Inquiry into Action

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Inquiry into Action

RING Portfolio Rubric

Elements and points allocated to each:

___Executive Summary

  • (750 – 1000 words) of your research and recommendations. (10 points)

___RING Project Worksheet.

    • With any changes to parts A-E and particular attention paid to the thoughtful completion of sections F & G (10 points)

      ___ Literature review.

        • The literature review should be selective of those resources that relate directly to the research question, should synthesize the findings of those resources, and have a logic flow that leads to the research question. The webfolio should link to a representative selection of the most important research resources. (10 points)

          ___Methods.

            • A brief description of each study, including selection of subjects, copies of all research instruments you created (such as surveys, sets of interview questions, etc.), and how the studies were carried out, including a short reflection on the success of each. (15 points)

              ___ Findings.

              • A report of the data analysis and conclusions draw from each study. Should reflect thought about the best representation of the findings (mean, mode, categories, coding, etc.) (15 points)

              ___ Proposed plan of action.

                • Should flow directly from the findings. (10 points)

                  ___ Recommendations.

                  • Identify ways future students might continue the action research cycles you have begun.  Identify the most productive strategies a successor group might wish to follow, based on your experience, and the pitfalls you would advise that successor group to try to avoid. (10 points)

                  ___ Final Reflection.

                  • A final reflection on your relationships, as a group, and as individuals, to the community(ies) within which you worked this semester, and on how those experiences might influence your community involvement in the future. (15 points)

                  ___ Bibliography

                  • Completed in APA or MLA format (in which ALL URLs function) (5 points)