LibGuides: CMP-9603E v4: Week 3 Resources

Week 3 Resources

Alignment of Doctoral Project/Dissertation-in-Practice Components
Applied Doctoral Center. (2021). ADE essentials: Guides, templates, & rubrics: Alignment of doctoral project/Dissertation-in-Practice components.
Located in the Applied Doctoral Center, this handout offers a helpful guide to considerations for alignment between the problem, purpose, and research questions for a dissertation-in-practice.
Avoiding Common Mistakes
Applied Doctoral Center. (2021). Section 1: Avoiding common mistakes.
This resource, located in the Applied Doctoral Center, will help you to avoid common mistakes in developing your research questions.
Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation
Bloomberg, L. D., & Volpe, M. (2019). Completing your qualitative dissertation: A road map from beginning to end (4th ed.). SAGE.
This text offers comprehensive guidance and practical tools for navigating each step in the qualitative dissertation process, including the planning, research, and writing phases. Blending the conceptual, theoretical, and practical, the book becomes a dissertation in action—an explanation and illustration of both content and process. There is also a companion website at (https://edge.sagepub.com/bloomberg-qualitative-5e)
Read Chapter 2 (“Gearing Up: There is Method in the Madness”). Read the section on identifying and developing a researchable topic. This chapter addresses identifying and developing a sound, researchable topic, which is the starting point for any research study.
Access the Redshelf book from your course, in the Getting Started module or from the Bookshelf link, on the top navigation bar.
Introduction to Educational Research
Mertler, C. A. (2019). Introduction to educational research (2nd ed.). SAGE.
Designed for the beginning educational researcher, this text covers all aspects of the research process and addresses both qualitative and quantitative designs and research methodologies.
Read Chapter 1 (“What is Educational Research?”). This chapter offers a broad overview of what educational research entails, and how to go about articulating a focused area as a topic for research.
Access the Redshelf book from your course, in the Getting Started module or from the Bookshelf link, on the top navigation bar.
PowerPoint Presentation Tips
Academic Success Center. (2021). Writing resources: PowerPoint presentation tips.
Writing an Effective Purpose Statement
Applied Doctoral Center. (2021). Section 1: Writing an effective purpose statement.
This resource, located in the Applied Doctoral Center, supports the development of the purpose statement for your future dissertation-in-practice.