The purpose of this assignment is to assemble potential sources for your research project, as well as reflect on your purpose and audience. You have already done significant critical thinking and invention that helped you to develop your research question and determine options for genre and medium; now, you will conduct research related to your research question. The sources you collect and analyze will be the foundation for your research project in the course. Whatever avenue you pursue, you should have a specific audience in mind for the project. You should also research the style and genre you want to pursue for the research project. Think carefully about your purpose, audience, context, and medium, as well as the strategies you will use to develop the most effective project outcome.
This assessment fulfills the following objectives:
MLO 2.2Analyze The research process (REFLECT).
MLO 2.3Engaged In the conversation of scholarship and research (COMMUNICATE).
MLO 2.4 Evaluate research methods and the research process (PREPARE).
MLO 2.5 Evaluate the relevance of sources for research (PREPARE).
MLO 2.6 Demonstrate evidence of effective research(PREPARE, CREATE, and COMMUNICATE).
MLO 2.7 Address a research question sufficiently through source selection (DESIGN).
MLO 2.8Explain The relevance of sources to a research question (COMMUNICATE).
MLO 2.9 Illustrate depth and breadth of thinking about research (REFLECT).
MLO 2.10 Document in an appropriate documentation style (DESIGN).
Instructions
Your research documentation assignment will consist of two elements: 1) a research narrative and 2) a bibliography of your potential sources.
Your research narrative should address the following:
Scope,
Approach/Perspective,
Process and plan,
Context.
The narrative portion of your research documentation assignment should be at least 500 words. You should have at least 10 potential sources for your bibliography.
Here is an example of the Research Documentation Assignment. The annotated copy contains notes about how each element of the research narrative is fulfilled.
This is attached in the Additional Materials.
Outcomes
Demonstrate evidence of scholarly research (PREPARE and CREATE).
Explain and address your research question sufficiently through your research narrative and your source selection (DESIGN and COMMUNICATE).
Evaluate the relevance of sources for your research question (PREPARE).
Illustrate depth and breadth of thinking about your research question (REFLECT).
Document in APA, style (DESIGN).
Rubric
Capstone Rubric (2)
Criteria Ratings
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Design
Capstone: Develops questions and concepts towards a compelling purpose, audience, and context.
Accomplished: Develops questions and concepts towards a relevant purpose, audience, and context.
Developing: Identifies questions and concepts towards a relevant purpose, audience, and context.
Deficient: Does not identify questions and concepts towards a relevant purpose, audience, and context.
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Prepare
Capstone: Chooses materials, methods, and perspectives of depth and breadth, as well as relates them to one another in the appropriate context.
Accomplished: Chooses materials, methods, and perspectives and relates them to one another in the appropriate context.
Developing: Chooses materials, methods, and perspectives, but does not relate them to one another in the appropriate context.
Deficient: Does not choose materials, methods, or perspectives relevant to the appropriate context.
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Create
Capstone: Interprets relevant theories, methods, information, and content to produce research in an appropriate form and context.
Accomplished: Summarizes relevant theories, methods, information, and content to produce research in an appropriate form and context.
Developing: Includes relevant theories, methods, information, and content to produce some research in an appropriate form and context.
Deficient: Does not include relevant theories, methods, information, and content to produce some research in an appropriate form and context.
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Communicate
Capstone: Synthesizes and explains knowledge, skills, and information for a compelling purpose and context in an appropriate form.
Accomplished: Explains knowledge, skills, and information for a compelling purpose and context in an appropriate form.
Developing: Reports knowledge, skills, and information for a relevant purpose and context in an appropriate form.
Deficient: Does not identify knowledge, skills, and information sources for a relevant purpose and context in an appropriate form.
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Reflect
Capstone: Evaluates and considers diverse experiences, impacts, perspectives, knowledge and skills to address complex issues or problems in a more sophisticated way.
Accomplished: Evaluates and describes diverse experiences, impacts, perspectives, knowledge and skills to address complex issues or problems in a more sophisticated way.
Developing: Identifies and describes some diverse experiences, impacts, perspectives, knowledge and skills to address issues or problems.
Deficient: Identifies but does not describe some experiences, impacts, perspectives, knowledge and skills to address issues or problems.
