The Pre-Assessment that you submitted in Week 2 assisted you with identifying your research skills and determining areas of improvement. Regularly assessing progress is a valuable part of becoming a researcher and scholar-practitioner. Reflecting on your progress will help you determine and prepare for the next steps to take in becoming a researcher. In this final Application for the course, you will compare your current skills to your skills at the beginning of the course. To prepare for this Application, address the following instructions and questions: Review the "Social Change, "Researcher Advice," and the "Researcher Skills" media segments. Review the Pre-Assessment that you submitted in Week 2. To reflect upon your progress and growth as a researcher, consider the questions and statements that follow. How far have you come since the beginning of the course? What new learning about the research process has most surprised you? What impression or attribute about the research process is different than you imagined it to be prior to taking this course? Where are opportunities for improvement to focus on as you continue taking courses in research methods and work toward your dissertation? Where are you in your residency requirement? What is your next residency milestone? What do you hope to achieve at your next residency? How do you now understand the relationship between research and social change? How do you see yourself as a social change agent? What are your next steps in becoming a successful researcher and doctoral student? What challenges do you anticipate, and how might you overcome them? The assignment: Compose a 4- to 5-page paper in which you do the following: o Self-assess your current research mind-set and skills. o Evaluate the relationship between research and social change. o Plan next steps to take in becoming a researcher and scholar-practitioner.

The Pre-Assessment that you submitted in Week 2 assisted you with identifying your research skills and determining areas of improvement. Regularly assessing progress is a valuable part of becoming a researcher and scholar-practitioner. Reflecting on your progress will help you determine and prepare for the next steps to take in becoming a researcher. In this final Application for the course, you will compare your current skills to your skills at the beginning of the course. To prepare for this Application, address the following instructions and questions: Review the "Social Change, "Researcher Advice," and the "Researcher Skills" media segments. Review the Pre-Assessment that you submitted in Week 2. To reflect upon your progress and growth as a researcher, consider the questions and statements that follow. How far have you come since the beginning of the course? What new learning about the research process has most surprised you? What impression or attribute about the research process is different than you imagined it to be prior to taking this course? Where are opportunities for improvement to focus on as you continue taking courses in research methods and work toward your dissertation? Where are you in your residency requirement? What is your next residency milestone? What do you hope to achieve at your next residency? How do you now understand the relationship between research and social change? How do you see yourself as a social change agent? What are your next steps in becoming a successful researcher and doctoral student? What challenges do you anticipate, and how might you overcome them? The assignment: Compose a 4- to 5-page paper in which you do the following: o Self-assess your current research mind-set and skills. o Evaluate the relationship between research and social change. o Plan next steps to take in becoming a researcher and scholar-practitioner.

User_2984 added on 05/22/13 at 02:36 PM (PST):

This is an extension the paper which you already wrote ; so please review that paper