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Essay Instructions: Research Design Project
SIGNATURE ASSIGNMENT

Purpose: The signature assignment is the Research Design Project. The purpose of this project is to confirm that the student has acquired research skills sufficient to design a meaningful research project on their own and that it can be communicated appropriately in APA style.
Since this is an eight-week course, collecting data for your assignment would not be possible and is not part of this project. However, students are expected to adhere to scholarly journal writing standards by writing their project in the third person. Although you would have not collected data, it is expected that you write your Research Design Project in the past tense, which is the accepted tense when writing scientific research and scholarly manuscripts. You may choose a qualitative-
Directions: Develop a research design project on a topic of interest. Write a paper that explains the project using the headings and subheadings described below. As a rule of thumb, the average length of the Research Design Project runs between 12-15 pages, cover to cover. This signature assignment should include the following elements:
Title Page (APA Format)
Introduction
• Significance of the study (explain why you selected the topic you did, and make connections to the literature on the topic)
• Statement of the problem and purpose of the study

Problem Question:

How do school systems use data to implement strategies and drive instruction for elementary students?

• Research question

Brief Review of the Literature

• Three to five peer-reviewed research studies (must be from the last 5 years)
• Review summary further establishes the significance of your study and problem statement

Design and Methodology
Based on the research design you have selected describe the following:

o Qualitative
Site or social network, research role, purposeful sampling strategies, data collection strategies, data management and analysis, and limitations of the design.


Reflection

o Justify why you feel a qualitative design is the best choice for this study?
o Explain how your research design and methodology informs the questions or hypotheses of this study?
o In what ways do you feel this study might contribute to the body of knowledge on this topic?
o How might the results of this type of study improve your own practice?
o How might the results of this study influence decisions made by your school or district?
o What do you feel are the biggest challenges or roadblocks for conducting this study?
o In what ways has this process of designing a research study influenced your own views of educational research?

References (APA format)
must be from the past 5 years


RUBRIC:

Introduction
Choice of topic
General statement of the problem
Specific research questions and/or hypotheses
Significance of the study ? Research topic is relevant and clearly established
Problem statement is concise and well-stated
Research questions and/or hypotheses are thoughtful, reasonable and clearly support the problem statement
Significance of the study is clearly stated and establishes the importance of the problem and need for the study
Brief Review of the Literature
(5 peer-reviewed research articles from past 5 years)


Review of the literature provides a thoughtful and purposeful overview of the educational issue that is being addressed
Review of the literature provides convincing support for the proposed study
Review of the literature includes 5 peer-reviewed research articles clearly connected to the purpose of the study
Design and Methodology ? Design and methodology for a quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-method study are clearly and accurately identified and present
? Researcher provides a rich and detailed picture of how study will be conducted including the subjects, site/social network selection and his/her role in the study
? Data collection and analysis procedures/strategies are logical and manageable, with reasonable potential for generating reliable data
? Limitations have been clearly stated and include strong discussion of potential threats to internal or external validity or to the reliability of the study

Reflection ? Demonstrates a strong justification for the chosen research design or paradigm
? Demonstrates a strong understanding of the research design process.
? Demonstrates a strong understanding of how to collect and analyze research data
? Demonstrates a clear respect and understanding for the value of research in developing sound educational theories and in the improvement of practice
Writing and Mechanics (Manuscript)
? Current APA Guidelines
? Academic voice and scholarly/ descriptive use of language
? Logical sequence of ideas, transitions between paragraphs and sentence structure
? Grammar, spelling and punctuation
? Clarity of writing ? Current APA guidelines were followed for citations, references, pagination, title page, and headings
? Academic voice and the use of scholarly/descriptive language is effectively incorporated
? Logical sequence of ideas and transitions between paragraphs are effectively made with excellent sentence structure
? Grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors are non-existent
? Writing is clear, concise and easy to follow

Essay Instructions: Research designs influence the structure of a research question. Research questions change depending on the design used. In this discussion you have the opportunity to understand more fully why this is so.
Rewrite your project’s quantitative research question to fit a descriptive research design, an explanatory research design, and a predictive research design. Post your three research questions, identifying the design they match. Explain how and why the wording of each question changed to reflect the different design.

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Essay Instructions: Research Design Differences: Qualitative vs. Quantitative

There are important differences between the qualitative research design and the quantitative research design. For this paper you are asked to identify at least three characteristics of a qualitative study that are unique to this effort. You are also asked to identify at least three characteristics of a quantitative study. Discuss and compare these differences.

For example: a qualitative study will use what is called 'purposeful sampling,' while a quantitative study (specifically an experimental study) uses random sampling. Your task would be to define and compare these different sampling methods and explain why each is important regarding the kind of design.

This paper should be a minimum of four pages, utilizing APA format, and a minimum of two references for each design. APA format would include a cover page, abstract, 1 ½ inch margins left and 1 inch margins the remainder of the page, as well as a Reference page.



Required Source:

Smith, R. A. & Davis, S. F. (2010). The psychologist as detective (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN : 2740.




Other helpful links …External Links

http://search.epnet.com or ProQuest Direct database

http://www.apa.org/topics/


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Essay Instructions: Research Design and Methodology
There are various research methods and designs that can be utilized to to investigate the problem being examined. Your methodology should state clear reasons why you chose a particular method or procedure. As a result, your methodology should be explained clearly, using simple terms, easy for the reader to understand.

When writing your methods section, avoid using "I" to write about what you did. Instead, say "The research examined will utilize teh ______ methodology. This methodology was selected because...." or "The researcher selected this methodology to examine....".

Finally, be consistent with your verb tenses, choose one and stick to it. Hope these tips help and you start to summarize your topic.