1. Choose one of the problems that you identified. 2. Provide a brief summary that includes an introduction to the problem, a summary of the institution/school, a description of the subjects to be

1.  Choose one of the problems that you identified.

2.  Provide a brief summary that includes an introduction to the problem, a summary of the institution/school, a description of the subjects to be studied, and the potential research question(s) that would drive a study of the problem.

3.  Identify and summarize three articles from the KU Library that are related to the problem, or are a study of a similar problem. Make sure these three articles are scholarly. Evaluate each of these articles in terms of their weaknesses and strengths in relationship to potential problem. Provide a full reference for each of these studies.

4.  Finally, in the end, write a conclusion to your paper. Provide an explanation as to why this project is interesting or important to them. This assignment should be 3-5 pages, double spaced, and should include the standard cover page.

Quality of Content (80 Points)

__/10: Student explains the problem and supporting background information on the problem.

__/20: Student has provided at least three potential research questions for an ARP, as well as supporting explanations of why these questions are important to the ARP  

__/40: Student provided reference and critique/summary of three articles, related to their problem.  Each article includes a discussion of the articles relevance to their problem.

__/10: Student provides an explanation as to why this project is interesting or important to them.