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PURPOSE
In this project, you will write a proposal for your own research study. As an English
Educator, much of the work you do will depend on writing research proposals: when you
apply for grants, publish articles, apply to conferences, or pitch your ideas to
administrators, colleagues, or school partners, you must be able to convey the urgency
of the issue, situate your work in previous research, describe and justify your methods,
and suggest the significance of potential contributions.
AUDIENCE
The audience for this work is our class; you might also envision committee members,
journal reviewers, or conference chairs. Assume that readers have some knowledge of
English Education but may not be familiar with the issue, the approach, or the methods.
PROCESS
During the semester, we will work together to develop the major sections of the
proposal genre (these sections are recognizable to education researchers and will likely
be similar to expectations you find in journals, conference CFPs, etc.). The sections are:
Problem Statement
Literature Review & Research Questions
Theoretical Framework
Methodology
Anticipated Contributions/Significance
RUBRIC
Criteria/Score
Purpose
Sources
Study Design
Contributions
Formatting
Conventions
Purpose of the Study (Problem Statement, Literature Review, & Research Question(s))
30% of Project Proposal Grade
4 This proposal formulates a clear, appropriate purpose for the authors research project, derived
from a clear, well-supported, and complex analysis of the contributions and limitations of
relevant scholarly articles.
3 This proposal formulates a clear, appropriate purpose for the authors research project, derived
from a clear and well-supported analysis of the contributions and limitations of relevant scholarly
articles.
2 This proposal formulates a clear, appropriate purpose for the authors research project, and
presents a clear and well-supported analysis of the contributions and limitations of previously
published scholarly articles. However, this proposal does not make explicit how the purpose for the
study is derived from those articles.
1 This proposal formulates a vague or inappropriate purpose for the authors research project, and a
vague or poorly supported analysis of the contributions and limitations of previously published
scholarly articles, which may not all be relevant to this study. Additionally, this proposal may not
make explicit how the purpose for the study is derived from those articles.
0 This proposal does not formulate a purpose for the authors research project.
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