學生論文寫作最佳實踐（上）

The art of writing a polished essay requires extreme attention to detail. Some students possess an innate talent for writing a compelling paper, while others require a more stringent methodology to achieve the same results. While natural writing abilities can vary from student to student, a solid writing process can improve most results. Many of the standard writing practices utilized in the current education system have long roots hashed out many years ago. Proven methodology and new technologies can help the current generation of students achieve their full potential when writing an essay.

要想寫出一篇完美的論文，注重細節是十分重要的。有一些學生天生擁有能寫出一篇有說服力的論文的能力，但更多的學生則需要經過刻苦的學習才能具備這個能力。天生的寫作能力會因人而産生偏差，而一個紮實的寫作過程則能取得一個好的結果。關于标準寫作練習在現代教育體系中的應用的讨論早在多年前已開始。有效的寫作方法及現代科技為當代學生在寫作中發揮其最大潛能提供了極大幫助。

Every research paper has one key ingredient: the research. Even the most compelling, imaginative writer cannot out produce the substance at the heart of a well researched essay. Facts, figures and hard sources will always achieve better results than smoke and mirrors. In the old days, research required an absolute commitment to lengthy library sessions and a highly developed understanding of the Dewey Decimal system. Fortunately for today's students, the internet provides instant access to an unlimited wealth of resources at the click of a mouse. This paradigm shift has generally resulted in more sources per a paper with each source having more specific information. During the research phase a student will generally develop a thesis or specific argument for a paper. The thesis is the guiding force for the entire document. A well formed thesis should grow out of a broad research phase and guide the more specific research activities required to gather supporting sources for the thesis.

每一篇研究論文都包含有一個重要的部份：研究。即使是最有說服力，最富想象力的寫作者也無法完美的描述出一篇好的研究論文的核心内容。事實上，形象的圖示和實質的論證材料往往比如鏡花水月一般的空洞說明的效果好得多。在以前，研究需要在圖書館中耗費漫長的時間而且研究者要對圖書分類方法十分了解才能完成。而幸運的是，對于今天的學生來說，隻要點擊一下鼠标，網絡就能為他們提供快捷而豐富的研究素材。這種資源獲取方式的改變逐漸使一篇論文能夠出現更多的素材，而每一個素材也承載了更多的有用信息。在研究階段，一個學生一般在一篇論文中研究一個論題或有一個明确的論點。而論題是則整個論文的核心關注點。一篇有組織的論文應該建立于詳細的研究之上并能對需要更多論證素材的研究活動提供更具體的指導。

Forming a thesis can be a difficult process and many writing classes will dedicate significant time to the concept and process of thesis creation. A thesis is the main creative sentiment in a paper. Despite modern technologies' contribution to the research phase, thesis creation remains solely in the hands of the writer.

創立論題是一個艱難的過程，因此許多寫作課程都會花費大段時間講解創立論題的概念及過程。論題是一篇論文主要的創造性觀點。因此，相比現代技術給研究階段帶來的貢獻，創立論題這一部分仍取決于論文寫作者本身。
The body or framework of a paper is intended to provide supporting points that make the thesis more convincing. These supporting paragraphs should include the most compelling information from the papers resources. The average student essay provides limited real estate to prove a point. With this knowledge in mind, the supporting paragraphs of a paper should be optimized to put forth the strongest facts first. A student needs to organize the sequence and focus of each supporting paragraph to form the strongest foundation possible to support their thesis. Once again, while research elements will help dictate the focus of a paper's supporting paragraphs, the creation of a paper's framework is still completely in the hands of the writer.

論文的主體及結構是論證部分，它使論文更具說服力。論證部分應包含在研究素材中最具說服力的信息。論證部分應該最大限度的利用素材來論證論點，但事實上，大部分學生的論文提供的論證素材都十分有限。因此，學生應該組織一系列強有力的論證素材用于論證階段來支持論文的論點。也就是說，由于研究素材能過幫助我們關注論文的論證部分，因此論文的框架仍然取決于論文寫作者。

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