ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at how Discussion chapters are typically organised and provides a framework that will help students think about and write this section of students' thesis or dissertation. Students are also often uncertain about what content should be included in the Discussion section and how it should be organised. Evans et al. suggest strategies for writing the Discussion. Research has shown that there are a number of ways that Discussion sections are typically organised. The Discussion chapter is often in a kind of ‘reverse’ form from the Introduction section. Look at the Discussion chapter in a thesis or dissertation in students' area of study and make a list of the points that are covered in it. Look at the following extract from the Discussion section of a master’s thesis and look at the way the writer has made claims. Field-oriented Conclusions, Bunton found, often had quite a different structure to thesis-oriented Conclusions.
