MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE ASSESSMENT Academic Communication in Business and Economics (WACB100) ASSESMENT DETAILS Unit Name: Assessment Task: Total word count: Due: Academic Communication in Business and Economics Social Inclusion Research Report Issue: 1200-1400 Total 100 words Marks: See Unit Guide Unit Code: WACB100 Refugee Resettlement Weighting: See Unit Guide PURPOSE OF TASK The purpose of a Research Report is to inform your audience about research that you have conducted and to discuss the results you have found. Academic research aims to develop our existing knowledge, so your Research Report should highlight the current understanding of the subject by reviewing other studies. Your Research Report will then present your findings. Your Research Report will conclude by examining the significance of your findings and their relationship to the findings of other research already conducted. Your Research Report will also discuss the limitations of your study and give suggestions for further research. INSTRUCTIONS Task: Imagine that you have carried out a research project addressing the following question: “Do employment opportunities for refugees match their professional qualifications?” The findings of your research are presented in tables on the following page. Structure: The Research Report should be in the following structure: • Abstract (omitted from this Research Report) • Introduction • Literature Review • Methods (omitted from this Research Report • Results (must include at least one table/figure) • Discussion • Reference list NB: Do not reference the table(s)/figure(s) on the following page because this assignment imagines that you have developed them as a result of your research. Do NOT include any table(s)/figure(s) from any other sources. Macquarie University International College 1 INSTRUCTIONS (continued) Research Findings: (Australia) NATURE OF THE TASK This is an individual task. HURDLE ASSESSMENTS This is not a hurdle assessment. You must submit a research report on your assigned topic or you will receive a zero (0) grade HOW TO PRESENT YOUR ASSIGNMENT Add a footer to each page of the assignment. The footer should include: student name and student number, the unit code and page numbering. For example: Robin Brown 40112233 WACB100 Page 1 All assignments should have standard margins of 2.5cm, be written in Times New Roman 12.0 font, and be double-spaced to allow room for detailed feedback. Please note that if the assignment is single-spaced you will not receive detailed feedback. Turnitin will confirm receipt of the assignment with submission time and date. 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Macquarie University International College 3 INFORMATION ABOUT HOW AND WHEN FEEDBACK WILL BE PROVIDED Grades and feedback will be available to you via Turnitin on iLearn. ACADEMIC HONESTY Using the work or ideas of another person, whether intentionally or not, and presenting them as your own without clear acknowledgement of the source is constitutes Plagiarism and thus is considered a breach of Macquarie University’s Academic Honesty Policy. This policy requires that: • • • • All academic work claimed as original must be the work of the person making the claim All academic collaborations of any kind must be acknowledged Academic work must not be falsified in any way When the ideas of others are used, these sources must be acknowledged in accordance with the guidelines of a referencing system All breaches of the Academic Honesty Policy are serious and penalties apply. You should be aware that you may fail an assessment task, a unit or even be excluded from the University for breaching the Academic Honesty Policy. Macquarie University International College 4 Name ID Tick one Introduction Yes Checklist for the full Research Report WACB100 Are all the stages of a Research Report present? Make sure to check over this checklist before submitting your research Highlight any stage that is missing from this Research Report does it have the heading Introduction? information on why it is significant? does it include a sentence introducing the general topic with some does it provide background details relevant to the topic from previous research (what is already known) using either indirect or Develop No external voice? does it review previous research? Is there a variety of indirect and external voice used to introduce the information from the various sources? external How many? indirect does it demonstrate critical awareness of other findings in the field? is there a variety of appropriate reporting verbs used? is there a sentence stating there is a gap in the research? is there a sentence stating the broad research question? is there a sentence stating the specific research question? Literature Review does it have the heading Literature Review? are most of the sources in your reference list used in this section? is there a variety of indirect and external voice used to introduce the information from the various sources? how many? indirect external is there a variety of appropriate reporting verbs used? is the past tense used? is there a clear topic sentence for each paragraph? is there a concluding sentence for each paragraph? is compare and contrast language used to integrate the information from the various sources? 138 WACB100 Unit Reader does it review previous research? are the sources used properly synthesised? does it demonstrate critical awareness of other findings in the field? are transition signals used effectively throughout the paragraphs? 3 Methods: Comitted] 4 Results: does it describe the results of the research? does it include the information from the given table/figure? are the main findings clearly presented? Visual Data & Commentary Is the table/figure (or chart(s) figure(s) that have been derived from the information in the table) located in the results section? is the figure table correctly labelled with a title and caption? does the figure table have an accompanying data commentary? are all 4 stages (location, highlighting, interpretation, concluding statement) present for the data commentary? does it include the name of the figure/table in the location statement (first sentence? does it highlight relevant key information, unexpected results, etc? does it generalise from the results, explain possible reasons for the results, compare the results with other results, or highlight limitations of the data/results? does the concluding statement of the commentary clearly show how the figure or table supports the position/information relevant to your topic? does the concluding statement of the commentary present implications, significance, problems, or applications of the data? is compare and contrast language used in the data commentary. do you refer back to the figure table appropriately throughout the paragraph? (according to the figure, as can be seen, etc.) does the concluding sentence of the commentary link back to the point you are using it as evidence to support? (in other words, how does this figure or table support your position?) Discussion: this section is in large part a comparison of your results vs the findings presented in your Literature Review) is the heading Discussion? does it use your voice introduce the points to be discussed? does it use the sources to: - explain the finding and support the explanation? - compare the findings with those of other studies? - discuss the significance of the findings? does it compare the findings to clearly synthesised information, findings, and conclusions from the current literature? has been conducted? does it identify topics, areas or limitations that could be researched is hedging properly used to clearly identify the certainty of the evidence given? Is there a variety of indirect and external voice used in this section? How many? Indirect External Direct does it identify any weaknesses or limitations of the research that further? Reference List: is the heading for this section References? are there five or more sources in the reference list? do the sources pass the five academic reliability tests? If they do not, which criterion is not met? Is the use of this source justified? is the list in alphabetical order? are the references in Harvard style (check against the Monash University library guide)? have all the sources in the reference list been cited in the report? have all the citations in the report been written in the reference is the reference list on a separate page? is there a single line space between each entry? Highlight ALL in-text citations in the report: are there in-text citations throughout the report? list? 140 39 College is there a year and a page number for all citations? are secondary citation written correctly? whose idea ... and where you read it... is there a reporting verb used for direct and indirect voice with correct subject/verb agreement and the present tense? are there a variety of reporting verbs used? how many times has direct voice (quotations) been used? how many times has indirect voice been used? how many times has external voice been used? have in text citations been used whenever statistics or specific information is mentioned? have all sources cited in the text been listed in the reference list? Format and layout: is the report double spaced to give space for teachers to write comments? is the reference list single spaced? is there a space between each paragraph? is the font Times New Roman and size 12? is the report 1200-1400 words (1080 - 1540 words) excluding references? Academic Writing Style - checklist below no personal references (e.g. I, you, we, my, our) used no abbreviations used without being written in full first no contractions (e.g. can't, won't, isn't, hasn't, etc.) used no obligatory language (e.g. should, must, have to, etc.) used no informal language used no fragments or run-on sentences no questions used no emotive words (e.g. terrible, excellent, massive, etc.) used no categorical claims - hedging (e.g. seems, tends to, probably, appears, may, could, etc.) used appropriately
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