Report Writing and Assessment Guidance - Practicing Sociology (week 3)

Module: Practicing Sociology


Week 3 – Report writing/assessment guidance


Sources of support
 Check the Moodle site – look at all the resources there.

 Check the Assessment box in Moodle

 Look at the marking criteria

 Use Harvard Referencing

 Learning Skills Hub – general academic/study skills, referencing etc.


Working with feedback
Areas you receive feedback on
 Content, structure (how you organise your ideas), line of argument (how you
apply the theories) and referencing.
 Presentation
 Identifying areas where students have lost the marks


Areas your feedback suggest you should improve on
 More evidence
 Being less vague in your arguments
 Being more specific
 Have a coherent case/central argument
 Less generalisation and more analysis
 Use the library catalogue search functions to find evidence to back up your
arguments/statements.


Areas you are doing well on
 Clear structure
 Understanding the topic
 Good introduction


Assessment details
Report
 Worth 70% of this module
 To create a report like those created by charities