Remembering How to Write a Research Paper Many people have found that returning to school after a period of time in a career has helped them to succeed and to reach previously unattainable levels in their profession. This is because receiving additional education and training in any number of fields, from business administration to nursing, can help an individual in their current careers as well as prepare them for future differentiating career paths. But while returning to school after a varying degree of absence can be extremely beneficial to an individual, it can also be somewhat of a challenge. After all, writing such things as a research paper has not exactly been a requirement for the past few years in your established career and so getting back into school mode after your sabbatical can be more difficult that perhaps you have imagined.
Using What You’ve Learned in the Work Force Being in the work force has taught you much about hard work, persistence, and the benefits of taking pride in your work by doing things the right way the first time. These skills acquired through your years of work will help you in your new educational goals but they will not help you remember some basic things about school work, research papers in specific, that you will need to recall in order to succeed in school again. Research papers can be a little tricky when seen as a whole, but when a research papers are broken down into workable parts they are perceived anew as a manageable and relatively easy task. The first step in writing a research paper is to perform this act of breaking up your paper into a workable outline which you will follow as you precede to write the paper itself. There are multiple “correct” ways to outline a research paper that causes scholars take sides and argue over which is actually correct but in the long run a professor or peer will not look at an outline when the assignment was a paper. So while one form of an outline will be present here, find an outline that works best with your writing style and thought process to break up a research paper into meaningful and manageable parts.
The Three Basic Steps Every paper will have three things: an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. These three parts are a good place to start when breaking up a paper into a workable outline. Frist, tackle the introduction. The introduction should grab the reader’s attention while including the premises and thesis of your paper; that is the point or argument that you will make in the following paragraphs and pages with supporting evidence.
After the introduction is the main body of a paper. The body of a research paper will be where the thesis is supported and proven using evidences gathered through research. The body is best managed by breaking up evidences into three main or encompassing points that you will address in the paper. Write each point one at a time to break up the body of a paper into workable parts. Lastly the conclusion of a research paper should summarize the introduction and main points of the body. It should also restate the thesis statement that was included in the introduction and provide a closing argument or draw a definitive conclusion that will tie together a research paper. By remember how to write a research paper, a returning student of business administration or other academic study can be more fully prepared to succeed in school.