You have 2 options:
1. Finish the poster and the abstract during summer so you can add extra time you would have used preparing them during the semester to your entertainment time or studying hours.
1. Finish the poster and the abstract during summer so you can add extra time you would have used preparing them during the semester to your entertainment time or studying hours.
2. Use your summer for enjoyment because you deserve it after The Great Battle of Year 2. Then start the abstract and poster when school starts. This leaves you with less time for leisure or studying - depending on which you shall sacrifice - during the semester.
Note: many people cannot do Option 2 because most of the group members are off traveling during summer or in different cities. What many groups believe is that group work means "All members being present in the same vicinity to complete a work". Wrong. And inefficient. Divide the work. Each person takes a part. For example, Person A takes the methods. Person B takes the results. And so on. Then assign one editor, preferably the group leader. This person will collect all parts, assemble them and edit them. The finished document is to be sent to the entire group for agreement. For this to work, group members must be in harmony and the editor must be competent at work. If you do not think any member of your group can pull off editing, do not take to this.
Note: many people cannot do Option 2 because most of the group members are off traveling during summer or in different cities. What many groups believe is that group work means "All members being present in the same vicinity to complete a work". Wrong. And inefficient. Divide the work. Each person takes a part. For example, Person A takes the methods. Person B takes the results. And so on. Then assign one editor, preferably the group leader. This person will collect all parts, assemble them and edit them. The finished document is to be sent to the entire group for agreement. For this to work, group members must be in harmony and the editor must be competent at work. If you do not think any member of your group can pull off editing, do not take to this.
My advice: OPTION 1. Take a week off your summer vacation (preferably right after exams are done) to finish the assignment. This leaves you free time in winter to enjoy the weather (trust me, being imprisoned at home during winter in Dubai to produce a well kempt poster is not the way to go).
How to go about the assignment:
Option A: Started with the poster, then concluded with the abstract.
Option A: Started with the poster, then concluded with the abstract.
Option B: Fished out our important results and put them in a document as a graph with an explanatory sentence for each point or just stand-alone sentences with no graphs.
Then we started the abstract by taking out the most important of the important results.
Lastly we did the poster and included all the important results we had put in the document.
Then we started the abstract by taking out the most important of the important results.
Lastly we did the poster and included all the important results we had put in the document.
Methods are unique to each group and how they dealt with their data. Include the research design, instrument used, how data was analyzed and your sample size.
At this point you have reached the results. This is where it will be easier if you had a document to review your important results and pick THE most important (or if you start with your poster you can refer to the results from there to pick what's imperative).
Summarize the bullet points. Include only percentages (unless it is vital that you include a frequency).
Your conclusion should be 1 or 2 concise sentences giving a clear idea of your research and its results.
Poster:
Start by preparing a document of all that will be included. Leave the design till last.
Here you elaborate integral findings on your abstract.
Include your study limitations after your discussion.
Lastly, your design. Don't go wild on it. They don't want something that looks like an advertisement.
Something that looks nice + not distracting to the reader = the perfect poster.
Here you elaborate integral findings on your abstract.
Include your study limitations after your discussion.
Lastly, your design. Don't go wild on it. They don't want something that looks like an advertisement.
Something that looks nice + not distracting to the reader = the perfect poster.
Always have the reader/audience in mind while working. What would they want to know? What are the questions in their mind while reading the introduction and aims that are imperative I answer? Has the conclusion answered the reader's peaked interest and questions? Does it summarize the research with integrity, not missing out enormously important conclusions?
And remember: To Each His Own. (I think I'll adopt that as a moto for my blog just to emphasize the importance of each person's unique experience. I feel the need to re-emphasize this: What I go through may not be the same for you. I am only providing MY experience and advice. I obviously don't need to tell you to feel free to take your own path through experiences.)
At the end of the day, this is all for your own sake. Don't worry about the marks. (I don't think the poster and abstract are graded to be honest with you. CBR marks depend on the CBR exam papers.) You want your work to be neat and perfect for presenting in case you would like to share it with the world in a conference.
Next post will be about the first semester of Year 3.
At the end of the day, this is all for your own sake. Don't worry about the marks. (I don't think the poster and abstract are graded to be honest with you. CBR marks depend on the CBR exam papers.) You want your work to be neat and perfect for presenting in case you would like to share it with the world in a conference.
Next post will be about the first semester of Year 3.
And may the odds be ever in your poster's favor!
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