1. Unit 12 Specialist study in creative media production
Week 5: 20th of March 2017
Week 6: 27th March 2017
Research findings and report
Deadline Friday 31st March

2. LO3 Be able to communicate ideas and arguments in a variety of forms
To cover this criteria you will produce a research report that will include use of written, oral, visual, audio and graphic forms to present your ideas and support your arguments.

3. A suggested structure for your research report
LO 3.1 Apply academic conventions in the production and presentation of ideas. LO3.2 Effectively communicate ideas in appropriate format
A suggested structure for your research report
Introduction
Methodology
Findings
Discussion

4. Introduction Introduce you topic of study.
Put your research into the wider context. Include personal reasons for choosing the topic of the study such as research for FMP.
Write briefly about what methods and research design you have used to address the topic of the study ( Mind map, interviews, survey questionnaire).
Write about findings and conclusion.
Tell reader what is expected in the rest of your writing.

5. Methodology
Clearly explain what research methods you have used (Mind Map, Interviews, Survey Questionnaires etc).
Write about questions you wanted to answer and type of data you have collected (qualitative, quantitative).
Write more about theories behind them (For example Myers-Briggs test).
Write about the strengths and weaknesses of the methods you have used.

6. Findings
Report most significant things that you found. Use subheadings for example:
Things I found about myself that influence my topic question etc.

7. Conclusion This section of your report should include following:
Summary of your findings
Short discussion about your findings. Things that you discovered about the topic that you did not know.
What implication the findings will have on your further thinking about the project?
Write about limitations of the study (limitations of the methods you used)
What are your future moves and how they are informed by your findings (for example what are interesting topics and ideas you have found and you will use in the future).

8. References
Full Harvard references to be included at the end of your research in alphabetical order