TOPIC: The affect of male educators on academic achievements. Each annotated bibliography must follow the current APA format and consist of at least the number of scholarly sources required. Each ann

EDUC 701

Course Project: Annotated Bibliography Assignment Instructions

Overview

You will complete two annotated bibliography assignments during the course that will serve as the research foundation of your final paper:

1. Course Project: Annotated Bibliography Sources 1 – 8 Assignment

2. Course Project: Annotated Bibliography Sources 9 – 15 Assignment

Instructions

Each annotated bibliography must follow the current APA format and consist of at least the number of scholarly sources required. Each annotated bibliography must have a title page with a running head and page numbers. The professional version of the current APA title page must be used for this assignment. No abstract is required.

Of the scholarly resources you provide for each assignment, at least five must be current and published in the last five years. These must be empirical, peer-reviewed journal articles and professional books. All sources must be directly related to your research topic.

Place your topic statement at the top of the annotated bibliography. Write the full citation for the reference, followed by the annotation. The text in the annotations must be indented so that the author’s last name is the only text that is flush left due to the hanging indent required in current APA format.

Each annotation should include a summary of the main points in the reference and how the information will be beneficial and contribute to the final paper you will be writing in Module 5: Week 5 (final draft) and Module 7: Week 7 (final paper). In the resource’s summary, focus on the purpose of the research study/reference and the findings/conclusions. You do not need to include the details of the research study, such as the number of participants or the research method used. The annotations are designed to help you and your instructor better understand how your sources connect to your research topic.

Remember:

• The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the main points of the reference and how it will be beneficial in your final draft/final paper.

• Write the full reference citation followed by the summary of the reference. No reference list is to be written at the end of the paper.

• Each annotation should be 150 - 200 words. Each line in the annotation needs to be indented so that the author’s last name is the only text that is flush left.

• Include a summary of the main points of the reference. Explain how this information is useful to your problem/topic.

• Focus on the purpose of the research study and the findings. You do not need to include the details of the research methods used in the studies (number of participants, research method used).

Note: Do not cut and paste from the references, as this constitutes plagiarism. Most of the time, this occurs as an innocent oversight on the part of the candidate. Regardless of the reason, in the event of plagiarism, you will receive 0 points for the entire assignment per Liberty University’s policy on academic dishonesty.

Before you submit your annotated bibliographies, read through the Course Project: Annotated Bibliography Checklist to ensure your assignment meets all criteria.

Format the paper in current APA format and see the grading rubric for specific grading criteria. Help with current APA formatting guidelines can be found via the link to Writing Style Guides (see the link the course’s left-hand navigation menu) and/or the Education Research Guide: EDUC 701 link provided with this assignment.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

Themes

As you read the references, you will start to see different themes or subtopics emerge. An effective way of documenting information for these different themes and subtopics is to use a note-taking method. This will assist you in synthesizing or combing the information from the different references when you write the final draft.

A research paper is not a summary of the main points of each source written in separate paragraphs. When information is synthesized, the reference information from all of the different scholarly references is combined. You put together the ideas and findings in order to put your voice (the writer’s voice) to the overall points being explained. A practical method of keeping track of and documenting the information used in each section of the paper is a note-taking method.

There are many note-taking methods, and you should choose the method that works best for you. Note-taking is not required as part of the annotated bibliography assignments, but it will be extremely helpful to have a way to keep track of the information in the references that you will use in the different sections of your paper. Below are some suggestions for note-taking methods you might want to choose. You can look up each of these methods and read about them to find the method you are comfortable with and that works best for you.

Examples of Methods of Note Taking that Might be Used:

• Two Column Notes

• Synthesis Matrix/Table

• Electronic Note Cards

• Electronic Note-Taking Apps (Evernote, Microsoft One Note, etc.)

As you gather your notes from each reference, organizing the notes according to the themes (sub-topics) will be beneficial. This can be done using a synthesis matrix. The synthesis matrix is a chart allowing a researcher to sort and categorize the arguments presented on an issue. Taking notes and then sorting and categorizing the notes in the synthesis matrix will help synthesize (or combine) the reference information in the final draft/final paper. See the example matrix below:

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

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