Learning Goal: I’m working on a english writing question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.
The subject: Lack of parking spots forbicycles at USF
Once you have selected a problem, you will research the problem to include the following topics:
- Background information: Put the problem in context. What does the audience need to know to understand why the problem is a problem?
- Explanation of the problem at USF/In the local community: Describe the local problem in detail. What is happening here?
- Causes of the problem: Describe the factors contributing to the problem’s occurrence. Why is the problem happening?
- Impacted Population: Describe the people most directly impacted by the problem. Who is the problem happening to? Be specific. Target a local population that could benefit from intervention.
To conduct your research, you may wish to use any of the following methods and resources, or anything else that helps you explain the scope of your problem:
- Newspapers (local, university, national)
- Background Information
- Explanation of the Problem at USF/In the Local Community
- Causes of the Problem
- Impacted Population
- Citations (footnotes, endnotes, hyperlinks, etc.)
- Reports from government agencies, universities, and/or NGOs
- Scholarly research
- Facts and statistics compiled by government agencies and/or NGOs or USF
- Interviews with experts and/or impacted individuals
- Surveys (social media makes doing surveys easy)
DELIVERABLES
Major Deliverable [Instructors: Please see revised instructions on citations below. Students should understand that the audience determines the appropriate style.]
- A report in memo format that describes your problem in detail using all the research you have conducted. The memo should be 3-5pp long and have the following section headings:
- The citation style you choose should be based on the needs and expectations of your audience. You may want to get some ideas by looking around online to see how citations were handled in reports on similar topics. But your audience should determine what citation style you select.
- Be sure to offer consistent usage of citations throughout the report
- Include data from an original survey that you create
Your memo should have the following section headings:
Supplemental deliverables
- Research Plan: A memo that identifies the problem you have selected and your plans for researching it, including research methods and potential sources for each required topic listed above.
- Research Progress Report: An update that describes a) the research you’ve done to date; b) which topics that research applies to; c) what you have left to do before completing a draft
- PS:
- I have attached the resources in pdf.
- I also attached the beginning of the project because I already started it (Research Summary Project)
- Let me know if you have any other questions!