I had chose to do my Portfolio project on the high cost of education and attached my word document below. Please feel free to change any of the information and organize it as you see fit. I have already turned in the word document and received an 80%. Like I said this professor is pretty tough and grades really hard. Needs to be completed by 6th July / 7pm.
Options #1 and #2: Revised Topic and Outline
Overview HUM 101 requires a Final Portfolio Project. This project will focus on an issue (social, professional, or personal) that you wish to investigate critically.
Please read the full Portfolio Project description and grading rubric, which you can access in Module 8. This is the second milestone assignment that counts toward the completion of the Portfolio Project.
In this Portfolio Milestone, you will submit your revised topic and a first outline of your Final Portfolio.
Directions:
- Submit a one-page academic outline with the following parts:
- a paragraph describing your revised topic selection and a question or thesis (Links to an external site.) statement to investigate critically
- An outline which includes:
- main points
- sub-points
- engagement with the intellectual standards and elements of reason demonstrating your strategy for critically investigating the topic. You may wish to refer to Chapter 5 of Paul and Elder (2012).
- a reference section which includes three new scholarly references to support your introduction (Links to an external site.) and thesis (Links to an external site.) statement. Find peer-reviewed sources that are not required or recommended readings for this course. The CSU-Global Library (Links to an external site.) is a good place to find these sources.
- Format your paper and references according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.), including a title and references page.
- Review the grading rubric for this assignment below to understand the criteria for how your paper will be assessed.
assessed.
Module 8
Option #1: Critical Thinking Paper on Issue or Problem
Select an issue or problem that you wish to investigate critically. Formulate a question or thesis (Links to an external site.) on the issue so that your research has a clear and cogent direction.
Use Paul and Elder’s (2012) intellectual standards to find a topic or problem that is clear, relevant, significant, and precise.
Now, write a paper that addresses the problem or issue via scholarly sources. Your paper should include the following:
- Title page: include your name, date, title of essay, and class
- Introduction: provide a two-paragraph introduction (Links to an external site.) that frames the issue or problem carefully
- Engagement with issue or problem using scholarly sources and the intellectual standards proposed by Paul and Elder (2012): What is the issue? Why is it significant? Why is this issue relevant to you (and/or your community)? What have you learned about the depth and breadth of the issue or problem from scholarly sources? How do the scholarly sources aid you in fair-mindedness and logic?
- Conclusion (Links to an external site.): Reflect on your issue or problem and how the sources informed your thinking. What have you learned? How can you apply the intellectual standards and elements of reason to this issue or problem to come to creative solutions? What critical questions remain?
- References
- Journal Submission. Each module lecture contains a section with journal prompts that focus on reflection and application of the module content. Use the Journal Template to record your answers for each module’s prompt(s). Include these entries at the end of your Final Portfolio.
Option #2: Annotated Bibliography
Select an issue or problem that you wish to investigate critically. Formulate a question or thesis (Links to an external site.) on the issue so that your research has a clear and cogent direction.
Use Paul and Elder’s (2012) intellectual standards to find a topic or problem that is clear, relevant, significant, and precise.
Now, construct an annotated bibliography (Links to an external site.) that addresses the problem or issue through scholarly sources. See this example (Links to an external site.) for a good overview of how an annotated bibliography should be constructed. Your annotated bibliography should include the following:
- Title page: include your name, date, title of annotated bibliography, and class
- Introduction (Links to an external site.): provide a two-paragraph introduction that frames the issue or problem carefully
- Annotations (Links to an external site.): Summarize the main point or arguments of each scholarly source. What are the main arguments? What is the point of this book or article? What topics are covered? If someone asked what this article/book is about, what would you say? After summarizing a source, it may be helpful to evaluate it. Is it a useful source? How does it compare with other sources in your bibliography? Is the information reliable? Is this source biased or objective? What is the goal of this source? Each annotation should be roughly one or two paragraphs in length.
- Conclusion (Links to an external site.): Reflect on your issue or problem and how the sources informed your thinking. What have you learned? How can you apply the intellectual standards and elements of reason to this issue or problem to come to creative solutions?
- References
- Journal Submission. Each module lecture contains a section with journal prompts that focus on reflection and application of the module content. Use the Journal Template to record your answers for each module’s prompt(s). Include these entries at the end of your Final Portfolio.
Details
- Cite all claims and ideas using scholarly sources. While it is acceptable to write in the first person, be sure to cite your sources to support your inferences.