The Helpful Exercises for Written Assignments
Written assessment in the School of Social Science and Humanities always comprises of a research paper, essay, and book report, which could be new to students from other schools or disciplines. Therefore, clear guidelines and instructions in the kind of exercises will help to cope with any written assignment.
Four essential exercises for helping to write any written assignment perfectly:
1. Explain what is “plagiarism,” discuss its general kinds and highlight the possible penalties for using it. Be aware that there are students who do not possess the language skills, which help to express themselves in a different way than the declared one. Assisting students to make fit proper citations and quotations is necessary.
2. Prepare a guidance of work writing or present research manual/handbook to students for reference. Also, it is necessary to prepare a marking scheme together with the instructor. It can specify the demanded length of the work, what you and the instructor wish to use in the work, what makes up “excellence,” allocation of grades, deadline, potential penalties for non-timely submission and any non- accordance, and language in writing.
3. Assist students to become familiar with the way of library research.
The library has provided the following ten-step research guidance:
1. Choose a topic.
2. Collect background information.
3. Locate books and magazines.
4. Look for journal articles.
5. Recover newspaper articles.
6. Find material in the UST library.
7. Use Internet resources.
8. Reckon up your information.
9. Write your work.
10. Quote the sources.
4. Provide helpful references with the help of reserves reference books, which fit your course demand.