You have completed your outline and Dr. Z has reviewed and returned it to you. Now it's time to write the first draft of your paper.

Assignment Specifications:

Write a paper at least 8 pages and no longer than 10 pages in length (This is 8-10 pages of actual content. It does not include the title page, abstract, table of contents, reference page, or appendix.)

You might want to use the UNI Instructional Technology Masters Paper template. It is a Word document that has been formatted. You just need to add your content.

Include the following parts:

• Title page (This must follow the format found in your Graduate Packet (around pg. 47) http://www.uni.edu/coe/ci/Grad_Handbook.pdf
• Table of Contents (sample: tableofcontents.pdf)(formatting hints: formatTOC.pdf), (AutoTOC with Works)
• Abstract (Write this last after you have written your paper.  You should follow the steps outlined on pg. 12-13 of the APA Manual 5th edition.)
• Introduction
• Methodology (samples: methodology1.pdf, methodology2.pdf)
• Analysis and Discussion
• Conclusions and Recommendations
• Reference page (Must include at least 6 references listed using the APA 5th edition format)
• Appendix (only if needed)

  Format your paper using APA format (5th edition).
  Instructions on inserting page numbers (insertingpgnumbers.pdf)
  Instructions for using headings in your Seminar papers (headingstandards.pdf)

It is understood that this is your first draft and that you are awaiting input from your professor. You are expected, however, to have read and understood the expected contents of your paper (see graduate packet and literature review outline). You will also be expected to have read and understood the required APA format.

Due to the formative nature of the rough draft, the grading will be somewhat lenient. YOUR requirements for crafting your final paper are to pay attention to feedback notes provided to you in the returned version AND the rubric that is provided for the final paper.

Your final paper will be graded as a whole product based upon the rubric supplied. It is expected that you will use proper APA format, spelling and grammar. Not all of your spelling and/or grammar errors will be found by your professor in reviewing your rough draft. Therefore, not being informed of an error in the rough draft is NOT a valid excuse for having an error in your final paper.

Review the rubric below.  This is how Dr. Z will evaluate your paper so it only makes sense for you to use the rubric to evaluate your paper before you submit it.  The descriptions of the paper's parts given above are rather vague.  These have all been defined in your readings and in lectures in class.  The rubric provides a much more specific definition of what will be expected so it will provide you with the necessary specifications.

Submit:

• Submit your paper in the eLearning Assignment drop box by class time on the due date.
• Name your first draft with your last name and then "firstdraft" (i.e., zeitzfirstdraft.doc).  Include the .doc extension at the end.

Evaluation: Rubric for evaluating the first draft of the APA Research Review Paper

NOTE: This First Draft assignment may not be resubmitted for additional credit.

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This page was last updated by Dr. Z on 3/9/09