Inquiry Project (30%)

Instructions:
The final for this class is a matter of pulling together the bits and pieces you will have been
working on throughout the course. You will create a project that details an issue you would like
to address within your internship classroom and future teaching and how you discovered
something about that issue by studying your teaching practice.

Required Components:
Due by 5PM April 22nd in Canvas

Introduction

This section should span 1-2 pages and include the following:

*A description of the project, the central research question(s), and why the project is personally
valuable and interesting to you.
*The purpose of the study including what you did and how you did it (in a succinct form, to be
elaborated upon in later sections).

Literature Review

This section should span 3-4 pages and include the following:

*A section detailing the relevant literature on your chosen topic and the relationship of the
inquiry project to that literature (the relevant literature are the readings you compiled in your
annotated bibliography). Think of this section as introducing the reader to the set of issues your
project addresses and what is known about those issues already.

*Definitions of any key terms you will use in the paper

Methodology

This section should span 2-3 pages and include the following:

*A description of the research methods, including research questions

*A description of the intervention or innovation (when applicable)
*Description of participants (for example, middle school students in a civics class)
*Data generation instruments
*Description of how you analyzed your data

Findings

This section should span 2-3 pages and include the following:
*What your data analysis revealed about your chosen inquiry topics.
*What you learned from data generation about your pedagogy.
* Potential implications from your findings (this might include best practices for teaching, need
for more research in particular area, need for professional development on a particular topic)

Summary of Requirements:
Address all aspects of the assignment prompt.
Your paper should not exceed 3000 words (approximately twelve pages), and at the conclusion
should include the word count in parentheses.
Your reference list should follow the narrative sections of your Inquiry project and be submitted
in the same file.
Please note that your reference list does not count toward the 3000-word limit.
The entire document should be formatted in APA 7th edition, with double-line spacing and 12-
point font.

Submit your Inquiry Project to Canvas by 5PM on April 22nd.

Please submit your file as a .docx or .pdf.

Review the Inquiry project rubric (total 30 points possible):

4 points: Exceptional 2-3 points: Proficient 0-1 points:

Missing/Needs
Improvement
Content of Study The paper clearly The paper explains It’s unclear why the
explains why the why the study is study is relevant to
study is relevant to relevant to the the classroom
the classroom classroom context, context, what the
context, indicates indicates research research questions
research questions, questions, and are, or the rationale
and provides a strong provides a rationale for the study is
rationale for the for the study. missing.
study.
Content of Literature The literature Some of the The literature
sources cited clearly literature sources sources cited do not
express the current cited express the clearly identify the
issue the study current issue the current issues the
addresses. Literature study addresses. The study addresses or
review provides an literature review provides only a
argument for why inconsistently summary of sources
the study is relevant provides an read instead of
(in other words, the argument for why situating the study
literature review the study is relevant with an argument for
avoids summary). and may at times fall why it is relevant.
 into summary.
Organization The paper is clearly The paper is The paper is lacking
organized, cohesive, generally organized, in organization and
and focused. Paper cohesive, and focus. paper may not
includes all required focused. paper include all required
sections and makes includes all required sections and/or may
consistent and sections and makes not make effective
effective use of generally effective use of paragraphs,
paragraphs, use of paragraphs, headings, and
headings, and headings, and subheadings.
subheadings. subheadings.

Elaboration The paper The paper generally The paper is lacking

consistently offers offers well- in elaboration. Points
fully elaborated elaborated points are inconsistently or
points supported with sufficient insufficiently
with clear, accurate, supporting supported.
and detailed information
information.

Mechanics and Information is Some grammatical Grammatical errors

Formatting gathered from a wide errors may disrupt prevent
variety of high- coherence of the understanding of the
quality sources. In- paper. Information is ideas in the paper.
text citations and the gathered from a Information is
reference list are limited number of gathered from a
correctly formatted sources varying in limited number of
according to current quality. In-text sources varying in
APA guidelines. citations and the quality. In-text
reference list are not citations and the
consistently reference list are not
formatted according consistently
to current APA formatted according
guidelines. to current APA
guidelines.