...The research paper should review a topic in employment law that is of particular interest to you. For this assignment, you are to go to the library don’t forget the Keller library and seek out at least 10 articles and/or court cases on the topic. Articles should come from scholarly journals. Midterm Assignment-The Outline Your first task will be to write an outline approximately 2-3 pages in length which is due the very beginning of week 5. The purpose of the outline is to give students an opportunity to organize their research in a useful manner and to provide the blueprint for the final research paper. Further, outlining your paper will help you gain a better understanding of your ideas by arranging them according to their interrelationships. If, in this planning stage, you carefully arrange your ideas, it will provide a basic structure for the body of your paper, and make the job of writing your paper much easier. Submitting an Outline Students are expected to accomplish four tasks in the Final Draft: * draw on the Topic Page to state your thesis * analyze the primary evidence in three paragraphs; * compare the information you provide in your analysis of the primary sources with the secondary sources; and * offer a thoughtful conclusion. Narrowing the Topic After you have selected a topic of interest to you, an important task will be to narrow that topic. Probably the most common mistake in writing a review paper (besides procrastination) is...
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... Identify how your audience, purpose, and content will influence your approach. Explain the time management strategies you will use when writing a successful academic paper. What techniques discussed in your US/101 course may help you manage your time when writing a paper? The ultimate success or failure of a paper may often be traced back to the planning stages. What might you do to provide yourself with the best opportunity to succeed when writing your college papers? COM 156 Week 1 Assignment Challenges of a Paper When sitting down to write a paper I must face up to a number of challenges. Beating distracting is extremely hard for me because I have two small children. When I’m handed an assignment, it can be difficult for me to find a period of time where I can sit down and work, uninterrupted, without my kids distracting me or requiring attention. Deciding what to write about is another challenge I regularly face. COM 156 Week 1 Video Transcript – Writing Process As an instructor, you could be forgiven for thinking that I wouldn’t wait until the very last second to create a lecture. Although I should know better, I still do this and so do most people. However, if you have a paper, lecture or plan to create you really shouldn’t wait until just before it’s due date to get started. You can make your own life easier by giving yourself plenty of time to complete a task. COM 156 Week 2 DQs Read pp. 290–291 in Ch. 18. Those pages provide an overview of writing...
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...STEPS IN WRITING THE PAPER 1. CHOOSE A TOPIC. Make certain that a topic can be adequately handled. While the topic must not be too broad, it must be one for which you can locate enough material. “The Human Body” and “Counselling” are too broad. “The Effects of Malnutrition on the Human Body” and “Counselling the Drug Abuser” are more realistic. Writing on a subject that interests you lightens the work. 2. RESEARCH THE TOPIC. Go to the library and search the catalog for books on your topic. Go to the periodical indexes to find related journal articles. If you cannot determine the appropriate terms to look up, consult the librarian. Check the subject in a general and a specialized encyclopedia or a topical dictionary. 3. GATHER DATA • Gather data from books, journals, and other published or unpublished materials and make careful notes listing the author, title, city, publisher, date, and each page of a book in which you find pertinent information. For journal articles record the author, title, volume number of the journal, date, and inclusive page numbers of each article. Separate note cards for each information source and for each sub-topic are recommended. Number the individual cards when you have several cards from one source or on one subject. • Gather data by interview, correspondence, note-taking at lectures, and other means. Keep records on when, where, and whom you interview, correspond with, or take notes from. Questionnaires are sometimes appropriate. Original research...
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...Present Experience | Day 3 (1st post) | Discussion | 3 | Week One Quiz | Day 6 | Quiz | 5 | Note: The online classroom is designed to time students out after 90 minutes of inactivity. Because of this, we strongly suggest that you compose your work in a word processing program and copy and paste it into the discussion post when you are ready to submit it. Reading 1. Read everything located under the Course Home link in the left navigation of the online course. 2. In order to successfully complete this week’s assignments, read the following chapter from the text, Adult Development and Lifetime Assessment: * Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview of Adult Development PDF Discussions To participate in the following Discussion Forums, go to this week’s Discussion link in the left navigation: 1. Domains of Development Identify the three domains of development, as described in Chapter 1 of the course text. Why is it essential to consider each domain when studying and discussing the theories of adult development? Provide an example of how one domain of development impacts the other two. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings by Day 7. (You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a minimum of three posts for this discussion.) TIP: Note that this discussion is asking you to: * identify the three...
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...Deliverables Company Selection – Week 1 Course Project Horizontal Analysis – Week 2 Course Project Vertical Analysis – Week 3 Course Project Final Ratio Analysis – Week 4 General Expectations for Your Final Course Project Submission – Week 7 Citation Help |Deliverables | | Course Project Company Selection Please post your chosen companies for comparison for my approval in the Week 1 Course Project Dropbox by Sunday, end of Week 1, 11:59 p.m. (MT). I will give you feedback to make sure that you're on the right track for this assignment. (5 points) Course Project Horizontal Analysis Please post the horizontal analysis for your Course Project in the Week 2 Course Project Dropbox by Sunday, end of Week 2, 11:59 p.m. (MT). (40 points) Course Project Vertical Analysis Please post the vertical Analysis for your Course Project in the Week 3 Course Project Dropbox by Sunday, end of Week 3, 11:59 p.m. (MT). (40 points) Course Project Final Ratio Analysis Please post the Ratio Analysis for your Course Project in the Week 4 Course Project Dropbox by Sunday, end of Week 4, 11:59 p.m. (MT). (40 points) Final Course Project Submission Please post the Course Project final summary assignment to the Week 7 Course Project Dropbox by Sunday, end of Week 7, 11:59 p.m. (MT). (75 points) |Category ...
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...other, more scattered students. In the hopes of separating the sheep from the goats, here are what we've found to be the 15 habits of the most successful college students. You'll find that these scholars: 1. Plan ahead. Not only do they know when the tests and papers fall in the semester, but they have a pretty good sense of what work needs to be done each week. Nice and balanced: no panic attacks or all-nighters come the tests or papers. 2. Divide up the tasks. Readings get divided up into manageable chunks (not 200 pages in one sitting). Quizzes and tests are studied for over the course of a week (not at 3 a.m. the night before). And paper ideas start gestating when the assignment is handed out (not two days before it's due when you can barely formulate an idea, much less think through an issue). 3. Manage their surroundings. It's hard to do any real work without the tools for the job: a working computer with the right software, a printer, and even ink and paper to go with it. Not to mention the materials of the course: a full set of lecture notes, the textbooks and articles, and course handouts and assignments. Likewise, hanging out with friends who don't know what courses they're taking—or why they're even in college—can create an environment so toxic that all attempts to study immediately wither and die. 4. Don't kid themselves. For instance, when you think you're studying but you're really tweeting about how you barely survived your bonfire-jumping last...
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...this goal. The most important thing I learned was that the library is so much more than a place to borrow books and study for midterms/finals. First, there is a librarian assigned to your major which is extremely helpful because they are like a mini expert on many of the topics you may need help on. Second, there are many databases with sources that are available online to Fisher students, which can help when doing any type of written submission for a class. Finally, I learned that Rochester has such a vast history that I knew absolutely nothing about before I stepped foot in the class. I used Kate Ross a few times to help locate additional sources for my project. I also used ProQuest extensively for newspaper articles I could use as sources, and I also used the State of Black Rochester book we had for class. 2. The second goal of DEPT 199 is to teach you how to analyze and incorporate research into your own argument, position, solution to a problem, or answer to a question. In what ways does your final research paper (the final draft) demonstrates your developing skill in connection with this goal? Point to specific places in the final paper where your arguments, though uniquely your own, have been developed in conversation with research that you have completed. My final research paper analyzes the data from many different sources to support my position; it also quotes many of the people in each article and...
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...Course Syllabus RES/341 RESEARCH AND EVALUATION I Welcome to RES/341, let’s do everything we can to ensure that the next six weeks will be an enlightening and enjoyable learning experience for all of us. Please print a copy of this syllabus for handy reference. Whenever there is a question about what assignments are due, this syllabus is considered the ruling document. Classroom Management Policies Breaks in the On Campus classes will be when deemed necessary. Please leave the classroom clean. Phones: Turn them off or keep them in silent mode. ***DO NOT answer the phone in the classroom. Laptop/notebook computers: If I determine the use of a laptop during class time is disruptive behavior that hinders or interferes with the educational process, you will be required to turn it off. Technical Support Technical Support is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call 1-877-832-4867, or use the e-mail support form. For answers to the most common issues, go to “Knowledge Base” by clicking Help, found at the top of every student Web site. Course Description See eCampus. Course Topics & Objectives See eCampus. Course Materials See eCampus. Participation In an intensive, collaborative learning environment such as that of University of Phoenix, class attendance is perhaps the most obvious and objective starting point as a measure for participation. If you are not in attendance, you miss out on many opportunities for learning. Consequently, if you...
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...Divorce in Ohio Instruction Packet Table of Contents You Can Get a Divorce in Ohio If: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What Else to Do, Other than Get Divorced? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Dissolution of Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Legal Separation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What Should I Do If My Spouse Is Abusive? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 How do I get a Civil Protection Order? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Will a Divorce Solve My Financial Problems? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 What Paperwork Must I Complete? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Complaint for Divorce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Poverty Affidavit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Local...
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...Mastering Research Papers Submitted by WWW.ASSIGNMENTPOINT.COM Research papers of any size are the bane of many students’ academic existence. They can be daunting, demanding, and stress-inducing. However, they are an important and essential element of higher learning. They both teach and test students’ ability to research, evaluate sources, think critically, organize their thoughts, and express them persuasively. And, approached the right way, they can be an extraordinarily enriching and rewarding exercise. Following are some strategies for writing better research papers, and for making the experience a more satisfying—and less agonizing—one. I will focus less on the mechanics (APA style, etc.) of writing a research paper, and more on what it takes mentally and emotionally to not only survive, but actually thrive, in the process of completing so demanding an assignment. (And let’s face it: you will have many across your academic career.) I rely here on not only what I have gleaned from over 35 years of grading university-level research papers, but also from my own ongoing research and writing. So, what works? Here are seven keys to mastering research papers: 1. There’s No Wasted Motion As I reflect back over my research career, beginning with my master’s thesis and doctoral dissertation, I am aware of having read many more books, articles, and other resources than I eventually ended up using in my final research manuscripts...
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...Writing Critical Response Papers: An Introduction A critical response paper is not too different from other types of essays that you might have written before. Like all papers it arises as the result of a process of personal reflection. Your Reader: You must assume that your reader is already familiar with the text that you are writing about. It is someone who has read it and understands it at an average level. Your Aim: Your goal is to advance your reader’s level of understanding by revealing to her/him a deeper aspect of meaning. This would be something that confirms a given interpretation, enhances it, makes it more complex, or challenges it. Coming up with a topic (brainstorming): As a writer, you can begin by asking yourself questions and then answering them. Your answers will bring your subject into focus and provide you with the material to develop your topic. See the following handout: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan3.html Having generated a list of ideas, your next step is to organize those ideas in relation to other ideas; that is, to group similar ideas with other similar ideas. If you have written your ideas on cards, all you need to do is to reorganize them into a logical order. A logical order, is one that is easy for the reader to follow. The Topic and the Thesis: A topic would remain an unfulfilled promise of knowledge if it were not by the delineating virtues of a thesis. A thesis statement informs the readers of the...
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...yourself on the date given above, within the first fifteen minutes of the class starting. You should observe the word count stated on the assignment brief. A 10% margin is allowed above or below the limit. You will lose marks if this is not followed. Please follow your assignment brief for details of the appropriate layout, font size, spacing and so on. Submissions should be handed in with the following information clearly printed on your sketchbook and CD: Module code, tutor name, assessment title, student name and number and the date of submission. 5. You must submit one hard copy of your work at the same time as submitting your sketchbook.. A hard copy of your work consists of taking a photograph or scan of each page your sketchbook and your final work and then burning these files and images onto a CD, covering all 2D, 3D and film/video based work. You will need to sign a submission sheet in class to confirm submission of your work and that all the work is your own. There are serious penalties for submitting work which is not your own, please refer to Academic Misconduct in the Programme Handbook for further information about this. For early/late submission you should fill in a separate cover sheet (available from reception) which also confirms submission and that all the work is your own. You must also collect a receipt as proof that you have submitted your work. The following penalties apply for late submissions: Number of Working Days Late 1 2 3 More than 3 Penalty Awarded 85% of...
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...this first page and everything that appears in red) Please review the Scenario Rubric to see how your paper will be scored. This scenario is your opportunity to demonstrate your grasp of the marketing material that you’ve learned to date and apply it to a real world scenario. Be sure to follow the APA guidelines in writing your paper and in formatting your reference page. If you have questions on the APA Format: • Visit the Purdue OWL website - https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/ • Seek help from the SNHU Writing Lab. (Go to MYSNHU > Academics > Tutoring (Evening and Online) > SmartThinking Online Tutoring.) Notes on APA in a Formal Assignment • Set margins to 1 inch all around. • Use 12-point Times New Roman font • Double space your text • Paragraphs should be at least three to four sentences. • Do not include the headings “Introduction” and “Conclusion.” These are included below to help you lay out your paper. APA format assumes the introduction begins the paper, the body continues the paper, and the conclusion wraps up the paper, so those headings are not needed. • Indent the first line of every paragraph five spaces (or one “tab”). • Do not use personal pronouns such as “I.” Be sure to replace all the text in in red on this template with your own writing. Please delete this first page after you review the suggestions. The paper should begin with the title page that follows. Scenario MKT 113 - SECTION: Mall of America ...
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...have a vision that he or she can express and implement. A leader must be able to get tone for the people in group or an organization, setting the tone demands that leaders provide structure, clarity norms, build cohesiveness and promote standards of Excellence. Steve gardener professor provides a good sense of structure for his students by providing the printout of syllabus in first day with telling the same verbally in first class which provides the students as map how to study the course with security, direction and stability. Jacinta Morgan professor who teaches organizational communication course provides structure as each individual member should contribute to reach the group’s goal which can be compared Synergy as explained in the textbook by announcing in the first day class that students are responsible for their own learning and she trusts them to know how they learn best. Norms are rules of behavior that are established and shared by group members which plays a major role in performance and effectiveness of groups. Professor garden had developed positive norms According to his class students as he provides a student to write a paper every other week, midterm and final by grading every paper and he also requires all the students’ presence during his class. Jacinta Morgan class students have negative feelings for her norms from her group members as she don’t grade every week assignments and she provides grades finally after submitting a final presentation Assignment which...
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...Final Paper - Influencing Leadership Over time there have been many of leaders in our world’s history, all of which have left their mark in some way, shape, or form. Some of the world’s greatest leaders have left a negative mark behind them where as many have found ways to leave a positive mark in their wake. One of the greatest things that any leader can strive for is the worldly influences they leave behind for generations to follow. It is in these influences, both positive and negative, that leaders of modern time are able to model their leadership style. One of the greatest things I wish to achieve is the ability to have any leadership I have exhibited to transcend me in death in order for our world’s future leader’s a better chance to provide positive leadership practices and induce proper change when required. Spanning as far back in time as records can call upon there have always been people placed into positions of leadership. In the prehistoric times when societies were merely small groups of Neanderthals we now call “cavemen” there was always an alpha male. The alpha male was typically the strongest and wisest of the group, charged with the safety in all decisions made by the group to ensure the best possible chances for survival in the harsh prehistoric times. Later, as time passed along these Neanderthals developed further and crated the larger societies of the ancient Egyptian empire. In the times of the ancient Egyptian empire leadership started to...
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