Week 4 Assignment: Revising Your Research Problem Paper
Due Date September 25th at 12pm Central standard time

Scholarly writing is an iterative process. This simply means that the first draft, even if it is our best effort, will not be our best draft. Instead, many rounds of feedback and revision must be conducted before the product is accepted. The purpose of this process is to build on the good work you have done, based on the feedback from the instructor, so that the paper meets acceptable standards for a scholarly paper.

To help you experience the iterative process, you may revise the Week 2 Writing Assignment (“The Problem Statement”) and submit it for the Week 4 Writing Assignment. In order to do this –

1. Thoroughly review the instructions from the Week 2 Writing Assignment.

2. Just open the Week 2 Assignment file that your instructor returned to you in the gradebook.

3. Read the feedback that your instructor gave to you.

4. Revise the paper. Be extremely careful to address every comment your professor gave to you and apply those lessons throughout the paper. Record them in your writing journal for mental reinforcement.

5. Submit it by day 7 of Week 4 instead of submitting the Week #4 Assignment.

This will not change the grade you received during Week 2, but it will give you an opportunity to revise your paper and receive a second grade for it in Week 4. Plus…the research problem will be a part of each of the remaining papers in this class. Remember, address all of your instructor’s comments

The Week 2 Assignment should be written in correct APA style and should include the following::

1. Thoroughly review the instructions from the Week 2 Writing Assignment. Include –

a. A title—a sample problem statement

b. A few sentences to introduce the problem and provide background

c. Straightforward and unambiguous sentences (1–2) that clearly state the problem (Note: Make it specific and precise.)

d. d. About 2–3 paragraphs that synthesize the evidence from research literature that this is a current, meaningful problem in the educational discipline

e. Statements substantiated by evidence from research (Note: Every statement must be substantiated by evidence from research.)

f. A short paragraph describing who would benefit from addressing this problem and in what ways they might benefit

g. Reference list of literature, in APA format, supporting this proposed study

h. Should be 3–6 pages in length, not including the title or reference pages

2. Open the Week 2 Assignment file that your instructor returned to you in the gradebook.

3. Read the feedback that your instructor gave to you.

4. Revise the paper. Be extremely careful to address every comment your professor gave to you.

5. Submit your completed assignment by Day 7 of Week 4.