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<p class="MsoNormal">To PH450 Supervisors:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This message appended below has been sent out to PH450 students regarding material for the 2<sup>nd</sup> Report that that can submit for feedback. The deadline set for students is the 15/3/2021 and they should send the material directly
to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm">Please try to provide appropriate feedback within 1 week of being provided the material to help them improve the 2<sup>nd</sup> Report. The intended level of discourse of the 2<sup>nd</sup> Report is for
a general physics audience, hence it still needs to be accessible to non-experts, i.e. the markers who may not be experts in the topic. The formatting style is generally that a Physical Review A and usual scientific paper writing conventions are expected in
terms of structure, layout, presentation of graphs, tables, diagrams etc. It should read like a scientific article, not an undergraduate or high school lab report.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm">If students would prefer to defer the deadline for this material, this is up to your discretion. You are not expected to have to provide feedback earlier than 1 week of being sent it. Feedback should not
be in the form of extensive re-writing but in the form of constructive suggestions as to how to improve the material. There should not be an iterative process of review so it is best to give reasonably complete advice to avoid cycles of feedback on the report.
The feedback on the draft material is in addition to general feedback throughout the project.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm">Daniel<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PH450: 2nd Report Draft Material for Feedback, Due 15/3/2021<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Posted Thursday, 4 March 2021, 4:34 PM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A reminder that draft 2nd Report material for comment and feedback should be sent to your Supervisor (directly) by the 15th March 2021. This will allow supervisors sufficient time to read the material and compose useful feedback that can
then be incorporated into the 2nd Report in time.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The purpose of feedback at this stage is to make sure that any course corrections can be applied early and that the style, tone, coverage, and level of the report are appropriate and aligned with the instructions given. The supervisor is
not expected to extensively re-write or contribute to the text of your report.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You may send any or all 2nd Report material for comment. It is not expected that a full or near final draft be available at this stage but you should submit representative samples of material on which you wish your supervisor to provide
focussed comment. This may include presentation style of data (e.g. graphs), structure of the report, topics to be included, style of writing, denseness of technical explanation, appropriateness of level of detail, whether it targets the demographic as instructed
etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As a significant proportion of the 1st Report is expected to form parts of the introductory section of the 2nd Report, a suitably adapted and condensed version of this text could form part of the material to be submitted for feedback, to
check for appropriate scientific article style for example. You may also consider also at this stage adhering to the report template style (LaTeX or Word) to become familiar with its layout and identify any formatting problems early.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Supervisors will endeavour to return any feedback within a week to allow for any adjustments or suggested changes to be made to your report. It is good practice to write up as much as you can as the project progresses in order to minimise
the required amount of newly written text for compilation into the final version of the report. Any extension to the due date for the material will be up to the discretion of the Supervisor (discuss this directly with them) and they are not expected to provide
feedback sooner than 1 week after seeing the material.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm">Dr Daniel Oi, PH450 Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
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