We are gonna provide students with our survey (attached).
A statement of your rationale for the project that identifies your audience, explains why your topic is important to that audience, and provides your thesis. Your rationale should explain what your purpose is for doing the research. In addition, you need to explain who would be interested in your research. For instance, your research on the effects of violent television on children might be of interest to parents, psychologists, teachers, or social workers, to name a few groups. But different groups might require different information or different approaches, even different languages (technical vs. easier to understand, for instance). Whom do you want to address?
Your rationale might also include background information that you have acquired through secondary research (in research articles, news sources, or other online sources). Be sure to cite those sources properly, using MLA format. And be sure to put quoted material in quotation marks.
When discussing your methods and results, be sure to explain everything in detail.
A description of how you conducted the research required to explore your thesis should include, but does not need to be limited to, additional library- or Internet-based searches and reading. It should also include a copy of the survey questions that you asked your interviewees.
In the results section, you need both to describe your findings (what did you read; what did interviewees say?) and interpret them (what does it all mean?). You don’t want to give your audience the feeling that you jumped to conclusions–explain how you came to your conclusions based on the evidence that you got as a result of your research.
You might want to use visual elements in your methods and results section, such as charts or graphs. If you create your own charts, make sure they’re clear and descriptive. If you borrow charts from another source, be sure to cite the source. See the examples in the “Chart” tab.
Q: What will the overall criteria be for this assignment? Will all of the class have the same criteria to meet with this portfolio, or will each of us have different objectives since our topics differ from each other more significantly?
A: The general criteria for this portfolio are that
your portfolio is focused on answering a good research question (“a clear, focused, concise, complex and arguable question”) that you have developed;
your portfolio does not only “report” on information that you have read or found; it also takes a stand on the issue;
your portfolio uses sources from a variety of perspectives so that you are able to position yourself in relation to those perspectives (see #2 on the need to take a stand);
your portfolio is organized thoughtfully, demonstrating that you have considered how to present your information and arguments to your audience interestingly and effectively;
the process of working on the portfolio is steady and constant across the rest of the course (in other words, you don’t wait until the end to post things);
in a related vein, the portfolio develops and is revised in response to feedback from classmates, the instructor, and other readers;
sources used in the portfolio are cited carefully and accurately.
SOURCES: http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/papers/workingpapers/cowen.html
Example of similar research paper: http://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P3-3015008331/how-hollywood-movies-influence-international-students
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