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WEEK 5: AT A GLANCE
PROJECT 1: ANNOTATED RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
DISCUSSION
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PROJECT 1
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RESOURCES
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MAKING CONNECTIONS
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INTRODUCTION
“What are the typical components of a research framework?”
This week, you will focus on the completion of the first project. When working on critical deliverables, it is helpful to solicit feedback on drafts from your peers. Their perspective can help identify gaps, issues of clarity, and other areas for improvement.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This week, you will:
Conduct peer reviews of annotated research framework drafts
Write an abstract for a research study
Describe the literature and rationale
Analyze the concepts of a research study
Create a conceptual framework diagram
Justify a research framework
Identify gaps for future research
SKILLS
You will develop the following skills:
Critically reviews and evaluates the pertinent literature on a selected research focus
Develops basic conceptual frameworks
Effectively uses new or advanced communication technologies
Uses appropriate communication medium for the audience and situation
Prepares visual aids that clearly communicate information without additional explanation
Creates annotations to explicate visuals
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PEER REVIEW, PROJECT 1
This week’s Discussion offers an opportunity for you to share a draft of your project, get feedback from your peers, and, in turn, provide feedback to your peers on their project drafts.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
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WEEKLY RESOURCES
DAY 3: INITIAL POST
Post a draft of your first project, which is due for submission at the end of this week. In addition to attaching your draft document, please include in your post a synopsis of the text of your draft.
Review your assigned classmates’ drafts and provide feedback, including both positive aspects and areas that might benefit from improvement. Be specific in your feedback, especially when discussing potential improvements. Support your statements with references to the literature.
By way of this collaboration, you not only will support your classmates but also will extend your own knowledge about additional topics that follow the themes of this course, beyond the ones you are researching yourself.
Post a reflection on what you learned from your classmates’ feedback and what other changes you may need to consider to improve your draft.
NOTES APPLICABLE TO ALL POSTS
Support all your posts by referring to at least one relevant article from a peer-reviewed journal.
You must refer to articles that have not already been referenced by yourself, by any of your peers, anywhere else in this course, or in any other course in your program.
Include proper APA citations and references, as well as links to all sources.
HINTS
There are no hints for this Discussion. However, be sure to review the rubric for guidance.
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ANNOTATED RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
For this project, you will create an annotated research framework.
The document you submit must include a prominent visual rendering of the conceptual framework that guided your inquiry. The diagram must include all relevant concepts and contributing variables and clearly depict their relationship to one another.
In addition, you must include a narrative that describes your inquiry and summarizes your findings by referring to the diagram. Conclude by identifying gaps you found in the literature that warrant further inquiry. Include appropriate references to relevant peer-reviewed articles to support your work.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
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WEEKLY RESOURCES
NOTE
Include proper APA citations and peer-reviewed references.
HINTS
There are no hints for this project. However, be sure to review the rubric and the annotated template for guidance.
Submit your Project.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Before submitting your final project, you can check your draft for authenticity. To check your draft, access the Turnitin Drafts from the Start Here area.
To submit your completed project, save your Project as WK5Proj1_LastName_Firstinitial
Then, click on Start Project near the top of the page.
Next, click on Upload File and select Submit Project for review.
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MAKING CONNECTIONS
This week, you focused on completing your first project, which consisted of an annotated research framework. In the Discussion, you shared a draft of your project and provided feedback to your classmates on their drafts. Based on their feedback, you finalized your project and submitted it for grading.
Next week, you will deepen the review of literature with respect to Projects 2 and 3.
