Research about Digital Badges and Digital Badges in Education

Research about Digital Badges and Digital Badges in Education

All sections have descriptive and appropriate titles with respect to their content Whenever necessary, sections contain subsections that are hierarchically numbered (1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, …) I am not overdoing with sub-subsections (e.g. I do not have one numbered 1.2.3.2.4.1!) I avoid having only one subsection within a section All sections and subsections are appropriately formatted (in bold and in larger font) as Headings so that they may be automatically included in the Table of Contents I do not have any (sub)sections that contain only a figure or only a table or only a list (every section contains text!) The sections are well-defined and well-thought. My report has a good reading flow. Report Formatting All pages in my report are numbered (preferably at the bottom of the page)! 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No section title appears at the end of a page All my lists are consistent (I do not use different bullets/indents for different lists) I use a numbered list only when the order of the items matters (I otherwise use a bulleted list) All Figures have numbered captions bellow them (e.g. Fig. 1: ) All Tables have numbered captions above them (e.g. Table. 1: ) All figures and tables are cited within the text, preferably shortly after they appear All figures and tables do not exceed text width (i.e. they do not occupy margin space) All figures are readable Pages in the preamble (everything before the Introduction section) are numbered using lowercase roman numerals (i, ii, iii, …) Page 1 is the first page of the main body of the report (Introduction section) Appendices pages are numbered using the letter of the Appendix and a number (A1, A2, …, B1, …) Use of Language I do not have spelling mistakes (I have used a spell-checker and I have proof-read my report) I do not have grammar/syntax mistakes I use formal language (no slang, “it is” rather than “it’s”, passive voice whenever necessary: “It is believed” rather than “People/We believe”) I use gender-free language (use “they” instead of “he”, “she” ) I do not use the word “I” anywhere in my report I avoid long sentences I have well-defined paragraphs within each section My paragraphs are not too long Each paragraph has a specific focus that can be summarised in a single sentence I do not make extensive use of quoted material Title Page I have a title page! 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(If needed; Appendices are not compulsory) My Appendices appear after my References section My Appendices are numbered with a letter (i.e. Appendix A, not Appendix 1) My Appendices have descriptive titles (i.e. Appendix A: