ABSTRACT

This chapter discusses some issues within the following topics: avoiding overstatements and overgeneralizations, tying conclusions to the theoretical framework, addressing implications to the forum's target audience and explaining how this study extends understanding in the field. It includes summarizing the findings in relation to the study's purpose, stating conclusions that can reasonably be made and outlining potential implications this might hold. The purpose of the culminating sections of the research manuscript is to draw final conclusions from the study in order to support extended understanding of the topic. However, the author needs to maintain and reflect in the writing an awareness of the limitations of the current study and avoid sending the message that what has been learned is more important or has greater breadth than the data warrants. The concluding segments of the manuscript provide the final opportunity for the author to convey the intended messages and to demonstrate the value of the work.