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Revising Your Paper

Revising Your Paper. Paul Lewis With thanks to Mark Weal. Summary review recap Your reviews How to read reviews Revising your paper How we will mark your paper What those marks will mean. Today ’ s plan. Find a consensus from the reviews of the paper

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Revising Your Paper

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  1. Revising Your Paper Paul Lewis With thanks to Mark Weal

  2. Summary review recap Your reviews How to read reviews Revising your paper How we will mark your paper What those marks will mean Today’s plan

  3. Find a consensus from the reviews of the paper It’s irrelevant whether you agree with the reviewers Shouldn’t introduce new points Avoid adding your own opinion where possible Deal with clear conflicts from reviewers Highlight important revisions for the author Give a clear recommendation to the committee Summary Reviews

  4. You should submit three reviews. The reviews you do should be considered, insightful, constructive, and of a high standard. When you get the reviews of your paper back, you should assume the same to be true. Reviews

  5. Your reviewers will have tried to be constructive They want to help you It’s not personal Use them to your advantage How to read reviews

  6. Often comments will be unambiguous. • “you’ve not included reference (Millard, 01)” • Sometimes they won’t be quite so clear cut. • You may have to read between the lines. Interpreting reviews

  7. What did they mean? “I don’t really understand what the problem is.” • Your introduction doesn’t set the scene properly • You try to cover too much too quickly • You’ve left out something important without realising it

  8. What did they mean? “I didn’t understand why this diagram was here.” • Is it in an inappropriate place? • Do you explain in the text what the diagram is and why it is there? • Does it add anything to the argument? Could it easily be removed?

  9. What did they mean? “I thought it was going to provide a comparison but then it just became a technical description of the technology” • Have you been clear to the reader about what the intentions of the paper are? • Does your argument change half way through the paper? • Have you focussed too much on the technical details at the expense of your argument?

  10. Read you paper critically • Write down your main argument (elevator test) on a piece of paper • For each section / paragraph • Does the reader need this information? • Does it directly address your argument? • Could it be removed and not affect the main argument of your paper? Revising your paper

  11. Look at the structure • Is it relevant to the topic? • Is the topic covered in depth? • Are the appropriate elements there? Revising your paper

  12. Assess the originality • Have you made interesting points? • Have you demonstrated creative thought? Revising your paper

  13. Do you construct a clear argument? • Have you presented your evidence well? • Does your argument develop logically through the paper. Revising your paper

  14. Check your sources? • Have you clearly acknowledged all of your sources? • Have you correctly cited all your sources in the body of the paper? • Have you provided full references for all your sources? • Are there citations with no matching reference, or references that aren’t cited? Revising your paper

  15. Thinking critically about your paper, what is the weakest part? • How can you make it better? • Would restructuring help? • Do you just need more content? Revising your paper

  16. Think critically about your style of writing? • Are you succinct? • Does the paper flow well? • Are your sentences grammatically correct and unambiguous? • Are all your figures and tables appropriate and correctly used and referred to? Revising your paper

  17. Get someone to proof read it for you • To check it is understandable. • To find spelling, grammar, punctuation problems. Revising your paper

  18. 10% - Presentation (writing, paper structure, grammar, spelling, use of figures and tables, formatting) 20% - Literature (context, related work, references) 10% - Intellectual performance (originality, independence and creativity) 40% - Professionalism (technical content, research methodology, evaluation methods, contribution) 20% - Argument (logical structure, use of evidence, reflection and conclusions) How will we mark your paper

  19. What your marks will mean 80%+ prize worthy (excellent paper, could be submitted to a conference…) 70% - 80% 1st (very well written, clear originality, excellent understanding…) 60% - 70% 2.1 (well written, good understanding, clear argument…) 50% - 60% 2.2 (average paper, adequate references, some understanding…) 40% - 50% 3rd (satisfactory paper, some background reading…) Less than 40% - Fail (poorly written, barely understood topic…)

  20. Questions?

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