Final

Good evening, students,

      Read this email very carefully. Some of you have reached out to me regarding a sample Abstract. Please see the attached paper that now includes the Abstract. 

     It is time to put your paper together. By now, you should have made the corrections on the following assignments: Title page, Intro/Lit Review, Method, and References. All you need to do is add your Abstract and put your paper together in the following order: Title Page, Abstract, Introduction/Literature Review, Method, Reference page. Make sure the Reference page is on its own page and that it is the last page  unless you constructed your own test to measure your dependent variable. 

  For Students Using Self-Constructed Assessments

     If you construct your own assessment instrument, you must add an Appendix page after your Reference page. A complete (exact) copy of your self-constructed assessment should be on the Appendix page. If it is not, major points (up to15) will be deducted from your paper if the assessment is not attached. Do not "tell" me about the assessment. Attach it. 

  For Students Using Standardized Assessments 

     If you are using an existing, standardized assessment instrument(s), you do not need to add an Appendix. In your  Instrument subsection of your Method section, you must provide the correct title of the assessment, the author/date, a description of what the assessment measures, the appropriate age group for the assessment, sample questions, how it is scored, and reliability/validity data. A citation should be on your Reference page as well. If you do not provide the information above, you will lose up to fifteen points depending on how many items are missing.

     Finally, make sure your paper is formatted similarly to the attached paper. Remove any redundant information, i.e., do not repeat yourself in what you write. Most important, make sure the corrections I suggested on each of your assignments are made. I will simply deduct the points from that section of the paper if it has not been corrected. I will not correct it a second time. 

     If you have any questions/concerns, now is the time to bring them to my attention. You have worked hard this semester, and I would like each of you to receive a good final course grade. 

      Last, I highly recommend that you do yourself a favor and complete a grammar/spelling check before turning in your paper. It never ceases to amaze me that students turn in a grammatically incorrect paper when they could have earned higher points/grades by performing a simple grammar/spelling test through Microsoft Word.