When writing up pracs... (1 Viewer)

[.ben]

What tense is the Discussion supposed to be in?

What tense is the Conclusion supposed to be in?

What do you have to write in the conclusion?

Thanking You

 

[Riviet]

What tense is the Discussion supposed to be in?

Most students would use past tense, as some questions in the HSC start with something like "You have performed a first hand investigation on...". So I would stick to past tense to be safe.

What tense is the Conclusion supposed to be in?

Present or past would be fine I guess, if you want to be safe, stick with past.

What do you have to write in the conclusion?

Ask yourself what your experiment has achieved and what you have concluded from your results, write these ideas in your conclusion.

 

[.ben]

Alrigth, thanks riviet

 

[priesty]

pretty much keep in mind that the conclusion must address the aim of the experiment. so if the aim is To Observe the effects of "this" on "that", the conclusion would be "This" did this to "that". Make sure not to just restate or list ur reuslts in ur conclusion... our teacher always marked us wrong when we did that.

the discussion would be more a past tense recount of what happened, This happened and this is why, for example.

 

[s2indie]

My teachers tell us that the tensing doesn't matter so much in the senior years, they only really stress it for years 7-10. But I tend to use past tense just in case.