Excellence Academic project Award & Introduction

1. Excellence Academic project Award&Introduction RESEARCH METHOD FOR ACADEMIC PROJECT I

2. Excellence Academic project Award

3. Excellence Academic project Award • We are proud to announce the Excellence Academic Project Award or AnugerahProjekAkademikCemerlang (APAC). • The objectives of the award are to: • steer the competition sprits amongst students to produce good/quality systems • acknowledge the effort of our students in designing and developing good systems • identify and restore good projects for other students references and exhibitions

4. This award will be given to the best project of each department/major. • The candidates for the award will be selected from the Academic Project II viva. • The selection will be based on the marks of the viva. • The selection for the award will be based on some additional criteria such as commercial values, marketability and originality. • Prizes: RM500 + certificate.

5. Academic Project II • Viva Panel • Process • Academic Project Coordinator • Unit/Departments Meeting • Award Receivers

6. introduction

7. WHAT IS RESEARCH? • Research…. • Is about discovery, the testing of hypothesis and of ideas • The outcome of research is… • New knowledge leading to improve understanding of mechanisms and the development of new and improved procedure • The research results must be disseminated through… • Thesis • Technical report • Papers – journals/proceedings

8. Why the need to write researchReports/Papers/Thesis? • It is obvious that every research needs good and proper documentation. • To share research results with other researchers. • Reports are usually written at the end of a research work.

9. The body of the report • Your report must contains, • Abstract • Introduction • Literature Review • Methodology /System Design • Implementation/ System Development • Evaluation & Analysis of Result • Conclusion • References • Appendix

10. The ‘introduction’ • The first chapter of your report is normally given the title Introduction. • The introduction chapter should be written to engage the interest of the reader. • It is the place where you should, • discuss the background of the study • state and define the problem that you are trying to address or solve • state the aims and objectives of the project • state the scope of the project

11. Background of the study • An introductory section to discuss the general field of the subject area from which your research is to be drawn. • You should give some explanation as to why it is important to do this project title and why it is of interest to you.

12. Problem statement • This section is the most important as in any research the establishment of one of the above represents the whole basis for completing the project. • Describe the problem/difficulty/situation that interests you.

13. Aims and objectives • In this section, you should explain what you are intending to achieve by doing this research. • The intentions should be derived from the existing body of knowledge . • The overall aim would be to satisfy the requirements of the objectives.

14. Scope of the project • To discuss the particular domain on which you will focus.

15. Discussion • Can you identify the : • background of the study • problem • aim or objectives • scope that can be found in this paper: Automatic Summary Assessment for Intelligent Tutoring Systems.