Assignment
1.) Introduction:
a. Grab Attention
b. Thesis: 1-3 questions you want to find the answer to
2.) Methodology (so anyone could follow your directions and duplicate your study and results) - What did you do, why, and how?
a. How did you decide on your topic and why?
b. Who did you talk to and why? (primary sources)
c. How did you create your survey or interview or focus group questions?
d. What questions did you ask?
e. What was involved in testing yourself or someone else? (if you observe or test something)
f. How did you find your scholarly sources and why did you decide to add those sources to your study?
3.) Secondary/Scholarly sources
a. What have experts or scholars said about your topic and why does this matter?
4.) Primary source
a. Class first - your survey results (what did people in the class tell you for each of your questions -Mixed Methods (turn people into numbers - give statistics - but also give quotes).
b. Other primary source - interview, observation, experiment on yourself or others, focus group, another survey
5.) Analysis:
a. Pretend you are a detective/expert and are explaining the results you got. Why did people say or respond the way they did?
6.) Conclusion
a. Remind us of your question(s) (thesis)
b. What answer did you find for your questions...or did you?
c. Ending sentence: Further Research is needed.