Description: The objective of the Individual Report is for you to develop your ability function as an independent learner. Your task will be to identify a topic related to this course that, ideally, has relevance to your group project. Your report will be an exploration of this topic. You will find, read, summarize, analyze (which means breakdown the content of the articles into pieces), synthesize (which means find a common ground for all pieces you gather in the analysis), and criticize/reflect upon a variety of sources of knowledge. The Individual Report will give you the perspective of “what is already known on a topic under study.”
You will need to gather and evaluate information from a minimum of 15 sources. Included your sources, you must have at last the following:
| Source | Minimum |
| a. scholarly articles | 10 |
| b. text books | 3 |
| c. industry publication articles | 1 |
| d. trade books | 1 |
You will present a summary of your work in two ways: an annotated bibliography, a written report (maximum of 2,500 words).
1. Annotated Bibliography (50 marks): (List sources by category)
| Number and quality of sources (the minimums are indicated above).: | 25 |
| For each source:
· Bibliographic entry (APA format) · Type of source (e.g., scholarly article) · Brief summary/abstract in your words including identification of the key facts, terms, concepts, or models that you drew from the source · Credibility of the source · Usefulness of the source |
25 |
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Total |
50 |
- Written report (100 marks):
| Content of the Report | |
| Title-page:
· an integrative title that gathers all your analysis, synthesis, and evaluation · course name · your name · date |
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| Table of Contents | |
| Introduction: Introduce the reader to your review:
· what is the topic of focus and why is this an interesting topic · how you identified and selected the sources to review (e.g., keywords, database, etc.) as well as what sources you did not include · overview the structure of the review that follows |
5 |
| Analysis and Synthesis of Sources Selected.
· describe and, most importantly, integrate the sources |
40 |
| Critique and Recommendations.
· critique the literature and provide recommendations about how the sources can be used in your group’s reports |
25 |
| Conclusion | 5 |
| Bibliography (APA format) | 5 |
| Appendices:
· as required |
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| Formatting/Writing | |
| · includes all required elements (e.g., title page)
· writing is clear, concise, and free of spelling and grammatical errors · tables and figures are well formatted, titled, captioned, and referenced in the body of the paper · does not exceed 2,500 words (excluding executive summary, table of contents, tables, figures, bibliography, and appendices) |
20 |
|
Total |
100 |
