research paper
LIFC 202
Research Paper: Final Assignment Instructions
Overview
Being able to clearly communicate your ideas is a vital skill in the helping professions. Now that you have identified a topic, developed an outline, and chosen at least five scholarly sources, you are ready to construct your 8–10-page paper covering the topic you chose earlier this term. This paper is an opportunity to integrate ideas you’ve learned in the course with your outside research, and further develop your life coaching knowledge. As you write your paper, remember that the information you’ve gathered in research will be used to help an individual in the life coaching process, whether it is because you’ve further developed your knowledge of a skill, the process itself, ethics in referral, how to coach Biblically, or how to build a relationship with your client. Lastly, the research paper is an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to summarize and paraphrase content from your scholarly sources.
Instructions
Your paper requirements:
8-10 pages (not including the title page or reference page)
Thoroughly cover your chosen topic
Adhere strictly to current APA format.
Include the 5 scholarly sources (published in the last five years) identified in your Research Paper: Outline and Reference List Assignment in your Research Paper: Final Assignment
You may include additional scholarly sources found between the outline and reference list submission and the final paper submission.
Sources must be used to support the statements you make in your paper but should not be used as direct quotes frequently throughout the paper.
Summarizing and paraphrasing your sources should be used to clearly demonstrate your understanding of the research you have found on your topic
Please review the Research Paper: Final Example for help formatting headings and to gain more of an understanding of the content needing to be included in your paper.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
