Assignment Requirements
The title is “How the concepts taught in a research methods course can help students deal with a
wide variety problems and publish their findings”
Two examples of problems and solutions need to be discussed, these are
“How a university can reduce plagiarism” and “SUITABLE topic of your choice”
For the example “How a university can reduce plagiarism” you need to skim through the articles
Chao, C., Wilhelm, W. J., & Neureuther, B. D. (2009). A STUDY OF ELECTRONIC DETECTION
AND PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES FOR REDUCING PLAGIARISM. Delta Pi Epsilon Journal,
51(1), 31-42
This is available on EBSCO
Davis, M., & Carroll, J. (2009). Formative feedback within plagiarism education: Is there a role for text-
matching software?. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 5(2).
(This is available on google scholar)
Both of these article explain to how reduce plagiarism by discussing plagiarism reports
you will need to
*paraphrase the main findings of the articles
*discuss the research methods used
*discuss how the authors of the articles review the information found in OTHER sources
*discuss what ethics the RESEARCHERS needed to consider
*Compare and contrast the articles authority , validity and conclusions
For the example “SUITABLE topic of your choice” you need to find at least 5 references published no
later than 2008 on a very specific aspect of the topic and paraphrase and carefully read at least two
of the articles and discuss the research methods used,
for the 2 two articles you read carefully you will need to
*paraphrase the main findings of at least two of the articles
*discuss the research methods used
*discuss how the authors of the articles review the information found in OTHER sources
*discuss what ethics the RESEARCHERS needed to consider
*Compare and contrast the articles authority, validity and conclusion
*Find a “gap” in the articles and propose new research that would fill this gap, you do not have to do
the research yourself
The “SUITALBE topic of your choice” can also be “How a university can reduce plagiarism” , if you
do this just add some discussion about how the concepts taught in bus701 can be applied to many
problems
2000 Words
The title is “How the concepts taught in a research methods course can help students deal with a wide variety problems and publish their findings”
Two examples of problems and solutions need to be discussed, these are
“How a university can reduce plagiarism” and “SUITABLE topic of your choice”
For the example “How a university can reduce plagiarism” you need to skim through the articles
Chao, C., Wilhelm, W. J., & Neureuther, B. D. (2009). A STUDY OF ELECTRONIC DETECTION AND PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES FOR REDUCING PLAGIARISM. Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 51(1), 31-42
This is available on EBSCO
Davis, M., & Carroll, J. (2009). Formative feedback within plagiarism education: Is there a role for text-matching software?. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 5(2).
(This is available on google scholar)
Both of these article explain to how reduce plagiarism by discussing plagiarism reports
you will need to
*paraphrase the main findings of the articles
*discuss the research methods used
*discuss how the authors of the articles review the information found in OTHER sources
*discuss what ethics the RESEARCHERS needed to consider
*Compare and contrast the articles authority , validity and conclusions
For the example “SUITABLE topic of your choice” you need to find at least 5 references published no later than 2008 on a very specific aspect of the topic and paraphrase and carefully read at least two of the articles and discuss the research methods used,
for the 2 two articles you read carefully you will need to
*paraphrase the main findings of at least two of the articles
*discuss the research methods used
*discuss how the authors of the articles review the information found in OTHER sources
*discuss what ethics the RESEARCHERS needed to consider
*Compare and contrast the articles authority, validity and conclusion
*Find a “gap” in the articles and propose new research that would fill this gap, you do not have to do the research yourself
The “SUITALBE topic of your choice” can also be “How a university can reduce plagiarism” , if you do this just add some discussion about how the concepts taught in bus701 can be applied to many problems
2000 Words