You will be asked to select a particular week that you think may be of interest to you, whereby you will review the learning materials and then pose a question that has arisen in your mind in relation to the content. You must then provide an ‘answer’ to your own question through further research into the topic. Your submission must include the following headings and/or section: (a) the question; (b) how the question evolved; (c) how it is linked to the readings; and (d) a 500 word ‘answer’ that includes ‘reliable’ sources that are cited in-text and included at the end in a reference section.
The 500 words reflects the response to the question NOT the explanation as to how it evolved. For the previous three section use whatever space you need to adequately describe your thought process.
The paper is to examine learning material assigned in the class and not the lectures themselves. This includes both assigned readings and videos that are found on Brightspace (not the videos that are part of lectures). Key points for completing this assignment successfully include:
The purpose of this exercise is to get you to think critically about the materials you are learning from, asking questions like “why did they consider these factors in their comparison”, “how does their topic contribute to environmental resource management as a whole”, “are their methods standard within the field”, “are their results generalizable”, or “how does their conclusion relate to other researcher’s work”. This is only a small fraction of the kinds of questions that might arise from learning material – it is just important that you can link the question clearly to the material so it is clear how you came to it.
As with any assignment, your key to success is striving to meet the description of the top tier within the rubric. Therefore, for an A+ paper (from the rubric):
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