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E MPLOYED IN A CLASSROOM SETTING : E MPLOYED IN A NON - CLASSROOM SETTING : N OT EMPLOYED : A S YOU HAVE LEARNED, THE RATIONALE OF THIS TYPE OF RESEARCH IS TO DISCOVER EVIDENCE THAT EXAMINES PERCEIVED PROBLEMS IN A GIVEN SETTING. R ECALL, THE PURPOSE OF ACTION RESEARCH IS TO IMPROVE PRACTICE OR TO IMPLEMENT CHANGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. M ILLS (2014) STATES "... EDUCATIONAL CHANGE THAT ENHANCES THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IS A MAIN GOAL OF ACTION RESEARCH. B UT ACTION RESEARCH CAN ALSO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF PROFESSIONALS " ( P.13). F URTHERMORE, ACTION RESEARCH IS THE PROCESS OF TELLING THE STORY OF YOUR RESEARCH JOURNEY. T HIS FINAL PROJECT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE STORY OF YOUR RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN THE M ASTERS OF A RTS IN E DUCATION (MAED) P ROGRAM. W RITING THE F INAL P ROJECT C ONSTRUCT YOUR FINAL PROJECT TO MEET THE CONTENT AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION EXPECTATIONS BELOW. C ONTENT E XPECTATIONS I NTRODUCTION (1 POINT ): C REATE A ONE - TO - TWO PARAGRAPH INTRODUCTION THAT PROVIDES A SUCCINCT OVERVIEW OF THE SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT. C ONTEXT (2 POINTS ): I N ONE - TO - TWO PARAGRAPHS, EXPLAIN WHAT THE READER MUST KNOW ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION / SCHOOL SETTING TO ENRICH THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERVENTION / INNOVATION. ( E. G., DETAILS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION / SCHOOL, STAFF, NUMBER AND TYPE OF LEARNERS / EMPLOYEES, PROGRAMS, AGES, LOCALE, AND ANY OTHER PERTINENT DETAILS REGARDING THE SPECIFIC CONTENT OF THE PROJECT ). L ITERATURE R EVIEW (3 POINTS ): I N TWO - TO - THREE PAGES, SUMMARIZE THE LITERATURE RELATED TO THE PROBLEM USING 4-5 SCHOLARLY RESOURCES INCLUDING A BRIEF HISTORICAL OVERVIEW AND THAT EXPANDS THE INTRODUCTION AND PRESENTS THE CURRENT RESEARCH PUBLISHED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. A REA OF F OCUS S TATEMENT (1 POINT ): I N ONE - TO - TWO SENTENCES, DISCUSS THE ISSUES THAT WERE ADDRESSED, HOW THEY EMERGED, AND THE GOAL OF YOUR RESEARCH. R ESEARCH Q UESTIONS (1 POINT ): S TATE ONE - TO - THREE QUESTIONS ADDRESSED BY THE RESEARCH IN LIST FORMAT. I NTERVENTION /I NNOVATION D ESCRIPTION (3 POINTS ): I N ONE PAGE, DESCRIBE THE INTERVENTION APPLIED FOR YOUR ACTION RESEARCH STUDY INCLUDING COMMENTS ON THE TYPE OF ADJUSTMENTS YOU MAY HAVE HAD TO MAKE TO THE INTERVENTION.

D ATA C OLLECTION S TRATEGIES (2 POINTS ): I N ONE - TO - TWO PAGES, DESCRIBE THE DATA OBTAINED THROUGH THE OBSERVATIONS USING CHARTS, DIAGRAMS, OR OTHER VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF YOUR DATA TO SUPPLEMENT THE DESCRIPTION. O UTCOME A NALYSIS (2 POINTS ): I N ONE - TO - TWO PAGES, EXPLAIN THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE DATA ANALYSIS ADDRESSING THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL, WHICH STRATEGIES DID NOT WORK AS WELL AS WAS ANTICIPATED, AND HOW THE STRATEGIES SUPPORT THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS. L EARNING T HEMES (2 POINTS ): I N ONE - TO - TWO PAGES, REFLECT ON THE RESEARCH THEMES, INCLUDING THE UNINTENDED / UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES, WHAT WORKED WELL, WHAT WORKED LESS WELL, AND ANY PROCESS YOU WOULD CONDUCT DIFFERENTLY. A CTION P LAN (3 POINTS ): I N ONE - TO - TWO PAGES, EXPLAIN THE ANTICIPATED STEPS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO CONTINUE WITH THIS CHANGE INITIATIVE AND THE LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THEM ACTION PLAN. C ONCLUSION (2 POINTS ): I N TWO - TO - THREE PARAGRAPHS, SUMMARIZE THE MAJOR OUTCOME AND ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT INCLUDING THE GAPS THAT WERE UNCOVERED PROVIDING INSIGHT INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TOPIC OF THE LITERATURE REVIEW AND YOUR OVERALL FINDINGS. W RITTEN C OMMUNICATION E XPECTATIONS P AGE R EQUIREMENT (.5 POINTS ): 18- TO -20 PAGES, NOT INCLUDING TITLE AND REFERENCES PAGES. APA F ORMATTING (.5 POINTS ): U SE APA FORMATTING CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE ASSIGNMENT. S YNTAX AND M ECHANICS (.5 POINTS ): D ISPLAY METICULOUS COMPREHENSION AND ORGANIZATION OF SYNTAX AND MECHANICS, SUCH AS SPELLING AND GRAMMAR. S OURCE R EQUIREMENT (.5 POINTS ): R EFERENCES FIVE SCHOLARLY SOURCES IN ADDITION TO THE COURSE TEXTBOOK, PROVIDING COMPELLING EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT IDEAS. A LL SOURCES ON THE REFERENCES PAGE NEED TO BE USED AND CITED CORRECTLY WITHIN THE BODY OF THE ASSIGNMENT. N EXT S TEPS : R EVIEW AND S UBMIT THE A SSIGNMENT R EVIEW YOUR ASSIGNMENT WITH THE G RADING R UBRIC TO BE SURE YOU HAVE ACHIEVED THE DISTINGUISHED LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE FOR EACH CRITERION. N EXT, SUBMIT THE