nature of the material

Reproductive. This is the most common exposition after reading one source. The student should retell it in his own words as he understands the topic.

Productive. This kind provides for the author's creative approach.

Reproductive essays include:

Abstract essay, which describes the generalized information, and also highlights the main theses. This kind of essay is subject to minimum requirements.

Each theme is one block of the essay, where not only the main information is recorded, but also additional information. The essay can be written in the form of a plan, diagram or text. It does not matter how it is designed, since here the main thing is for the student and readers to understand what is at work in the work.

Essay-summary is a brief statement, in which only the most basic aspects are highlighted.

The productive essay includes:

The report, which contains a detailed analysis and gives an exceptionally objective assessment. At the time of writing this essay, the student should not only describe the problem, but also express their opinion.

The review, which compares different opinions, points of view and the student learns to compare, analyze data on the topic of the issue.

Types of essays by the number of primary sources

Monographic - the report is written on the basis of one source. This can be a book, a magazine or a fully-fledged article. However, at the same time, it is necessary to present the report in such a way as to interest the reader;

Survey - for the report is taken several sources, the main is highlighted and outlined. That is, the author independently chooses literature, magazines and writes the report structured, interesting and only in fact;

Fragmentary. When only one or several first chapters (fragments) are taken and a report is written on their basis.

The types of essays according to the completeness of the presentation

Informative - the student carefully spells out the information from the primary source

Indicative - the main points are highlighted. Here the student describes the problems, the facts about the main thing. Typically, this presentation is a summary.

Types of essays for the purpose

General, where the author writes a report focused on a large number of readers;

Specialized, which are designed for a narrow circle of people on one specific topic. In this area, the reader-specialists understand the report well and will be able to analyze not only the main points, but the whole essay as a whole.

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The types of essays

Definition of the abstract

The essay is a student's report, from which one can see how much the given material is learned and how the student can conduct and analyze scientific research work. The basis of the abstract definition is a summary of the given topic. When writing a text, you need to pay attention to the style of writing, the submission of material, sources and much more.

Types of essays

Essays are divided into two main types: scientific and artistic. The first is suitable for analyzing or investigating events or phenomena, the second is for subjective assessment (author's opinion).

Scientific Essay

If a student writes a scientific essay, then the style should be appropriate, without free turns. Such texts include:

science articles;

reviews;

theses;

annotations;

reports;

lectures;

term papers and others.

Artistic Essay

This is a functional style, which is characterized by simple, ordinary words, where you can insert jargon or a local dialect. Thanks to a free word, artistic, beautiful works, films, exhibitions, etc. are obtained.

If a student studies at a theater university, then one often has to write abstracts in an artistic style. Thus, students learn to approach each question creatively.

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What is edutainment and how this direction helps to make learning fun - Part 2

I want to talk about several techniques that can be introduced into the standard learning process and filled it with the game. We successfully tested these techniques in our company.

Scenario

For the game, you need a realistic scenario. It is important that he is not religious for you, but for the child. For example, we have at the center of the scenario for four-year-old monsters Braini, and the problem is that he does not know how to count, then the whole quest follows, how to learn to count. My favorite for babies is Pinterest, in the Do It Yourself kids category.

Prizes

Every game must have great prizes. The child feels joy when he achieves something. The bonus is that you teach him how to work for success. We have coins and Bryney stickers.

There are Western resources where you can register achievements. But you can do it more easily, for example, start a game blog and enter the currency of achievements in it.

Online games for homework

You can use the application for training in mathematics and English. For this homework, you need to highlight the main skill in the script that we want to develop and pick up an online game. Here you are in the help of AppStore and PlayMarket.

Infographics

Infographics makes it possible to present the theoretical part as much as possible and visually. There are visual patterns that on one page show the basics of proper nutrition or the water cycle in nature. Or the theme of the left and right hemisphere. You can write a whole paragraph about their different functions, and you can show the picture.

It is best to have corporate infographic, but you can use special resources.

Online Games

Adjunct is aimed at making learning fun. And online games are made so that fun is useful. Already there are special websites that we consider to be the benchmark of a learning resource for children.

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What is edutainment and how this direction helps to make learning fun - Part 1

Edutainment can make the learning process vivid and exciting. The main thing is that entertainment is not at the expense of the cognitive part, but rather improves it and stimulates learning.

The human brain tends to save energy, and in other words - to be lazy, so when we find a way to do something easier and faster - the body produces a cocktail of endorphin and dopamine. We begin to experience satisfaction, happiness and pride in ourselves.

This principle works in education. If before you had to read tons of books, today we were shown an easy way of learning with the help of entertainment content. Therefore, no one wants to strain. It is necessary to have fun and without problems getting new knowledge.

Edutainment = education + entertainment

In the next part, we will talk about several techniques that can be introduced into the standard learning process and filled it with the game. We successfully tested these techniques in our company.

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Course project - what is it? How to prepare a course project correctly

Purpose and objectives of the course project

The purpose of writing a course project is structuring and mastering, obtained during the study of the subject, knowledge, skills and abilities. If the goal of the course project is only one, then there can be several tasks: 

a deeper study of the theoretical material of the lectures;

gaining practical skills in applying the accumulated knowledge;

the development of innovative ways to solve the tasks, etc.

The difference between the course work and the course project In general, both types of work to control the student's mastery of knowledge are very similar. The key difference is that coursework is conducted for humanitarian specialties, and course projects are technical.

Therefore, in the latter case, the work must contain tables, calculations, statistics, drawings, computer models, etc. As a rule, the theoretical part of both types of work is similar in structure, and the practical one is very different.

Common Errors

When writing course projects, students often make mistakes. To avoid the most common of them, you need to remember a few important nuances:

the goal in the work is always the same, but there can be several tasks (about the same number as paragraphs);

at the end of each paragraph you need to draw a small conclusion;

the analytical part is singled out as a separate chapter, but it can be considered within the theoretical framework;

all the important calculations, tables and drawings are best presented in the "Applications" section, and in the main text simply make a link to the desired application.

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Do’s and dont’s at exam essay writing

What to do right on the exam

1. First - select a topic. Do not panic when they are announced. Even if among them you will see the topic in the form of a quote, it's okay. It's just a phrase that you need to explain to yourself. Choose the most understandable topic for you and the one to which you can find an adequate argument.

2. Think over the theses. It is desirable not less than three. Then it will be easier for you to logically build the work and pick up the argument. For example, to the topic "What is dangerous indifference" you can draw up such theses:

the indifferent person becomes stiff, cold, unable to help others;

indifference provokes the isolation of people, makes them lonely;

indifferent people can turn a blind eye to blatant evil, the principle "my house with the edge" works.

3. Choose a literary argument. To each thesis is an example. Whether they are from the same product or different, is not so important. Remember that it is not worthwhile to write arguments in one paragraph (you simply can not). So they are lost and will kill the structure of the text. And yet - before each argument there must be a thesis, otherwise it is unclear why arguments are needed at all and that illustrate literary examples.

4. Think about the introduction and conclusion. In terms of volume, ideally, if the introduction and conclusion together will account for one-third of the work. In the introduction, you can write about your understanding of the topic, about the meaning of the words in it (if you remember the appropriate quotations or aphorisms - also write). In this regard, it is easiest to write an introduction to topics such as "How do you understand the expression ...?". Conclusion - summing up, reviewing the already written, your conclusions. It is necessary to formulate them as clearly as possible.

5. Watch the volume (alliances and particles are also considered). Ideally, if the final figure exceeds 350. But even if there will be 250 - not so scary, but for 249 there will already be a "blank". That is, even one missing word is enough to repeat the writing of the essay in February, and even in May (it is then that the work can be rewritten if received "failure").

6. Do not forget the structure of the text. Here introductory constructions can well help. Of course, you can write an essay without them, but then it will not always be logical. The use of words like "so", "so", "consequently" and the like will facilitate the process of structuring the text. The logical structure of "thesis - argument, thesis - argument" has not failed anyone yet.

What exactly you do not need to do

1. Writing work is off-topic. You can even not comment, but it happens.

2. Give examples from little-known texts. Assyrian poetry or modern Norwegian drama is cool, but hardly anyone else (except you) knows about their existence. Examples include movies and video games - literature requires literature.

3. Do not take the words.

4. Give examples from texts that you do not know well. It is better to read three of Chekhov's, O. Henry's and Salinger's stories and give examples from there than to suffer, remembering episodes of cowardice in the "Quiet Don" or charity in "The Idiot." Or give examples from your favorite books. So at least you will not exactly mess up the names of the characters and do not pervert the text of the work.

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10 important tips, how not to fail the admission essay

How do they evaluate an essay, for which they set off / not count?

The final composition is assessed according to the system of "pass / fail" that is unusual for the school. Because of this, graduates often fall into a stupor and do not understand what is required of them. In fact, everything is simple. There are two mandatory requirements and five evaluation criteria for the essay. The requirements are simple and logical: the volume of work and its originality: in the essay, there should be at least 250 words (or better 350), and it should not be written off. Other criteria concern:

The disclosure of the topic;

Arguments;

Work composition;

Speech quality;

Literacy.

To get credit, the work must correspond to the topic, draw on any artistic texts, be logical, literate and not written in the style of a presidential decree. In addition, if the work meets all the criteria, then for the essay you can get additional points on admission. True, such a chip is not in all universities and not in all specialties. On the bonuses of writing in the university, where you plan to enter, you need to learn separately.

How to prepare properly and what to read

To the final composition, as well as any other exam, it is better to prepare not the last night. Argumentation based on literary works is an obligatory part of the composition. No one, of course, requires a thorough knowledge of "War and Peace" or of which side Raskolnikov held an ax during the murder of an old woman. You do not need to set yourself the goal of knowing the texts of the school curriculum or Stephen King's novels perfectly (although this can work as a plus).