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Task: Present Interim research proposal
Due Date: Week 8 (in timetable lecture and/or tutorial) (As scheduled by course Lecturer)
Worth: 5%
Objectives
The purpose of this assignment is to enable students to present their proposal to the tutor and class.
Background
Being able to present your research to an audience is a key skill for researchers to develop. There are a
variety of different settings where you may be asked to do this, from the school or faculty research
seminar to the international conference. Presentations sometimes take the form of posters as well as
talks.
It is important that every presentation take account of whom the audience is. A seminar delivered to an
interdisciplinary audience which may have no specialist knowledge of your field will be very different
to a conference presentation in front of learned specialists – even if you are presenting essentially the
same research at both venues.
For assistance in giving oral presentations, see: http:
federation.edu.au/future-students/study-at-
feduni/student-support/student-futures-program/study-skills/oral-presentations
Requirements
Each student is required to present an oral presentation or seminar of his/her research proposal.
This presentation is expected to take 5 minutes, with an additional 2 minutes for questions and
comments from the audience. You are required to use presentation software (PowerPoint or so)
for the purpose of this presentation.
This assessment gives the student an opportunity to demonstrate the key aspects of their proposal to an
audience and also to receive feedback. The following topics should be covered.
• Introduction:
o Background, context, overview
o Purpose of the study
• Summary of Research Questions and Purpose:
o Research questions, aims, hypotheses that are clear and specific
o Definition of the paradigm and methodology chosen for the study, including the
ationale for the choice; introduction to conceptual or theoretical framework
• Summary of Relevant Literature:
o Cu
ent, balanced, relevant, significant
ITECH 5500 Professional Research
& Communication
http:
federation.edu.au/future-students/study-at-feduni/student-support/student-futures-program/study-skills/oral-presentations
http:
federation.edu.au/future-students/study-at-feduni/student-support/student-futures-program/study-skills/oral-presentations
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o Extensive
• Summary of Methods, Methodology and Data Collection:
o Variables used and relations between variables
o Data collection and measurement tools
• Summary of any other considerations/aspects of the research, e.g., [OHS/Safety and/or Ethics]
ITECH5500 Present Interim Proposal - Marking Ru
ic
Student Id. Student Name
Category Excellent Good Acceptable Poo
Unacceptable Marks
Proposal
quality
4-5
Clear research
problem. Coherent
proposal
3
Good research
problem. Some
coherence in the
proposal
2
Problem
statement and
proposal are not
clear..
0-1
No proposal of
Proposal is
incoherent
3
Eye Contact 4-5
Student maintains
eye contact with
audience, seldom
eturning to notes.
3
Student maintains
eye contact most of
the time but
frequently returns to
notes.
2
Student
occasionally uses
eye contact, but
still reads most of
eport.
0-1
Student reads all of
eport with no eye
contact.
0.5
Elocution 4-5
Student uses a
clear voice and
co
ect, precise
pronunciation of
terms so that all
audience members
can hear
presentation.
3
Student's voice is
clear. Student
pronounces most
words co
ectly.
Most audience
members can hear
presentation.
2
Student's voice is
low. Student
inco
ectly
pronounces
terms. Audience
members have
difficulty hearing
presentation.
0-1
Student mumbles,
inco
ectly pronounces
terms, and speaks too
quietly for students in
the back of class to
hear.
0.5
Timing 4-5
Within 5
minutes
3
5 +- 1
minut
e
2
5 +-
2
min
ute
0
5 +- 3
minute
1
Scaled (out of 5)
Comments:
Marked by:
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Background
Requirements