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activities in the field of social media has led the user demands to be
itself. Most social media courses for education include web blogs, wikis,
virtual games sites, multimedia platforms, and virtual social networks like
community.
educational activities inside and outside the classroom. They advocate for
the use of these technologies for not only teacher to student, but student to
education researchers.
though there are many different types of social media. However, when it
research has been found focusing on using popular social network like
Facebook (Tess 2013). The focus of this research study is to ask whether
the relevant research that is useful to the objectives this proposal. Several
studies being used in this research were investigated and recently found
published in the past four to five years. The literature reviews the
innovative features offered by social media and how these feature relate to
student performance.
Tess (2013) is a literature review paper based on the role of
social media in higher education within virtual and real classrooms. Tess
(2013) finds Facebook to be the most popular social networking site among
students in his research. The research also found that Social Impact, blogs,
and Twitter to be among the other popular social networks. The literature
survey found a mixture of opinion for using these types of social media in
the effective integration of social media into education is still a question for
researchers to ask. Most teachers are not willing to adopt social media into
their classrooms due to the lack of proper training and control of the
students have negative to no effects and some have positive. Most of the
traits.
distant learning being more dependent upon using social networking. This
student achievement.
The above literature has revealed only a small role that social
more questions than answers. Within the past five years, all the advances in
the classroom?
References
Gupta, C. P., Singh, B., & Marwaha, T. (2013). Relationship between social
Tess, P. A. (2013). The role of social media in higher education classes (real
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I. Objectives and Purposes (2 pages)
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Background Information Information is Information is Information is
not provided. provided but relevant and relevant,
is unclear, adequate for sufficient, and
insufficient, the proposed clearly
or irrelevant. study. supports the
proposed
study.
Statement of the research 0 1 2 3
problem and rationale for Information The research The research The research
the study not provided. problem is problem is problem is
stated, but is clearly stated clearly stated,
unclear, too and is relevant, and
broad/narrow researchable. researchable.
or irrelevant. Strong Rationale is
The rationale rationale extremely
for the study provided. The clear,
is unclear or rationale compelling,
weak. statement and clearly
generally supports the
justifies the research
research questions.
questions. There is a
clear link
between the
rationale and
the research
questions.
Purpose 0 1 2 3-4
The goals are Purpose is not Purpose is Exceptionally
not stated. clearly clearly clear in
described. described. purpose.
Goals are Goals are Goals are
stated but are realistic, realistic,
unclear, adequately clearly stated,
irrelevant, or stated and and clearly
too generally aligned with
broad/narrow. aligned with the research
the research problem.
problem.
Research Questions and 0 1 2-3 4-5
Hypotheses/ Propositions Information Questions/ Generally, Research
not provided or hypotheses/ questions questions are
no basis for propositions have proper clear, concise,
judgment. are missing, scope, are feasible, of
weak, or realistic, proper scope,
unclear. feasible, and and answer
Questions not adequately the purpose.
of sufficient phrased.
scope or are Each research
not feasible. question is
correctly
phrased, and
addresses
only one
aspect of the
research
problem.
Statement and The type of The type of The type of The type of
justification of the type of study is not study is study is study is
study to be conducted specified. specified but specified, but specified and
cannot be it may not be is the optimal
used to the most choice for the
investigate the adequate or specified
stated feasible way research
research to investigate questions.
questions. the proposed The
research justification
questions. The for this type
justification of study is
for this type compelling.
of study is
provided, but
may include
some
inaccuracies.
II. Literature Review (2 pages)
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Critical review of literature Information is Findings from Some Evidence of
Relevance not provided, leading evidence of sound
Conceptual/Theoretical irrelevant, researchers satisfactory knowledge
framework incomplete, are included knowledge and critical
Alignment and or with minimal with limited review of the
inaccurate. critical critical review literature
commentary. of the relevant relevant to the
literature, but study.
Cited with gaps and
literature may or omissions. Developed a
not be clear,
relevant to the Conceptual/ appropriate,
study. theoretical and justified
framework is conceptual/
included; theoretical
however it is framework for
not fully the research.
developed or
justified.
Study may be
feasible.
Presentation and Writing
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Clarity Generally poor Reasonably Clear and correct use of
Writing mechanics use of English clear and English characterized by a
APA characterized correct use of clear style of expression, with
by numerous English few imprecise and/or incorrect
errors, unclear, characterized statements.
incorrect by generally
and/or illogical clear
statements. expression,
with relatively
few imprecise
and/or
incorrect
statements.
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