Purpose and Motivation
- What made you decide to do this study or project?
- Why is this study important to your field or to the lay reader?
- Why should someone read your entire paper?
Problem
- What is your research trying to better understand or what problem is it trying to solve?
- What is the scope of your study- does it try to explain something general or specific?
- What is your central claim or argument?
Approach
- Detail your research- methods/type of the study, variables, and extent of work.
- Briefly present evidence to support your claim.
- Highlight your most important sources.
Results
- What did your study yield in concrete terms?
- How did results compare to your hypothesis?
- Where there highly unexpected outcomes or were they largely predicted?
Conclusion
- What are the exact effects of these results on my field or the wider world?
- What other kinds of studies would yield further solutions to problems?
- What other information is needed to expand knowledge in this area?