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Final paper assignment
Research topic in Sport, Race, and Ethnicity
There will be one required final paper. The topic will pertain to sport, racism, and
ethnicity as you define and examine it. Specific guidelines and grading rubric will be
provided here and in class. No late assignments accepted. The only late exceptions were
described in the exam description.
Important Due Dates
Wednesday
3/7
PEER REVIEW:
Bring draft of final paper with at least 4 pages completed (Worth up to 10 points)
Monday
3/12
FINAL PAPER DUE:
Submit hardcopy to my office by 4pm (Worth up to 50 points)
Final Paper Guidelines (30 points)
The purpose of this assignment is to gain more knowledge in a particular topic that you will
choose about sport, racism and ethnicity. You will also become familiar with academic writing
and analysis, to become more familiar with library research tools, and to practice written analysis.
You will be asked to identify an area of interest from the course, and then to write critical
summaries of three peer-reviewed research articles in that area that you find, and finally to
write a paper that integrates the research you’ve examined.
1) Introduction (1 page) and 3 critical summaries (3 x 1 page each):
Begin with an overview page that describes your topic clearly and explain why
this topic reflects the study of sport, racism, and ethnicity. Provide examples from
popular media, research papers/books, or current debates to give context.
Then, for each research paper that you read, provide a brief statement that
identifies the purpose of the research or the research question, a brief description
of the methods meaning what evidenced they used, how they collected that
evidence, and how they analyzed the evidence. Then provide a summary of their
findings including their explanations of those. Then, you will need to critically
reflect on the research by identifying what you consider to be the article’s greatest
strengths and weaknesses. For example, you can comment on such things as the
significance of the research question, the quality of the evidence, blatant
omissions of evidence, author bias, or the fairness of the argument. In addition,
you may want to address the implications of the argument as it connects with your
own beliefs and growing knowledge base from the course.
2)
Synthesis of your critical summaries (approx. 2 pages). The goal of this section
is to compare and contrast how each research article has addressed your topic, in
an integrated manner. In this section of the paper you will synthesize and
compare the three articles and provide a more analytical view of your topic,
making strong links with other relevant course concepts. Compare their concepts,
contexts, methods, data/evidence, arguments, and recommendations. Finally, I
expect a reflective statement from you regarding how this paper topic will
influence your own professional or personal future in a more applied sense. Make
a connection to your anticipated field of work or personal goals.
3)
Referencing and style: The entire paper should be approx. 5 pages, single spaced,
12 point font, and with a complete reference list and proper citations within the
body of your paper using APA reference style. See the Purdue Online Writing
Lab for further guidance.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/