A standard chapter in a thesis, or a article should satisfy the following :
1) what is the aim of this chapter?
2) what is going to happen (what will be presented here)?
3) Heading 1: say about it, but keep mentioning in passing other key ideas in the chapter
4) Heading 2: say about it, and referring back to what have been said so far
5) Provide a conclusion:
- a summary of what have been mentioned
- highlight the idea/concept (among many things you mentioned) that is important at most in your work
-tell what is going to happen /be presented in the next chapter
Other requirements:
-Should be 7-8 thousand words in length
-Should cover (the number of thousand words x 10) = 8 x 10 = 80 references
-References should be the key studies in the mentioned area. Do Google Scholar search to determine roughly which studies get cited the most. The more cited, the more influential. References will not be counted in word counting.
- Map, table, formula all need caption. Insert them, right click, choose caption, choose among options (table, figure, equation), give a name
-Margins: Left: 3cm, Right, free, Top/Bottom: 2,5
-Page number: top, right
-Font: 12, double spaced, Times New Roman
-Appendixes are at the end of thesis
