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Instructions

Find

Find one NEW (1) relevant resource such as a book, article, website, film, or news item with similar thoughts, ideas, or themes and builds upon the required materials given to you during our discussions of ADHD or autism.

Prompt

Complete the following prompt: “This resource is important because…” Your answer to this prompt is intended to help your classmates choose which new resources they wish to explore.

Connection to Academic Concepts

The “Connection to Academic Concepts” criterion on the Rubric is related to your reflection about ‘why the resource is important.’ To fully meet this criterion, please also relate your resource's importance to concepts you have learned in class.

Reflection on

Existing

Knowledge

To meet the “Reflection on Existing Knowledge” criterion for your assignment, explain how you will practically apply the information in your resource to support these students

Watch Out!

If you chose a resource that is part of our EDPY 301 Course Materials & Reading List Service, then you will receive a zero on this part of the assignment.

Length

The maximum word count (including (a) the prompt and (b) your answer to the prompt) must altogether not exceed 500 words. Your in-text citations count towards your total word count, but your reference page does not.

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Instructions

APA

All materials used for your assignment should be referenced at the end of your assignment. Additionally, you must include in-text citations throughout your assignment when discussing ideas that came from the referenced materials that are not your own.

The assignment should use American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition style. Below are two suggested resources that you can use to review the guidelines for properly creating reference lists and in-text citations.

1. Purdue OWL: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_ introduction.html
2. APA Citation Style QuickGuide:

https://guides.library.ualberta.ca/ld.php?content_id=35043857 If you have any questions about using APA citations, please contact your TAs for assistance.

Submit your assignment TWICE!

1. Dropbox
2. Forum

1

Upload your assignment as a WORD document to the eClass Assignment Dropbox no later than Thursday, Feb 3rd at 11:59 pm MDT.

• If you do not upload your assignment to the dropbox, we WILL NOT mark it
• If you do not upload your assignment as a Word document, we WILL NOT mark it

2

Upload your assignment to your designated eClass Assignment Forum no later than Thursday, Feb 3rd at 11:59 pm MDT.

Discussion Posts

All students are required to individually post at least two (2) responses to the assignments posted by your peers in the Forum NO later than Thursday, Feb 10th at 11:59 pm MDT.

? Of course, we hope that posts will continue past the minimum requirements to generate some insightful discussion, but the above minimum is required to receive a grade for this Assignment.