Describe the Reverse Outlining technique.
What will be an ideal response?
Use a method called reverse outlining. After you have written a first complete draft, outline it on a paragraph-by-paragraph basis, ignoring the actual section headings you used. See if the paper you wrote actually fits the outline you planned. How could the organization be improved?
Perhaps most importantly, leave yourself enough time so that you can revise—several times if possible—before turning in the final draft.
Reverse outlining -- Outlining the sections in an already written draft of a paper or report to improve its organization in the next draft.
A well-written research report requires (to be just a bit melodramatic) blood, sweat, and tears and more time than you will at first anticipate. But the process of writing one will help you to write the next, and the issues you consider—if you approach your writing critically—will be sure to improve your subsequent research projects and sharpen your evaluations of others.
Those of you interested in a more focused discussion of writing in general (e.g., grammar, elements of style, emotional aspects of writing) should see Becker (1986), Booth et al. (1995), Mullins (1977), Strunk and White (1979), and Turabian (1967). And we don’t need to point out that students (and professional researchers) often leave final papers (and reports) until the last possible minute (often for understandable reasons, including other coursework and job or family responsibilities). But be forewarned: The last-minute approach does not work for research papers or reports.
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the________ approval. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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What will be an ideal response?