An abstract is a form of midterm or final certification. Any student who studies at a secondary school or university, from the first year gets acquainted with this type of academic work. Therefore, the requirements for the abstract need students to know and be sure to put them into practice.
This form of control is an independent research work. Therefore, simply copying text from a book or downloading finished work from the Internet is unacceptable. The student should try to reveal the essence of the problem being studied, present the available points of view, and also justify his own view of it. Therefore, the requirements for the abstract relate, first of all, to the design and its content, which should be logically stated, and differ in a problematic and thematic nature. In addition to a clearly stated and structured material, the presence of conclusions for each paragraph and general ones throughout the work is mandatory.
The regulatory requirements for writing an abstract are based on the following principles:
- It is recommended to start with the correct wording of the topic and setting basic goals and objectives.
- In the future, the selection of the necessary material begins. The most important thing is to “not be greedy” and remove the data that will not be able to reveal the essence of the goal. You can not be guided by the principle: "There will be a large amount of work, which means I will get a good mark." This is wrong, since the requirements for a GOST abstract not only limit its scope, but also strictly define the structure.
- The introduction to the abstract also has a strict number of components. First, it is imperative that there is a relevance in which to substantiate your choice of a given topic, as well as an object, subject, goal, tasks, and research methods. It is especially necessary to be especially careful when setting a research goal and tasks, which you need to implement everything in your essay. Secondly, include the practical and theoretical significance of the work.
- In the main part, the text must be divided into paragraphs and subparagraphs, at the end of each draw a small conclusion setting forth their point of view. The presence of fuzzy language, as well as speech and spelling errors, is inadmissible.
- Preparation of the abstract should be based on those scientific materials that are relevant to date. Naturally, this applies to the list of used literature. It is recommended to issue it with the following information: author, title, place and year of publication, name of the publisher and number of pages.
Requirements for the abstract on the following:
- It is recommended to do this only in accordance with the rules that are presented in a particular educational institution. We are talking about the title page, list of references and the appearance of the page.
- Particular attention should be paid to the design of quotes, which are included in quotation marks in the text, and then in parentheses is given the serial number of the source from the list of references and a semicolon number of the page.
- In accordance with GOST 9327-60, text, tables and illustrations must be included in A4 format.
- The abstract is to be performed only on the computer. Text should be aligned in width, line spacing is one and a half, font is Times New Roman (14 pt.), Margin parameters are lower and upper 20 mm, left 30 and right 10 mm, and paragraph indent 1.5 cm.
- In the text, it is imperative to focus on certain terms, concepts and formulas using underlining, italics and bold. In addition, titles of chapters, paragraphs, and subparagraphs should be distinguished, but no dots are given at the end. To make available transfers in the form of a numbered or bulleted list.
In general, the requirements for abstract available in GOST must be followed.