I’m international student and undertaking a small scale individual project as the final component of my coursework degree.
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to build on or extend interests developed in their specialist area of education by undertaking a self-directed small-scale individual capstone project, normally in small groups with other students from the same specialisation.
This project does not require formal ethics approval.
International students or students who are not currently employed in AUS cannot go into a school to do any project work for this course, so are more constrained in what they can do for their project, i.e. the development and /or evaluation of teaching materials or courses, discourse analysis of government policies, or a theoretical piece of research, i.e. an argument to introduce a new approach or methodology into their own context.
Assessment 2 – Research Report
– A 7-8,000 word report of the project, excluding references and appendices, in a form appropriate to the nature of the study.
– The report should be double-spaced and written in APA style.
– I’ve chosen my topic about evaluation of one of teaching programs and it has been done a project proposal about it, please watch it in the attachement.
– My topic is An evaluation of implementing AAC in early language intervention for children with developmental disabilities.
AAC= Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
Elements of Research Report in term of words :
Introduction 500 words
Literature review 2500 words
Design and methodology 1000 words
Findings 1000 words
Analysis and discussion 2000 words
Conclusion 500
Total = 7000
Note:
Please find the attached a project proposal and some required references (PDFs)
Recommended references :
Basit, T.N. (2010). Conducting research in educational contexts. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group.
Cohen, L., Manion, L. & Morrison, K. (2011). Research methods in education. London and New York: RoutledgeFalmer.
Denscombe, M. (2002). Ground rules for good research: a 10-point guide for social researchers. Buckingham: Open University.
SPECIFIC CRITERIA (-) (+)
Understanding of the question or issue and the key concepts involved
• understanding of the task and its relationship to relevant areas of theory, research and practice
• clarity and significance of the problem or question and related concepts
Depth of analysis and/or critique in response to the task
• way(s) approaches adapted to the questions posed, including use of relevant ethical protocols
• understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the method(s) for data collection and/or analysis in relation to the context and key questions.
• credibility and depth of analysis and interpretation
Familiarity with and relevance of professional and/or research literature used to support response
• selection and range of key references in the area of the proposed study
• use of the relevant literature (both theoretical and methodological) to support the analysis and investigation of the key problem/issue
Structure and organisation or response
• appropriateness of overall structure of response
• clarity and coherence of organization
Presentation of response according to appropriate academic and linguistic conventions
• clarity, consistency and appropriateness of conventions for quoting, paraphrasing, attributing sources of information, and listing references
• clarity and consistency in presenting the research project
• clarity and appropriateness of sentence structure, vocabulary use, spelling, punctuation and word length
