Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals - Softcover

Locke, Lawrence F.; Spirduso, Waneen W. (Wyrick); Silverman, Stephen J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761917071 ISBN 13: 9780761917076

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Previous editions of this bestselling book have helped over 100,000 students and professionals write effective proposals for dissertations and grants. The expanded Fourth Edition successfully covers all aspects of the proposal process, from the most basic questions about form and style to the task of seeking funding. The authors update their previous work with: a discussion of the effects of new technologies and the Internet on the proposal process; a new chapter on funding for student research; a totally revised chapter on qualitative research; and two completely new specimen proposals.

Clear, accessible and reader-friendly the book provides both practical advice for the would-be writer and lengthy examples that show how effective proposal writing can be done.

About this title

Review:

"I was familiar with an earlier (3rd) version of this text. I thought it was an excellent resource for graduate students and faculty mentoring graduate student researchers and/or grant writers. I was equally impressed with the 5th edition of this text and have recommended it to all faculty in both of the departments in which I teach research courses." (Dr. Lorraine Pearl-Kraus 2011-02-25)

About the Author:

Lawrence F. Locke is Professor Emeritus of Education and Physical Education at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. A native of Connecticut, he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Springfield College and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He has written extensively on the production and utilization of research on teaching and teacher education. He has authored a number of books designed to assist non-specialists with the tasks of reading and understanding research. After many years residing in Sunderland, MA he now makes his home on Cape Cod, but with his wife, Professor Lorraine Goyette, he has spent much of each year writing, running, and exploring the Beartooth Mountains at Sky Ranch in Reed Point, MT.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0761917071
• ISBN 13: 9780761917076
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 368