What Have I Learned From This Course

In this semester,we have the course of writing research papers.The teacher provides us with a comprehensive picture of how a research paper is created.She teaches us the basic elements of a research paper.Also,we dawn on what is academics and the relationship between academics and scholor. Sometimes,she tells us some real stories,which helps us expose ourselves to the society.
Firstly,I want to introduce my understanding of academics.Occasionally,academics is far beyond us,and sometimes we can contact with it.Academics is not a book which we can learn in one month,but it is a highly summary of knowledge.A scholar is not a person that tells us what it is,but he or she is a person who has the capability to do researches.So if we want to be a scholar,we should fill our head with various kinds of theory.But,in China,the quality of academcs study is not excellent.As Li Bo Chong who is a professor of Tsinghua University says,”During the past 25 years,the study of academics have been prosperous in China,but the qualities have not been good. The reasons are that we did not establish a academics standard and the academics atmosphere was not ideal.Only when we understand what is academics,can we have the highly level academics achievement.”
From the stories that the teacher tells us,we know that the society is not fair sometimes.We should accept this fact.Confronting with such big social pressure,what we can do is to become a strong man.We should make efforts to accomplish our dreams.Also,we learn that we should have the dignity.In order to obtain dignity,we should give honor to others first.All in all,the teacher provides us with many examples like this to teach us about world and ourselves.
Secondly,it comes to how to write a research paper, as the name of course indicates, of course, I have learnd the significance and ways of writing one.Generally speaking,a research paper has its own structure.We cannot add some sections or neglect some.A research can be grouped into five chapters.
In the beginning,we should write an abstract.It is a brief outline of the experiments.It includes:background of the experiments,descriptions of the experiments,results,and implications,etc.It must be brief and clear.
In chapter 1,we write the introduction.An introduction should present a clear reason why we conduct the experiments described.This section should include general research questions,in terms of what we wish to accomplish.This statement should specifically link the hypothesis to research that other people have published,and will establish a clean trail of logic leading to the hypothesis to be tested.It should be based on a list of published sourses.Generally speaking,it includes four parts:need for the study,purpose for the study,significance of the study and organzation of the thesis.I remember that on one class,the teacher take a paper as an example to show us the above four points.For examples,the significance may refer to merits of the study,and so on.
In chapter 2,we should write the literature review,which I think is of great significance.A literature review is a body of text that aims to review the critical points of current knowledge on a particular topic.It is characterised by a logical flow of ideas,current and relevant references with consistent,appropriate reference style,proper use of terminology,and a fair and comprehensive view of the previous research on the topic.It will establish the importance of your topic and your study as one link in a chain of research that is developing knowledge in your field .In order to finish this part,we must become thoroughly acquainted with the papers that have published.We have many ways.The first choice is library.Many libraries have programs of orientation and instruction to meet the needs of students,from beginning researchers to graduate students.Then,we can use central information system.A typical academic library will provide an online central information system to serve students and faculty members who engaged in research.CNKI is a good system which can provide us with the above points.After searching the information,we should consult relevant reference works.Usually we must read at least 40 papers in order to finish our paper.We must find the gaps between others ‘and ours.
Chapter 3 is the methods. The methods section of a research paper provides the information by which a study’s validity is judged.Therefore, it requires a clear and precise description of how an experiment was done, and the rationale for why specific experimental procedures were chosen.The common methods includes samples, instrument,treatment and data analysis,etc.
Chapter 4 is research findings.In this part we should restate the hypothesis,show the data again,and explicate the data in the light of hypothesis.
Chapter 5 is conclusion.In this part,we should briefly summarize what has been done,the logic of the study,the results and which areas will be fruitful in the future.
Lastly,we should write references.It must include all cited literature in a professional format.
To sum up,this course provides us with a macroscopic impression of how to write a research paper.It is conducive to our future study.