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Hartley, James – Psychology Teaching Review, 2010
This article presents the author's suggestions on how to improve thesis abstracts. The author describes two books on writing abstracts: (1) "Creating Effective Conference Abstracts and Posters in Biomedicine: 500 tips for Success" (Fraser, Fuller & Hutber, 2009), a compendium of clear advice--a must book to have in one's hand as one prepares a…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Social Sciences, Documentation, Writing (Composition)
Hartley, James; Rock, Judy; Fox, Claire – Psychology Teaching Review, 2005
Background: Considerable evidence suggests that structured abstracts in scientific journal articles are more informative than traditional ones, but no one (to our knowledge) has written about asking psychology undergraduates to write structured abstracts for their laboratory reports. Aim: Our aim was to assess whether or not the quality of such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Psychology, Documentation