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Acquisition and Learning Name:

Activity: Beginning an ARP

Before starting the activity, please, watch the video in the link below:

Objectives

Through this activities students should have a clear idea of how to write a research
question and literature review.

Description

 Come up with a testable research question, which should be categorized under

either qualitative or quantitative research.
 Choose an area of literature which will need to be revised to have a clear
understanding of the foundations and be able to highlight gaps which
correspond to their research question.
 Search for at least 5 articles which provide the foundations.
 Search for at least 5 articles to provide studies already conducted within the last
10 years.
 Detail the foundations, include charts, tables or any other visual which may help

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 Summarize the results found in the current studies.
 State the gap within the field which provides the introduction for the research
question.

Unit 9. Activities 1
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Evaluation Criteria

 Extension: 3-4 pages (excluding bibliography), 1.5 spaced, Calibri, Size 12, 1”
margins.

 Final Document: Should be in .doc, .docx or .pdf format.

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Unit 9. Activities 2