Reference Files Below for Page 1 and Page 2: Article 1: Why do research? Article 2: Good Consumers of Research. [Do not do the exercise in this article.] Article 3: AmU/Course Grading Policy; Article 4: AmU/Course *Grade Policy.
THIS EXERCISE INCLUDES TWO PAGES FOR COMPLETION:
1. Consumer of Research Analysis, Two Articles, Page 1: is the MS Word document specific to the two articles and the analysis page in regards to the two articles you have been given. ONLY one page for this, double-spaced–which means you review/read over the assigned articles, then summarize those pages to help you answer the questions posed below; 20 Points for the analysis, and 5 points for the source–which you can use one of the articles provided. The citation should be located on the bottom of your first page and formatted in APA Citations Format;
In this exercise, it’s not about deep learning of research and statistics at this point, but a general consensus of your experiences and purpose in research. For example, you are to read the two articles provided and then write a full-one-page on why you should do research and why you should be a good consumer of research. Create a one-page MS Word document, and title this page: The Significance of Inquiry: To Enable Me To Be A Good Consumer of Research and To Make Data-Driven Informed Decision Making. Double-space and apply ONE CITATION at the bottom of Page 1 that supports your “first research topic.”
2. Gradebook Policy, Page 2: No one really likes policies, because they ‘make’ us do stuff. However, policies, rules, laws, and regulations–when created properly and applied evenly–offers us a method to help us live together and protect us and guide us. Example, one of my perplexing epiphanies is why do people assume safe-passage when you can’t see other vehicles when you cross a line of cars stopped on the road? Safety rules, self-preservation, Faith, laws, policies—say, “Don’t do that!” But, we say, “Oh yeah!” And I say, I Pray my brakes work well as this has happened in reality several times TO myself and family! 🙁 So, with this intro on policies, I want you to review the Gradebook Policy and the Asterisk Grade Document, below and provide your “abstract” on it on Page 2. About a half-page, double-spaced, and you will receive 25 Points for this review and comment. Why? Because the Gradebook is your steering mechanism to what is completed, undone, missing, graded, not graded, and so forth. IMPORTANT>>>>>>> The gradebook will contain numbers, including zeroes. If you have items in the gradebook with zeroes, that means one of two things: 1) the item has not been graded; 2) the item has been graded and you made a goose-egg OR that item has not been submitted as of yet. Why is this important, because many times at the end of a semester, if you have a 0 in your gradebook, you MUST be responsible for ensuring that all items have been graded OR submitted for grading, and subsequently at some point–GRADED. Understand? This is a co-responsibility for student and instructor. Therefore, please read the Gradebook Policy below and provide an abstract of your understanding.