Three Assignments

EDU220 Course Project

Your Final Course Project will include:

8 Page paper on an approved course-related Topic.

Topic

Look through your text book at the different topics.

Choose a topic that you would like to know more about.

For your final Paper and presentation, you will research the topic in more depth and write your final Paper on the particular topic. Therefore, make sure this is a topic that interests you.

Get your topic Approved by your instructor.

In the course website, look at the Topic Approval Discussion.

Use “Create Thread” and let your instructor know about your topic interest.

Include:

Topic

Chapter you found your basic topic information

Why you would like to know more about this topic.

Your instructor will let you know if your topic is approved or more clarification is needed.

Begin gathering research information for your topic.

Write your paper

Final Paper

Development Components:

Title

Provide a brief summary of the work.

Make sure you give text/course information such as a particular theory, concept idea/description (from your text or course notes). Make sure you reference the material when using quotes.

Give examples of the concept within the area of teaching. How is this relevant in today’s classroom? – What is the importance in Teaching/Learning? – How would you use this in the classroom and why?

Writing and Technical Components:

Paper must be typed. No hand-written project will be accepted.

Set up: 1” margins	clear type (Times New Roman or Arial)
double spaced	header and page numbers (as shown on this page)
11 or 12 point type	Correct spelling and grammar
Citations	Reference List

Title Page – Title of your paper (Centered)

The Title page should include:

Title of your paper

Your name

EDU220

Instructor’s Name

Date

This is included in your total page count. When you set the page numbers, use “a different first page” setting. This way, you will not have a header or page number on your title page. Also, if you list your first page as “0”, you can begin your work with page “1”.

This must be a page of its own.

Body – Information of your paper (pages 2-7)

Resources – This is the list of references you used in your paper. Our text book must be one of your resources. (page 8). This must be a page of its own.

Page number requirements: 8. Remember, two of these pages include the Title Page (first page) and the Resource page (last page).

Using reference Citations in your work (in-text citations). Examples:

Direct Quotations – The information you take directly from a source. These need quotation marks. You include the page in the in-text citation. In-text citation example: (Jones, 2016, p. 17)

Adolescence is described as “the period of growth from childhood to maturity” (Rice and Colgin, 2008, p.3).

According to Rice and Colgin, adolescence is described as “the period of growth from childhood to maturity” (2008, p.3).

Paraphrased in-text citation

Paraphrasing information – same formatting as direct quotations Without the page number. Citation example: (Johnson and Arthurs, 2015).

Resource page –

List your sources in alphabetical order. No numbers.

Use the following information to help you.

You can also go to Purdue Owl for help with APA formatting. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

If you get your project finished early, you can turn it in ONE WEEK early. Late submission will not be accepted. Therefore, you will receive a “0” for your final paper.

For your convenience, I have included how to format your reference page. Remember to begin at the left side of the paper. Indent the second line of the reference 3-5 spaces. (Examples are on the back of this sheet.)

If you need help, please reach out to your instructor.

Book Example:

Newman B.M. and Newman, P.R. (2006). Development Through Life: A Psychological Approach. CA: Thompson.

Author last name, Author First & Middle Initials. (Copyright date). Book Title. Place of publication: Publisher.

Film Example:

Scorses, M. (Producer) and Lonegran, K. (Writer/Director_ (2000). You can count on me [Motion Picture]. United States: Paramount Pictures.

Last name, First & Middle Initials. (Job – Producer, Director, Writer, etc.). (Year). Film Title [Motion Picture]. Country/location where film was made: Film production company.

Journal Article Example:

Houston Mitchoff, K. (2005, February). Ignite the Story Within. School Library Journal, 51(2). Retrieved February 15, 2008, from ProQuest Education Journals database. (Document ID: 795416221).

Author (Date of article). Article Title. Name of Journal, Volume (Volume #). When and from where you downloaded your article. (use either the Document ID# from your source or put he address/URL where the article can be found).

All References listed on the Reference page should be listed in ALPHABETICAL ORDER. If you use the book more than once in your paper, it is only listed once in the Reference page. Example:

References (This will be the last page. It will also be its own page – no text from the main paper)

Agnes, Michael (ed.) (2004). Webster’s New World College Dictionary (4th ed.). OH: Wiley.

Costantini, M.A. (2000). Patterns in Life. MD: Noble House Publishers.

Houston Mitchoff, K. (2005, February). Ignite the Story Within. School Library Journal, 51(2), 39-40. Retrieved February 15, 2008, from ProQuest Education Journals database. (Document ID: 795416221).

Maslow, A. H. (1999). Toward A Psychology of Being. NY: J Wiley & Sons.

Newman B.M. and Newman, P.R. (2006). Development Through Life: A Psychological Approach. CA: Thompson.

Scorses, M. (Producer) and Lonegran, K. (Writer/Director_ (2000). You can count on me [Motion Picture]. United States: Paramount Pictures.