Basic requirements: Requires the use of at least 5 peer-reviewed, scholarly sources. Maximum of 9 pages of text (excludes the cover page and references cited section) at 1.5 line spacing (there will be point deductions if you go over 9 pages!) In-text citations and references section following APA NO QUOTESparaphrase only and cite these sections clearly and fully. Research topic must be related to your major No pictures, tables or other graphics are included in the text. Components and required headings for the proposal: Cover page IntroductIon (this is a required header) Appx 1/2 to 1 pg long A paragraph or two that identifies the research topic and research question, and its significance in the related discipline. This is a half to a page long. Literature Review (this is a required header) Appx 4 pgs long The literature review is where you provide sufficient information to orient your reader to the study and to show what is known and not known. This section should provide a context for your proposed study, basically why it matters. Your reader ought to be able to understand the project description based on the literature review. The literature review is based on 5 academic, peer-reviewed sources that are contextualized around themes so that a reader understands the what and why of the research issue. NOTE: your score on the annotated bibliography has no bearing hereyou need to mine the literature and if a source is found to not contain what you need, find another one! This section is organized around relevant themes (not authors and individual articles), well-cited and researched. Use subheaders to identify themes. For example: LITERATURE REVIEW (main header) Subheaders Distribution of Sage Hen Environmental Pressures Sage Hen as an Endangered Species BLM/NDOW Mitigation Measure Project Description (this is a required header Appx 2 pgs long Your proposed case study requires the collection of data that will address your research question. The data can be original based on a proposed method or it can be based in existing data found in journals or published databases. IF YOUR PROPOSE TO USE ORIGINAL DATA COLLECTION IT CANNOT INVOLVE BIOLOGICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL DATA. Here you will state exactly how you plan to do the researchhow you will assess your research objective. This includes The type of data you will acquirequantitative, qualitative, mixed; what exactly that is (ie., a count of squirrels in a 100×100 m area in the Ruby Mt foothills or narratives from historic mining diaries located at the Nevada State Historical Society) Exactly how you will acquire data (i.e., I will do fieldwork in the Ruby Mts for 10 days during Sept and Oct; this will involve a count of squirrels that are spotted directly by the observer, etc. or I will travel to the Nevada State Historic Society to search their archives for diary entries, etc.) How and why you will analyze data (i.e., chi square for squirrel distribution or narrative analysis involving identification of historic themes evident in diary entries). This section needs to be very linear so that your reader knows what you will do and how you will do it. Detail are needed! IMPORTANTLYyour data needs absolutely must relate to the research issue and have the ability to assess your objective. References Cited (this is a required header) Attach as a separate page. Full citations in MLA or APA style. Grading Approach ABOVE SATISFACTORY (150-175 pts): She or he shows the ability to apply principles innovatively in ways that surpass what was outlined in the assignment. These learners have a capacity to develop ideas in insightful ways. In other words, these learners have taken on the material, thought about it, and expanded on ideas and theories in interesting and insightful ways. Each requirement for the proposal is met and exceeded. The proposal exhibits superior depth, organization, writing, citation, and research strategy. Student exhibits superior command of the research process.. SATISFACTORY(122-149 pts) Satisfactory proposals meet the basic needs of the assignment, follows instructions and basics required but do not surpass the basics. These proposals ,may exhibit average depth, organization and writing, and research strategies are present but not exceptionally laid out. Student exhibits an average command of the research process.. BELOW SATISFACTORY (121 pts or fewer) These proposals do not the basic requirements of the assignment and do not exhibit an understanding of the research process. Writing, organization, and depth are below average and are not what is expected of higher level Bachelor students.
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