Is an abstract present or part tense?

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I used to read somewhere that an abstract should be written in a present tense. However details of methodology is a past tense. What do you think?
 

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Can you give us an example?
 

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Can you give us an example?
For example,
The objectives of this research are to ....... Three teachers were asked to participated in this study; they taught the students using developed lessons. The findings reveal that...
Hope that I provided sufficiently for your consideration.
 
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