Day: March 28, 2018

Research Paper

For the final project, most of you will be preparing a research paper on a topic in which you have developed a particular interest during this course. Your paper must be on human biology and you are strongly encouraged to choose a topic that interests you personally or professionally. Perhaps there is a specific health concern that interests you. This is your chance to delve in-depth into biological studies and pull together and apply important information.

Your final research paper should be a standard college paper of 8-12 pages with an extensive, informative, and current bibliography that includes at least 10 sources. You will analyze a problem or present an argument for a specific thesis. You should begin with a definite thesis statement, which states a position that will be backed up throughout the body of the paper. An example of a thesis statement is: “Since it is very difficult to develop an effective vaccine against HIV, prevention may be the best approach to reducing infection.” Please review the final project rubric to understand how you are being evaluated for this project.

Check out the the college’s ESC Online Writing Center_(new window) for step-by-step guidelines for researching, organizing, writing and documenting your thesis paper. You may find the Research Database Subject Guides_(new window) for searching for articles by subject topic very useful for when researching scientific disciplines.

Check out the ESC Writer’s Complex for step-by-step guidelines are researching, organizing, writing and documenting analysis or thesis paper.

Please write your final paper in your own word processing program using CSE format, save it as an rtf and submit below as an attachment. Refer back to our discussion on college writing and plagiarism and the Final Project Rubric. Talk with your instructor about any concerns you might have before submitting your paper.

Below is a list of alternative projects that you may discuss with your instructor. Some of these do not lend themselves to a formal thesis statement, so an alternative form of a proposal may be considered. Talk to your instructor about this as soon as you can. This is the time to brainstorm about your project plans. The efforts you put in now will pay off when you begin writing the paper towards the end of term.

Employ Family Treatment Courts to Cut Number of Children in Foster Care

An annotated bibliography is a brief descriptionand critical summary of a particular source. The annotated bibliography must be both critical and descriptive in that you will describe what is discussed in the source and evaluate the work from your informed researcher point of view. It is in essence your review of the academic literature available. For each summary please make sure to include: a bibliographic citation, the qualifications of the author(s) and his/her/their biases or points of view, the intended audience, an overview of the thesis, and if available the reports of findings, results, recommendations, and/or conclusions. Each source summarized in this way should be approximately 100 words.
Must use 20 sources. Sources must add to and provide information that supports the research proposal I uploaded. The sources in the research proposal can also be used towards the 20 sources needed. Also use the two sources listed in the article reviews document that was uploaded. Atleast 10 sources have to be from academic journals. APA formatting.

Economics

1. Can knowledge be organized through markets? What is your take on this idea?

2. Can prices alone serve as an effective signal of our individual wants?

3. What kind of questions do you think a central planner can be useful in solving?

4. What role do you see institutions playing in organizing information and what do you think about how social media can distort information centralized or decentralized.

The Final Project for this course involves writing an actual strategic plan, either for the public/nonprofit agency in which you are currently employed, or one with which you are very familiar. This exercise is a preliminary assignment for the Final Project.

Here, your task is to offer a one and a half -to two-page proposal for your Final Project, detailing your chosen agency including:
PLEASE USE THE AGENCY BELOW:
[Texas Child Protective Services (CPS)]
https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Child_Protection/Youth_and_Young_Adults/default.asp

 brief description,  mission,  stakeholders,  number of employees,  budget,  major and minor challenges, and  organizational culture.

Then, you must also provide a preliminary list of no fewer than five peer-reviewed journal articles that you will use in your Final Project. Ultimately, your Final Project is a real-world diagnosis and change strategy for your public agency, supported by the prevailing literature on the subject.

Sociologists cite the weakening of the family as one of the causes for some of the problems that American society faces today. Do you agree? In your paper, include the following information:
Identify important or significant changes in families since 1960. What factors are responsible for this change?
On the balance, are families becoming weaker or simply different in society? What evidence can you cite?
If you agree that the family has become weaker in American society, what proposals do you have to strengthen the family?
If you disagree and believe that the family has become stronger in American culture in recent decades, please explain why.

Research Essay : UNIT 3 – Night by Elie Wiesel

Topics: Choose one of the following:

How did the relationship between Elie and his father change in the course of the year on which the book focuses? How do you account for that change? Use examples.
How has Elie tried to keep you from responding to his story the way he and his father once responded to the one Moishe the Beadle told them at the beginning?
Choose one of the themes of Night and trace its relevance throughout Elie’s experience.
Breakdown of Research Essay:

3-5 Secondary Sources from Database/Books – use at least 10 quotes total from these sources. You must quote from each source at least one time, so if there is one source that is better and you want to quote from it multiple times and use the others less, that is fine, as long as the total for secondary source quotes equals 10. Each source you use must be in the Works Cited
Attributive Tag the first time you use a source/author with his or her first and last name.
Primary Source (Night)- use at least 3 direct quotes with proper citation.
Outline
Rough Draft- Underline Thesis and bold every quotation and citation.
Final Draft- Underline Thesis and bold every quotation and citation.
Make it perfect! It counts 20% of your final grade for this class.
Directions and Steps:

You will get your information to support your analysis from 3-5 secondary sources. You do not need to use more sources than this because a short research paper as this does not need to be bogged down with quotations and too many sources. You need to organize your research and state your finding in your own words. The majority of the paper will be your own ideas. (Do not use Wikipedia- make sure it is a credible source with a .org or .edu). The rest must be from a Database (Ebsco Host) and/or books.
Don’t forget the library as one of your greatest resources and the Reserve Room. You are required to use each secondary source once. Remember: Sources add to your thoughts and back you up. ** Write down all source information so that you can document your source.

Create an outline to organize your information. My suggestion is to form your thesis/argument first, reread the story and underline/copy quotes and examples that prove the point you are making. (Hint: you have to know your point before you do this ; ) Write your essay just like you’ve done with your other essays- using Night to prove your claim, setting up topic sentences, supporting details in the body, concluding sentences at the end of each paragraph. Next you will read the secondary sources you’ve found and skimmed and highlight quotes that the author wrote that makes a point similar to yours or helps explain one of your points or it can be something you completely disagree with and you use the text to prove the author wrong.
Type a 3-4 page paper, using source information and the original text to inform your reader about your topic. (double-space, 1 inch margins, 12 font) .
***In rough draft ( I would do one and print out and proofread carefully) and final draft: Underline your Thesis Statement. Bold every quotation and citation within the paper, including quotes from the text and from your secondary sources.

Part I: Describe the three psychological dimensions of vision
For Part II: of the written assignment, explain why the following course objectives are important to understanding psychology:

5. Define circadian rhythms and explain how the body’s “biological clock” works and what happens when it doesn’t.

6. Distinguish between the basic processes of sensation and perception, explain how the doctrine of specific nerve energies applies to perception, and discuss how synesthesia contributes to our understanding of sensory modalities.

7. Describe the basic principles of classical conditioning, including the extinction and recovery of a classically conditioned response, how higher-order conditioning takes place, and the process of stimulus generalization and discrimination.
8. Compare social norms and social roles, and note how each contributes to the social rules that govern a culture.

Conflict resolution