Instructions for Assignment

Research Proposal

Describe your research topic, and answer these questions: What do you already know about your topic? What do you think you'll need to find out? What are some of your burning questions about your topic? What interests you about your topic? Be as specific and detailed as possible.

Focus on the following skills in this paper:

Narrowing down an idea

Peer Review

. In your peer review, please discuss the following:

What stands out for you about the research paper idea?

What do you think readers would be most interested in learning about the topic?

Do you know anything about the topic? If so, please share some helpful information with the writer.

If not, how could the topic be narrowed down?

Is the topic too narrow? If so, how might the writer expand his/her scope?

(The peer review portion of this assignment will count for 30% of the grade on the assignment.).