#Research question development

[excellenthomevlasses]

IB Internal Assessment Help: Unlocking the Path to Academic Excellence

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Internal Assessment (IA) is a critical component of the IB Diploma Program, enabling students to showcase their skills through independent research and analysis within their chosen subjects. Unlike external exams, IAs are internally graded by teachers and externally moderated by the IB. These assessments test a student’s ability to conduct research, analyze…

[excellenthomeclasses1]

IB Internal Assessment Help: Unlocking the Path to Academic Excellence

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Internal Assessment (IA) is a critical component of the IB Diploma Program, enabling students to showcase their skills through independent research and analysis within their chosen subjects. Unlike external exams, IAs are internally graded by teachers and externally moderated by the IB. These assessments test a student’s ability to conduct research, analyze…

[reality-detective]

UN & WEF - Sustainable development control plan means.

Corporate control of all Earth’s inventory.

▪️Land

▪️Water

▪️Minerals

▪️Plants

▪️Animals

▪️Construction

▪️Production

▪️Food

▪️Energy

▪️Information

▪️Humans

Corporations & NGO’s supersede you. 🤔

[unopenablebox]

also, like, just for everyone's reference, that "ai effects on brain engagement with writing" paper is from the MIT media lab specifically, a bizarre department composed of a mix of different labs from different fields which ostensibly are meant to allow for unusual crossdisciplinary or otherwise out-of-the-box research, and in fact are mostly very self-consciously designed to a very specific vision of what "out of the box" means that hit a small set of very trendy research topics. often they do very hype-conscious slightly fluffy conceptual work about popular topics (AI, robotics, consciousness, human-tech interactions, etc) that get very widely promoted in order to encourage funding by the kind of individual philanthropist who's really into that kind of thing.

those labs do sometimes produce good research, but it's very conspicuous that they're not actually situated in a research department where they would be surrounded by their actual peers in the discipline and receive feedback and supervision by other experts. like, it's not that any given work from that department is definitely suspect in its methods or anything. it's just that, if your main interest was in doing good neuroscience, there is a whole MIT neuroscience department already, and the choice to instead be in the flashy self-promotion department and frame all your questions in the flashy self-promotion framing is. at least kind of notable.

[aloeclown]

question for persona 4-heads

[words-after-midnight]

I think people writing self-inserts and self-indulgent pieces is awesome and a great way to create a story and explore writing. I don't think there's anything wrong with it whatsoever and I think people (especially young women) get way too much unwarranted shit for it. But discussions around so many posts about this topic so quickly turn into "when you really think about it every character is a self-insert" and/or "all writing is self-indulgent" and I'm just like... no... you had me, and now you've lost me.

[airenyah]

sooooo i think i found a way to turn the heart killers into my master thesis??

[anonymouspuzzler]

Hey! Sorry, out of the blue question but I was watching the Frankenbugs playthrough of Shipwrecked 64 (amazing stuff, though I don't need to tell *you* that) and during it, you were making some sort of guide for the game? If that's public anywhere, I would loce to see it. I'm sort of archiving all documentation I can find on the game, actually! If you don't want to answer that in an ask, you can also shoot me a message.

it's not public anywhere (largely because it was mostly pulling together information from various other public guides and/or was information specific to what Bugs & Frankie needed for their playthrough) but i would like to make it public eventually...! I've entertained ideas of building a website, probably once I finish the additional research/documentation/cleanup I've done-slash-have been-slash-will be doing for the eventual Jungle Cruise - kinda serving as half-guide half-documentation of background and development (specifically in a way that better differentiates "beta" information versus stuff that's in the final game, largely because that's a personal pet peeve and if it's my website i can do what i want LOL)

[sardonic-decay]

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[excellenthomevlasses]

Mastering the IB Extended Essay: Tutoring in Academic Success

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Extended Essay (EE) is a pivotal component of the IB Diploma Program, challenging students to explore a self-selected topic within one of their subjects in depth. This 4,000-word research project not only tests students’ analytical, research, and academic writing skills but also prepares them for the demands of higher education. Successfully completing the…

[excellenthomeclasses1]

Mastering the IB Extended Essay: Tutoring in Academic Success

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Extended Essay (EE) is a pivotal component of the IB Diploma Program, challenging students to explore a self-selected topic within one of their subjects in depth. This 4,000-word research project not only tests students’ analytical, research, and academic writing skills but also prepares them for the demands of higher education. Successfully completing the…

[darabeatha]

/ I'm very passionate about this whole thing M.octezuma has going on

[marginal-notes]

Really need to do a lot of research to hammer out all my thoughts about supply procurement and food logistics in the founders era, depending on how fast and loose we want to play with historical social classes.

Because. Like. Forget about ideas about capitalism fueling merchant lords that heavily influence the political landscape. We could very well be talking about bottom of the social ladder status for artisans and merchants instead.

… I just want to know where the clans are getting their steel and cabbages from…..

[fragmentedblade]

Also, Ruan Mei was the one who lent the Phase Flame to Ratio, wasn't she?

[lacewise]

The damage done by academics who don’t communicate with craftspeople because “they know better” cannot be overstated

[ahb-writes]

In support of Point #10, a fuller reading experience facilitates a fuller writing experience.

Good literature and bad, complete with engaging characters or boring archetypes, inform one on the many complex or nuanced storytelling strategies authors access. For example, it's hard to consider oneself knowledgeable of different types of conflict if all the novels one reads are of a certain genre. It's hard to acquire the vocabulary necessary to draft historical fiction without widely reading research native to or focused on a relevant time period. And it's hard to assemble a comfort and familiarity with the styles and devices of one's genre of choice without digging into all that genre has to offer.

how do i make my writing more ‘mature’? i always feel like no matter how sophisticated i write and no matter every which way i change it up it always has a sense of being childish or juvenile.

Making Writing Sound More Mature

1 - Better Plot and Story Structure - One of the telltale signs of juvenile writing is a story that meanders, has no obvious plot or structure, has no conflict or has a protagonist with no goal. So, make sure you have a well fleshed out plot, with a conflict, protagonist goal, and which hits the beats specific to your story's genre.

2 - Three-Dimensional Characters - If you're writing plot-driven fiction, make sure your main characters have a fleshed out personality, stakes, motivation, goal, and compelling relationships with other characters. If you're writing fully or partially character-driven fiction, do all of the above, but also make sure your main characters have a relevant internal conflict and a thoughtful character arc.

3 - Well-Developed Setting and World - One common hallmark of juvenile writing is a lack of "sense of place" and under-developed world building. So, make sure you put a lot of thought into where your story takes place... not just the immediate setting of each scene, but the overall world of the story, or at least the parts of it that are relevant.

4 - Incorporate Literary Devices - Juvenile writing tends to be lacking in the use of metaphor, simile, symbolism, irony, themes, and motifs. So, make sure to include those, but also take the time to make them relevant to your story.

5 - Include a Broad Range of Vocabulary - One common element of juvenile writing is a reliance on limited, simple vocabulary. Don't be afraid to use a thesaurus to find more interesting word choices--just be absolutely certain to crosscheck your choices with a dictionary to make sure they are the right choice. Online thesauruses in particular are bad about offering up bad suggestions. Also, make sure to learn and use special vocabulary that is relevant to your story, genre, or setting. For example, if your character is a retired police detective trying to solve a murder on his stalled cruise to Alaska, you need to make sure you know the proper investigative terminology, because he will definitely use it. And, by that same token, you'd want to make sure you know cruise ship lingo as well. And, part of this, too, is getting better at description and the inclusion of emotional and sensory detail.

6 - Use Varied Sentence Structure - This is a big one... juvenile writing tends to use repetitive sentence structure, such as simple sentences (she stood up, she went to the window, she waved at the man), lack of subordinate clauses (Tad Smith, who was a seasoned and retired investigator, had looked forward to this cruise his whole life...), repetitive starts (every sentence begins with a pronoun, for example), uniform length (all short sentences, for example.) So, make sure your sentences are varied. If you read them out loud, you don't want it to sound rhythmic, but more like a complex melody.

7 - Show, Don't Tell... Most of the Time - Telling definitely has its place, but most of the time you want to show rather than tell, meaning that instead of stating things simply and directly (the sun was shining) you want to paint a clear but indirect image (dappled sunlight shone through the trees.)

8 - Avoid Cliche Phrases - Human language is littered with everyday phrases like "to each their own" or "better late than never." Generally-speaking, you want to avoid these phrases in your story, especially in exposition. If you include them anywhere, they're best spoken as dialogue by a character who it makes sense would say something like that. Likewise, be careful of cliche genre or character-type phrases. For example, villains who say things like "we're not so different, you and I..." or "I finally have you right where I want you!" These overused phrases tend to make stories sound juvenile and unpolished.

9 - Avoid Cliche Tropes - Another type of cliche to avoid if you want more mature-sounding writing is cliches of various tropes. Tropes on their own are a good thing, but when tropes are used the same way over and over again in a genre or type of story, they become predictable. For example, the super gorgeous protagonist who everyone is in love with, but they view themselves as plain and not special. Or the broken/hopeless/addict mentor character. It's not that you can't use any cliche tropes at all, just make sure your story isn't riddled with them, and do what you can to put your own spin on the ones you do use.

10 - Read, Read, Read - And I can't stress this enough... the absolute best way to improve your writing style and take your writing from juvenile to polished is to make sure you're reading a lot of fiction, in a lot of genres, by a lot of authors. Audio books, short stories, and poetry count, too. The more you read, the more you begin to: understand plot and story structure, recognize well-developed characters, easily envision complex settings and worlds, learn vocabulary and literary devices, become attuned to varied sentence structure, and learn to recognize cliche phrases and tropes.

Happy writing!

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