The first chapter of the proposal including titles and subheadings-Background, Problem Statement, and Outcome Objectives is maintained intact. The student changes the verbs to past tense wherever possible. Objectives can be left in future tense by prefacing them with a sentence similar to this one:

"The proposed objectives were:..." 

Chapter II: Research and Planned Solution Strategy

The chapter title remains the same in the final report. The chapter contents should be similar to the proposal chapter, but again, it should be written in past tense wherever possible. Students may add information discovered on the selected topic after the proposal was finished. So if the research section numbered 10 pages in the proposal, it could very well contain 15 pages in the final report. The second part of this chapter, Planned Solution Strategy, will remain the same as in the proposal, unless you added a strategy unless you added another strategy since then. The section should be identified by a subheading.

Chapter III: Methods

Change the title from "Implementation Plan" to "Methods." The Methods chapter of the project report is based upon and created from the proposal Implementation Plan chapter. In this chapter students explain with clarity what was done and how it was accomplished. The use of resources, people, time, space, equipment, and ideas are documented in sequential order. Students may divide this chapter appropriately into large subsections to create a more effective presentation of the process.

Students can enhance the Methods chapter with new information from the weekly log. Any difficulties experienced and modifications from the proposal plan should be described here. Seminars, training sessions, field trips, and materials developed and tested, all become part of discussion in this chapter. Report changes or additions to the activities that were presented in the proposal with the reasons for these changes and additions. Report changes or additions to the activities that were presented in the proposal with the reasons for these changes.

Students should be sure to update the resources used to achieve the original objectives outlined in the proposal. The variety of resources may include non-traditional uses of people and equipment. For example: project students may have visited expositions, fairs, and in-service training workshops since the proposal was written. They may have added some novel ideas to implementation that were gained from those experiences. Local district office personnel should be given credit in the text for their contributions and/or participation.

Students should place copies of writer-created materials such as activity sheets, tests, and letters in the appendixes and explain their use in the appropriate section of the Methods chapter-with citations to their location in the appendixes. Remember that this is an objective report of what occurred during the implementation phase. Do not include your opinion about why things went the way they did.

Remember that this is an objective report of what occurred during the implementation phase. Do not include your opinion about why things went the way they did.

Chapter IV: Results

Students will expand the "Evaluation Plan" chapter of the proposal and rename it "Results."

In the proposal chapter, a description of the measurement tools named in the objectives has been presented. In converting this chapter to a "Results" chapter, students add the resulting statistics gained from using these measurements. Information is presented in terms of the original objectives. Students compare the data of each target group member's pretest with similar data gathered from the posttest. For process/product objectives, the ratings are presented for each item of assessment or evaluation.

The discussion will be efficiently presented when students report results for each targeted member in terms of each objective. Students may include comparison tables of less than one page in length inside the chapter with accompanying explanations. This includes tables or figures. Longer tables should be placed in an appendix. A clear explanation of the methods of administration and the interpretation of results should accompany the data.

Students should include information about intervening variables unexpected events that occurred during implementation—whether negative or positive. It is not necessary that the resulting statistics show positive change. Much can be learned from failing to meet projected levels as well as from meeting them. Students can usually express the results very clearly in three or four pages.

This chapter should contain:

• Explanation of test administration (if pertinent)
• Statistics (scores) of each target member for each objective
• Interpretation of resulting scores
• Information that affected the program's level of success.

   Scores of all target subjects, pre- and post-, should be presented in the
Results chapter.

Chapter V: Recommendations

For the final report, another chapter will be added. In the Recommendations chapter, students should recommend ways in which the project could be used in the future, whether as a resource, a training program, or an in-service program to expand the project's application. Recommendations should include those additional objectives that are feasible and realistic to accomplish within a future time sequence. Students should point out any adjustments that should be made to the implementation.

This chapter should also contain reflections on the implementation and suggestions for changes that should be made if the project were to be replicated.

If a student's project was selected or recommended for school-wide or district use, that should be mentioned in this selection. Copies of any correspondence received or publications regarding the project can be placed in a separate appendix.

Submitting the Final Report

Students add to the proposal's Abstract the results and appendix notations.

Remember to includethe following in the abstract.

• title of the project 
• your name and date
• descriptors related to the project
• problem that was to be solved
• strategies used for the solution
• tests used to measure change
• results of posttesting
• citations to items in appendixes

Students must include in the final report the signed Authorship Statement placed as page "iii." Authorship is reserved for the person who does the project and writes the document. It is the student's responsibility to insure the factual accuracy of the work and to acknowledge in writing published and unpublished material that influenced the implementation plan. The faculty of NSU recommends the granting of a degree on the supposition that the work submitted for credit is entirely the student's own and is original for the assignment. Students must sign the Document Release to facilitate preparation of microfiche for dissemination of selected projects.

The purpose of the APA Form and Style Checklist is to assist students in using the required APA Manual and GTEP APA Notations. Students should again consider each checklist item carefully when proofreading their papers. It is important that the final report is as error free as possible. Students must complete the checklist and enclose it with the final report when submitting it to the advisor. The form accompanies the final report to the project desk.

The mentor completes the Administrator Project Verification to be added to the final document. AS shown, the mentor's signature needs to be notarized.

Students must complete a Software Evaluation if any computer software was added to implementation since the proposal was submitted. These are placed in an appendix and cited in text in the Methods Chapter, or added to the Matrix.

Students use the GTEP project format for Title Page and Table of Contents. Students should be certain that the title of the project includes reference to their major for state certification or licensure credit.

Students should expect to write two, or perhaps three, drafts of the final report to produce a polished document. When the advisor approves the final report, a Project Report Evaluation Form is prepared. Students fill out a Cover Sheet completely, so it is ready for the advisor's signature. An additional copy of the current cover sheet is included in Report Forms.

ORDER OF DOCUMENTS
The following documents should be submitted to the advisor in this order for the final report.

• Title Page
• Abstract, page 2
• Notarized Authorship Statement, page 3
• Administrator Project Verification, page 4
• Table of Contents, begins on page 5
• Chapters, numbered in sequence after Table of Contents
• References
• Appendixes
• Addendum (if used)

• Completed Cover Sheet, on top
• Completed APA Form and Style Checklist behind the Cover Sheet

Then, the advisor will send a copy of the final report (or edocument, as required) with all accompanying documents to the Applied Field Experience Office. Students should keep the original final report. NSU uses microfilm storage and does not keep paper copies of project reports permanently. Students are advised to keep the originals of all documents sent to advisors/coaches or to the University. Copies that are sent in must be clean and clearly printed, or they will be returned, ungraded, to the student. Project manuscripts sent to NSU are official documents and, once graded, are not returned.

Chapter I - Purpose

1. Change to past tense wherever possible

1. Same as proposal chapter
2. Change to past tense

1. Leave objectives in place
2. Describe implementation in detail
3. Place Matrix in an appendix
4. Include copies of explained writer-created materials in an appendix and cited in the chapter

Chapter IV - Results

1. Present results in terms of the objectives and their evaluation tools
2. Include each objective and all statistics for each target member from pretests and posttests
3. Explain and interpret the results in light of target group’s response to the new strategies
4. Indicate any unexpected events that may have affected the project and its results

Chapter V - Recommendations

1. Discuss adjustments that should be made for ongoing use of this exact project
2. Recommend strategies for expansion of the project
3. Discuss additional objectives for the future
4. Explain methods of dissemination that have been used
5. Identify any recognition the project has received so far

After the final report has been graded, a Project Evaluation survey will be mailed to the student to gather perceptions and reactions to the entire project requirements and process. This anonymously completed form is to be returned to the project desk in the provided postage-paid envelope.