It was very difficult for me to choose appropriate samples. I didn't want to use ones that my 390 students already saw last semester, or ones that were too technical, or ones that overlapped too closely with topics that current students are researching. I can post additional samples later in the semester, or send them to you on request.
People doing investigative projects should review Sample 8, but people doing creative projects should review Sample 9a and skim through Sample 9b. Everyone should review Sample 10.
Use the rubric on pages 12-13 of the syllabus ("Instructor Project Review Sheet"). The rubric has 12 rows, and for each of the 12 rows you can rate the project as "developing," "competent," or "exemplary"... the starred criteria give the reasons why. Note that there is a similar rubric on page 11, but you can ignore that for now.
Sample 1 (Government/Security/Conflict/Arabic): Proactive Counterinsurgency
Sample 2 (Education/Psychology/Sociology): Siblings of Children with Autism
Sample 3 (Journalism/Business/Human Resources): Change in the Newspaper Industry
Sample 4 (Government/Information Technology): U.S. Government Adoption of iPads
Sample 5 (Pretty Much Everything): The Marine Cell
Sample 6 (Music/Business): Improving Non-Profit Orchestra
Sample 8 (Investigative): Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
Sample 9 (Creative): Guide to Reference Checking - essay / Guide to Reference Checking - handbook
Sample 10 (Investigative): Communications in Military Leadership
Sample 12 (for its Lit. Review): Perception of German vs. Japanese Accented Speech
Sample 13 (for its Lit. Review): Intimate Partner Homicide and the Legal System
Weird Template Aaron Uses (Annotated Bibliography)
Sample X (Annotated Bibliography)
Sample Y (Annotated Bibliography)
Sample Z (Annotated Bibliography)
