How to develop the IMRaD structure in original paper

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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v49.99139

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scientific research, scientific communication, original article, IMRaD structure

Abstract

This paper aims to inventory the IMRaD structure for preparing original articles. This study addresses the didactic nature of operationalizing the presentation of research results as an original article. The result of the present study is composed of a four-part structure. The first part highlights the distinction between the research and exposition methods and subsequently presents how to transpose research elements into the exhibition. The second part elucidates the sections of an original article prepared based on the IMRaD structure and explains the operationalization of the sections and the realization of the referred modeling. The third part illustrates the IMRaD model and its structure in sections and concomitantly presents the possibilities for modeling a scientific article. The fourth part presents suggestions for writing an original article. The broad adherence to the IMRaD structure is due to the simplicity and logic of exposing the research results and because it constitutes a more palatable reading resulting from the standardization of the manuscripts.

Keywords: scientific research, scientific communication, original article, IMRaD structure.

Author Biographies

Luiz Aberto Pilatti , Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Ponta Grossa, PR, Brasil

Professor Titular na Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR). Foi Diretor-Geral do Campus Ponta Grossa (2004-2012), Vice-Reitor (2012-2016) e Reitor (2016-2020) da UTFPR. Doutor em Educação Física pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Mestre em Educação pela Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (UNIMEP). Licenciado em Educação Física pela Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG). Está vinculado aos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção (PPGEP) e Ensino de Ciência e Tecnologia (PPGECT) no Campus Ponta Grossa. Bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa - CNPq.

Marizete Righi Cechin , Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Ponta Grossa, PR, Brasil

Cursa pós-doutorado no Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Sociais Aplicadas na Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa. Doutora pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Ensino de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR) campus Ponta Grossa. Participou do Programa de Doutorado Sanduíche no Exterior, na Université de Technologie de Compiègne/FR, tendo a CAPES como instituição de fomento durante o período. Professora titular da UTFPR campus Guarapuava. Mestre em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Graduada em Pedagogia pela Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste do Paraná. Possui especialização em Letras Português-Inglês. Graduada em Letras Português-Inglês pela Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras Imaculada Conceição. Atua na graduação na UTFPR-Guarapuava e na pós-graduação, no mestrado, como professora permanente, e no doutorado, como professora colaboradora, do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino de Ciência e Tecnologia (PPGECT) na UTFPR-Ponta Grossa da UTFPR. 

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2023-06-28

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Pilatti, L. A., Herrera Cantorani, J. R., & Cechin, M. R. . (2023). How to develop the IMRaD structure in original paper. Retos, 49, 914–925. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v49.99139

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