We are not rewriting the paper, only making changes to the rough draft. The overral paper was good, there just needs to be a few adjustments. I am attaching my rough draft I did to this. You are to make the changes listed under the comment section below for Final Draft Submission. On the rough draft, the professor has made specific notes, please make those necessary corrections for final submission. So, you are looking at the notes on the paper that the professor made, and at this comment section listed below.
Comments:
Rewrite the thesis statement.
References: The following lists provides areas that need correcting in the reference list. The main correction is the journal title. It should be capitalized as in title case and italicized.
Akgz, 2021
- Journal title should be italicized and in title case.
- Volume/issue formatting incorrect (missing italics, spacing).
- URL is a PDF on Academia.edu, not the journal site acceptable but not ideal.
Darling-Hammond et al., 2020
- Journal title should be in title case and italicized.
Davis & Howard, 2025
- Appears to be a new journal (CBE Research Journal).
- Article formatting is correct.
- URL is a direct PDF download.
Corrected APA:
Davis, A., & Howard, A. (2025). Teacher and student perceptions of competency-based education: A mixed methods exploration. Competency-Based Education Research Journal, 2(7), 134.
Evans, Landl, & Thompson, 2020
- Journal title should be title case.
Kimario & Otieno, 2022
- Journal title should be italicized and in title case.
Miglani et al., 2026
- Needs volume/issue if available (not yet assigned for early online publications).
Ober et al., 2025
- Journal title formatting needs correction.
- Article number missing page range (journal uses article numbers).
Ponomariovien et al., 2025
- MDPI journals use article numbers instead of page ranges.
Stout, 2025
- Dissertation from DigitalCommons.
- Needs designation (Doctoral dissertation).
Tahirsylaj & Sundberg, 2026
- Journal title should be title case.
Witham & Plaman, 2023
- Should include publisher.
Zeeshan, Shaheen, & Malik, 2025
- Journal title should be title case.
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