Choose a position and then prepare to support it, using the Debate Preparation and Summary Worksheet, as if you were going to participate in a debate.

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Assessment Instructions

Preparation

  • Select a debate topic from the Debate Topics [PDF] document.
  • You may choose to watch this video on building arguments:
    • Reading Pioneers Academy. (2015, December 13). Debate skill: Argument building [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zZ4YEuThRw
  • Preview the Debate Preparation and Summary Worksheet [DOCX] that you will use complete for the assessment.
  • Research your topic to gather the sources you’ll need to complete the worksheet.

Instructions

Choose a position and then prepare to support it, using the Debate Preparation and Summary Worksheet, as if you were going to participate in a debate.

In the worksheet, present your position and arguments for the debate topic, counterarguments to your position and arguments, and rebuttals to those counterarguments. The worksheet will finish with a conclusion on the strength of your position. Before submitting the worksheet, be sure to review the assessment scoring guide to ensure that you meet all criteria, including the following:

  • Your position.
  • At least three well-developed arguments.
  • Evidence to support your arguments (that is, data and research), including how the evidence supports the arguments.
  • Counterarguments to your points.
  • Rebuttals to the counterarguments that oppose your arguments.
  • Evidence to support your rebuttals (data and research), including how the evidence supports the rebuttals.
  • A conclusion that asserts why your position is strong.
  • In-text citations and references for all sources of information.

Submission Requirements

Submit the completed worksheet as your deliverable for the assessment.

Analyze gaps in services indicated in the scenario and examine how a leadership theory or model could be used to build community relationships to fill these gaps.

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Case Study Scenario for a Nonprofit, For-Profit, or Government Organization

For this assignment, select a case study scenario from your textbook, readings, other course activities, or a real-world human services organization. Choose a scenario that could occur within the human services organization you chose to use in your course assignments. The scenario should involve a situation where there are gaps in available services.

For this assignment:

  • Describe the case study scenario as if it were playing out in your selected organization.
  • Analyze at least one leadership theory or model that might apply to service delivery for the selected case study scenario.
  • Analyze gaps in services indicated in the scenario and examine how a leadership theory or model could be used to build community relationships to fill these gaps.
  • Evaluate the social, political, cultural, legal, and economic factors that affect interagency and multi-agency collaboration.
  • Analyze any multisystemic, multicultural issues and concerns specific to your selected organization.
  • Analyze how leadership styles and decisions are shaped by community, social, political, legal, and economic factors in terms of your selected organization.

Additional Requirements

  • Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
  • APA formatting: Headings that define the sections of the paper, resources, and citations are formatted according to current edition APA style and formatting.
  • References: 6–8, from academic sources (journal articles or textbooks).
  • Length of paper: 4–6 typed, double-spaced pages, excluding the cover page and references.
  • Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 points.
  • Turnitin: Submit your paper to Turnitin for analysis.

If Reggie was your coworker, what important aspects of the situation would you want to keep in mind when offering advice and strategies to him? Why do you think this is important?

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Assignment: Case Study #3

Overview

It can be hard to know how to handle a problem with a coworker or friend. That’s why the psychological concepts you’re learning in this course are so important. Understanding how the human brain works will help you master your problem solving and self and social awareness skills in your personal and professional life.

And whether at work or home, you’re learning how to read the social cues of others and recommend strategies based on psychological concepts and principles.

This week you’ll use your problem solving and self and social awareness skills to look beyond the opinions of others and figure out a problem’s cause so you can help a coworker make informed decisions. Review the scenario below to get started.

Case Study and Questions

Reggie works with Gloria and Lakeisha. He is a friendly older man who often talks about his plans for retirement in five years. He likes to make people laugh but often jokes about his struggles to learn new programs and technology.

The company recently informed the team that there will be a compliance test on new safety policies, which employees will need to pass in order to keep their jobs. The company has provided materials to study as well as optional practice exams. Gloria, Lakeisha, and Reggie are having lunch in the break room, and Gloria and Lakeisha mention that they have already signed up to take the first practice test. Reggie comments about how hard it is for him to learn a different way of doing the jobs that he has already been doing for years, joking that “you can’t teach an old man new tricks.” However, later in the day, he stops by Gloria’s desk to find out how she is preparing for the test and asks for advice. Given that they have a month until the compliance test, Gloria is confident that she can help Reggie prepare. Using your problem solving and self and social awareness skills and the information that you learned in Chapter 7 of the webtext about brain plasticity and mindset, answer the questions below:

1. What kind of mindset does Reggie need to embrace to be successful?

2. How does Reggie’s mindset affect his brain?

3. In Chapter 4, you learned about memory and how to effectively study. Using Chapter 4 in the webtext, what specific strategies should Gloria suggest to Reggie so that he will be prepared for the compliance test, and why?

4. If Reggie was your coworker, what important aspects of the situation would you want to keep in mind when offering advice and strategies to him? Why do you think this is important?

Instructions

Use the Case Study #3 Assignment Template to record your responses. For each question, you should write a paragraph-length response (5-7 sentences) to receive credit for this assignment. You may use your Soomo webtext as a resource. Once you have completed your work, save the file and upload it to the assignment submission area.

Different fields of study use distinct methodologies to collect data, and each field utilizes specific databases to locate scholarly articles.

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Locating Scholarly Sources

This week’s assignment is intended to help you familiarize yourself with using the Ashford University Library for anthropological research in preparation for your Final Research Paper. You will also become familiar with identifying the thesis statement in articles.

Different fields of study use distinct methodologies to collect data, and each field utilizes specific databases to locate scholarly articles. For this assignment, you will be locating articles and texts from a variety of databases that are commonly used in anthropological research.

 

In addition to being able to locate articles, it is important to be able to identify the thesis statements of the articles or texts to make sure they will be useful in your research.

 

You have already been assigned three articles from the Article Selector Quiz. To begin, please locate each of the articles in the Ashford University Library. You should be locating three different articles. For help with how to locate these articles, please view the library tutorial Finding an Article with a Citation.

 

After you have located the articles, the next step is to identify the thesis statement that is presented in each article. For help with identifying the thesis statements, please use the Ashford Writing Center’s Thesis Generator tool and/or visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center. After you have identified the thesis statements, please complete this “Locating Scholarly Sources”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bianchi, S. M. (1999). Feminization and juvenilization of poverty: Trends, relative risks, causes, and consequences. Annual Review of Sociology, 25, 307-333.  Retrieved from the JSTOR database.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Murphy, F. (2011). Archives of sorrow: An exploration of Australia’s stolen generations and their journey into the past. History & Anthropology, 22(4), 481-495. Retrieved from EBSCOhost database.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buriel, R. (1993). Childrearing orientations in Mexican American families: The influence of generation and sociocultural factors. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 55(4), 987-987. Retrieved from the

 

 

 

ProQuest database.

 

 

 

 

worksheet. Submit your completed worksheet via Waypoint.