Unit 7
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Proposal
Example of Student Work
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Independent Research Project
To have the freedom to guide your own learning into areas that are of interest to you is empowering and a privilege.
Use this opportunity to begin brainstorming in regards to an area or topic that is of special interest to you
In order to ensure success, a few guidelines are being offered to assist you in the process:
1. The project must be music related. i.e. Music History, Genres, Song Writing, Audition Preparation, Music Business, etc.
2. The project must involve a degree of research to push your knowledge of the subject
3. The project must be measurable and well documented
Step 1
Project Title
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What is the name of your project?
Step 2
Project Description
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What topic do you want to know more about?
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What information is relevant to what you want to know?
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What information is irrelevant to what you want to know?
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How will you know the difference?
Step 3
Project Rationale
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Why did you choose this particular topic?
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How will this topic strengthen your goals as a musician?
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Do you anticipate Project A & Project B to be related or separate?
Step 4
Resources
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What kinds of places might hold interesting knowledge about your questions?
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Whom might you want to access to better understand your interests?
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Provide 3 preliminary resources you have discovered through initial exploration
Step 5
Process
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Describe what you are going to need to do in what order between this proposal and the presentation(i.e. micro plan)
Step 6
Creative Work and Presentation
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Describe how you are going to present your project (oral, written, multimedia presentation, artifacts, performance, etc.)
Step 7
Evaluation
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What specifically will make your project a success?
Step 8
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Fill out the Proposal Rubric either in Notability or PDF(rotate clockwise)
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Assessment Framework
Completely=5, Sufficiently=3, Partially=1, Total=40
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Identified an Interesting & Measurable Question/Topic
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Justified Application of Project to Benchmark Goals
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Pondered Resource Harvesting
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Identified Multiple Sources to Aid in the Research
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Developed an Estimated Timeline and Sequential Plan
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Established a Plan for the Presentation of Knowledge
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Predicted Variables of Success
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Completed Proposal Rubric
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Submission
To receive credit for this assignment please submit the URL of your Unit 7 ePortfolio in On-Campus by the indicated due date
