Conclusion & Analysis

This section is where the major analysis and knowledge of your topic should come through.  Answer as many of the questions below as possible in order to judge the usefulness of your research, as well as draw conclusions about what you’ve learned. Include the basis you have for each conclusion. If you have posed a conceptual problem, what further considerations must now be addressed? What specific further research might now be undertaken? If you have posed a practical problem, what action should now be taken? If your research were to be continued, what direction would you take? What would you like to discover or develop? This section will be two or three paragraphs or about a page.

      Questions to Consider:

• What conclusions can you draw from this research? 
• What basis do you have for these conclusions?
• What gaps did the research uncover? 
• Are there things that were assumed that may be considered invalid? Are there things that maybe were not considered that you believe might have a different impact? What leads you to believe this? Why should it be considered? 
• If the research were continuing, where would you go next? 
• What would you like to discover or develop?

This section should be the most critical to reveal a new and better understanding of the topic you chose. Analysis is the key theme in this section. You must show that you have truly thought about your essential question, its usefulness, and its relevance. What did you learn through this process that you didn't know when you started?!

The final draft of your paper should be complete no later than Wednesday, May 2!