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term paper

n.
A lengthy piece of written work required of a student on a topic drawn from the subject matter of a course of study.
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term′ pa′per


n.
a long essay or report written by a student as a major assignment over the span of a semester.
[1925–30]
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Noun1.term paper - a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term
paper, theme, report, composition - an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"
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You may order a term paper even whether its topic isn't very common, and you can't locate any information that would help you reveal the subject.
The term paper son refers to Chinese immigrants who came to the U.S.
The process was designed to ensure, for example, that a student who started writing his term paper at the school library doesn't lose it while transferring it onto the USB drive he'll use to finish the work at home.
And for Sh200,000, a PhD thesis can be done.An assignment costs as little as Sh500, while a term paper sets you back about Sh2,000.The company is just one of the dozens, if not hundreds, of such outfits spread across the country that are helping universities churn out graduates who have not met all the requirements.
The pattern of bids being concentrated in short term paper has refused to break all year.
Assigning a term paper for a history class, my professor said we shouldn't use any papers we had written for other classes; he said doing so would be plagiarism.
Investors seem to have adopted a wait-and-see attitude, instead buying short term paper while awaiting the outcome of the proposed review on interest rate cap law.
In October 1919, Teodulo Agus submitted a term paper on cheese.
This step by step reference book assumes the reader is a beginner researcher and meticulously walks the user through the steps that should be taken before in the process of actually writing a term paper. After an introduction to the research process and a discussion of how sources should be vetted for validity, the book suggests taking advantage of knowledgeable experts like librarians and teachers to get some general guidance up front.
When her school asked her to write a term paper, she decided to write about her favorite animal.
The analysis of final- term paper revealed that out of total 25 items bearing 70 marks, 58.5% items of the instruments were constructed in accordance with Remembering level, and remaining 41.5 % pertained to Understanding level of Bloom's Taxonomy.
The letter pages are fun to read but not when they end up longer than a term paper! Surely writers can keep their thoughts down to 250 words?