Task A: Please develop and upload a well-structured interview that will enable you to gathering valuable data for your research. You should develop 9 to 12 questions that you feel will assist you to meet your Research Objectives and answer your Research Question(s). It is suggested that you link your interview questions to your Research Objectives.
Task B: Please develop and upload a well-structured Survey / Questionnaire (12 – 15 questions) that will enable you to gathering valuable data for your research. It is suggested that you link your survey questions to your Research Objectives.
Format This activity must meet the following formatting requirements:
• Font size 12
• Word Limit: N/A • Double-spaced • Harvard Referencing System • pdf only
Due date Date: 23rd August 2021 at14:00h CEST
Weight towards final grade
This activity has a weight of 40% towards the final grade.
Assessment criteria
Credit will be given for evidence of:
• Library/Internet based research. Try to use a mixture of resources – books, articles as well as the internet.
• Understanding of the issues raised by the questions.
• Concise and clear presentation. Acknowledge any quotes, ideas or arguments that are not your own using the Harvard system.
• Originality and a critical and questioning approach.
The rubric below provides additional information on how your work will be marked.
Good luck!
Goal(s) The assignment is designed to provide learners the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to develop effective and well-structured interview questions that will enable them to gather the required data qualitative and quantitative data for their research. The goal of this assignment is to monitor student learning and provide ongoing feedback.
Learning outcomes
• Introduce students to research philosophies, and how to apply them effectively in their research;
• Introduce students to the theory and practice of quantitative and qualitative research methods;
• Guide students how to choose the appropriate research designs/methods;
• Introduce students to the different methods of quantitative and qualitative methodologies in research;
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Rubric: written assignment
Exceptional 90-100 Good 80-89 Fair 70-79 Marginal fail 60-69
Knowledge & Understanding
(20%)
Student demonstrates excellent understanding of key concepts and uses vocabulary in an entirely appropriate manner.
Student demonstrates good understanding of the task and mentions some relevant concepts and demonstrates use of the relevant vocabulary.
Student understands the task and provides minimum theory and/or some use of vocabulary.
Student understands the task and attempts to answer the question but does not mention key concepts or uses minimum amount of relevant vocabulary.
Application (30%) Student applies fully relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class.
Student applies mostly relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class.
Student applies some relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Misunderstanding may be evident.
Student applies little relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Misunderstands are evident.
Critical Thinking (30%)
Student critically assesses in excellent ways, developing outstanding questionnaires and interview questions
Student critically assesses in good ways, developing very good questionnaires and interview questions
Student provides some insights, developing satisfactory questionnaires and interview questions
Student makes little or none critical thinking insights, developing insufficient questionnaires and interview questions
Communication (20%)
Student communicates their ideas extremely clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck
Student communicates their ideas clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck
Student communicates their ideas with some clarity and concision. It may be slightly over or under the wordcount limit. Some misspelling errors may be evident.
Student communicates their ideas in a somewhat unclear and unconcise way. Does not reach or does exceed wordcount excessively and misspelling errors are evident.