Assignment: Self Possibilities

Assignment: Self Possibilities
Assignment: Self Possibilities
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Week 7 Possible Selves
Write a paper of 750-1,000 words in which you:
1. Integrate the possible selves and stages of reflective judgment theories in the text.
2. Describe how a student who appears to be dismissing the value of an education might be encouraged to move out of a lower level and into subsequent stages of reflective judgment.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is required.
Application. Papers written at the application level are still organized by source articles rather than by topics or themes. However, with each source article being reviewed, there is a direct and explicit link from that article to the topic of the current paper. The student summarizes the source article and then applies the findings from that article to the topic of their own paper. These links are neither integrative nor summative, and there are few or no connections drawn between source articles.
Analysis. Writing at the analysis level typically includes more detailed descriptions of source article information. Students discuss the specifications of the studies they are including and can identify patterns that emerge. Like students at the application level, they link the source articles back to the main idea of their paper, but they add a layer of complexity by identifying the component parts of the source article that directly support their argument.
Synthesis. When students’ writing reaches the synthesis stage, the papers have a qualitatively different look to them. The most notable change is organization based on themes rather than on source articles. Froese et al. (1998) noted that students often summarize articles sequentially rather than comprehensively integrating the various findings. Sequential organization represents a failure to accomplish synthesis. Using synthesis, the students are able to determine the main points not just of source articles (a comprehension task) but of the paper they are composing. Source articles are spread throughout the paper and applied to the arguments and ideas presented, using the students’ own organizational schema to direct the flow of information. Ideas from various sources that support a theme are brought together, compared, and contrasted.