Nursing

Assignment: Adolescent Health Seminar
Assignment: Adolescent Health Seminar
Assignment: Adolescent Health Seminar
Week 7 Adolescent Health Risk Seminar For this assignment, you will develop and deliver a 10–15 minute seminar/workshop aimed at the teen or young adult audience on a specific health risk associated with the population. you will submit your presentation using the Kaltura recording tool within Blackboard. See the Getting Started with Kaltura link listed under the Resources area in your course menu to learn how to use this tool. * If you predominantly work with a specific population and would like to present a relevant health risk seminar to that population, you must seek instructor approval in advance. Email your instructor through the Virtual Office. 1. Choose a health risk associated with adolescence. Some categories to consider may include: Suicide Pregnancy Substance use and abuse Motor vehicle crashes Tobacco use Sexually transmitted disease Domestic violence Mental health issues Sexual identity issues Eating disorders Nutrition and fitness 2. As the health care advocate, you will present the following to the target audience (adolescents or young adults)in 10-15 slides or screens: An overview of the risk factor Contributing factors Prevalence of the health risk (meaningful data) Explain your role with the issue as a health care practitioner/advocate Ways to identify a problem and address the issue Present an activity or project or exercise for the audience to engage in related to the topic Help and support resources 3. In your research materials, incorporate 3–4 current sources with one containing the most current statistics. 4. Use age-appropriate creativity to ensure the message gets across to the selected audience. As you plan your seminar, consider: How will you initiate a conversation (rather than give a lecture)? How will you keep the attention and respect of this audience? 5. Use APA for citing and referencing your sources. 6. Keep your design and audio appropriate to the audience, yet professional. Your presentation must include both audio and visual components and be professional in nature. What is a seminar? See this week’s Resource folder for curriculum and topic ideas. Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded. Submit your final presentation here for grading and post a copy in the discussion board to share with your peers Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time) Points: 300

Assignment: Habits Stress And Health
Assignment: Habits Stress And Health
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Write a 1 to 2 page essay exploring how personal habits, stress, and health interact; discuss the difference in the medical model’s view of health and the view of the biopsychosocial model; and describe the work of professionals in the fields of health psychology and behavioral medicine. Proper APA formatting is a requirement for all essay assignments. Cite at least three educational sources (one source may include the course textbook) in the essay.
Brain Chemicals and Transmitter Substances
Write a 1-2 page essay explaining the role that biology plays in the development of mood disorders, including one’s genetic vulnerability and the effects of different levels of brain chemicals and transmitter substances; define the term endogenous; and discuss the following psychological explanations for mood disorders: a. the psychoanalytic theory of repressed anger; b. the behavioral theory of learned helplessness; c. the cognitive theory that emphasizes self-defeating thinking patterns; and d. the effects of social and environmental stresses. Proper APA formatting is a requirement for all essay assignments. Cite at least three educational sources (one source may include the course textbook) in the essay.
When stress starts interfering with your ability to live a normal life for an extended period, it becomes even more dangerous. … Chronic stress may also cause disease, either because of changes in your body or the overeating, smoking and other badhabits people use to cope with stress.
Indeed, stress symptoms can affect your body, your thoughts and feelings, and your behavior. Being able to recognize common stress symptoms can help you manage them. Stress that’s left unchecked can contribute to many health problems, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity and diabetes.Apr 4, 2019

Assignment: Behaviorism and Social Theories
Assignment: Behaviorism and Social Learning Theories
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Assignment: Behaviorism and Social Learning Theories
Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please read the following required sources:
“Behaviorism and Essential Concepts for Pediatric Behavioral Sleep Medicine”
“When a Clear Strong Voice Was Needed: A Retrospective Review of Watson’s (1924/1930) Behaviorism”
“A Preliminary Application of Social Cognitive Theory to Nonsuicidal Self-Injury”
“Teaching Stimulus Control Via Class-Wide Multiple Schedules of Reinforcement in Public Elementary School Classrooms”
“Supporting Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Implementing Applied Behavior Analysis Strategies Within the Classroom Setting”
In your initial post, include the following:
Briefly summarize the foundational approaches of behaviorism and social learning theories and the early theorists associated with them.
Describe how those two theories might be utilized in practice in the career path that interests you.
Evaluate any issues and cultural considerations associated with your assigned theorist.
Analyze and describe how the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct might affect the implementation of your theorist’s personality assessments.
Assess the types of personality measurements and research designs associated with your assigned theorist, and describe how they have evolved.
Your initial post should be a minimum of 500 words.
Guided Response: Review several of your colleagues’ posts and respond substantively to at least three of your peers by 11:59 p.m. on Day 7 of the week. You are encouraged to post your required replies early each week to stimulate more meaningful and interactive discourse in your discussions. Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 11:59 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on Day 7 of the week and respond to anyone who replies to your initial post. Peer responses may vary in length but should be detailed and thought provoking. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.
In your responses, offer a substantive discussion to your peer’s initial post. Pose questions that could encourage the application of this area of the discussion. Look for peers whose posts have not yet been responded to and reply to these so that everyone has a chance to reflect and develop their knowledge more fully.

Concepts Of Complex ANOVAs
Concepts Of Complex ANOVAs
Article Critique: Factorial ANOVA
The readings for this week focus on the concepts of complex ANOVAs, including factorial and mixed-design ANOVA. In this discussion we will apply those concepts to the review and critique of a research article. For information on how to critique a research article, see the Coughlan et al. (2007) and UIS (n.d.) guides listed in the Required Readings for this week.
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Read the following article.
Hoyt, C. L., Price, T. L., & Emrick, A. E. (2010). Leadership and the more-important-than-average effect: Overestimation of group goals and the justification of unethical behavior. Leadership, 6(4), 391-407. doi: 10.1177/1742715010379309
In the body of your posting, include an overview of the following topics:
Research question – List the research question for the study.
Hypotheses – List the statistical notation and written explanations for the null and alternative hypotheses for the study.
Methods and Study Design – Describe the basic methods used, including the variables, sampling methods, data collection, etc.
Data Analysis – Summarize the statistical tests conducted, the results obtained from each test, and conclusions regarding the hypotheses.
Critique – Critique the results of the study, paying specific attention to the appropriateness of the analyses conducted, any biases or assumptions that were made, practical significance of the results, and recommendations for improving upon the study (methods or analyses).
Summary – Provide a brief summary of the study’s findings in 2-3 sentences. Do not use any numbers or statistical terms, but provide a review that would make sense to someone who has not studied research methods or statistics.
Be sure to put information in your own words and cite accordingly.
Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.
Point Value: 4 Points
Weekly Learning Outcome Alignment: 1, 2, 3, 4—————————————————————————————————————————————-
MY:Research Questions—-THAT YOU CAN USE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT
1. How does the employees’ motivation affect the organization Productivity?
In this research there are two main variables that is independent variable which in this case are the motivational factors to employees which include favorable working environment, compensation strategy, business culture and the management strategy. The dependent variable in this study is the organization productivity. The best effective scale for measuring these variables is ordinal scale basically because some variables have more impacts than the others.
2. What are the factors that affect the patient’s reaction to treatment?
The variables in these case include the type of medication, the lifestyle of the patient and the degree of the effect of the health condition has affected the patient. These variables have different effect on the patient’s reaction to treatment, the variables are categorical in nature. In this case the most effective measurement scale is the ordinal scale as well (Celli, Decramer, Wedzicha, Wilson, Agustí, Criner & Vogelmeier, 2015).

Assignment: Clinical Inquiry and Hypothesis
Assignment: Clinical Inquiry and Hypothesis
Question Description
I need help with a Nursing question. All explanations and answers will be used to help me learn.
Refer to the “Patient Preference and Satisfaction in Hospital-at-Home and Usual Hospital Care for COPD Exacerbations: Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial,” in conjunction with the “Article Analysis Example 2,” for an example of an article analysis.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Topic 1
Perma link – https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/110/3/258/4222833
Topic 2
Perma link – https://www.ejmanager.com/mnstemps/10/10-1516095694.pdf?t=1566588407
Rubrics to follow, Template, Example,
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

Assignment: Skill Acquisition
Assignment: Skill Acquisition
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Assignment: Skill Acquisition
How does vision dominate the sensory feedback system and how might it influence proprioception?
There are Two Separate discussion question. Each Discussion needs to be at least 150-200 words with at least one citation.
Discussion Question 1:
How does vision dominate the sensory feedback system and how might it influence proprioception? What potential problems created by visual dominance might a person encounter during motor skill acquisition? Why are these significant?
Discussion Question 2:
Some researchers assert that rhythmic or stereotypical movement patterns, such as locomotion, could be controlled without any involvement of the cerebral cortex. Hypothetically, these rhythmic movements could be controlled by neural circuits known as central pattern generators (CPG). Although CPGs are often cited in research examining hierarchical control of human movements, it is unclear how CPGs can explain the plasticity and responsiveness necessary in real human movement. Are central pattern generators fact or fiction? Why?
1. Read chapters 6 and 7.
2. Sozzi, S., Monti, A., De Nunzio, A., Do, M., & Schieppati, M. (2011). Sensori-motor integration during stance: Time adaptation of control mechanisms on adding or removing vision. Human Movement Science, 30(2), 172-189.
3. Schneider, S., Askew, C. D., Abel, T., & Strüder, H. K. (2010). Exercise, music, and the brain: Is there a central pattern generator? Journal of Sports Sciences, 28(12), 1337-1343.
. How does vision dominate the sensory feedback system and how might it influence proprioception?

Assignment: Primate Anatomy & Taxonomy
Assignment: Primate Anatomy & Taxonomy
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Lab Objectives:
• Evaluate the dental formula of an unknown primate and place it within a major clade
• Interpret the difference between gradistic and cladistic methods of grouping primates
• Identify the anatomical synapomorphies that distinguish the major primate clades
• Draw a cladogram to illustrate the modern, broadly-accepted primate phylogeny
Purpose: To examine the skeletal traits that distinguish the major primate clades.
The study of non-human primates has been recognized since ancient times as relevant to understanding human anatomy. This was perhaps best recognized by a wide audience of scholars for the first time in 1735 when Carolus Linnaeus, despite his strong creationist views, included humans with other apes and monkeys in the group Anthropomorpha. By the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae in 1758 he had abandoned this term and began calling the group by the familiar name we now use: Order Primates. Linnaeus was motivated to group humans with other primates because of the many anatomical similarities that he perceived uniting them. In modern biological terms, we now refer to these structures as synapomorphies, or ‘shared derived traits.’ For instance, all primates have a broad, flat nail on their big toe, which is a structure unlike any of the narrow claws found in other mammals. We use synapomorphies like these to reconstruct patterns of shared ancestry and build cladograms to better understand the pattern of primate evolution and where humans belong in it. This method of reconstructing relationships between taxa based on shared derived characteristics is known as cladistics.
While morphology and phylogeny have shared a close relationship for centuries, the reliance on synapomorphies to group organisms is relatively recent. In the early 20th century, primatologists such as Wilfrid Le Gros Clark (famous for helping to debunk the Piltdown Man fraud) grouped primates based on their overall similarity in appearance. This method was reminiscent of Aristotle’s “Great Chain of Being,” with primitive primates at the base and humans at the apex. This way of thinking has been called gradistic, because it suggests primate evolution proceeds in a simple, uniform direction for all traits from primitive to derived. While this system has intuitive appeal, it does not correspond with the way we think evolution proceeds. Modern primatologists and anthropologists use cladistic methods based on a nested hierarchy of synapomorphies, because we believe these more accurately reflect how evolution works.
Although phylogenetic trees are built today using cladistic methods, it is clear that gradistic thinking still subconsciously underlies much of our approach to reconstructing evolution. You may have already noticed that phylogenetic trees that include humans tend to place them at one extreme end of the tree, implying some directionality or end goal to evolution, even though there is no reason they need to be placed there! Within the primate order the shift from gradistic to cladistic thinking has impacted how we perceive the relationships of many taxa, most notably the tarsier, which we will investigate more in Station 3. You will be exposed to more examples of gradistic thinking when looking at the human fossil record, where many features (such as brain size) are continuous, and identifying synapomorphies can be particularly difficult. For this lab we will investigate many of the important skeletal synapomorphies that define the largest primate clades.

Methods In Developmental Psychology
Methods In Developmental Psychology
Please DO NOT summarize the article, use quotes, or critique the clarity or quality of the writing of the authors.
In 5 pages (12 point font, Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, double-spaced) please provide your reaction to the theory/concepts/methods/findings/conclusions of the paper.Note you do not need to (nor do you have the space) to discuss all of these issues.You may also point out what the authors did well. Please select a few points that you want to discuss and provide the rationale for why you thought something was a strength or a weakness of the study or studies described in your chosen article.
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The lecture on methods in Developmental Psychology is also a great reference for this paper. You might want to discuss future directions or how this article fits with one of the theories we discussed or another area of developmental psychology that we have covered, so reviewing your notes or the text on the developmental period highlighted in the article you choose and incorporating that information is welcomed.You may use the first person; however, the focus of the paper should be on the theory and methods of the article you chose and incorporating what you have learned in class. Therefore, personal stories or anecdotes are not addressing the assignment. For example, an appropriate use of the first person might be: “I thought that a strength of Leonard and Eiden’s (2007) study was their incorporation of both parent and child influences on the development of aggression.This is important because…”Please be critical but constructive. Please use professional language.
In 5 pages (12 point font, Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, double-spaced) please provide your reaction to the theory/concepts/methods/findings/conclusions of the paper.Note you do not need to (nor do you have the space) to discuss all of these issues.You may also point out what the authors did well. Please select a few points that you want to discuss and provide the rationale for why you thought something was a strength or a weakness of the study or studies described in your chosen article. The lecture on methods in Developmental Psychology is also a great reference for this paper. You might want to discuss future directions or how this article fits with one of the theories we discussed or another area of developmental psychology that we have covered, so reviewing your notes or the text on the developmental period highlighted in the article you choose and incorporating that information is welcomed.You may use the first person; however, the focus of the paper should be on the theory and methods of the article you chose and incorporating what you have learned in class. Therefore, personal stories or anecdotes are not addressing the assignment. For example, an appropriate use of the first person might be: “I thought that a strength of Leonard and Eiden’s (2007) study was their incorporation of both parent and child influences on the development of aggression.This is important because…”Please be critical but constructive. Please use professional language.

In this Instructor Contact Session, you will hear your instructor talk about Supervision and Consultation. Listen to the lecture and take notes, then post a substantive response to the following:
1.Conduct research and summarize an article that supports ways to increase employee performance using behavioral principles and techniques.
2.How could you implement these strategies in your professional setting to increase quality of work from your employees?
ICS Part 2: Behavior Analyst as Teacher
In this Instructor Contact Session, your instructor will use a PowerPoint presentation to talk about Supervision and Consultation. Be sure to take notes as your instructor lectures. Once the live synchronous session is over, please post a substantive response on what you learned from the exchanges in the courseroom.
1.How will the information in the PowerPoint presentation prove applicable to your work as a behavior analyst
2.How did this general discussion help broaden your understanding of the unit’s objectives?OWE
2.How did this general discussion help broaden your understanding of the unit’s objectives?
Be sure to support your reflection and observations with scholarly references, where applicable.
POWERPOINT IS ATTACHED FOR THIS PART OF ASSIGNMENT

Critiquing a Change Effort Discussion
Critiquing a Change Effort Discussion
Critiquing a Change Effort
As a nurse leader, you need to have the skills and knowledge to collaborate and communicate with those who plan for and manage change. This capacity is valuable in any health care setting and for many different types of change. Furthermore, it is essential to be able to evaluate a change effort and determine if it is promoting improved outcomes and making a positive difference within the department or unit, or for the organization as a whole.
To prepare:
Review Chapters 7 and 8 in the course text. Focus on the strategies for planning and implementing change in an organization, as well as the roles of nurses, managers, and other health care professionals throughout this process.
Reflect on a specific change that has recently occurred in your organization or one in which you have worked previously. What was the catalyst or purpose of the change?
How did the change affect your job and responsibilities?
Consider the results of the change and whether or not the intended outcomes have been achieved.
Was the change managed skillfully? Why or why not? How might the process have been improved?
Post a summary of a specific change within an organization and describe the impact of this change on your role and responsibilities. Explain the rationale for the change, and whether or not the intended outcomes have been met. Assess the management of the change, and propose suggestions for how the process could have been improved.
Critiquing a Change Effort Discussion
Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2015). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (8th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Review Chapter 7, “Strategic and Operational Planning”
Chapter 8, “Planned Change”This chapter explores methods for facilitating change and the theoretical underpinnings of implementing effective change
McAlearney, A., Terris, D., Hardacre, J., Spurgeon, P. Brown, C., Baumgart, A., Nyström, M. (2014). Organizational coherence in health care organizations: Conceptual guidance to facilitate quality improvement and organizational change. Quality Management in Health Care, 23(4), 254–267 doi: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e31828bc37d
An international group of investigators explored the issues of organizational culture and Quality Improvement (QI) in different health care contexts and settings. The aim of the research was to examine if a core set of organizational cultural attributes are associated with successful QI systems.
Mitchell, G. (2013). Selecting the best theory to implement planned change. Nursing Management – UK, 20(1), 32–37. doi: 10.7748/nm2013.04.20.1.32.e1013
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Shirey, M. R. (2013). Lewin’s Theory of Planned Change as a strategic resource. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 43(2), 69–72. doi:10.1097/NNA.0b013e31827f20a9
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.