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Final Research Paper Guidelines in Psychology

This document provides guidelines for students writing their final research paper for a Psychology of Language Learning course. It outlines the nature and mechanics of the paper, including formatting requirements and the expected sections. The paper must be between 10-12 pages and follow APA style. It must report original research conducted by the student. The paper should have an introduction establishing the research topic and questions, a methodology section, a results and discussion section presenting and analyzing findings, and a conclusion section with insights and recommendations. Sections will be evaluated for content, organization, grammar, and style.

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Final Research Paper Guidelines in Psychology

This document provides guidelines for students writing their final research paper for a Psychology of Language Learning course. It outlines the nature and mechanics of the paper, including formatting requirements and the expected sections. The paper must be between 10-12 pages and follow APA style. It must report original research conducted by the student. The paper should have an introduction establishing the research topic and questions, a methodology section, a results and discussion section presenting and analyzing findings, and a conclusion section with insights and recommendations. Sections will be evaluated for content, organization, grammar, and style.

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GUIDELINES FOR FINAL RESEARCH PAPER

Nature of Paper
The final paper is a report of a students research on any relevant topic in
Psychology of Language Learning.
A theoretical paper or a review of a book/article does not count as a final paper.
Research may replicate anyone of the studies dealt with in class but an original
research paper is highly preferred.
Mechanics
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Prescribed length( +0+. pages "1#clusive of preliminaries and supplementary
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not chapters%
Point of Vie
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Sections
1. Introduction
'ollow 7wales "+990% 5AR7 model for research article introduction( "a%
establishing a territory! "b% establishing a niche and "c% occupying the niche
5lear statement of the research problem/s or ob:ectives to appear towards the end
of this section
2. Methodology (or Method and Procedure)
Addresses the ;6< of the research process
2ncludes information on corpus of data "sample si*e! sampling techni$ue%!
research design! framework for analysis! instrument! statistical test/s "if any%
3. Results and Discussion (or Findings)
Presents! analy*es! and interprets data gathered
/ata to be presented in te#tual! tabular! or graphical form! or a combination of the
three forms! whichever is appropriate
1#cerpts from sample data to be cited for e#emplification purposes
/ata presented in any of the above forms to be accompanied by a thorou!h
"iscussion
4. Insights (or Discussion or Implications or onclusion and Recommendations)
5ontains the writers insights on data analy*ed and interpreted in Results and
/iscussion sections
-ay formulate conclusions based on available data and issue recommendations
based on conclusions
7hould not present new data
!. "ppendi#
5ontains the corpus of data on which the analysis has been based
$. References
Criteria for #ar$in! the Research Paper
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/r. 'rancisco Perlas /umanig
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