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- Past Tense - used for description
- Present Tense - used for discussion
Feeling Tense?
Past Tense (Used for Description) In the Literature Review:
In his definition of literacy, Gee (1990) included the ability to adopt a discourse appropriate to a given social setting.(Example from Bruce & Rubin, 1993, p. 11)
In the Methodology section of your project report:
We organized our design around the idea of functional learning environments.(Example from Bruce & Rubin, 1993, p. 15)
Present Tense (Used for Discussion) In the Literature Review:
Making writing public implies adult notions of publishing and of presenting texts in a format to be read by others (Graves, 1983).(Example from Bruce & Rubin, 1993, p. 19)
In the Discussion/Analysis section:
For each pedagogical goal, the table shows two contrasts in writing practices.(Example from Bruce & Rubin, 1993, p. 20)
In the Conclusion:
This approach allows students to peer inside the expert writer's process of revision.(Example from Bruce & Rubin, 1993, p. 25)
References
Bruce, Bertram C. & Rubin, Andee. (1993). Electronic quills: A situated evaluation of using computers for writing in classrooms. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Last update: November 24, 2008