Ashford 5: – Week 4 – Assignment

Intervention/Innovation Method

Instructions: For this assignment, you will write a method paper than contains the items listed in the content below.
 

Content
The assignment needs to include the following areas of content.

Intervention – Overview (.5      points): In no more than one page,      explain your proposed intervention. Intervention – Literature      Review (1 point): In      no more than one page, discuss your literature review and how it informs      your proposed intervention. Intervention – Benefits (.5      points): In no more than one page,      explain why you think your population will benefit from the intervention.      Ensure your explanation draws on the literature you are using to support      this choice of intervention.  Intervention Plan (2 points): In one- to two-pages, describe in chronological order      how you will implement your intervention and provide a hypothetical yet      practical timeframe for these steps. Ethics – Philosophy (.5      points): In one- to two-paragraphs,      explain how this intervention fits within your philosophy of teaching. You      may have written a philosophy in EDU623 or another prior course. Ethics – Social Principles (.5      points): In one- to two-paragraphs,      explain how this intervention relates to your social principles as an      educator. Ethics – Harm (1 point): In one- to two-paragraphs, explain how the literature      you reviewed leads you to believe what you are doing is an appropriate      intervention. Ethics – Protection (.5      points): In one- to two-paragraphs,      explain your planned measures to ensure you are protecting the study      participants and doing no harm. Ethics – Bias (.5 points): In one- to two-paragraphs, explain your planned      measures to ensure the study yields unbiased results.  Data Collection Procedures (1      point): In one page, revise your      triangulation matrix from the Week Three Triangulation discussion adding a      column that includes how and when you will collect your data. This      timeline will be hypothetical and approximate. The Data Collection      Procedures section can follow this example:

Research   Questions 

Data   Collection Tool 

Why   this tool? Justify its use in your study. How does it match with what you are   attempting to find and to measure? 

Timeframe:
  How and when data will be collected. 

What   are students’ perceived confidence levels with learning new math concepts   through digital/virtual learning forums exclusively?

One
  pre-
  assessment Likert survey

Allows   students to rate their level of perceived confidence with learning math   concepts through digital or virtual learning forums as opposed to a live   teacher. Provides multiple question types to gather wider breadth of   potential student concerns.

Phase 1:
  Given for up to first three days of study depending upon attendance in the   first 15 minutes of class-computer lab.

 Written Communication
The assignment needs to adhere to the following areas for written communication.

Page Requirement (.5 points): The assignment must be four to six pages, not      including title and references pages. APA Formatting (.5 points): Use APA formatting consistently throughout. Syntax and Mechanics (.5      points): Display meticulous      comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling      and grammar. Your written work should contain no errors and be very easy      to understand. Source Requirement (.5 points): Use no less than two scholarly sources in addition to      the course textbooks, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All      sources on the reference page need to be used and cited correctly within      the body of the assignment.

Review and Submit the Assignment
Review your assignment with the Grading Rubric to be sure you have achieved the distinguished levels of performance for each criterion. Next, submit the assignment to the course room for evaluation no later than day 7 of the week.
 

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.