Understanding, Cameron Talley, from Flickr
"Doing Research" by Viewoftheworld, from Flickr
1: Understand Your Assignment
Step 1:
The first step to successfully completing an assignment is to read and understand the assignment.
The guide linked below will provide useful information to consider for this first step. Most importantly always remember that your professor will be the best resource for clarification, direction, and judgement calls on how you should proceed on any assignment-related questions.
- Understanding assignmentsThe first page of this guide from the University of North Carolina Writing Center has very useful information on interpreting your assignment and understanding the action verbs found in your assignment.
- Understanding Assignments DemoDemonstrates the principles laid out in the "Understanding Assignments" item above.
