Research project|Science
Research project|Science
Paper Instructions
You will submit a Research assignemt Proposal and Summary Outline to help you prepare for writing and submitting the full Research Paper in Week 7. See attached for the Research Paper Guidelines and Grading sheet for Week 7.
The topic for your paper is open to your interest. However, it must be avian-related in nature.
paper Instructions
You will submit:
1. A 4-6 sentence summary paragraph of what you will be covering in your paper
2. An outline of the topics you will cover
3. References that you will use for your Research Paper.
The summary should be written first, letting your professor know what you plan to cover in your Research Paper. Your thoughts should be clear and your writing free of spelling/grammar errors. Once you have a summary of what you want to discuss, you should start organizing the general and specific information you want to include in your paper by creating an alphanumeric outline. You can review instructions on how to develop such an outline as well as see a sample alphanumeric outline at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/03/.
analyze /Grading of this Assignment
Please see the attached Research Proposal Summary Grade Sheet.
Points are allocated as follows (Total of 50 points):
A. Summary – (20 points possible). Your summary should state the main ideas you will discuss in the Research Project and be free of any spelling and grammar errors.
B. Outline – (20 points possible). Your outline should be correctly formatted in an alphanumeric sequence and contain a minimum of 4 main topics of which each has more than one subdivision. Content should be ordered logically, be thorough, show clear direction, and be free of spelling and grammar errors.
C. References – (10 points possible). You must include a list of at least three references that you will use to help you write your research paper. At least two of these references must be from peer-reviewed journal articles. Resources available to help you find articles:
a. APUS Library (see the Library tab on the left-hand menu in the classroom) – See below for a Guide on Using the APUS Library. Click on Articles & Databases, then click on any of the databases listed on the left-hand side to help you search: EBSCO Database Link, JSTOR Arts and Sciences I,II,III Archive Collection, ProQuest Database Suite.
b. Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/)
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