Spring 2025 SOWK 460w Week 14 - Interpreting and Writing About Findings

A presentation at Heritage University in April 2025 by Jacob Campbell and is tagged with Heritage University, BASW Program, SOWK 460w

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Agenda slide outlining 'Plan for Week 14' activities: reviewing the executive summary, writing the abstract, discussion starters, bias-free language, storytelling with data, writing a summary with previous data, and group work. The presentation is associated with Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., LICSW at Heritage University for Spring 2025 Week 14 of SOWK 460w.

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A laptop screen displays 'Executive Summary.' Arrows labeled 'Write Here' and 'Resources Here' point to it. Text: 'Write abstract and share it with another group.' Links provided for reading abstracts and a keywords guide.

A presentation slide titled 'Discussion Phrases Guide by APA Style Guide' lists sentence starters for summarizing results, linking findings, discussing results, study limitations, implications, and future research. A pink circle suggests group discussion about sentence usage. URL: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/discussion-phrases-guide.pdf.

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Dr. Jacob Campbell

10 slides

Description

Week 14 is the last regular in-person class of the semester. Next week, students will work on their papers and presentations. This week, we look into how we interpret and write about findings. We will look at academic writing and how to use the APA style guide to use bias-free language, write an abstract, and more. We will be going over the total sections of the final paper. We will also have time for you to work in your groups on your final assignments.

The agenda is as follows:

Reviewing the executive summary
Writing the abstract
Discussion starters
Bias-free language
Telling a story with your data
Writing a summary with data from last week
Time to work with your group