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Research Assistant: For Students: Purpose Statement ActivityResearch Assistant: For Students: Purpose Statement Activity
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4th - 9th
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Research Assistant: For Students: Purpose Statement

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This site gives advice on how to write an effective purpose (thesis) statement. The summary is given as answers to four questions: what? why? when? how?.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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