Finding Nemo? No, Finding Research

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Week 1 – Assignment

Finding Nemo? No, Finding Research

This assignment measures your ability on how to assess the quality of various sources of information, distinguish peer-reviewed sources, and how to evaluate their credibility for use in academic research. This assessment also supports your achievement of Course Learning Outcome 1.

In this assignment, you will be critically evaluating the quality and credibility of various sources of information. More specifically, you will continue exploring the Ashford University Library to locate both primary and secondary sources of information appropriate for academic research that relate to the topic you identified in this week’s discussion posting.

Instructions
First, you will conduct a scholarly search using the key words “action research”andyour chosen topic from Week One Discussion: Topic Selection (such as testing and assessment, educational standards, educational technology, literacy strategies, culturally and linguistically diverse students, safe classroom environments, disability research in general, AD/HD, autism, emotional/behavioral disturbance, intellectual disabilities or learning disabilities, etc.) and the grade level of your current or future professional goal. Your search should be conducted using a scholarly search option, such as Google (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.,Bing (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., Yahoo (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., or any other major search engine. For example, “action research and AD/HD and first grade.” Be sure to take the time to inform yourself on sound research sources including use of peer reviews as listed in the recommended and required resources for the week.

  • To get you started, view What is a Scholarly Journal Article? (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Next, you will analyze the first five results that appear from your search in a table format using Microsoft Word.

Then, using the same keywords you used to search the Web, you will conduct a search in the Ashford University Library using one of the academic databases (ERIC, ProQuest, EBSCOhost, and so forth) and create a table such as the one below using Microsoft Word. Finally, you will select two sources from either table that you feel are the best overall based on currency, credibility, authority, and academic integrity and construct a summary. For each article in your tables, use the following format:

APA Reference Entry

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy

Source Type

(e.g., journal article, magazine article, book, and so forth)

Annotation

(e.g., two to three sentences summarizing the contents of the source)

Written Communication:
Using support from your assigned reading, the Instructor Guidance, and the discussions, submit the following for evaluation. Use the following guidelines for creating your written assignment. If you have questions about the assignment or the rubric, please contact your instructor using the Ask Your Instructor discussion before the due date.

In your paper,

  • Web Search (3 points): Construct a table that includes a 6th edition APA-formatted citation, source type, and a two- to three-sentence annotation for five scholarly sources gathered from an open web search.
  • Library Search (3 points): Construct a table that includes a 6th edition APA-formatted reference entry, source type, and a two- to three-sentence annotation for five scholarly sources gathered from a library search.
  • Learning (2.5 points): In a paragraph, explain what you learned through this process of selecting articles and what was most informative for you about this experience.

The Finding Nemo? No, Finding Research Assignment

  • Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of Finding Nemo? No, Finding Research
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use at least five scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
    • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Next Steps: Review and Submit the Assignment

  • Review your assignment with the Grading Rubric to ensure you have achieved the distinguished levels of performance for each criterion. Next, submit your document no later than Day 7.

Assignment 1: Front-End Needs Analysis

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Assignment 1: Front-End Needs Analysis

Due Week 3 and worth 160 points

Imagine that you work for an educational organization or a training department for an organization (e.g., K12, higher education, corporate training, military, or non-profit). Your organization is procuring a new Learning Management System (LMS) for online education or training needs.

Note: You may use aspects of existing processes from either your current or a former place of employment. However, you must remove any and all identifying information that would enable someone to discern the organization[s] that you have used. You may also create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of these assignments.

The following resources may help you with this assignment:

· Article titled “LMS Needs Analysis – Questions To Ask When Reviewing Systems”, located at http://www.funderstanding.com/educators/lms-needs-analysis-questions-to-ask-when-reviewing-systems/

· Article titled “Resources for Procuring the ‘Right’ Learning Management System”, located at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/training-and-development/reference-materials/procuring_lms.pdf

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

The organization that we will be using is (FRTIB) Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

1. Describe your organization and explain what kind of education / training it provides.

2. Explain the current systems and processes used for education / training in your organization.

3. Identify the key internal administrative and educational stakeholders from your organization that will access and / or maintain the LMS. Specify each stakeholder’s role for the LMS.

4. Determine at least five (5) key specific needs of the organization that you foresee will benefit from an LMS based upon the stakeholders’ roles. Justify your response.

5. Prioritize and classify the needs that you determined in Question 3 in order to select the right LMS for your organization. Justify your response.

6. Suggest a strategy for assessing proprietary and open-access LMSs to correspond with the needs of your organization. Provide a rationale for your suggestion.

7. This paper should have Six Level One Header

7. Provide at least two (2) reliable, relevant, peer-reviewed references (no more than one [1] used previously), published within the last five (5) years that support the paper’s claims.

8. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

a. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.

b. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

c. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

Analysis Of The Influence Of Market Selection In Business Strategy Development

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Your analysis should address the following:

  • What is the intensity of rivalry—high, medium, or low—within the smartphone manufacturing industry? Explain your answer using the Rivalry Strategy Tool.
  • What is the intensity of supplier power—high, medium, or low—within the smartphone industry? Explain your answer using the Rivalry Strategy Tool.
  • What is the importance of correctly identifying and choosing a firm’s industries and markets? Justify your answer with at least one example.
  • How does accounting for gaining and sustaining competitive advantage impact the success of business strategy development? Explain.

To prepare for this Assignment, review “Nokia and the Smartphone Industry” on page 22 of Dyer, Godfrey, Jensen, and Bryce (2016), and complete a personal version of the Rivalry Strategy Tool provided on page 41 of the text. Be sure to consider the potential impact of the Five Forces as a tool for shaping industry competition and strategy development.

Assignment Paulo Case Scenario: Transition Goals

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Review the “Paulo Case Scenario” to inform the assignment.

Based on the case scenario, complete the following tasks in a graphic organizer of your choice:

Draft one measurable transition goal for Paulo in each of the following areas:

  1. Education/Training
  2. Employment
  3. Independent Living

For each transition goal, identify one applicable transition-related service and one activity appropriate for Paulo to reach his goals. Include community collaboration opportunities.

Along with your completed graphic organizer, submit a 250-500-word rationale for the goals and activities you identified for Paulo. Rationalize your choices.

Support your findings with a minimum of two scholarly resources.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite

Paulo Case Scenario

 

Paulo is an 18-year-old student with a mild cognitive disability and autism. According to his IEP, he is identified as a student with autism. His verbal skills have dramatically increased in the past six years, although he still primarily communicates through adapted sign language, gestures, words, and vocalizations that his family and teachers understand. Paulo’s family is actively involved in Paulo’s education and transition planning process. Paulo lives at home with his mother and father, his older brother and younger sister. His mother and father immigrated to the United States from Brazil 22 years ago. All of the children were born in the United States and they speak both English and Portuguese fluently. His parents expect Paulo to live with them for at least the next 10 years. When they are no longer able to care for him, Paulo will live with one of his siblings, most likely his sister. Paulo’s independent living skills are important to his family. In fact, at times his teachers were concerned that Paulo did too much housework in comparison to his siblings because sometimes he would arrive at school smelling of bleach and appear tired. When asked about this, his parents explained that work was good for him and that he enjoyed it.

Paulo was provided with the services of an interpreter in elementary and middle school and training in sign language. His IEP team, including his parents, discontinued the services because they agreed that he was not benefitting from the services and that he could effectively communicate with others using adapted sign language, some words, gestures, and vocalization. Paulo can independently take directions and answer questions that require a yes or no response in both English and Portuguese. He also uses adapted signs and gestures for names of activities he likes and to express basic wants and needs.

Paulo loves watching movies at home with his sister. He also enjoys outdoor activities such as raking leaves in the yard and sweeping the patio. His older brother played soccer in high school and now plays in college. Paulo can run fast, and has picked up some soccer skills from his brother’s lessons like shooting the ball and passing to a teammate. He has few opportunities for fun outside the family home, and his parents are open to him having leisure activities as long as he gets his chores done at home.

At school, Paulo loved going to the grocery store to job shadow a man who collected the carts and bagged groceries. Even though Paulo was only supposed to watch the job, the employee he was shadowing was willing to share his work, and Paulo did a good job with collecting the carts. He will need more training to bag groceries. Paulo was unresponsive to the man’s corrective feedback. Paulo kept saying to himself “Good job, Paulo” after he packed each bag, even though the employee tried to show him a better way to pack the bags. He apparently enjoyed the experience, because Paulo would request that his teacher take him to the store even on days it was not scheduled by signing “Me, work, store, please” repeatedly. Paulo is quiet and well mannered. The store manager was impressed with his work ethic and was interested in having Paulo work part-time after he graduates.

 

Scenario used with permission from the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center.

 

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