Decision Making and Problem Solving Research Paper Approval form
Decision Making and Problem Solving Research Paper Approval form
View this form as a binding contract between you and your GRST instructor, describing the paper which you intend to complete to fulfill the requirements of this course.
Note: If you do not have a research paper due in another course, you will have to write an original research paper. Start by reading Chapter 9 of the Heady textbook. Once you read Chapter 9, e-mail your GRST instructor for more insight into possible topics for a research paper. The textbook is a free PDF available in the Course Content.
Specific Requirements: The body of your research paper must be at least eight pages with at least eight scholarly sources. A discussion board post is not a research paper, a group paper or book review is not acceptable, nor can you combine smaller assignments. To pass this course, you must write a graduate-level research paper, receive a grading rubric score on your fully-completed work
Research Paper Approval Form (with example):
| Your name | Ms. Stephanie Neshell Porter |
| Class | GRST 500-B10 LUO |
| Professor’s name | Dr. Jennifer Landrum |
| Paper topic | Decision Making and Problem Solving |
| *DRAFT due date | Module/Week 6 |
| *OWC FEEDBACK due date | Module/Week 7 |
| *REVISION due date | Module/Week 8 |
| Length of paper | 8+ pages of text |
| Number of sources | 8+ |
| Specifics of the assignment | (Pasted from your other course) |
Use subtitles in your work
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.