APA Research course
Topic: APA Research course
Order Description
Description of Fin" rel="nofollow">inal Assignment:
Choose a topic of in" rel="nofollow">interest related to the RES 1005 Research Methods Course. Discuss in" rel="nofollow">in the appropriate discussion boards in" rel="nofollow">in RES 1005. Post the topic in" rel="nofollow">in RES 1004 by the
due date in" rel="nofollow">in Unit 4.
The fin" rel="nofollow">inal assignment for RES 1004 consists of two parts: the completed worksheet and the fin" rel="nofollow">inal assignment; both are submitted at the same time, but as two separate
documents/files in" rel="nofollow">in Unit 12.
Worksheet: To be completed by fillin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in topic, keywords, and databases searched. Name of the file: LastName_Worksheet.doc or docx (Please use MSWord compatible
format)
Fin" rel="nofollow">inal assignment: Consists of 5 segments and each segment should begin" rel="nofollow">in on a new page. The 4th segment is the Annotated Bibliography. The Fin" rel="nofollow">inal Assignment should be
formatted accordin" rel="nofollow">ing to the APA style (6th ed.) together with the Saybrook Handbook (5th ed.).
Name of the file: LastName_Fin" rel="nofollow">inalAssignment.doc or docx (Please use MSWord compatible format)
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The 5 segments of the fin" rel="nofollow">inal assignment are:
1. Title page (formatted accordin" rel="nofollow">ing to the Saybrook Handbook)
• Each lin" rel="nofollow">ine is centered
• The title is all in" rel="nofollow">in capital letters
• Student name
• Course name and number
• Instructor’s name
• Submission date
• Add page numbers except to title page.
2. Topic Description
• A complete and full description of your research topic
• 1?2 to 1 page
3. Search Strategy
• A complete and full description of the search strategy explain" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in detail how you went about researchin" rel="nofollow">ing the topic, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing your search strategy and databases
searched. Include reflections from the readin" rel="nofollow">ings (Mann, Brem, Tutorials, etc.)
• 1–2 pages
4. Annotated Bibliography
•
13 items in" rel="nofollow">in APA format (followin" rel="nofollow">ing the Saybrook Handbook adaptation). In the descriptive annotation provide a review of the content of the publication and explain" rel="nofollow">in why
you thin" rel="nofollow">ink that the item is of value to your research and why you in" rel="nofollow">included it in" rel="nofollow">in the bibliography;
The annotated bibliography consists of the 13 followin" rel="nofollow">ing items:
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• •
1 overview article from an encyclopedia
2 books
1 chapter in" rel="nofollow">in an edited book
3 articles from scholarly journals
1 article from a newspaper or the popular press 1 annual review article
1 dissertation
1 case study or psychosocial in" rel="nofollow">instrument
1 web page
1 new type of media (blog, podcast, etc.)
Arrange the list alphabetically by author, if there is no author by title; follow APA (the 6th ed.) and Saybrook Handbook (5th ed.) for Reference format
Sin" rel="nofollow">ingle space the references (as per Saybrook Handbook)
Double space the annotations (the text, first lin" rel="nofollow">ine in" rel="nofollow">indent for paragraph format)
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5. Evaluation of learnin" rel="nofollow">ing experience
• A description of what in" rel="nofollow">in the course was of benefit and what was not.
• 1 page or less.
Submit the Worksheet and the Fin" rel="nofollow">inal Assignment in" rel="nofollow">in Unit 12 before or by the due date posted in" rel="nofollow">in the class, but not later. will attach examples