Concept Paper Definition and Purpose

To explicitly define an idea or concept

What is it? And What about it?

To provide a frame of reference for discussions

<p>Formal, informal, and extended definitions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Formal sentence definition</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To elaborate the meaning of a term or concept through different rhetorical patterns</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The formal definition includes precise geometric properties, while the informal one does not.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To outline what others have written about the topic and focus on the gap in knowledge to be filled.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To define, illustrate, or explain a new, unfamiliar, or controversial concept.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>What others have written about the topic and focuses on the gap in knowledge to be filled.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Addressing the unique, unusual, distinctive, innovative, and/or novel aspects of the approach.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Statements of measurable outcomes that help measure progress toward accomplishing the project goals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The set of philosophical foundations used in research methods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A single bottom-line amount for the requested project support.</p> Signup and view all the answers