The Scavenger Hunt

Remember Ann said you all could have this done in three hours for me this morning. I know it said 8 hours but that’s only because that is the lowest hour that’s on her. But again I need this done in three hours.Research Assignment Overview For this class, you will choose a research topic and design a 3-5 question survey to study that topic. This project is designed to give you an idea of how to conduct educational research, how to interpret those results, and how those results can be used to affect teaching methods, curriculum, school policy, and educational law. The core of your research project will be your research instrument, e.g. your survey. Surveys must collect data anonymously (i.e. they don’t ask for names or other information that can be used to identify someone) and be easily accessible such as through a web link. The following survey tools are listed in your book. You may also choose to use your own tool such as Google Docs to create a survey and collect data. Explore the tools below and see which one you like the best. All will require you to create an account but have free access for trial accounts and individual/limited use. ** KwikSurveys (www.kwiksurveys.com) Murvey (www.murvey.com) Qualtrics (www.qualtrics.com) QuestionPro (www.questionpro.com) ** SurveyMonkey (www.surveymonkey.com) Zoho Survey (www.zoho.com/survey) Zoomerang (www.zoomerang.com) ** Go to these two survey tools to do my surveys. My research is on Preschool -Elementary Curriculum (What is the difference between High Scope Curriculum and Creative Curriculum.Let’s put your investigative skills to work! In this assignment, visit the Strayer online library located in research.strayer.com or the Resource Center tab in Blackboard and find four (4) peer-reviewed quantitative articles related to your topic. Read each article. Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you: Summarize each article [approximately one to two (1-2) paragraphs per article] and identify the: Purpose of the research. Problem statement. Gaps in literature that studied the problem. Research question and/or hypotheses. Theory or conceptual framework. Findings of the research. Describe one to two (1-2) aspects of each article that are relevant to the research topic you have chosen. Provide a preliminary reference page in APA format of the articles you summarized. Include at least four (4) peer-reviewed quantitative or qualitative articles related to your topic. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Conduct a literature review for a given research topic.