Assignment
Length: 10 pages (not including title page n reference page)
1. ABSTRACT: 1 page
2. Introduction: 2 pages
Why are you exploring this topic? In this section, it is appropriate to use a few sources that are not from peer reviewed journals. These may include mass media, television, newspaper, magazines, etc., information found on the Internet, books, etc. In addition, peer reviewed sources should also be used.
1. Problem
2. Purpose
3. Research questions
4. Significance of the study
5. Definitions of terms that you have
6. Limitations/delimitations (you may also provide in the Methodology area as well)
7. Assumptions
Matching percent from direct/in-direct quotes should not exceed 10%.
This section should grab the reader's attention to the problem you want to look into - try and note why the information might be important. Would it inform policy? Might it lead to more safe conditions? Etc.
Youtube video- How To Write Intro/Thesis.
3. Literature Review: 7 pages
Matching percent from direct/in-direct quotes should not exceed 10%.
o Reviewed the literature on a specific research question.
o The literature review focused on discussing how other researchers have addressed the same or similar research questions.
o It introduced the study and placed it in larger context that includes a discussion of why it is important to study this topic.
o It provided the current state of accumulated knowledge as it relates to the your specific research question/hypothesis/thesis statement.
o Summarized the general state of the literature (cumulative knowledge base) on the specific research question/hypothesis/thesis statement: included researcher's findings, how those findings were obtained, and evaluation of biases in the findings.
o Include a short conclusion and transition to the next section.
Used peer reviewed research articles.
Youtube video- Reviewing a Sample Literature Review (PartI):
Youtube video- Writing the Literature Review (Part One): Step-by-Step Tutorial for Graduate Students.
Youtube video- Writing the Literature Review (Part Two): Step-by-Step Tutorial for Graduate Students.
4. Reference (need at least 10 Peer-Reviewed/scholarly references):
o Incorporated all this sections references into one comprehensive list and should be in APA 6th Edition format.
o If you had a citation in the body of your work you must have the appropriate reference in the reference section.
o Also if you had a reference in your reference section, you must have a citation from that work somewhere in the body of your work. The citations and references must match up.
o You will be strictly held to the APA standards. Proper citations, in format and use as well as proper references must be implemented.
o Provided at least ten scholarly articles to support selected topic in the reference area.