What are the three most popular types of community interaction for a research paper?1. Engagement with Literature SkillsYour work must be informed and supported by scholarly material relevant to and focused on the task(s)set. You should provide evidence that you have accessed an appropriate range of sources: academic,governmental and industrial; these sources may include scholarly journal articles, textbooks, currentnews articles, organisational documents, and websites. It would help if you considered the credibility ofyour sources; academic journals usually are highly credible sources, while websites require carefulconsideration/selection and should be used sparingly. Any sources you use should be current and upto-date, primarily published within the last five years, though seminal/essential works in the field may beolder. You must provide evidence of your research/own reading throughout your career, using a suitablereferencing system, including in-text citations in the main body of your work and a reference list at theend.2. Knowledge and Understanding SkillsAt level 4, you should demonstrate knowledge of the underlying concepts and principles associated withyour area(s) of study. Knowledge relates to the facts, information and skills acquired through yourlearning. You demonstrate your understanding by interpreting the meaning of the facts and information(knowledge). This means that you must select and include the concepts, techniques, models, theories,etc., appropriate to your works task(s). In addition, you should be able to explain the theories anddemonstrate your understanding. Your mark/grade will also depend upon how much you demonstrateyour knowledge and understanding.3. Cognitive and Intellectual SkillsYou should be able to present, evaluate, and interpret qualitative and quantitative data to develop linesof argument and make sound judgements following fundamental theories and concepts of yoursubject(s) of study. You should evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problemsrelated to your area(s) of research and work. Your work must contain evidence of logical, analyticalthinking. For example, you examine and break information into parts, make inferences, and compile,compare, and contrast information. This means not just describing what but also justifying: Why? How?When? Who? Where? Justify your arguments and judgements using evidence that you have reflectedupon the ideas of others within the subject area and that you can make sound judgements andarguments using data and concepts. Where relevant, alternative solutions and recommendations maybe proposed.4. Practical SkillsAt level 4, you should be able to apply the basic underlying concepts and principles to evaluate andinterpret these within the context of your area of study. You should demonstrate how the subject-relatedconcepts and ideas relate to real-world situations and a particular context. How do they work in practice?You will deploy models, methods, techniques, and theories in that context to assess current situations,perhaps to formulate plans or solutions to solve problems or to create artefacts. This is likely to involve,for instance, using real-world artefacts, examples and cases, applying models within an organisationand benchmarking one theory or organisation against others based on stated criteria.5. Transferable Skills for Life and Professional PracticeYour work must provide evidence of the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employmentrequiring the exercise of some personal responsibility. This includes demonstrating: that you cancommunicate the results of your study/work accurately and reliably and with structured and coherentarguments; that you can initiate and complete tasks and procedures, whether individually orcollaboratively; fluency of expression; clarity and effectiveness in presentation and organisation. Workshould be coherent and well-structured in presentation and organisation.
