-This
paper should contain your research question/hypothesis, an abstract, an
introduction/problem
statement and a literature review. Your Research Question/Hypothesis:
should be stated in your introductory
paragraph and in your abstract. Abstract: Your proposal will
begin with an abstract of your proposed study (one paragraph).
This is basically a summary of your
proposal, and it includes your research question.
Introduction/problem statement (1-2 paragraphs):
After the abstract, research
proposals generally begin with an introductory section that describes the
research
problem and establishes its
significance.
– Literature Review (2-3
pages): This section is a review of the literature on your topic. It is
basically a
term/research paper on your topic and tells the reader information
that has already been discovered
regarding your topic. The research problem or
objective needs to be situated within a context of other scholarship in the area(s).
The literature review presents a discussion of the most important research
and
theoretical work relating to the research problem/objective. It addresses the
following kinds of
questions: What have others said about this area(s)? What
theories address it and what do these say? What research has been done (or not done) previously? Are there consistent findings or do past
studies disagree?
Are there flaws or gaps in the previous research that your study will seek to
remedy?
–All 3 sources must be
from an academic journal, not books, newspaper articles or magazine articles.
You may use these as additional sources beyond the required 3 journal articles.