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The ResearchProposal
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Purpose Why have a proposal?
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Essential Elements
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Proposed Title
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Research Question What question is this research
attempting to answer?
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Attention Grabber
Generate interest Who cares? Who is your audience? Why is this important / significant?
Your rationale Significance / importance of your research
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Background Very general overview of what is known Establish the context Connection with Forbidden Knowledge Provide history and background Operationalize (define) key terms
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Alternative Explanations
Competing explanations Different points of view For example: pro & con
Schools of thought Different theories Alternative positions
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Thesis Statement
What you plan to argue or showYour theoryYour main purposeYour goal
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Methodology
How you will conduct your research Literature review
Compare and contrast differing theories Historical review
Secondary statistics Gather and analyze existing data (e.g., Census, GSS)
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Methodology
How you will conduct your research Interviews Content analysis Surveys, field observation, experiments
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Paper Plan
Tentative organization of paper Background and history Literature review Research methodology Findings
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Paper Plan
Tentative organization of paper Interpretation Identification of problems Recommendations for further research Works Cited
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Annotated Bibliography
5 to 10 works Final paper should have 10 to 15 works
All MLA-required citation information Credibility of author(s) Biases, if any, of author(s) Advantages and / or disadvantages Usefulness to your paper
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Typical Order of Elements
1. Cover page, with title
2. Abstract 1-paragraph summary, single spaced Begins at top of first page of text
3. Introduction Attention-grabber Research question Thesis statement
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Typical Order of Elements
4. Operationalizations
5. Background
6. Alternative Explanations
7. Methodology
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Typical Order of Elements
8. Paper plan
9. Conclusion Tie back to intro / thesis statement Leave reader excited to read your work
10. Annotated Bibliography
11. Works Cited (may be more extensive)
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Sequencing1. Curiosity2. Literature review3. Annotated bib4. Alternative explanations5. Research question6. Thesis7. Methodology8. Operationalization9. Background10. Paper plan11. Citations12. Introduction13. Conclusions14. Title and cover15. Abstract16. Works Cited
1. Cover and title2. Abstract3. Introduction4. Research question5. Thesis6. Operationalizations7. Background8. Alternative explanations9. Citations throughout10. Methodology11. Paper plan12. Conclusion13. Annotated bib14. Works Cited15. Curiosity16. Desire to read paper
Reader’s OrderAuthor’s Order
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The E-Portfolio
Martha J. Bianco, Ph.D.
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Underlying Philosophy
Goal-setting Self-assessment Reflection
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Purpose Multimedia résumé Work, skill, sample portfolio Job advancement Course placement Graduate school admissions Legacy
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Samples http://www.cyborglab.pdx.edu/portfolioproject/ http://web.pdx.edu/~hea/unst/index.php http://www.marthabianco.com/Courses/FK/
eportfolios.html