proposal

Rubric: Components:

· Introduction/literature review. Include at least 10 in-text references (also in Reference list at the end).

· State your research question(s) at the end of this introduction/literature review section.

· Methods section. Describe the following (use subtitles):

· Setting

· Participants

· Type of single subject design

· How will experimental control be managed?

· Baseline phase

· Intervention phase

· Maintenance phase

· Dependent variable(s)

· Independent variable(s)

· General instructional procedures (how was the independent variable taught to/employed by students?)

· Fidelity of implementation (what percentage [e.g., 33%] of sessions were observed to document that the sessions included what was planned?)

· If social validity was included, what did that entail?

· Results section

· Narrative discussion of the expected results

· Chart of expected results

· Percentage of non-overlapping data (PND)

· Immediacy of the effect…was there one or not in each phase change?

· Variability of the data within a phase. Is it close in range, or high and low across the phase?

· Did the data demonstrate a functional relation?...level, slope, trend

· Discussion section

· Discuss your expected-results chart and how this ties back to the literature mentioned in your opening pages

· Limitations of your planned study

· Ideas for future research

· Reference list

· APA style, size-12 font Times New Roman

· Double spaced

· 8-10 pages, including cover page

· No more than two quotes across the paper (each 2 sentences maximum)

· Finessed text/spelling/coherence