This step involves two key actions: submitting your research proposal and reviewing a peer’s submission in the discussion forum.

Instructions for Submission:

• Using the notes in your Research Notebook to help you, draft your research proposal outline, in about 250-350 words in total. Look back at the example in the step 3.4 for inspiration if you need it.
• Use the headings ‘What, Why, How’ to structure your outline.
• Go to the Discussion Forum (link below).
• Create a new post and write/paste your research proposal into the post.

 Instructions for Peer Review:

• Choose at least one peer’s submission to review.
• Reply to their post and provide constructive feedback based on the following aspects of the author’s proposal:
  • Clarity of Project Details: There are sufficient details to understand what the project will do
  • Importance of Research Question: It is clear why the research question is important
  • Appropriateness of Methods: The methods are appropriate to answer the research question

Discussion Forum