Writing Deliverable 2

Due: 2/27

Goal: Convey the plans for your research project and your argument why this is valuable work grounded in what has already been done related to your project. Do this in as few words as possible so you can receive the most impactful feedback without spending too much time on unnecessary work.

Requirements

1. This should be an updated version of your written deliverable 1.
2. The following sections should be written paragraphs except for noted exceptions.
   1. Introduction – Paragraphs for the motivation and a clearly numbered list of research questions (one per author). The last paragraph(s) are typically a summary of results, which you do not need. Simply have the sentence stem “We found TBD”
   2. Related work – If the related work should be organized into subsections, do so. Each subsection should end with a paragraph stating why your project is adding to/different from the described related work. Alternatively, the last subsection provides this information for all of the related work in this section.
   3. Context – Provide TBA stubs for missing information, such as “Our data spans N=TBA courses with N=TBA students.” if you do not yet have this information. It should show what you actually have or what you will have, assuming you receive your data.
3. The following sections must have, at minimum, a bulleted list of the primary points you plan to make, along with at least some supporting information.
   1. Methods – Describe what you have done/plan to do. Bullets are fine, your goal is to explain everything to get feedback on it.
   2. Results – Provide what you know, and add TBA stubs for everything else. If you have figures or know what figures you plan to plot, put them in here as well. If don’t have the figure yet, but want feedback on the plan, draw what it might look like, take a picture, and put that as a TBA stub.
   3. Limitations – At this point, you should know of at least some of the limitations of your work, provide them here.
   4. Discussion – This section answers questions like “How do your results impact the actual practice of teaching?” or new questions that your results generate. Add at least one bullet with a speculation so you can receive feedback on what could go in here.
4. The only section left blank should now be the conclusion section.

Feedback

If you would rather I give you feedback in Overleaf, at the top of your pdf (or the first line of the text) say so and put a link to the Overleaf. You can share it with ksm@cs.duke.edu.

Grading

• Exemplary – Above and beyond Satisfactory, such as a fully fleshed-out outline of the required sections that require little feedback on improvements.
• Satisfactory – The outline fulfills all of the above criteria.
• Not Yet – The outline is missing one part.
• Unassessable – There an outline, but it does not fulfill the Not Yet criteria.