This assessment continues the work you conducted in Assessment One. Use the format provided in the Assessment Two Example to guide you in the look, feel and requirements of your submission.
The assessment involves:
i) Write an abstract for your research (this abstract will take the form of one suitable for a journal article). It should take the following form:
a. TOPIC: Outline topic area
b. SIGNIFIGANCE: Why is your research important?
c. METHODOLOGY: How are you conducting your research?
d. FINDINGS: What came from your research? (Create your own finding - make it up)
e. CONCLUSION: As a result we recommend.....
The abstract should be no longer than 200 words. While the abstract is the first activity it should be the very last thing that you write. If you try and write this first you might struggle. You won't have any findings (as you are not undertaking any real research), so pretend that you did the experiment and mention your findings.
ii) You need IMPROVE and resubmit your Introduction Chapter from Assessment One. You should use the feedback from the marked version and make all the necessary improvements. If you need to slightly change the wording of your research question, you may do so. The markers will have greater expectations compared to assessment one.
Reflective Practice
You have an opportunity to IMPROVE your assessment one score
- If your assessment one score was below 50% you have an opportunity to improve your score. If in the resubmission your introduction score is 2 out of 4 your assessment one mark will be upgraded to 13 out of 30. If your score is 3 out of 4 your assessment one mark will be upgraded to 15 out of 30. If your score is 4 out of 4 your assessment one score will be upgraded to 18 out of 30.
- If your assessment one score was above 50% you have an opportunity to improve your score. If in the resubmission your introduction score is 4 out of 4 your assessment one mark will be upgraded with up to 3 bonus points (score cannot
exceed 30)
iii) Update and submit your Literature Planner
iv) Complete a Literature Review Chapter. This is only a short literature review (~2000 words) identifying key findings in the area, leading into the gaps in our current understanding that your research studies seek to address. This should then lead into a
research proposal/design.
v) Complete a Research Design Chapter. This is only a short research design (~1000 words) where you will need to:
• Articulate and justify a research design that will answer your research question (and hypothesis, if appropriate) that addresses the identified gap(s) in knowledge;
• The design decisions should be justified by the literature;
• Identify the specific methods that will be used to gather data (e.g., participants, methods, data collection instruments/measures/hardware/software, types of data generated) and justify how this complements your research question; and
• Identify any limitations (e.g. weaknesses) in your research design;
• Briefly discuss the ethical considerations that are specific to your research design or topic in general (≤ 200 words).
• The design decisions should be justified by the literature;
Criteria for Assessment:
• See the marking rubric for assessment two to understand what is expected and how it will be marked
• Take particular note of the penalties that apply within the marking rubric
• Take note of Lecture 4, and the examples associated with wrong referencing and plagiarism
• Use the example of Assessment Two as a guide as to what is expected
• Communicate knowledge using discipline-specific language
• Accurate referencing and acknowledgement of sources
Submission
The assessment one will be submitted via hard copy to EIS Central. The following needs to be accomplished and submitted together in the following order:
i) You will need to generate a coversheet using the SATS system (this will become available within 2 weeks of the assessment due date). Information and the link to generate the coversheet:
ii) A hard copy of the assessment two marking rubric
iii) A hard copy of your Literature Planner. This should be printed in Landscape mode with all columns fitting across one page. This can be as big as an A3 page if needed (fold it in half to be A4 in size when submitting). Ensure that it is created digitally and can be easily read.
v) Via Moodle you will need to electronically submit your abstract, introduction, literature review, research design and references via the "Turnitin Assessment Two" link. Print and submit a hardcopy of the "Originality Report" including the Turnitin analysis of all of your work. To be clear you only need to submit one copy - the version produced by Turnitin. You can submit your work to Turnitin as many times you like up until the due date. Only the last version will be used to confirm your originality.
IMPORTANT - The first time you submit your work to Turnitin it will take only a few minutes to generate the report. All further submissions will take 24hours to produce the report. Therefore you need to plan your work very carefully. Waiting for a Turnitin report is no excuse for late submission! Words of advice
1. Use the marking rubric and subject outline to guide you through what needs to be done and submitted. Understand all the penalties that apply
2. See the example documents on Moodle to guide you
3. Get a friend to proof read your essay. Your ability to write plays a big part on the assessment
4. Use EndNote to help with referencing
5. Do not leave this to the last minute. A lot of work is required to complete the assessment
6. Turnitin will find all sorts of plagiarism. Any attempts to beat the Turnitin system will face major penalties. See the marking rubric for more details.