Assignment – Report Guidelines
Research
papers must be typed, or word processed, and referenced as per VIT guidelines.
A variety of references from textbooks, journal articles and the internet would
be well regarded.
There
should be headings, an introduction (not more than 10% of the total) and a
conclusion (not more than 10% of the total).
Assessment Criteria
1.
Research Assignment/Research Report :1500 –
1800 words (penalties may be applied for word counts +/- 10%)
2.
To be submitted on or before the due date on MOODLE.
Penalty for late submission is 10% of the paper’s worth deducted for each day
late.
Marking Criteria (from 40%)
3%
(front page, illustrations, colour, headings)
4%
(should explain the rationale and give an overview)
20%
(quality, relevance and conciseness of discussion/facts)
10%
(what I have learnt and its relevance to my profession)
3%
(quality/variety/relevance/topical)
Referencing Guide
A
guide to referencing sources used in assignments
·
All sources used in assignments, essays,
reports and theses must be acknowledged in the text of your document giving the
author’s name followed by the publication date (these are called ‘in-text
citations’)
·
A ‘bibliography’ or ‘reference list’ at the end of your document contains the
full details of all the in-text citations, arranged alphabetically
·
Referencing is necessary to avoid plagiarism,
to verify quotations, and to enable readers to identify and consult any item to
follow-up a cited author’s
arguments
Referring a Book
The
details required, in order, are:
·
name(s) of author(s), editor(s), compiler(s)
or the institution responsible
·
year of publication
·
title of publication and subtitle if any (all
titles must be underlined or italicised with
·
sentence style capitalisation as below)
·
series title and individual volume, if any
·
edition, if other than the first
·
publisher
·
place of publication
·
page number(s) if applicable
Referring an Article
The
details required, in order are:
·
name(s) of author(s) of the article
·
year of publication
·
title of article, in single quotation marks
and sentence style capitalisation as below
·
title of periodical (underlined or italicised
with headline style capitalisation as below)
·
volume number
·
issue (or part) number
·
page number(s)
Referring Electronic
Sources
This
could include sources from full text compact disk products, electronic journals
or other sources from the Internet.
The
basic form of the citations follow the principles listed for print sources:
·
name(s) of author(s) or the organization
responsible for document, web page or site
·
year of publication of document, creation of
page/site or date last revised
·
Note: if you cannot establish the date of
publication, use n.d. (no date)
·
title of document or page, if applicable
·
edition, if other than first
·
type of medium, if necessary
·
name and place of the publisher, sponsor or
host of the source
·
date item viewed
·
web page or site address, or name of database
on internet (if applicable)
Bibliography
Entries
in a bibliography or list of referencesshould be arranged alphabetically by the
first element of the citation.