If you are assigned a research project, before you determine your topic, figure out the professor's field of expertise. Then pick a topic as far from that specialty as you can. The professor will be much less critical. If you write about something on which he or she is very knowledgeable, you will get torn up!
Other practical tips based on what we are seeing from our students:
Don't use contractions
Proofread before you finish
Font style should be something standard and size should be 10 or 12
Paper should have an introduction and a conclusion
Introduction can list the topics to be covered
Then have a paragraph that discusses these topics in the same order
Know the difference: it's and its, there and their, etc. Use Spellcheck but it will not correct for incorrect use of these words
When you paraphrase make sure it sounds like your own voice not that of the writer
Cite your sources. In some of our topics, the age of the source is critical as technology changes so quickly.
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