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Designed for Track II Students
College of Graduate and Professional Studies
University of Mary Washington

For Track II Students

This is your Virtual Individual Research Center (VIRC) for information to help you work on your EDCI 590 Individual Research project and proposal. It is an evolving project, which will be expanded and updated periodically. At this stage we have provided guidance and suggestions on the following aspects of EDCI 590, focusing especially on how to prepare your proposal. These are the things the M.Ed. faculty specifically asked to have covered in the VIRC:

APA Style

Problem Statement

Research Question

Proposal Methodology

For each of these area, we emphasize issues that have posed common problems for students in the past. we provide examples form EDCI 590 proposal and projects written by other students, as well as published examples by professional researchers, to show you successful models to follow We also include a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) resource.

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The information in this Virtual EDCI 590 Center is based in large part on the contents of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition (2001). We refer to it as the APA Manual and provide citations to it throughout the VIRC. However, this online guide is NOT a substitute for using the APA Manual. The M.Ed. faculty strongly urge all students to purchase and use the APA Manual.

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Note: Information from the APA Manual will be on a blue background and examples of information will be on a yellow background.