According to HKERA, high scoring papers signpost originality, rigour and significance. Detailed descriptions are as follows: 1) Originality: the paper proposes new ways forward, challenges old ideas and takes the scholarship to the next level, 2) Significance: tries to sustain the theoretical analysis and applications throughout the paper to avoid lapsing into descriptive writing, 3) Rigour – the paper adopts innovative methods; or there is a rigorous analytical narrative in terms of intellectual argument developed in the paper.
Awarded date
15 Dec 2018
Granting Organisations
The Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research (HKERA)