I figured it out! problem statement = “Reverse pie drawing” technique in academic writing. 🎉 Many international students often feel confused. In fact, as long as you find out the existing problems in your research field according to the existing literature review, and put forward your own solutions to these problems, you can perfectly demonstrate the importance of academic papers! Specific practices are as follows:
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Step one: The Ideal
The famous “The Ideal” describes the ideal situation of your research topic without any external interference from the existing literature. What will be the impact, significance, and positive effects of realizing this ideal?
Step two: The Reality
Don’t forget to tell the tutor that the reality seems not too optimistic, and in the actual research process, there will inevitably be gaps between the current situation and the ideal of the subject (such as Content Gap, Theory Gap, Methodology Gap, etc.). Please specify where this differs from the ideal.
Step three: The Consequences
Faced with gaps, we need to work on them, which is why you explore further. Your paper aims to illustrate the feasibility and feasibility of this problem, as well as possible solutions to fill the relevant gaps in the research field.
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The following points should be noted in problem statement writing:
1. Adopt the 5W model to clearly show the core elements of the problem. Who is the question directed at? What is the nature of the problem? When does it appear? What is the crux of the problem? And How to solve it?
2. The statement should focus on one issue and avoid confusion caused by multiple issues at the same time.
3. The statement is not a pile of literature review, but focuses on the actual research field and pays attention to the content not yet covered in the related literature.
