Effects of Society on Child’s Education
Strayer
University
SOC
100: Introduction to Sociology
Assignment#
1: Writing Assignment – Part1
October
26, 2014
Pr. Lisa
Riggleman-Gross
Hypothesis
If a child is not suffering from social issues, then
he/she will succeed highly in achieving better education because social issues
such as: emotional, ethnic, gender, economic, cultural, and ethical issues
affect his/her performance.
Feed
back from professor:
Good topic but broad. How will you define
“succeed” and you list many social issues. How will you measure
better education?
Writing
Assignment Overview
In this
Assignment, you will consider a social issue that interests you. It could be
human freedom, sexuality, deviance, crime, social mobility, poverty, education,
aging, or another similar issue. Within that general issue, you will select a
specific hypothesis to evaluate. You will conduct library research to gather
and critically evaluate evidence that bears on your hypothesis
This
assignment is completed in four (4) stages that build on each other. At
each stage, you should keep the final stage in mind.
Stage (and Week due) |
Point Value |
Description of Stage |
Grading criteria |
1 |
50 |
Identifying |
Hypothesis |
2 |
100 |
Outline |
Content |
3 |
120 |
Draft |
Evaluated |
4 |
150 |
Final |
Evaluated |
In the
final stage of this assignment, you will submit a three to five (3-5) page
paper in which you:
1.
Specific Hypothesis. Introduce your paper by identifying the
specific hypothesis you are evaluating in this paper.
2.
Applicable Sociological Concepts. Identify the sociological
theories and terminology from the text that apply to your social issue
3.
Practical Implications. Discuss the value of sociological research
into your issue. Determine whether or not there are (or would be) practical
implications of sociological inquiry into this issue.
4.
Evidence. This is the most important part of the paper.
Analyze at least two (2) lines of evidence that pertain to the
hypothesis you are evaluating. Does the evidence support your hypothesis?
For each type of evidence, consider possible biases and alternative
interpretations.
5.
Conclusions. Draw conclusions based on the evidence that you have
discovered. Does the evidence confirm or refute your hypothesis? Is the
evidence sufficiently convincing to draw firm conclusions about your
hypothesis?
Rubric
6. Grading for this assignment will be based on
having outline content provided for each segment of the paper and at least
three (3) quality references, using the following rubric.
Points: 100 |
Writing Assignment (Part 2): |
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Criteria |
Unacceptable Below 60% F |
Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D |
Fair 70-79% C |
Proficient 80-89% B |
Exemplary 90-100% A |
1. Specific Weight: |
Hypothesis |
Hypothesis is not suitable for this exercise or is not |
A hypothesis suitable for this exercise is stated in a |
A hypothesis suitable for this exercise is stated in a |
A |
2. Applicable Weight: |
Missing, insufficient, inaccurate or incomplete job of |
Outline insufficiently identifies sociological concepts |
Outline partially identifies sociological concepts and |
Outline satisfactorily identifies sociological concepts |
Outline completely and correctly identifies sociological |
3. Practical Weight: |
Missing, insufficient, or incomplete statement of the |
Outline insufficiently identifies the value of |
Outline partially identifies the value of sociological |
Outline satisfactorily identifies the value of |
Outline completely and correctly identifies value of |
4. Evidence Weight: |
Missing, |
Outline |
Outline |
Outline |
Outline |
5. Evidence Weight: |
Missing, |
Outline |
Outline |
Outline |
Outline |
6. Conclusions. Weight: |
Missing, insufficient, or incomplete conclusions. |
Outline insufficiently draws conclusions, or draws |
Outline shows conclusions that partially follow from the |
Outline shows conclusions that mostly follow from |
Outline shows conclusions that logically follow from the |
7. Weight: |
Quantity and / or quality of references are unacceptable. |
One (1) or fewer references and / or references are of |
Two (2) or fewer references and / or the quality of |
Minimum of three (3) references and the quality of |
Minimum of three (3) references and the quality of |