Application: Critical Thinking, Aca...... Due Update Application: Critical Thinking, Academic Writing, and APA Form and Style QUESTION: WRITE 2 to 3 PAGES on the topic you are considering for your Dissertation. The topic of my Dissertation is THE GUN CONTROL ACT OF 1768 AND ITS EFFECT ON THE CURRENT SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES. How did you come to select the topic? What is your interest in studying it? What is the problem that makes it worth studying? What is its significance? Then, in another half page, briefly explain how you demonstrated academic writing using APA style and format in what you wrote. Be specific and use examples from your writing to illustrate your explanation. In other words, rather than writing, for example, I used correct citations, explain the APA guidelines that guided your use of specific citation style in the reference list vs. the text. Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course. Critical thinking and academic writing are two of the most important skills required to complete your Dissertation. Critical thinking. Your use of critical thinking throughout the Dissertation process will help you select a theoretical framework for your study, make arguments about why your study is important, analyze your data, and assess the implications of your results. From previous work, you may be familiar with Blooms Taxonomy of critical thinking. The revised version is described in three links in this weeks Learning Resources. Each of the three links provides a different slant, visual, and list of resources. In everything you write in this course, as well as your other Ph.D. courses and, of course, your Premise, Prospectus, Proposal, and Dissertation, you are required to demonstrate higher levels of thinking. The levels of thinking in the revised version are: Remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. It is at the highest three levelsanalyzing, evaluating, and creatingthat scholarly thinking and writing take place, including the development of your Prospectus. Academic writing. Your use of academic writing will ensure that you communicate effectively in all sections of your Dissertation, both to your committee and the academic community at large. Being able to demonstrate academic writing generally means that you can convey your ideas, thoughts, and findings clearly, succinctly, and coherently. APA format and style. Part of academic writing is being able to write in correct APA style and format, and this is a requirement in this course and all others, for each document you write. Academic, scholarly writing and the correct APA style and format extend far beyond citing in the text correctly and writing a reference list in correct APA style and format. Academic writing is a skill you will continue to hone throughout the rest of your academic and professional career. The APA Manual contains a wealth and depth of information on writing. It is recommended that you read the entire manual. To prepare for this Assignment, review the Writing Resources in this weeks Learning Resources. Required Resources Note: To access this week's required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus. Readings Public Policy and Administration Toavs, D. (n.d.). Ideas of governance. Retrieved August 25, 2014, from http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/146482/Ideas-of-Governance Dissertation Rudestam, K. E., & Newton, R. R. (2015). Surviving your dissertation: A comprehensive guide to content and process (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. o Chapter 1, The Research Process (pp. 38) o Chapter 10, Writing (pp. 259279) Miller, R. K. (2003, April 1). Finishing the dissertation. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. Perlmutter, D. D., & Porter, L. (2005). Thinking beyond the dissertation. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 52(17). Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. Robinson, B. (2001). The dissertationand beyond: Developing your academic career. ABNF Journal, 12(1), 1718. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases Laureate Education. (Executive Producer). (2010). The Dissertation research process. Baltimore, MD: Author Walden University. (2009). PhD dissertation. Retrieved fromhttp://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/capstone/phd Walden University Center for Research Quality. (n.d.-e). Research Center home page. Retrieved fromhttp://academicguides.waldenu.edu/researchcenter Walden University, Center for Research Quality. (2012). Ph.D. dissertation process and documents.Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/researchcenter/osra/phd o Dissertation Premise Guide o Dissertation Prospectus Guide o Dissertation Prospectus Rubric o Dissertation Student Process Worksheet Jalongo, M. R. (2008, April). Working with your committee: A behind-the-scenes look at sources of conflict. All-But-Dissertation Survival Guide. Retrieved fromhttp://www.abdsurvivalguide.com/archives/apr708.htm#feature Simon, M., & Goes, J. (2011). Words and phrases to avoid when discussing your research. In M. K. Simon, Dissertation and scholarly research: Recipes for success (pp. 13). Seattle, WA: Dissertation Success. Retrieved from http://dissertationrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Words-and-Phrases-to-avoid1.pdf Ms. Mentor. (2013, September 11). A dissertation on Pussy Riot? The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. Writing Resources Revised Blooms Taxonomy: Process verbs, assessments, and questioning strategies (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.gcssk12.net/fullpanel/uploads/files/revised-blooms-chart.pdf Revised Blooms Taxonomy: Verbs, materials/situations that require this level of thinking. (n.d.). Retrieved fromhttps://www.icc.edu/innovation/PDFS/assessmentEvaluation/RevisedBloomsChart_bloomsverbsmatrix.pdf Overbaugh, R. C., & Schultz, L. (n.d.). Blooms Taxonomy. Retrieved fromhttp://ww2.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm Walden University, Online Writing Center. (n.d.-f). Writing Center home page. Retrieved fromhttp://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/home Walden University, Online Writing Center. (n.d.-b). APA style. Retrieved fromhttp://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/apa American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Learning APA style. Retrieved from http://www.apastyle.org/learn/ Walden University, Online Writing Center. (n.d.-d). Scholarly writing. Retrieved fromhttp://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/scholarly Laureate Education (Producer). (2014b). Introduction to scholarly writing: Finding a scholarly voice[Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Application: Critical Thinking, Aca...... Due Update Application: Critical Thinking, Academic Writing, and APA Form and Style QUESTION: WRITE 2 to 3 PAGES on the topic you are considering for your Dissertation. The topic of my Dissertation is THE GUN CONTROL ACT OF 1768 AND ITS EFFECT ON THE CURRENT SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES. How did you come to select the topic? What is your interest in studying it? What is the problem that makes it worth studying? What is its significance? Then, in another half page, briefly explain how you demonstrated academic writing using APA style and format in what you wrote. Be specific and use examples from your writing to illustrate your explanation. In other words, rather than writing, for example, I used correct citations, explain the APA guidelines that guided your use of specific citation style in the reference list vs. the text. Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course. Critical thinking and academic writing are two of the most important skills required to complete your Dissertation. Critical thinking. Your use of critical thinking throughout the Dissertation process will help you select a theoretical framework for your study, make arguments about why your study is important, analyze your data, and assess the implications of your results. From previous work, you may be familiar with Blooms Taxonomy of critical thinking. The revised version is described in three links in this weeks Learning Resources. Each of the three links provides a different slant, visual, and list of resources. In everything you write in this course, as well as your other Ph.D. courses and, of course, your Premise, Prospectus, Proposal, and Dissertation, you are required to demonstrate higher levels of thinking. The levels of thinking in the revised version are: Remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. It is at the highest three levelsanalyzing, evaluating, and creatingthat scholarly thinking and writing take place, including the development of your Prospectus. Academic writing. Your use of academic writing will ensure that you communicate effectively in all sections of your Dissertation, both to your committee and the academic community at large. Being able to demonstrate academic writing generally means that you can convey your ideas, thoughts, and findings clearly, succinctly, and coherently. APA format and style. Part of academic writing is being able to write in correct APA style and format, and this is a requirement in this course and all others, for each document you write. Academic, scholarly writing and the correct APA style and format extend far beyond citing in the text correctly and writing a reference list in correct APA style and format. Academic writing is a skill you will continue to hone throughout the rest of your academic and professional career. The APA Manual contains a wealth and depth of information on writing. It is recommended that you read the entire manual. To prepare for this Assignment, review the Writing Resources in this weeks Learning Resources. Required Resources Note: To access this week's required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus. Readings Public Policy and Administration Toavs, D. (n.d.). Ideas of governance. Retrieved August 25, 2014, from http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/146482/Ideas-of-Governance Dissertation Rudestam, K. E., & Newton, R. R. (2015). Surviving your dissertation: A comprehensive guide to content and process (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. o Chapter 1, The Research Process (pp. 38) o Chapter 10, Writing (pp. 259279) Miller, R. K. (2003, April 1). Finishing the dissertation. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. Perlmutter, D. D., & Porter, L. (2005). Thinking beyond the dissertation. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 52(17). Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. Robinson, B. (2001). The dissertationand beyond: Developing your academic career. ABNF Journal, 12(1), 1718. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases Laureate Education. (Executive Producer). (2010). The Dissertation research process. Baltimore, MD: Author Walden University. (2009). PhD dissertation. Retrieved fromhttp://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/capstone/phd Walden University Center for Research Quality. (n.d.-e). Research Center home page. Retrieved fromhttp://academicguides.waldenu.edu/researchcenter Walden University, Center for Research Quality. (2012). Ph.D. dissertation process and documents.Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/researchcenter/osra/phd o Dissertation Premise Guide o Dissertation Prospectus Guide o Dissertation Prospectus Rubric o Dissertation Student Process Worksheet Jalongo, M. R. (2008, April). Working with your committee: A behind-the-scenes look at sources of conflict. All-But-Dissertation Survival Guide. Retrieved fromhttp://www.abdsurvivalguide.com/archives/apr708.htm#feature Simon, M., & Goes, J. (2011). Words and phrases to avoid when discussing your research. In M. K. Simon, Dissertation and scholarly research: Recipes for success (pp. 13). Seattle, WA: Dissertation Success. Retrieved from http://dissertationrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Words-and-Phrases-to-avoid1.pdf Ms. Mentor. (2013, September 11). A dissertation on Pussy Riot? The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. Writing Resources Revised Blooms Taxonomy: Process verbs, assessments, and questioning strategies (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.gcssk12.net/fullpanel/uploads/files/revised-blooms-chart.pdf Revised Blooms Taxonomy: Verbs, materials/situations that require this level of thinking. (n.d.). Retrieved fromhttps://www.icc.edu/innovation/PDFS/assessmentEvaluation/RevisedBloomsChart_bloomsverbsmatrix.pdf Overbaugh, R. C., & Schultz, L. (n.d.). Blooms Taxonomy. Retrieved fromhttp://ww2.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm Walden University, Online Writing Center. (n.d.-f). Writing Center home page. Retrieved fromhttp://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/home Walden University, Online Writing Center. (n.d.-b). APA style. Retrieved fromhttp://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/apa American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Learning APA style. Retrieved from http://www.apastyle.org/learn/ Walden University, Online Writing Center. (n.d.-d). Scholarly writing. Retrieved fromhttp://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/scholarly Laureate Education (Producer). (2014b). Introduction to scholarly writing: Finding a scholarly voice[Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.