Step 1 — Choose a Curriculum Research Question Select a curriculum-related issue, trend, or problem that connects to course readings and your professional setting. This question will guide your analysis and writing.
The Term Paper is the culminating assignment in this course and gives you the opportunity to explore a curriculum topic that connects to your professional context and the ideas we have studied throughout the semester. Your final submission is a 2,500–3,000 word paper that builds on earlier course work and aligns with the course assignment expectations and rubric.
How to Complete the Term Paper
Step 1 — Choose a Curriculum Research Question
Select a curriculum-related issue, trend, or problem that connects to course readings and your professional setting. This question will guide your analysis and writing.
Research Question:
How do curriculum standardization and district-mandated pacing guides affect the pedagogical agency of K–12 teachers to adapt instruction for diverse student needs within an accountability-driven educational system?
This is what the professor states the focus should be:
The key will be for you to define pedagogical agency and to ensure that this definition is reflected in the literature.
Step 2 — Prepare Your Working Outline
Before submitting the final paper, you will complete a working outline and annotated sources check-in. This step helps you organize your ideas and gather research before writing the full paper.
Your outline should:
· Identify your main argument or focus
· Include key supporting sources
· Show how your ideas connect to curriculum concepts from the course
Step 3 — Write the Final Paper
Using your outline, develop a clear and well-organized narrative that:
· Applies course concepts and readings
· Uses sources to support your thinking
· Provides examples from your professional or educational context
The syllabus reminds students to:
· Support your position with sources that inform it
· Provide examples when appropriate
· Proofread carefully and use correct grammar and structure
Step 4 — Apply APA Formatting
Follow APA guidelines for citations, references, and overall formatting. Writing quality and organization are part of the evaluation.
Step 5 — Submit Your Final Term Paper
Upload your completed 2,500–3,000 word paper (Single space)
In short:
· You can build off the topic from last assignment
· 2,500-3,000 words (5-6 pages single spaced)
· APA 7
· Title page, citations, reference page
· 200- word maximum abstract
· 10 or more peer-reviewed articles or other quality sources
· Multiple headings: introduction, subheadings, conclusion
· Limited quotations; stronger emphasis on paraphrase and synthesis
· Present a clear curriculum research question/topic
· Develop a strong thesis/position
· Discuss and synthesize literature (The emphasis on how you use the supporting literature differentiates this assignment from the two previous assignments).
· Present multiple perspectives where appropriate
· Include pedagogic and/or curricular application in the students current educational setting (7th grade Reading Teacher)
· Maintain academic tone and writing quality
