Academic Writing

• (MINIMUM OF 5 pages of CONTENT) – Fully following the APA guidelines and format. follow all APA guidelines as such. Use direct quotes sparingly. • For this paper – if you use five consecutive words from a source, you MUST use a “direct quotation” and APA citation. • NO Direct Quotes please. • For every item in the reference list, that source must be cited in the paper. At a minimum, the following must be included: o Abstract o CHAPTER 1: Introduction Include subheadings for each of the following elements (at minimum):  Background: What led you investigate this issue/problem? Why are you interested in this?  Problem Statement: What is the problem under investigation?  Purpose of Study: Why is the study important? What is the significance of the study? Who cares, and why do they (or should they) care?  Study Hypothesis (es): a prediction, or an" educated guess"- about the results of your study. Based on past research, what do you expect to find? • CHAPTER 2: Titled "Review of Related Literature". A literature review is where you "review" published material that relates to your issue/problem – this information should be coming from your annotated reference paper o Conclusion o References