FINAL PROJECT
Throughout the book you will see topics on Clinical Focus or Research Focus that examine the nervous system with a focus on function how our brains generate behavior and how, in turn, our behavior influences our brains. You will skip through all the chapters we will study during this course and pick one that interests you the most. For example, in Chapter 1 and 2 you will find the following:
CLINICAL FOCUS 1-1 Living with Traumatic Brain Injury (Chapter 1)
RESEARCH FOCUS 2-1 Agenesis of the Cerebellum (Chapter 2)
To write the assessment, do the following:
1. Choosing a Feature from a Chapter:
a. Choose a chapter and one feature from the clinical or research focus.
b. Identify the
i. main topic
ii. question/hypothesis of the feature.
iii. What conclusion does the feature come up with?
2. Choosing an Article from an outside source:
1. Find a related article from another source. Acceptable places to choose an article from:
· An article from a science journal (Science, Nature, Urban Geography, etc.) All journals are listed in Pubmed (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/) where you can do an independent search to find an article from an accredited source.
· Academic Search Complete (from the LAGCC Library Media Resource Center), etc. or use the link below (LAGCC Library) http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/basic?vid=1&sid=4499f656-7e2e-4a96-a611-ff750b7514a9%40sessionmgr102
· New York Times,
· Time Magazine,
· TED talks,
· National Geographic.
2. The article should relate to the main topic of the feature OR answer the question/hypothesis of the feature.
Writing Center: Please go to the writing center on campus that can help with organization, grammar, and spelling (https://www.laguardia.edu/Writing-Center/Home/).
Important aspects of your essay.
1. Frame the Issue
a. What is your question/hypothesis from the feature?
b. What type of information would readers need to understand your question linked to the feature and the article? Give the information.
2. Evidence Gathering
a. Summarize the feature and the article in your own words.
b. Identify the evidence in both the feature and article.
c. Are there any similarities or differences in the presented evidence?
3. Analysis
a
. What is the answer to your question or the analysis of your hypothesis given the evidence from both sources.
4. Conclusions
a. What are your conclusions based on your analysis of the evidence and what you have learned in class?
b. Are there any implications or limitations of your conclusions?
5. Using the feature and the article:
a. How does this topic or question apply to your everyday life?
b. Are there any problems with the evidence given in the feature or the article?
c. What conclusions can you make about the topic or question now that you have learned about it in class and read the feature and the article?
Essay Format:
Minimum 4 pages. No more than 5 pages (this does not include the Bibliography page)
a. Times New Roman
b. 12 Font
c. Double Spaced
d. Include a separate Bibliography page with citation of the textbook and the article in APA format.
Writing Rules:
1. Always use passive voice.
ACTIVE VOICE: We did this experiment. (Dont) PASSIVE VOICE: This experiment was done by us (Do)
2. Always 3rd Person. Using the first person in your writing humanizes your work. If possible, therefore, you should avoid using the first person in your writing.
First person: I did the experiment (Dont)
Third Person: The experiment was done by us (Do)
3. Past tense
4. While writing remember to:
a. make sure that your essay is well organized
b. support your statements by evidence
c. cite when appropriate
d. adhere to rules of grammar and spelling
5. Create a Bibliography Page. You should have two citations in APA format. One from the textbook and the other from your article you found.
Example:
a. Tavernise, S. (2013, November 7). F.D.A. Ruling Would All but Eliminate Trans Fats. The New York Times. Retrieved April 25, 2014, from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/health/fda-trans-fats.html?_r=0
Resources to help you create a correct bibliography: a. http://www.bibme.org/ b. http://www.citationmachine.net/
6. Please follow the rubric on the next page for your writing:
UPLOAD to BLACKBOARD!!!!
You will need to upload this assignment to Blackboard in a Microsoft word document. Look to check your safe assign score before you upload. Your score should not be higher that 15%. You will be penalized for higher score.