Draft Paper: Educ 836

1) Formatting Your Paper

The format of the paper follows the standard dissertation structure of Introduction-Literature Review-Methods-Results-Discussion.
However, if your data analysis lends itself to another format, find a published paper whose structure is appropriate and model yours
after that paper. Include the paper in the appendices.
Attach appendices to your paper. These should include instrument(s) you used to collect the data (e.g. in-depth interview guide) and
your codin
Fair = 1 point Good = 2 points Excellent = 3 points
 
1 pts 2 pts 3 pts
Presentation Fair = 1 point Good = 2 points Excellent = 3 points
A 7-15-minute PowerPoint
presentation of your action
research project is submitted
with the paper.
Competencies Fair = 1 point Good = 2 points Excellent = 3 points
Demonstrated Competencies in
understanding the overall and
embedded theoretical structures
for writing within your approach
of inquiry using Creswell's
Guidelines for the Five
Qualitative Research Five
Approaches (Creswell, 2007)
Narrative Content Fair = 1 point Good = 2 points Excellent = 3 points
Paper is a complete narrative for
your project modeled after a
journal article format using your
selected interpretive framework
or approach.

The draft and final paper is an

analysis of individual or group
data collected during the EDUC
836 Qualitative Research Design
and Analysis course.

Use of other data was submitted

for approval by the instructors at
the beginning of the course (if
data is used other than from this
project).
Overall Grading Criteria Fair = 1 point Good = 2 points Excellent = 3 points
Overall Grading Criteria is
described in each category. C paper: Poorly organized with B paper: Organized and mostly A paper: Well-organized and
unclear exposition of ideas or clearly written. Will have some clearly written analysis that is
Full APA formatting and writing concepts. Very simplistic gaps in reasoning or writing that multifaceted and offers some
precision is inclusive in this analysis or analysis that is not is at times not clear. Analysis fresh intellectual insight. Follows
criteria. well developed. Does not follow may be somewhat simplistic or all the guidelines. 3 pts
all of the guidelines. 1 pt. single-stranded. Follows all the
guidelines. 2 pts.
Format Fair = 1 point Good = 2 points Excellent = 3 points
1) Formatting Your Paper
Does not following conventional Included the model paper in the Attach appendices to your paper.
The format of the paper follows formatting for qualitative appendices. These should include
the standard dissertation structureresearch reporting. instrument(s) you used to collect
of Introduction-Literature the data (e.g. in-depth interview
Review-Methods-Results- guide) and your coding.
Discussion.

However, if your data analysis

lends itself to another format,
find a published paper whose
structure is appropriate and
model yours after that paper.