A&O-ELEMENTS of a PROJECT REPORT; check-list of key points to make
TITLE |
TOPIC followed by your name & situation (student at what stage), your department; date; class or project for which the paper is prepared) |
INTRODUCTION |
General area you wish to write about and why it is (or should be) interesting to your prospective readers |
DEFINITIONS |
A formal definition from a shared resource such as dictionary or a detailed description of key terms that may not be obvious to prospective readers |
PRINCIPLE FOCUS |
Specific TOPIC (within the general area you described in the INTRODUCTION) |
DEEP ETHOLOGY |
(identify behavior that is important to you TOPIC; then comment on how DEEP perspectives affect or are affected by that behavior) |
DEVELOPMENT |
speak to when in an individual’s experience some critical attribute is experienced |
ECOLOGY |
speak to the physical or biotic environment influences or is influenced by your topic |
EVOLUTION |
How has ancestry (genes or memes) affected the expression of behavior related to your TOPIC? |
PHYSIOLOGY |
(What physiological influences (nervous or endocrine systems) affect the expression of behavior related to your topic?) (e.g., senses, brain, neuro-muscular action-systems, stress) |
ART |
How does your topic affect or been affected by some form(s) of ART in ways that might enhance your prospective reader’s understanding? Use use examples. |
PERSONAL CONNECTION |
What personal reasons affected the selection of your your TOPIC or “energized” your scholarship or research in the service of your project? |
CONCLUSION |
(What can you say you have learned? ) |
FUTURE WORK |
(How would you like to see your own research be continued or followed up?) |
REFERENCES or WORKS CITED |
(what resources have you used to inform what you wrote; sources of quotes or key ideas ? — use any standard citation form that will help the interested reader find and use your sources; personal communications are fine) |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
(Who were particularly helpful in developing your project?) |