Research project draft works cited and literature review


Race and Ethnic Relations
Spring 2014

Research project draft works cited and literature review

Assignment:

Now that you have a research question, do a review of the literature and write a works cited page. Find at least one article or book that uses the same method that you will use. For example, if you are going to do a survey, find an article that uses the survey method. The other sources do not have to use the same method you use. Cite at least two sources. Use any format you want for the works cited page, APA, MLA, or other.

Write a draft literature review section. In this section, you will summarize relevant previous research and talk about how your research adds to what is already known. Since you have not conducted your research yet, you will have to guess a bit and revise later.

Write a draft works cited page.

If after doing the literature review, your research question and method has changed, note that as well.

Due date:

Due the day of the second midterm by midnight.

How to turn in:

Turn in a copy to Turnitin.com on the day we take midterm 2.

Point value:

The draft literature review and works cited page is worth 5 percent of the research paper grade (9 points). The research paper is worth a total of 180 points.

Considerations:

We will discuss this topic in class and you are encouraged to talk about this topic with your classmates outside of class. You can even read each other’s papers. However, simply copying and editing another person’s paper is considered plagiarism and you will, at a minimum, get a zero on this assignment. Turnitin.com is very good at catching plagiarizers. Please do not attempt.

Resubmission policy:

Any proposal that receives a score of 9 or less can be revised and resubmitted. There is a section on Turnitin.com where you can turn in a resubmission. You will have until the next exam to resubmit.

Grading rubric:

1. cites at least two sources
2. Shows how sources relate to their research

3. Draft literature review is at least two paragraphs

4. If research project has changed due to doing literature review, the change has been discussed.

 

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