如何確定論文題目

1、碩士論文的選題 論文寫(xiě)作的過(guò)程一般可分為五個(gè)階段：1選題；2收集資料；3.分析資料、 構(gòu)思、制定提綱；4撰寫(xiě)初稿；5.修改和定稿。 一、選題 1 選擇一個(gè)籠統(tǒng)的題目 這個(gè)題目應(yīng)該是你既感興趣又對(duì)其有一定了解的題目。 對(duì)這個(gè)題目你應(yīng)該已 有一些想法，而這些想法值得你去進(jìn)一步探討、研究，進(jìn)而將其擴(kuò)展為一篇論文。 2.閱讀與思考 應(yīng)該盡量多讀書(shū)，以求得到自己所需要的資料。在閱讀的過(guò)程中還要不斷地 給自己提出問(wèn)題：你頭腦中的那個(gè)題目是否已有人做過(guò)較為深入的探討？你是否 能從新的角度、新的側(cè)面來(lái)進(jìn)一步拓展此題目，提出有創(chuàng)見(jiàn)性的論點(diǎn)？如果你的 回答是肯定的，你就可以邁出下一步。否則，你就應(yīng)該及時(shí)地放棄這個(gè)

2、題目。 3 縮小題目范圍 將題目的范圍縮小到某幾個(gè)方面，使其有可能成為一篇論文的題目。 4.確定最后的題目 最后選定的題目應(yīng)符合以下幾項(xiàng)要求： 1）選定的題目本身應(yīng)該是有意義的，而且是嚴(yán)肅的。你的分析必須有見(jiàn)地、有 深度。一篇科研論文應(yīng)該能引起讀者的思考，應(yīng)該使讀者讀后有所收獲。 2）選定的題目應(yīng)該是你力所能及的。 3）選定的題目應(yīng)該有足夠的資料供參閱。論文中所表述的觀(guān)點(diǎn)或看法應(yīng)該建立 在對(duì)各種資料的分析的基礎(chǔ)之上。如果你只能找到一兩本或一兩篇與你的論 文題目有關(guān)的書(shū)籍或文章，如果你只是從這一點(diǎn)資料中得出結(jié)論，那么你所 做出的結(jié)論很可能依據(jù)不足。 4）選定的題目應(yīng)該是可供客觀(guān)研究使用的。 5）

3、選題不應(yīng)該是當(dāng)前最熱門(mén)卻又無(wú)法下定論的題目。如果你選定的題目太大， 無(wú)法寫(xiě)深寫(xiě)透，你就應(yīng)該設(shè)法縮小它的范圍，為自己的論文找到一個(gè)恰當(dāng)?shù)?焦點(diǎn)。選題的過(guò)程是一個(gè)從大題目中發(fā)現(xiàn)小題目的過(guò)程。舉例說(shuō)明： Gen eral:TheAmerica nCivilWar Restricted:CausesoftheVictoryoftheNorth Morerestricted:TheSupportGive ntotheU nion ArmybythePeople Thetopicchose n:BlackSoldiersi ntheU nion Gen eral:Elizabetha nDrama Res

4、tricted:Shakespeare Tragedies Morerestricted:Hamlet Thetopicchose n:OnH amletInsan ity 二、收集資料 論文題目確定之后，緊接著的一步便是收集資料。收集資料應(yīng)當(dāng)貫穿整個(gè)論 文寫(xiě)作過(guò)程。 1 使用圖書(shū)館，列出閱讀書(shū)單 2 閱讀 3 做筆記 4.Ack no wledgeyoursources.Avoidplagiarism. 二、分析資料、構(gòu)思、制定提綱 1 確定論點(diǎn) 收集到足夠的資料以后，下一步就是要把這些資料組合成一個(gè)統(tǒng)一而聯(lián)貫的 整體，同時(shí)要為自己的論文提出論點(diǎn)。一篇論文的論點(diǎn)通常是一句話(huà)，闡明論文 作者對(duì)

5、自己所研究的論題進(jìn)一步定位定向的過(guò)程，從而確保自己在論文提綱的制 定和論文的撰寫(xiě)過(guò)程中不偏離主題。 2 .制定提綱 論文提綱主要有兩種形式。一種是短語(yǔ)提綱-提綱中的大小標(biāo)題都用短語(yǔ) 表述；第二種是整句提綱-提綱中的大小標(biāo)題都用完整的句子來(lái)表述。整句提 綱的表達(dá)可能更清楚些，因?yàn)樗梢郧宄仫@示出你的論文是如何一步一步地接 近你的結(jié)論的。 Theresearchpaperisbasedo nasystematic inv estigati ono fmaterialsfo un din alibrary.Thissectio nprovides in structio nsabouttheway

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