Running head: INCLUDE YOUR TITLE OR A SHORT VERSION OF IT HERE 1

TITLE OF YOUR PAPER GOES HERE MINUS THE WORDS RUNNING HEAD 7

The Title of Your Paper Goes Here:

Abstract

less than half a page in length.

Keywords: First Word, Second Word, Third Word....

Type the Title of Your Paper on The Top of This Page: If You Have a Subtitle Include That As Well

The body of your paper starts here. This is your introduction. Your first paragraph should explain exactly what your topic includes. Do not worry that your introduction repeats some of what you said in your abstract. This is how it should be. Do not write the introduction with the assumption that the reader has read the abstract. The abstract is a separate stand-alone piece of the paper.

Your introduction should focus on two main things: Your Research Question – What it is and why it’s worth asking. Make sure your research questions are stated clearly, along with your hypothesis (what you expect to discover or prove). Keep in mind the scholarly articles you have read. Make your structure similar to those. Do not use “I” in your writing. Refer to “this paper” or “this study” as the subject of your sentences. If you need to refer to yourself for some reason, use “the author” as the subject.

Your introduction might include some of the information from your Google search, where you explain the current state of your topic referring to newspapers or magazine articles. Think of it as explaining “this is what makes my topic relevant in today’s society.” Consider including statistics, data of some sort. Your introduction will probably be a page and a half in length.

Literature Review

Brief Descriptive Section Heading for Article One

What will follow next is an article by article summary of your research. This section should only deal with scholarly articles. Each article should be identified by title, author, and publication and date. Use the (name, year, page number) format for all in-text citations. Feel free to cite heavily but avoid using direct quotes whenever possible. Paraphrase the articles’ content in your own words. Attempt to cover at least three scholarly articles in the Literature Review Section, summarizing them one by one. Choose articles that are foundational to your conclusions and specifically related to your topic. If you would like, you can use the following sub-headings to break up each section.

Research Questions. Briefly describe the research questions the article dealt with.

Research Method. Briefly describe the research method for the article. Who was studied, how were they studied, and what tools were used.

Research Findings. Briefly summarize the findings of the research that are relevant to your paper.

Research Implications. Write in your own words how this article feeds into the specific paper you are writing. This is where you are synthesizing the research and relating it to your topic.

Brief Descriptive Section Heading for Article Two

Research Questions. Briefly describe the research questions the article dealt with.

Research Method. Briefly describe the research method for the article. Who was studied, how were they studied, and what tools were used.

Research Findings. Briefly summarize the findings of the research that are relevant to your paper.

Research Implications. Write in your own words how this article feeds into the specific paper you are writing. This is where you are synthesizing the research and relating it to your topic.

Brief Descriptive Section Heading for Article Three

Research Questions. Briefly describe the research questions the article dealt with.

Research Method. Briefly describe the research method for the article. Who was studied, how were they studied, and what tools were used.

Research Findings. Briefly summarize the findings of the research that are relevant to your paper.

Research Implications. Write in your own words how this article feeds into the specific paper you are writing. This is where you are synthesizing the research and relating it to your topic.

Research Conducted

This is where you would include surveys, polls, etc. If you conducted additional research of any kind, describe it in detail here. You probably do not need to break it down with subheadings like the section above. Just describe the research you conducted, how you conducted it, and the results. If you did not conduct surveys or polls, you can use this space to synthesize any other information you need to from various other sources.

Discussion

This is the “discussion” section of your paper. In this section, you will pull it all together. Synthesize and summarize your findings. Feel free to recap and review things already mentioned, but don’t merely repeat yourself. Make connections between the articles and other research.

Include: What did you learn or prove? Did you prove your hypothesis or something else?

This section should focus on the practical application of your research. How does what you discovered point to a course of action or solve a problem? Make specific recommendations to your reader which involve suggesting how they should think or behave. Be as specific as you can.

Feel free to include a paragraph suggesting where another researcher could go from here. What additional studies should be done? What new questions did your research raise that you would like to see addressed?

References

Starting on its own page is your properly formatted APA list of references. Include every source you used in your research.

Be sure to consult samples for proper format and alphabetize your sources. Also, do not forget to use the hanging ident so your page looks like this.

You should have at least 6 sources, and half of these should be scholarly if possible. Sources not retrieved through databases should still meet the criteria we discussed for acceptable sources.

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