thinking through paper

you will complete an individual, descriptive action research study on a topic, issue, or problem impacting your professional practice. From the presentations, recall that the purpose of descriptive research is to describe the situation; it does not provide guidance on what to do or establish causality. As you consider study ideas, keep it simple – an idea manageable in a four-week timeframe.

We transitioned to APA 7th edition.

1. Thinking It Through Paper: Compose a “Thinking It Through” scenario of 1 to 2 pages for your specific situation. Visualize the problem and how the action research will unfold. Visualize your action research study by thinking through the process. Decide on a problem, issue, or concern as the focus of your study.

2. Develop an annotated bibliography, or survey of available literature.

· Organization: List each source in APA (6th edition) format alphabetized by the author’s last name

· Length: One paragraph of 100-150 words

· Person: Third

· Language and vocabulary: Ideas and language of the author; quotation marks for direct quotations

· Format: One paragraph of complete sentences

· Elements:

· Qualifications of author if available (Based on a 10-year study…, Smith suggests…)

· Purpose/Scope

· Audience (Smith addresses organizational leaders interested in employee motivation.)

· Findings/Results/Conclusions