key questions we must answer
- what the study about
- what did you investigate? why?
- what did you do? methods
- what did you discover?
- what do you result mean? why are the important?
Tense时态
- use present tense(现在时) when explaining results ,stating established facts,or drawing conclusions.
- use the past tense (过去时)to describe completed experiments and research
- use future tense to predict findings
Avoid using" I " or the" passive "(被动语态)voice
choose active verbs instaed of passive;
do not refer to figures or tables in the abstract
do not quote or paraphrase others in the abstract
Title:contains all of the essential parts of your presentation
- key concept
- device
- group studied
- your argument
how to structure the abstract
Motivation:why do we care about the problem and the results?
if your research is continuing a problem-----put the problem statement first to show which piece of the problem you are working
Problem Statement:what problem are you trying to solve?
work scope;approach or method
Approach:how did you solve the problem?
use a simulation,analytical model,prototype,or analusis of fied data
important variables--control,ignore,measureResults:what is the answer?
Avoid general,unclear words when describe your results such as :very,small,signifacant.
conclude that sth is faster ,cheaper,smaller,or better than sth else,by using a percentage to show difference.
numbers
Conclusions:what are the implications of you answer?