Complete the Title Page (For Reference) Sections of the Prospectus: Title Page, Purpose, Background and Need for Study, Definitions of terms In this module, you will create your Title Page for your Prospectus. The instructor will provide feedback, suggestions, and sometimes, questions to focus your thinking or critique to improve your writing. You are expected to use this feedback to revise the sections, which, other than the Title Page, will be incorporated into the various parts of the Dissertation Prospectus (the Course Project) due at the end of the course. Title Page-All weekly assignments will have a title page formatted in correct APA format (see the APA Publication Manual and according to university specifications (check the Dissertation Guide provided by your campus). For now, you will have a "working title" that may change as your proposal is revised and finalized in the Dissertation sequence. The general guideline for a title is it should succinctly describe the study, contain the sample, the major variables and measures. Remember-this is a working title. The title may change over the next few modules as you refine and focus your study, and it may change again as your work with your dissertation committee in subsequent coursework. Proposal Sections for future modules Purpose-The purpose statement is a declarative sentence such as This study will analyze (or study, or explore).. State the Purpose of the Study in one sentence. Background-The Background is the context of the Problem that you have chosen to study and is one way to demonstrate that your study has attracted the attention of the educational research community. Remember, Bryant (2004) stated that virtually no work on your topic may signal that the topic is very necessary OR may signal that the topic is not significant. Establish the Background of your topic in one or two paragraphs. Need for the Study- The Need for Study follows from the Background; it is the "however" statement. IN other words, you are leading the reader logically to see that "This much has been done in the past, however, no studies have explored that." Include the statement that summarizes prior research done on this particular topic and states clearly why your study is necessary. Definition of Terms-Operational definitions are included only to ensure that all readers understand the terms you use in the dissertation; you will continue to add to this list as you refine your literature research. Add a list of Definition of Terms for only those terms that are not commonly understood by all readers and include in-text citations for each definition. References-Include a complete and properly formatted reference list for all in-text citations you have included in each section written above. You will add to this list as you write each weekly assignment and section of a research prospectus. You do not know how to use styles and insert TOC features, now is the time use the Help feature in the software (or a user''s manual) to learn about this very useful tool. Assignment Grading Criteria to be used throughout the modules: Application Maximum Points Provided list of definition of terms. 5 Successfully formulated a title capturing the focus of the study and created a properly formatted title page. 5 Identified the purpose, context and need for the study. 5 Justified ideas and responses by using appropriate examples and references from texts, Web sites, and other references or personal experience. 5 Submitted on time, using correct grammar and spelling. 5 Properly APA formatted reference list. 5 Total 30 This week is just the Title Page