To help students understand the form and function of a summary and to prepare them to write their own summary paragraphs. Students have read a sample summary (i.e., an abstract of an journal article) ...

Since the goal of a research paragraph is to offer a summary of the field, the topic sentence should assert a clear position about the state of current research. Simply quoting a variety of sources in ...

However, the final print length is at the editor’s discretion. Articles start with a fully referenced summary paragraph, ideally of no more than 200 words, which is separate from the main text ...

However, the final print length is at the editor’s discretion. Articles start with a fully referenced summary paragraph, ideally of no more than 200 words, which is separate from the main text ...