About the Training

All STEM students will at one point or another in their career need to write and prepare an abstract. This training will provide an opportunity to learn about abstract preparation at a comfortable pace while working asynchronously to master abstract preparation. At the end of this instruction, when given a topic or selecting a topic of their choice the learner will be able to create an abstract to present at an academic/ professional conference.

This training has been separated into three levels based on the learner’s prior knowledge of abstracts:

Novice: This is regarded as the beginner level meant for students with little or no knowledge of abstract preparation.
Intermediate: This level is meant for learners who are familiar with the basics of abstract writing but need to review, practice and apply their knowledge
Advanced: This level is meant for learners well versed in abstract knowledge but need an opportunity to practice.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the Lesson students will be able to:

• Describe the purpose of an abstract which is to summarize the research.
• Outline and identify the components of an abstract including: title, authors, purpose, methodology, results, conclusion and acknowledgement
• Construct abstracts written in third person phrases when provided with a sample abstract or preparing their own abstract.
• Prepare an abstract using the guidelines provided in a rubric to measure the level of understanding.
• Prepare and format an abstract based on the purpose/guideline provided by the professional body of the conference they want to attend.
• Proofread abstracts thoroughly before presentation to eliminate errors.