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2. PURPOSE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IS FOR YOU TO USE THIS ASSIGNMENT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE AND ADJUST THE DATA COLLECTION PORTION OF YOUR STUDY. E FFECTIVE ACTION RESEARCH PRACTICE INCLUDES ONGOING AND DELIBERATE THOUGHT IN ORDER TO POSITIVELY INFORM YOUR STUDY. R EVISIONS ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF THIS ACTION RESEARCH PROCESS. C ONSEQUENTLY, INCORPORATING THIS INFORMATION IS ESSENTIAL TO A COMPREHENSIVE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS AND PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS THAT IS DUE IN W EEK S IX. F OR THIS ASSIGNMENT, YOU SUMMARIZE THE NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS YOU MADE TO YOUR ACTION RESEARCH BETWEEN THE PROPOSAL PROCESS FROM EDU671 TO THIS SECOND WEEK AS YOU BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION OF YOUR STUDY. P LEASE ADDRESS EACH OF THE COMPONENTS LISTED BELOW IN THE CONTENT EXPECTATIONS AND WRITE YOUR PAPER TO MEET THE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION EXPECTATIONS BELOW. I F MODIFICATIONS WERE NOT NEEDED TO A PARTICULAR COMPONENT, SHARE WHAT WAS IN PLACE ORIGINALLY AND LABEL IT WITH THE WORDS NO CHANGE. C ONTENT E XPECTATIONS R ESEARCH F OCUS (1 P OINTS ): D ESCRIBE THE CURRENT AREA OF FOCUS FOR THE RESEARCH INCLUDING REQUIRED REVISIONS THUS FAR. L ITERATURE (2 P OINTS ): S YNTHESIZE THE LITERATURE YOU HAVE FOUND IN ADDITION TO YOUR MATRIX DEVELOPED IN EDU 671 THAT SUPPORTS YOUR PROPOSAL. D EFINING V ARIABLES (1 P OINTS ): D ESCRIBE YOUR DEFINING VARIABLES IN SPECIFIC AND OPERATIONAL TERMS. R ESEARCH Q UESTIONS (.5 P OINTS ): S TATE YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION ( S ) IN A LIST FORMAT MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS A CLEAR RELATIONSHIP THROUGH CLEAR AND CONCISE WORDING TO THE ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT. I NTERVENTION /I NNOVATION (2 P OINTS ): A NALYZE THE INTERVENTION / INNOVATION AS IT PERTAINS TO THE CONNECTION OF THE ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT TO THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, THE SPECIFIC COMMUNITY, NON - EDUCATIONAL, OR INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL ISSUE IN WHICH YOU ARE STUDYING. D ATA C OLLECTION (.5 POINTS ): D ESCRIBE THE TYPE OF DATA COLLECTION TOOLS TO BE USED IN THE STUDY. W RITTEN C OMMUNICATION E XPECTATIONS P AGE R EQUIREMENT (.5 POINTS ): T WO - TO - THREE 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 ): I NCLUDE A MINIMUM OF TWO 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.