Assignment: Theoretical Foundation for Research Paper: Partial Draft

For this Assignment, you begin to draft a paper presenting your theoretical foundation. As you commence this process, you will likely discover that you need to delve deeper into the literature, discuss your work with colleagues, and refine your initial ideas. You are encouraged to take the time you need to fully engage in the iterative process of developing your theoretical foundation.

In subsequent weeks of the course, you will continue to build your theoretical foundation and refine the partial draft of your paper. You will have received feedback from your Instructor on this partial draft and have additional time to produce the final version of your paper later in the course.

To prepare

• Review the Learning Resources and the work you have completed in each week of this course thus far.


• Begin writing a draft of your paper to address the following:
  
  
  
  • Identify your phenomenon of interest.
  
  
  • Define concepts and identify attributes, antecedents, and consequences.
  
  
  • Describe conceptual relationships.
  
  
  • Identify assumptions that may be embedded in your research.
  
  
  • Describe how an existing framework or theory could inform your work. Explain how the framework/theory originated and what modifications you may need to make for it to be useful for your research.
  
  
  
  

To prepare

• Continue to work on the partial draft of your paper. As a reminder from Week 6, address the following:
  
  
  
  • Identify your phenomenon of interest.
  
  
  • Define concepts and identify attributes, antecedents, and consequences.
  
  
  • Describe conceptual relationships.
  
  
  • Identify assumptions that may be embedded in your research.
  
  
  • Describe how an existing framework or theory could inform your work. Explain how the framework/theory originated and what modifications you may need to make for it to be useful for your research.
  
  
  
  


• Incorporate one or more research questions or hypotheses.

To complete

• Ensure that the partial draft of your paper is clear, cohesive, and addresses the requirements listed above.