Week 4 Assignment's Instructions (see below):

Congratulations. You have been asked to compose a paper (i.e., Week 7 assignment) in order to educate youth sport coaches and/or strength and conditioning coaches about sport psychology. Therefore, in this week's assignment, propose a topic related to Sport and/or Exercise Psychology for your Week 7 Issue Analysis Paper. Suggestion - select a specific topic of interest which is presented in our PSYC460 textbook.

 

Please submit your topic proposal (within this assignment) for instructor approval. Please provide a topic, brief outline (see outline format below) of the content you are researching, list of references [including at least two (2) scholarly publications (e.g., The Sport Psychologist, Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology)], and rationale explaining why you are selecting this topic. Your submission should be 1-2 pages in length, not including the title and reference page. Obviously, you may include additional resources when completing your Week 7 assignment.

 

Suggestion - You can use the APUS Library (see "APUS Library" on PSYC460 home page) in order to locate scholarly publications (e.g., academic journals). "SPORTDiscus with Full Text" can be a useful database when completing your literature search.

 

Your final paper (i.e., Week 7 assignment) must be developed using research material from at least five (5) sources. You may use the Internet for some of your material as long as you access scholarly resources and not popular media such as Sports Illustrated, Psychology Today, opinion .com sites or blogs, About.com sites or other sites that summarize for readers, or abstracts without reading the full article. NO WIKIPEDIA articles may be used for this writing assignment (including Week 7 assignment). APA format is required. If you have difficulty thinking of a topic, one suggestion is to review the table of contents in our PSYC460 textbook. Here you will find key sport psychology issues that may lead you to a topic of interest.

 

Brief outline should consists of:

I. Identification of topic - compose a brief summary (i.e., 1 paragraph).

II. Outline of content you are (and will be) researching to complete your final paper.

     a) Introduction

     b) Body of Paper

     c) Conclusion

III. References - at least two (2) scholarly publications identified - use APA format. You may include your PSYC460 textbook as a reference; however, your PSYC460 textbook is not counted as a scholarly resource to satisfy the publications' requirement.

IV. Explain why you selected the topic of interest. Include a brief plan of action (i.e., timeline or goals) for completing this paper prior to the established deadline (i.e., 1-2 paragraphs).
 

Text and References should be displayed in APA format. You may want to select "Resources" (see left side of course's home page) in order to view "APA Documentation" resources.

 

Suggestion - review the assignment's grading rubric (see attached file).

 

Suggestion - review "Policy" (see tabs on left side of course's home page) to review policies concerning  Plagiarism.

 

 

Week Four Assignment Grading Rubric – Topic and References Proposal                               Total Possible Points   15