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THE FINAL CRRA

THE FINAL CRRA. A Check-Sheet. CONTENT. Are you confident that you understand the scientific content of your essay? If not, it will be immediately transparent to the reader (us). ASK FOR HELP!. CONTENT. Does your essay contain the following sections, or some derivative thereof?

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THE FINAL CRRA

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  1. THE FINAL CRRA A Check-Sheet

  2. CONTENT • Are you confident that you understand the scientific content of your essay? If not, it will be immediately transparent to the reader (us).ASK FOR HELP!

  3. CONTENT • Does your essay contain the following sections, or some derivative thereof? • Introduction/Applications • History • Structure • Properties • Processing • Summary • References

  4. CONTENT • Are the major sections of your report introduced in the first section? • Is the content in each of your sections presented in a logical sequence and/or chronologically? • Does your essay flow naturally from one section to another? Is your essay coherent?

  5. GRAPHICS • Do you have at least six graphics (a minimum of five photographs/line drawings; a minimum of one table)? • Are the figures relevant to the text? Do they help the reader to understand the essay? • Are the figures accompanied by descriptivefigure captions? Are they numbered sequentially?

  6. GRAPHICS • Are tabular materials described in the text? Do tables aid the reader in understanding the content, or do they help to summarize content? • Do tables have a table number and table heading?

  7. FORMATTING • Are the major sections numbered sequentially? • If you use sub-sections, are they numbered sequentially in each section? • Are the figures numbered sequentially? • Are the tables numbered sequentially?

  8. FORMATTING • Is the text Times 12-point, single-spaced? • Are the margins set at one inch all around? • Do you use a consistent style for major section headings, minor section headings, figure captions, and table headings? • Is each page “filled” with text, figures, and tabular material?

  9. CITATION PRACTICES • Are references cited sequentially in the text and after the text? • Do the reference numbers in the text correspond to those listed after the text? • Are the sources for your figures cited in the figure captions? • Are the sources for your tabular materials cited in the table headings?

  10. CITATION PRACTICES • Do you have the required minimum of two hard-copy sources? Note that neither the textbook nor an encyclopedia/dictionary may be used to satisfy this requirement. • Does your essay contain the minimum number of six Web-based references? Note that multiple citations from Wikipedia only count as one “independent source.” • Is your essay compiled from at least ten independent sources?

  11. CITATION PRACTICES • Is the text adequately referenced? Is there a clear distinction between your own ideas and those of others?

  12. LENGTH REQUIREMENTS • Is your essay at least 1500 words long? (1500 words corresponds approximately to 100 lines of Times 12-point text). • Is your essay at least five pages in length? Note that the page must be filled with text, figures, etc.

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