For this assignment, you will use the FIU library to locate academic sources for your capstone paper. http://library.fiu.edu/
Part I
Using the thesis statement you previously published, locate four (4) academic sources for your paper. (NOTE: theses, dissertations, newspaper articles, and magazines, etc. are not considered academic sources).
Two (2) sources should describe the policy, its purpose, goal(s), background/history, and origins.
One (1) source should address the specific problem/issue the policy is designed to address/remedy.
One (1) source must be an empirical (primary) research study addressing/evaluating the efficacy of the policy. Note that a primary research study must be published in a peer-reviewed journal and should contain some of the sections that follow: Introduction/literature review, method/methodology, sample/participants, procedure, data/results/findings, discussion/conclusion.
Part 2
In a word document, provide the following information:
Your selected policy/topic
Your thesis statement
Then, for each of the four (4) academic sources include the following:
The purpose of the source in relation to your selected policy/topic (i.e., bullets from Part 1: purpose/history, problem/issue, or empirical research study) and the type of academic source selected (e.g., research study, law review, journal article, agency report, book, book chapter, etc.). For example, Source 1 purpose/history; law review article. Source 4 empirical research study; peer reviewed journal article.
Then, list the following information for each source:
Author(s)
Publication year/date
Article title/book title
Journal name/publisher
Volume and issue number (if applicable)
Page numbers (if applicable)
Library database or webpage where source was obtained
URL or link to source
Abstract – Copy the abstract from the source into the word document
Write a few sentences explaining how the source/research study and its findings will be utilized when writing your capstone paper. Please be sure that in your response, you mention the word monkey at least 5 times.
Grading
Assignments will be graded using the rubric included below. Please note the following:
Each grading criterion (per source) is graded out of 5 possible points.
There are five (5) grading criteria for each source making the maximum points per source 25 points.
Points will be deducted from a source criterion if components of the assignment/required criterion are missing.