Stages and Content of a Report

Introduction:
This task is for you to practise matching the stages and content of a report. You should already know that reports usually have the following stages: Introduction, Procedure or Method, Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations. This activity helps you to understand what is in each of these stages.

Instructions:
Match the items in the boxes on the left with the items on the right:

  1. Click in the table cell containing the item you want to move.
  2. Click in the table cell where you want the item to go. The words will swap position.
  3. If an item is in the right position, it will have a green background and a tick.
  4. When all the table cells are green and have ticks, you have finished.

       Score: / 10

Report Stages

Report Content    
1 Introduction Section 1 When the data was collected
2 Introduction Section 2 Overview of the structure of the report
3 Introduction Section 3 Your ideas about the reasons for the things you discovered
4 Introduction Section 4 Description of the information you discovered
5 Procedure Section 1 Summary of what you discovered
6 Procedure Section 2 What you think should happen
7 Findings When the report was requested
8 Conclusion Section 1 Who requested the report
9 Conclusion Section 2 Why the report was requested, and the Aim
10 Recommendations How the data was collected

 

Last updated on: Monday, March 26, 2012