Return to Syllabus
Project Four Rough Draft Workshop
Project Four Rough Draft Workshop.doc
Project Four Rubric.pdf
Project Four: Research Question and Proposal
400 points total
- Rough draft workshop: 14 November 2012 (bring TWO copies of paper and POST rough draft to wiki).
- Conferences: 16 & 19 November 2012.
- Final Conferences: 4 & 6 December 2012.
- Final draft: 10 December 2012.
You will attempt to further answer your research question in this project by proposing a plan of work. You will design a hypothesis or thesis you wish to prove, and discuss your methods to go about proving it (either conducting a hands-on study or planning to mine for data). This proposal will prepare you to make feasible, well defined outlines for future projects.
Research Proposal Elements
The research proposal is very similar to the research article. It includes:
- Background on Topic
- Literature Review/Scholarship Review (should include 5-7 sources)
- Research Question
- Proposed Research Method
- Definition of Key Terms
- Materials/Tools (equipment, surveys...)
- Method of Evaluation
- Hypothesis/Expectations
- Concluding Remarks: arguing/demonstrating the IMPORTANCE of conducting this research (answering this research question).
- Bibliography should include 15 sources (from annotated bibliography)
The research proposal should be 15 - 20 pages (including charts, graphs...).
It should be a FORMAL research paper in your citation style.
Project Four Resources
Introduction to Project Four
Research Proposal Template
- All of these templates have the same PURPOSE:
- introduce a research problem/question
- contextualize that research question in CURRENT scholarship (and current knowledge)
- propose a plan to ANSWER that research question
- DEMONSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF ANSWERING THAT QUESTION (in this way)
- Animal and human testing forms:
Comments (0)
You don't have permission to comment on this page.