Caribbean Studies Ia
Wolmer’s Trust High School for Girls
Caribbean studies
Internal assessment
Summarily, the internal assessment is a research paper, that is, a systematic process of collecting and analyzing primary data in order to answer a question about the social world. It is much more than library and internet research (secondary sources)!
The Research Process
Social research is a type of structured and systematic research carried out by social scientists about the social world (Neuman, 2000). The research process is an interactive one which according to W.L. Neuman (2000) involves seven main steps. Each step has to be taken with the other six steps in mind in order to ensure that the decisions made are compatible with each other.
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The research process and your Internal Assessment
Step one - Choose a Topic
Here you identify a theme for your research paper. A theme is a broad area of study such as crime, technology or health. Pages twenty three to twenty five of the syllabus outlines the themes from which your topic must be chosen.
Criteria for topics selected
• It must be pertain to Caribbean society;
• It must be reflected in the syllabus;
• Must be practical, current; relevant/necessary – justifiable;
• Must be of some interest to you as a student and an individual;
• Should not be a social studies or sociology study title. At this level, a fifth form study is unacceptable.
Step two – Narrow/focus the research
The result of this process is the formulation of a problem statement and a statement of the problem. This will be recorded in “introduction and purpose of the research” worth fifteen marks (see research paper outline).
How to focus the research
• Read
o After identifying the topic of interest, familiarize yourself with the existing literature. This includes theories about the topic, studies done on the topic, facts
Caribbean studies
Internal assessment
Summarily, the internal assessment is a research paper, that is, a systematic process of collecting and analyzing primary data in order to answer a question about the social world. It is much more than library and internet research (secondary sources)!
The Research Process
Social research is a type of structured and systematic research carried out by social scientists about the social world (Neuman, 2000). The research process is an interactive one which according to W.L. Neuman (2000) involves seven main steps. Each step has to be taken with the other six steps in mind in order to ensure that the decisions made are compatible with each other.
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The research process and your Internal Assessment
Step one - Choose a Topic
Here you identify a theme for your research paper. A theme is a broad area of study such as crime, technology or health. Pages twenty three to twenty five of the syllabus outlines the themes from which your topic must be chosen.
Criteria for topics selected
• It must be pertain to Caribbean society;
• It must be reflected in the syllabus;
• Must be practical, current; relevant/necessary – justifiable;
• Must be of some interest to you as a student and an individual;
• Should not be a social studies or sociology study title. At this level, a fifth form study is unacceptable.
Step two – Narrow/focus the research
The result of this process is the formulation of a problem statement and a statement of the problem. This will be recorded in “introduction and purpose of the research” worth fifteen marks (see research paper outline).
How to focus the research
• Read
o After identifying the topic of interest, familiarize yourself with the existing literature. This includes theories about the topic, studies done on the topic, facts