How to write my Thesis Conclusion?

 

 

I found a presentation about "Writing the Conclusion Chapter for your Thesis" by Louise Edwards, I think it is an amazing small material for those who are searching how to write this chapter just read a 2 page pdf including the presentation's slides.

 

You can download the material from this link.

 

The best part of the presentation from my opinion is this one..

 

Basic Functions of a conclusion

 

 1. To summarize:

– What you researched
– Nature of your main arguments
– How you researched it
– What you discovered
– What pre-existing views were challenged

2. To provide an overview of:

• The new knowledge or information discovered
• The significance of your research (where is it new?)
• The limitations of your thesis (concepts, data)
• Speculation on the implications of these limitations
• Areas for further development and research
(alternative data sets; links with other fields; different
method applied to same data)

 

 Hope you'll find this useful.. I really liked that the presenter asks us to be more positive while writing this chapter since it plays an important role in wrapping up your work and your long-term effort :)

 





How to write your Thesis Abstract?

 

 

 

 

I am in the middle of the "Thesis Abstract" writing process and I wanted to know how this should be done appropriately.. so I googled and I wanted to share this useful website summarized important tips.

 

1. Abstract REAL Goal:

 

An abstract is not merely an introduction in the sense of a preface, preamble, or advance organizer that prepares the reader for the thesis. In addition to that function, it must be capable of substituting for the whole thesis when there is insufficient time and space for the full text.

 

2. Abstract Content:

 

The structure of the abstract should mirror the structure of the whole thesis, and should represent all its major elements. For example, if your thesis has five chapters (introduction, literature review, methodology, results, conclusion), there should be one or more sentences assigned to summarize each chapter.

3. Research Question included:

As in the thesis itself, your research questions are critical in ensuring that the abstract is coherent and logically structured. They form the skeleton to which other elements adhere. They should be presented near the beginning of the abstract.

4. Results are included:

The primary function of your thesis (and by extension your abstract) is not to tell readers what you did, it is to tell them what you discovered. Other information, such as the account of your research methods, is needed mainly to back the claims you make about your results. Approximately the last half of the abstract should be dedicated to summarizing and interpreting your results.

Reference:
http://www.sfu.ca/~jcnesbit/HowToWriteAbstract.htm

I think it is also useful to check abstract of other thesis, you can search for thesis in your same field, also ask your colleagues from the same faculty to send you their thesis and check your faculty if it has a detailed specification for the abstract, so you can figure out what is your limitations and what others do as a sample.

Hope this was helpful enough for you and me to write a good abstract :)