EDFD 6003 – Rubric for Research Proposal

 

Parts of the Proposal

Pathwise Extension, ISTE

Score

Title Page

D, IV, V

/10

Introduction (why is the problem a problem, why is your research important who says so, why are you doing this study?, etc.)

 

 

D, IV, V

/15

     Statement of the Problem (definition(s), purpose, etc.)        

A, D, IV, V

/10

Review of Related Literature (pertinence of references, style, support of hypothesis statement, researcher processing and arrangement of information, etc.)

 

 

A, D, IV, V

 

 

/25

     Statement of the Hypothesis (clarity, conciseness, matches procedures section, etc.)

 

A, D, IV, V

 

/10

Method

 

 

Participants (description of sample, sampling method, background information, usefulness for addressing hypothesis, etc.)

 

 

A, D, IV, V

 

 

/15

Instrument for quantitative (which instrument(s) was (were) used, why they were used, usefulness in addressing problem statement and hypothesis, etc.)

OR Data Collection Methods for qualitative (what triangulation was used?  description of methods, why were they used?, usefulness in addressing problem statement and hypothesis, etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

A, D, IV, V

 

 

 

 

 

 

/15

Procedure (what was done?, when was it done?, how much time was used for procedure and assessment?, how was permission obtained?, how long was experiment or observation?, when were assessments (tests, surveys, observations) completed?, usefulness in addressing hypothesis and problem statement, etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

D, IV, V

 

 

 

 

 

/20

Design and Analysis (what design was used? [i.e., causal comparative, quasi-experimental design, correlational design, qualitative case study, etc.] what statistical procedure or narrative analysis procedure was used?)

 

 

 

 

D, IV, V

 

 

 

 

/15

 

 

 

Additional Aspects Inherent within Proposal

Practical aspects of study (time, money, other resources, etc.)

D, IV, V

 

/10

Flow of writing (transitions, placement of material, flow of argument(s), connections between sections, support of hypothesis and argument throughout paper, etc.)

D, IV

 

 

/20

A.P.A. style and format (references, quotations, citations, etc.)

D, IV

 

/35

Grammatical “correctness” will be considered throughout.

D, IV