My topic for the research paper is: “How does technology affect personal relationships?”
Objective: The objective of this assignment is to assess the credibility, authority, relevance, currency, objectivity, and comprehensiveness of academic sources and decide on two sources that you will summarize, evaluate, and incorporate into your final research paper.
Instructions:
Research and Select Two Academic Sources:
Choose two academic sources related to your argument.
Be sure to collect sources from reputable academic databases, scholarly journals, books, etc. Your sources should be written by academics and other experts in a field of study. The source should contribute new knowledge, theory, analysis, and insight into the academic conversation.
Summarize Each Source:
Provide a brief paragraph summarizing each source, including the main argument, key points, methodology (if applicable), and any significant findings or conclusions. The summary should give the reader a clear understanding of the content and focus of each source.
Evaluate Each Source:
For each source, provide a paragraph evaluating the source’s credibility, authority, relevance, currency, objectivity, and comprehensiveness concerning your argument. Your evaluation paragraph will assess the source’s relevancy to your argument. You will explain to your readers why and how this source supports your argument.
Format and Organization:
Organize your evaluation summary in the following order:
First Source:
1) MLA publication information of the source.
2) a paragraph summarizing the source.
3) a paragraph evaluating the source.
Second Source:
1) MLA publication information of the source.
2) a paragraph summarizing the source.
3) a paragraph evaluating the source.
The following is a sample of a Summative Evaluation of one source on the subject of online learning. The student is arguing for the benefits of community college.
Bustanmante, Chis. “The Risks and Rewards of Online Learning,” Practical Argument: Short Third Edition, edited by Laurie G Kirszer and Stephen R. Mandell, Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2017, pp. 224-227.
In his essay “The Risks and Rewards of Online Learning,” Chris Bustamante responds to the rhetorical question, “Is online education better than classroom education?” (Kirszner and Mandell 221). The main point of Bustamante’s essay, originally published in Community College Times, an online newspaper, is that online education is becoming increasingly more valuable, and if online programs are designed right, the value of online education could surpass the value of classroom education in meeting student needs (224).
This source is relevant to my claim about the value of community colleges because Bustamante is describing an online education model delivered by a community college, Rio Salado College: “the nation’s largest online public community college headquartered in Tempe, Ariz.” Bustamante is an employee of this school and a developer of online curriculum. His expertise adds to his authority on his topic, but I am aware that his work may contain biased information as he may have a vested interest in promoting online education at the community college level. Nevertheless, his work is useful to me as a way to show how innovative and progressive community colleges can be. I plan to use his evidence to show the progression of online education as well as Salado College as an example of the progressive nature of some community college programs.
Note: This example needs further development in both the summary and the evaluation. As it is now, the reader isn’t provided a sense of comprehensiveness, as the summary doesn’t offer much detail on how the ideas were presented. Similarly, the evaluation is scant in detail and could provide a more thorough analysis of the scope and depth of the source. (Also, the text should be double-spaced) See the attached document for proper formatting… sourceevaluatingassignent)
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