English for Academic and

Professional Purposes

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English for Academic and Professional Purposes
Quarter 3 – Module 17: Parts of a Concept Paper
First Edition, 2020

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English for Academic and
Professional Purposes

Lesson 17
Parts of a Concept Paper

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Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the EAPP Self Learning Module on Parts of a Concept Paper.

This Self Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by
educators from Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its Officer-In-Charge
Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A. Agustin in partnership
with the Local Government of Pasig through its mayor, Honorable Victor Ma. Regis
N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum using the
Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) while overcoming their personal,
social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage
their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners
as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the learner:

Welcome to the EAPP Self-Learning Module on Parts of a Concept Paper !

The hand is one of the most symbolized part of the human body. It is often used to
depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hands we may learn, create and
accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a learner
is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant competencies and
skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in your own hands!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for
guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to
process the contents of the learning material while being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectation - These are what you will be able to know after

completing the lessons in the module

Pretest - This will measure your prior knowledge and the

concepts to be mastered throughout the lesson.

Recap - This section will measure what learnings and skills

that you understand from the previous lesson.

Lesson - This section will discuss the topic for this

module.

Activities - This is a set of activities you will perform.

Wrap Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

applications of the lessons.

Valuing - This part will check the integration of values in

the learning competency.

Posttest - This will measure how much you have learned

from the entire module.

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 EXPECTATION

This is your self-instructional learner module in English 11. All the activities
provided in this lesson will help you learn and understand: Parts of a Concept Paper.

PRETEST

Identify what is defined in each number. Choose your answer from the choices in the
box and write it before the number.

Title Page Statement of the Problem Timeline

Abridge Methodology Research Questions

______________1. It provides a preliminary view of the questions the student

will investigate.
______________2. It provides the student’s best idea on how to conduct the
research and analyze the data.
______________ 3. It provides a range of time for completion of the project,
highlighting key elements for each stage of the project.

______________ 4. It provides the purpose for the research.

______________ 5. It provides a tentative title for the dissertation.

RECAP
We have learned that Concept Paper lays the foundation for the applied
dissertation process, providing an introductory form of communication between the
doctoral student and the doctoral committee. Essentially, the Concept Paper acts as
a proposal; it allows the doctoral student the opportunity to define a research focus
and obtain early feedback on the research idea. A well-planned Concept Paper will
capture the interest of the dissertation committee and establish a clear plan for the
student’s dissertation.

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 LESSON

The Concept Paper is completed prior to the dissertation proposal and serves
as a development tool and summary of the planned dissertation. The Concept paper
is a brief document. Depending upon the requirements of a specific academic
program, the Concept Paper may range from as few as 2-3 pages to as many as 10-
20 pages. The essential point of the Concept Paper is to explain the importance of a
particular research project.

The Concept Paper initiates the dissertation phase of a doctoral degree which
follows the completion of necessary coursework and training, and represents a
culmination of the student’s learning. The dissertation is a student’s final academic
effort to synthesize course material by applying their learning to a research project.
The project is expected to add new information to the field of study. The Concept
Paper acts as a summary of this project.

The Concept Paper, although highly abridged, is comprised of many of the

same items found in a dissertation. These specific elements of the Concept Paper
may vary depending upon the academic program and the chosen degree. Programs
typically provide a grading rubric that serves as an outline for the required
components and student are encouraged to follow those rubrics closely in developing
their Concept Paper.

Concept papers should range from 1 - 2 double-spaced pages (250-500 words).

The point of a concept paper is to provide a clear summary of the research project.
It should enable a casual reader to understand what the researcher is investigating,
why it is important, and how the investigation will proceed.

Parts of Concept Paper

Title page — provides a tentative title for the dissertation. The title of the Concept
Paper should be a stand-alone statement that can fully describe the project by
summarizing the main idea of the manuscript. The title should concisely identify the
variables being investigated and the relationship among those variables (American
Psychological Association [APA], 2010). Words should serve a useful purpose; avoid
words that do not add substance or words that are misleading. The title of the
Concept Paper may become the title of the dissertation.

Statement of the Problem — provides the purpose for the research. This section of
the Concept Paper introduces the problem under investigation, addresses why the
researcher wants to investigate this problem, and how the research findings may
help. Supporting documentation, including statistical data if available, should be
used to emphasize the need for this research. This section is one of the most
important sections of the Concept Paper; its serves to gain the reader’s attention and
support. You care about the research, but the reader may need some convincing.

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The first few sentences of the Concept Paper should intrigue the reader to spike his
or her interest and encourage further reading.

As you begin to write the problem statement of your Concept Paper, consider
your research. First consider why you feel the problem is important. Consider how
your study relates to previous work in the field, how you will link your hypotheses
and objectives to theory, and how the hypotheses relate to the research design.
Finally, consider the theoretical and practical implications involved in your research
project (APA, 2010). A well-developed, concise, and clear problem statement will lay
the foundation for a strong Concept Paper and the dissertation that follows.

Preliminary Literature Review — provides identification of major literature that

supports and validates the topic; focuses on areas that offer support for new
research, and offers the student an opportunity to analyze and synthesize past
research in the context of their present problem. For the Concept Paper, the student
should connect their research project to a theoretical model reported in the literature.
The most successful research projects have been based on the research of
predecessors, and this section of the Concept Paper provides enough of a description
of previous research to plant seeds in the mind of the reader suggesting more
information is needed. A strong Concept Paper is based on a wide-range literature
review that is condensed into a summary of key points.

Goal Statement — provides a broad or abstract intention, including the research

goals and objectives. This part of the Concept Paper tells the reader “who, what and
when” regarding the research goal.

Research Questions — provides a preliminary view of the questions the student will
investigate. Questions are based on theory, past research, experience, and need.
These questions will direct the research methodology; their inclusion in the Concept
Paper links the research problem with the methodology. For some, composing the
research questions may be the most difficult part of the research project, or possibly
the most difficult aspect of writing the Concept Paper. The questions will direct
everything that will be done; therefore, it is important that they are accurate and
focused to the main research problem. These research questions will specifically
direct the research and the type of analyses conducted, as such their compatibility
is essential.

An Abridged Methodology — provides the student’s best idea on how to conduct the
research and analyze the data. The goals and objects identified in previous sections
of the Concept Paper should relate to the research methods described in this section.
For the Concept Paper, the methodology is simplified or summarized, serving as a
general outline of the methods that will be employed.

Timeline — provides a range of time for completion of the project, highlighting key
elements for each stage of the project. This element is unique to the Concept Paper
and provides the student structure for managing sections of the project within a
realistic time frame.

References — provides references to the material cited in the literature review and
elsewhere in the Concept Paper.

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 ACTIVITY

IDENTIFY THE PARTS OF A CONCEPT PAPER.

____________________ 1. It provides identification of major literature that supports

and validates the topic

____________________ 2. It provides a range of time for completion of the project,

highlighting key elements for each stage of the project.

_____________________ 3. It provides a broad or abstract intention, including the

research goals and objectives.

_____________________ 4. It provides references to the material cited in the literature

review and elsewhere in the Concept Paper.

______________________ 5. It provides the student’s best idea on how to conduct the

research and analyze the data.

______________________ 6. It provides a preliminary view of the questions the

student will investigate.

______________________ 7. It provides a tentative title for the dissertation.

_______________________ 8. It provides the purpose for the research.

WRAP UP

To wrap everything up that we have talked about in this lesson, I learned that the
eight parts of a concept paper are:

1. ______________________ 5. ____________________
2. ______________________ 6. ____________________
3. ______________________ 7. ____________________
4. ______________________ 8. ____________________

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 VALUING

Start where you are.

Use what you have.
Do what you can.

- Arthur Ashe

POSTTEST

Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. This section of the Concept Paper introduces the problem under
investigation, addresses why the researcher wants to investigate this
problem, and how the research findings may help.
a. Title Page b. Statement of the Problem c. Reference
2. This element is unique to the Concept Paper and provides the student
structure for managing sections of the project within a realistic time frame.
a. Title Page b. Statement of the Problem c. Timeline
3. For the Concept Paper, the methodology is simplified or summarized, serving
as a general outline of the methods that will be employed.
a. Abridged Methodology b. Statement of the Problem c. Reference
4. It should be a stand-alone statement that can fully describe the project by
summarizing the main idea of the manuscript.
a. Title Page b. Statement of the Problem c. Timeline
5. It provides a preliminary view of the questions the student will investigate.
a. Timeline b. Research Questions c. Reference
6. It provides material cited in the literature review and elsewhere in the
Concept Paper.
a. Timeline b. Research Questions c. References
7. This part of the Concept Paper tells the reader “who, what and when”
regarding the research goal.
a. References b. Timeline c. Goal Statement

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 KEY TO CORRECTION

Problem
8. Statement of the

7. Title Page 7. C

6.Research Questions 6. C

5.Abridged Methodology 5. B 5.Title Page

Problem
4.References 4. A 4. Statement of the

3. Goal Statement 3. A 3. Timeline

2.Timeline 2. C 2. Abridge Methodology

Review
1. Preliminary Literature 1. B 1. Research Questions
ACTIVITY POST TEST PRE TEST

R E F E R E N CE S

http://sociology.morrisville.edu/perpetual/Writing/What_Is_A_Concept_Paper.htm
https://prezi.com/p/iojegj1_aowx/disasters-like-earthquake/

https://eappdaily.wordpress.com/2018/09/28/lesson-10-concept-paper/
https://kami.com.ph/84093-concept-paper-write-a-comprehensive-guide-
2020.html

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