Exemplary Writers

Week 7 Course Project: Argumentative Paper

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 15 Lesson Completed Week 5 Source Evaluation Worksheet (included annotated bibliography) Minimum of 5 scholarly sources Introduction This week, all the hard work you have done in researching your topic and issue will come to fruition in your argumentative paper. Once you feel you […]

Week 6 Discussion 2: Empirical Reasoning

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 14 Lesson 1, 2 Link (library article): Myopia and Ambient Lighting at Night (Links to an external site.) Link (library article): Myopia and Ambient Night-Time Lighting (Links to an external site.) Link (website): What Are Clinical Trials and Studies? (Links to an external site.) Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in […]

Week 6 Discussion 1: Comparative Reasoning

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 12 Lesson 1, 2 Link (library article): The Doctors’ Choice is America’s Choice”: The Physician in US Cigarette Advertisements, 1930-1953 (Links to an external site.) Link (article): The Opioid Epidemic: It’s Time to Place Blame Where It Belongs (Links to an external site.) Minimum of 1 scholarly source […]

Week 6 Checkpoint Quiz

Instructions Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 12, 14 Lesson Instructions The checkpoint quizzes are short assessments that will check your understanding of the terms and concepts from the reading. Time limit: none Attempts: 1 Grading This quiz will be graded based on correctness of response. Course Outcomes (CO): 3, […]

Week 4 Discussion: Distinguishing Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 8, 9, 17 (Introduction) Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Click on the following tabs to review the concepts that will be addressed in this activity:   Valid Argument Structures Deductive Inductive A valid structure is the way in […]

Week 4 Checkpoint Quiz

Instructions Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 8, 9 Lesson Instructions The checkpoint quizzes are short assessments that will check your understanding of the terms and concepts from the reading. Time limit: none Attempts: 1 Grading This quiz will be graded based on correctness of response. Course Outcomes (CO): 3, […]

Week 4 Assignment: Journal

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 8, 9, 17 (Introduction); review Chapter 7 Lesson Introduction Remember – your actual journal entry should be somewhat brief; most of your time should be spent thinking about the questions asked and the issues raised. Your thoughts should then be distilled into a mini-argument that will […]

Week 3 Discussion: Evaluating Sources

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 6, 7 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Introduction “Everyone is entitled to their own opinions – but not their own facts.” (Daniel Patrick Moynihan, cited in Vanity Fair, 2010, para. 2) We form opinions – and make our […]

Week 3 Course Project: Issue Revie

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 6, 7 Lesson Link (website): Conducting Research (Purdue OWL) (Links to an external site.) Link (website): How to Search the Library (Links to an external site.) Link (website): Library Workshop Archive (Links to an external site.) (various videos about research and APA format) Minimum of 6 scholarly sources Introduction This week […]

Week 3 Checkpoint Quiz

Instructions Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 6, 7 Lesson Instructions The checkpoint quizzes are short assessments that will check your understanding of the terms and concepts from the reading. Time limit: none Attempts: 1 Grading This quiz will be graded based on correctness of response. Course Outcomes (CO): 2, […]