Research report

TITLE
A descriptive name or heading for your report
Your title should say exactly what you find out.
It can be a debatable statement which you investigate.
Or you title could be a question which you hope to answer.

INTRODUCTION
This section an overview or summary of research.
In this section you explain the reasons why you chose the topic.
You explain how you will use the information which you find while you are researching.
You can use your personal experiences, previous learning and personal beliefs to explain your interest in the topic.

CONTEXT
This section provides a detailed description of the background to the research made your research aims.
This section should be one of the longer sections of your research report.
It should contain:
A description of the issue you have chosen to study.
Key definitions of any terms you will use again and again throughout your report.
A description of past research and the main sources for your research report{ you must describe the secondary sources and information you will be using in your report in this section of the essay}

AIMS
In this section you will give a summary of your main reason for choosing to research your topic.
You can talk about what questions you would like to answer in your research and what theories (hypothesis) you would like to test.
You can also talk about how your research findings could be used.

METHOD
This section describes the METHODS (what you DO) to get the information which you will use as evidence.
This is one of longer sections of the report.
You must explain and describe which methods you have chosen and WHY you have chosen these methods.
You must include appendices to provide examples of research instrument.

RESULTS
This section summarizes the information and data which you have gathered from practical research.
This is usually on of the longer sections of the report.
You can divide your presentation of your results by grouping them into categories of different kinds of research.
You must tables, graphs, charts and bullet points to present your data.

CONCLUSION
This section describes the judgments which you have made about the outcomes of your research.
In this section you give the answers to your research questions {based on your results}
This section should include a discussion of the implications and consequences of the information which you have found.

EVALUATION
This section evaluates the quality of the research and the strength of the conclusions.
This section looks at the strengths and weaknesses of: The research design (how you planned to do your research)
The implementation (how you did the research)
The outcomes (what you found out through your research)
You need to think about if your conclusions are generally applicable to the topic you have studied.

FURTHER RESEARCH
This section describes suggestions for further research that could come from this project.
This section should also include REFLECTION about what you have learned from doing your research.
This section should also describe any changes to your personal perspectives which have come about during your research project.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
This section should contain list of all references and all sources which you have used in your research.