Social or behavioral sciences

RESEARCH PROJECT Your paper should be at least 1200 words and include all of the 5 sets of sources listed below. Based on your Research Proposal this project will represent the culmination of your study of the End of Life Issues in this course and will enable you to explore a specific topic of interest from the perspective of one of the social or behavioral sciences. Your paper should include the various sources that you collected in your proposal.

All sources should convey information that is integrated into your paper:

1. A source regarding your discipline of choice

2. At least one resource from our course

3. At least two scholarly sources

4. At least one organizational source

5. (optional) Any additional sources that you would like to include that are relevant to your topic.

Please be sure to see the feedback on your proposal to help you successfully complete this project and feel free to contact me with any questions as you are working on it. Your paper should be a coherent essay that develops an argument related to your topic of research. It should NOT be a list of concepts and sources related to the topic.

Your paper should include:

1. Introduction

2. Body of the paper. The paper should provide relevant details and also convey how your paper is related to the social science discipline identified in your proposal.

3. Reflections. Include a paragraph about why this topic is significant and meaningful to you as well as anything that you learned that you found especially interesting.

4. Conclusion

5. Reference

List Important: All sources should be cited within the paper using APA style (7th Ed.). Refer to the APA Citations and Style module in the classroom for APA resources. Your research project will be graded according to the attached rubric (also available in the syllabus). Hide Rubrics This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.Key materialCompleted 2 points More information needed 1.6 points Significant information is needed 1.2 points Information is completely missing 0 points Criterion Score Introduction Introductory paragraph gives excellent overview of the paper to be presented and includes key details. Introduction gives general sense of the paper but more details would help the reader focus on the papers content. Introduction is extremely general and/or very short. No paragraph is included / 2 Academic discipline highlighted in the paper is clearly explained The academic discipline is well explained and the explanation is accurate. A citation is included. Most of the information is included and is accurate but some refinement/correction is needed. The discipline is mentioned and discussed generally but the paragraph needs to be more specific and to include more information. The academic discipline is not discussed. / 2 Personal Reflection Student clearly conveys the significance of the project to him/her providing some key details. Student discusses the significance of the project but more details would highlight the significance. Student mentions the significance of the project in passing. Not included / 2 Conclusion Concluding paragraph gives excellent overview of the paper that has been presented and includes key details. Concluding paragraph gives general sense of the paper but more details would help the reader identify the papers significance. Conclusion is extremely general and/or very short. Not included / 2 This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.Body of paperExcellent 8 points Very good 7.2 points Good 6.4 points Acceptable/Needs Improvement 5.6 points Needs significant improvement 0 points Criterion Score Presents overall argument that conveys the main points of the discussion Key information is provided on the topic chosen. Meaningful details are provided on this topic that brings the paper to life. Key points related to the topic are well-described though more specific details would enhance the explanation. The basics of the topic are adequately presented; more details would bring the paper to life. The details provided are minimal. There may be some gaps in the explanation. The topic is described in general with very few details. It may not be clear how the details provided are connected to the topic. There are no details about the topic. Paper is completely off-topic. / 8 This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.Relevant Course ResourceIncluded 0.75 points Not included 0 points Criterion Score Relevant resource from course identified Included Not included / 0.75 Resource is used in a meaningful way Included Not included / 0.75 This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.Relevant OrganizationIncluded 0.75 points Not included 0 points Criterion Score Relevant organization identified including URL Included Not included / 0.75 Relevant organization is used in a meaningful way Included Not included / 0.75 This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.Scholarly article 1Included 0.75 points Not included 0 points Criterion Score Relevant scholarly resource is identified Included Not included / 0.75 Resource is used in a meaningful way Included Not included / 0.75 This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.Scholarly article 2Included 0.75 points Not included 0 points Criterion Score Relevant scholarly resource is identified Included Not included / 0.75 Resource is used in a meaningful way Included Not included / 0.75 This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.Writing and ReferencesExcellent 1 point Needs some improvement 0.8 points Needs significant improvement 0 points Criterion Score Effective Writing Paper is clear well-written and has minimal spelling/grammar issues. Writing is generally clear but there are multiple typos spelling errors and/or grammar issues. Writing is very unclear .with many errors. / 1 APA style citations within text Sources are cited within the text in APA style with the author and year listed. Citation style may not be perfect but it is close. Some of the citation information is presented but some is missing. There are no citations. / 1 APA style reference list Reference list of sources cited is included at the end of the paper in APA style. Reference formatting may not be perfect but it is close. The references are included at the end of the paper but they are not formatted to APA style and/or much of the reference info is missing. There is no reference list. / 1 This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.Project LengthProject has an appropriate word count 1 point Project is somewhat too short 0.7 points Project is much too short 0 points Criterion Score Paper Length Paper is at least 1200 words Paper is 1000-1199 words Paper is less than 1000 words / 1 Rubric Total ScoreTotal/ 26 Overall Score Skip Toolbars for Comments.More Insert actions. 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