INTRODUCTION Module 3 Week 6: The Purpose Statement In this course, you have learned that a final problem statement normally takes many months to develop. Yet this week, you are asked to begin to develop the purpose statement. This is not because your problem statement is finalized but because it is time for you to evaluate and practice creating the rest of the common components of the doctoral capstone. This is part of the iterative process of preparing the capstone. Remember, though, that the assignments in this course are unlikely to be final versions of your study. The intention is to help you to understand and prepare for what you will need to write in your capstone. The purpose statement serves as the connection between the problem being addressed and the focus of the study. Depending on the methodology, in: · Quantitative studies, state what needs to be studied by describing two or more factors (variables) and a conjectured relationship between (among) them related to the identified gap in practice or problem; · Qualitative studies, describe the need for increased understanding about the issue to be studied (based on the identified gap or problem); and · Mixed-methods studies (with both quantitative and qualitative aspects), clarify how the two approaches will be used together to inform the study. Notes on Readings This week’s readings continue to provide information on how to review the research literature. Apply this guidance to your ongoing efforts to read and take notes interactively in the research relevant to your problem. The media and other resources, this week, will help you to develop your understanding of the purpose statement. The reading in the Single text, this week, can help you to fine tune your system for scholarly reading and note taking via the use of your citation management software. This week, Thomas provides detailed instructions about how to interact with, and review, the research literature. These skills are critical in your work on your doctorate. Learning Objectives Students will: · Apply technological tools to find, analyze, and evaluate existing research · Analyze purpose statements · Apply knowledge of APA references · Apply knowledge of doctoral study Assignment: The Purpose and Problem Statements Stephen King, who has written more than 50 novels—and other books that have sold hundreds of millions of copies—also wrote about how he writes. In his book, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, King explains that his iterative approach to writing involves writing, putting it aside, writing something else, and then returning to the first draft. While it is unlikely you will adopt Stephen King’s ritual for draft versions, recognize that “writing drafts” are an essential part of the process. This week’s writing assignment allows you to present an improved and refined problem statement and an aligned purpose statement. To Prepare For this revision of your purpose and problem statements, apply what you have learn ...

1. INTRODUCTION
Module 3 Week 6: The Purpose Statement
In this course, you have learned that a final problem statement
normally takes many months to develop. Yet this week, you are
asked to begin to develop the purpose statement. This is not
because your problem statement is finalized but because it is
time for you to evaluate and practice creating the rest of the
common components of the doctoral capstone. This is part of
the iterative process of preparing the capstone.
Remember, though, that the assignments in this course are
unlikely to be final versions of your study. The intention is to
help you to understand and prepare for what you will need to
write in your capstone.
The purpose statement serves as the connection between the
problem being addressed and the focus of the study. Depending
on the methodology, in:
· Quantitative studies, state what needs to be studied by
describing two or more factors (variables) and a conjectured
relationship between (among) them related to the identified gap
in practice or problem;
· Qualitative studies, describe the need for increased
understanding about the issue to be studied (based on the
identified gap or problem); and
· Mixed-methods studies (with both quantitative and qualitative
aspects), clarify how the two approaches will be used together
to inform the study.
Notes on Readings
This week’s readings continue to provide information on how to
review the research literature. Apply this guidance to your
ongoing efforts to read and take notes interactively in the
research relevant to your problem. The media and other

2. resources, this week, will help you to develop your
understanding of the purpose statement.
The reading in the Single text, this week, can help you to fine
tune your system for scholarly reading and note taking via the
use of your citation management software.
This week, Thomas provides detailed instructions about how to
interact with, and review, the research literature. These skills
are critical in your work on your doctorate.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
· Apply technological tools to find, analyze, and evaluate
existing research
· Analyze purpose statements
· Apply knowledge of APA references
· Apply knowledge of doctoral study
Assignment: The Purpose and Problem Statements
Stephen King, who has written more than 50 novels—and other
books that have sold hundreds of millions of copies—also wrote
about how he writes. In his book, On Writing: A Memoir of the
Craft, King explains that his iterative approach to writing
involves writing, putting it aside, writing something else, and
then returning to the first draft.
While it is unlikely you will adopt Stephen King’s ritual for
draft versions, recognize that “writing drafts” are an essential
part of the process. This week’s writing assignment allows you
to present an improved and refined problem statement and an
aligned purpose statement.
To Prepare
For this revision of your purpose and problem statements, apply
what you have learned from the feedback you have received, as
well as the information you have learned from the required
readings, web resources, and media.
By Day 7

3. Submit your draft.
As in previous drafts, your paper should include the following:
· Title—refining the problem statement and purpose statement
· A basic introduction or background statement
· One or two specific and precise sentences that clearly state the
problem
· A few paragraphs that synthesize the evidence from research
literature that this is a current, meaningful problem in the
educational discipline
· Substantiated statements using evidence from research
Note: Every statement must be substantiated by evidence from
your research.
· One or two sentences that explain the purpose of your study
Note: Connect the problem being addressed to the focus of your
study.
· Demonstration of a logical flow from the preliminary problem
to this (narrower) tentative purpose in your study
· Explanation of what aspect of the problem your study address
(In other words, what will it accomplish?)
Find and review three scholarly sources to support your
purpose.
Your newest draft of your paper should be in APA style and
follow the guidelines provided in the document, “APA Course
Paper Template with Advice (7th ed.)” found in the Learning
Resources.
References
Single, P. B. (2010). Demystifying dissertation writing: A
streamlined process from choice of topic to final text. Sterling,

4. VA: Stylus Publishing.
· Chapter 4, “Citeable Notes”
· Section 4.1, “Recording Citeable Notes and Building Your
Literature Review” (pp. 81–85)
Thomas, G. (2017). How to do your research project: A guide
for students (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
· Chapter 1, “Your Introduction: Starting Points”
· “Purposes of Research” (pp. 6–7)
· Chapter 3, “The Literature Review” (pp. 57-67)
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Week 4 Assignment: Research Problem Development
Lua Shanks

5. Dr. Watnick
E.D.D. 8113
Walden University
12-27-21
Emerging New Technologies in Early Childhood Education
Background
The Early Childhood Education (ECE) practice has faced many
challenges ranging from inadequate teaching and learning
resources, lack of government goodwill, to financial constraints
to facilitate teaching operations. Dziuban et al. (2018)
highlighted several challenges faced by early childhood
education. The scholars argue that poor teaching programs and
environments for teachers are among the hurdles facing early
childhood education. Aydin et al. (2017) also established that a
high pupil-teacher ratio hinders the implementation of early
childhood education. Nonetheless, early childhood educators
can improve the teaching-learning environment by integrating
audiovisual technologies in the teaching-learning setup.
Research has shown that there are many problems in early
childhood, but there are also many opportunities for
improvement.
Problem Statement
The problem is that many early year teachers in the current
education sector do not have enough ICT equipment and
expertise at their disposal to adequately deliver holistic
instruction to early year learners. According to Aydin et al.
(2017), educators are increasingly embracing new learning
technologies, but have poor technical skills which hamper their
capacity to use the technologies. For instance, far too many
teachers in the education sector do not have the required
phonics skills to teach early year learners how to read and spell
words correctly (Dziuban et al., 2018). Research on emerging
technologies in early ECE is replete with evidence that shows

6. when children view a video with their parents or teachers and
narrate stories, they learn new vocabularies better (Dziuban et
al., 2018; Samudra et al., 2019). Therefore, there is a
discernible gap in practice about the selection of the most
effective audiovisual technologies in content delivery in Early
Childhood Education.
Research and Benefits
Early childhood education is facing several different issues
according research. However, there are many resources
available for educators to improve their learning environment
for students. Schools, administrators, and others who are
involved in creating the best opportunity for students must find
a way to improve and adjust so that the same problems will not
continue to exist. To do this they can take a lot of advice from
research, which includes learning from their environment,
improving class ratios and technology, and improving teacher
preparedness. Overall, ECE can be better for all those involved.
Annotated Bibliography
Dziuban, C., Graham, C. R., Moskal, P. D., Norberg, A., &
Sicilia, N. (2018). Blended learning: the new normal and
emerging technologies. International journal of educational
technology in Higher education, 15(1), 1-16
This article provides an overview of several challenges faced by
early childhood education. One of the challenges the articles
spoke of was children not being on their grade level, and this
will make it hard for teachers to teach the child what they
supposed to know. The teaching environment becomes difficult
or hard when students are behind, so teachers need help. The
article mentions the need for technology to aid students in
getting individual help to get on grade level.
Aydin, H., Ozfidan, B., & Carothers, D. (2017). Meeting the
challenges of curriculum and instruction in school settings in
the United States. Journal of Social Studies Education
Research, 8(3), 76-92.
Aydin et al. (2017) established that a high pupil-teacher ratio
hinders the implementation of early childhood education. The

7. article talks about how having numerous students in the
classroom can create learning gaps. This also can affect the
teacher numerous of ways. The study shows that schools need to
reduce the ratio of students to provide the students with the
right instruction for the class to learn. Overall, the article shows
that things can be better if there are less students in the
classroom.
Samudra, P. G., Flynn, R. M., & Wong, K. M. (2019). Covering
Educational Media: Does Co-viewing Help Low-Income
Preschoolers Learn Auditory and Audiovisual Vocabulary
Associations? AERA Open, 5(2),
https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858419853238
Research on emerging technologies in ECE is replete with
evidence that shows when children view a video with their
parents or teachers and narrate stories, they learn new
vocabularies better (Dziuban et al., 2018; Samudra et al., 2019).
The article talks about how technology assists students when
they are with their parents. It also talks about how technology
helps with new vocabulary, and this will help them to become a
better speaker. It helped students to comprehend stories better.
Overall, technology is a key to success based on this article.
Yılmaz, M., Yılmaz, U., & Yılmaz, E. N. D. (2019). The
relation between social learning and visual culture.
International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education,
11(4), 421-427.
The article spoke about the importance of observation and
social cues in learning. The article talked a lot about how
significant it was to see certain behaviors and adjust and how
this has been used to help learners improve their knowledge for
years. The theory of social learning was another big aspect of
this article. Basically, more focus on this theory could help
students and other learners improve the way they grasp
information.

8. References
Aydin, H., Ozfidan, B., & Carothers, D. (2017). Meeting the
challenges of curriculum and instruction in school settings in
the United States. Journal of Social Studies Education
Research, 8(3), 76-92.
Dziuban, C., Graham, C. R., Moskal, P. D., Norberg, A., &
Sicilia, N. (2018). Blended learning: the new normal and
emerging technologies. International journal of educational
technology in Higher education, 15(1), 1-16.
Huda, M., Jasmi, K. A., Hehsan, A., Mustari, M. I., Shahrill,
M., Basiron, B., & Gassama, S. K. (2017). Empowering children
with adaptive technology skills: Careful engagement in the
digital ınformation age. International Electronic Journal of
Elementary Education, 9(3), 693-708.
Kontovourki, S., Garoufallou, E., Ivarsson, L., Klein, M.,
Korkeamaki, R. L., Koutsomiha, D., ... & Virkus, S. (2017).
Digital literacy in the early years: Practices in formal settings,
teacher education, and the role of informal learning spaces: A
review of the literature.
MacBlain, S. (2018). Learning theories for early years practice.
Sage.
Samudra, P. G., Flynn, R. M., & Wong, K. M. (2019).
Coviewing Educational Media: Does Coviewing Help Low-
Income Preschoolers Learn Auditory and Audiovisual
Vocabulary Associations?. AERA Open, 5(2),
https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858419853238
Yılmaz, M., Yılmaz, U., & Yılmaz, E. N. D. (2019). The
relation between social learning and visual culture.
International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education,
11(4), 421-427.