{"id":19155,"date":"2023-05-09T12:47:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T12:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/choose-one-improving-high-school-graduation-rates-for-minority-and-or-low-ses-students-b-increasing-standardized-test-scores-for-minority-and-or-low-ses-students-c-increasing-college-graduation-r\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T12:47:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T12:47:06","slug":"choose-one-improving-high-school-graduation-rates-for-minority-and-or-low-ses-students-b-increasing-standardized-test-scores-for-minority-and-or-low-ses-students-c-increasing-college-graduation-r","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/choose-one-improving-high-school-graduation-rates-for-minority-and-or-low-ses-students-b-increasing-standardized-test-scores-for-minority-and-or-low-ses-students-c-increasing-college-graduation-r\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose one: Improving high school graduation rates for minority and\/or low SES students, b. Increasing standardized test scores for minority and\/or low SES students, c. Increasing college graduation rates for minority and\/or low SES students."},"content":{"rendered":"
The research paper topic I selected is:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Choose <\/span>ONE<\/u><\/span><\/b> <\/span>of the closely related achievement gap sub-topics listed <\/span>below:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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a. Improving high school graduation rates for minority and\/or low SES students. OR<\/span><\/div>\n
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b. Increasing standardized test scores for minority and\/or low SES students. OR<\/span><\/div>\n
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c. Increasing college graduation rates for minority and\/or low SES students.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The Final Position Paper will meet the following criteria (see rubric below):<\/span><\/div>\n
(Note: the <\/span>Focus questions<\/i> <\/span>are just <\/span>guides<\/i> <\/span>for your writing, you are <\/span>not<\/u> <\/span>supposed to write them down and answer them specifically. Weave answers into your essay thoughtfully)<\/span><\/div>\n
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CONTENT<\/span><\/div>\n
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-Topic:<\/span><\/b> <\/span>The paper clearly identifies the topic and its significance in a focused manner.<\/span><\/div>\n
(Focus question<\/u>: What are you writing about and why should someone care?)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
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– Issue\/Problem:<\/span><\/b> <\/span>The paper assesses the core issue or problem thoroughly and persuasively, identifying why the problem that needs to be addressed,<\/span><\/div>\n
(Focus question:<\/u> <\/span>What is the specific social\/educational problem you believe needs to be addressed and what is the benefit of addressing it?)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
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Critique: <\/span><\/span><\/b>Review and present multiple viewpoints on the topic.<\/span><\/div>\n
(Focus question: <\/span><\/u>What are common views on this issue and do they seem legitimate?)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
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Analysis\/ Context: <\/span><\/span><\/b>Review key assumptions and preconceptions people often have and their origins.<\/span><\/div>\n
(Focus question:<\/u> <\/span>What assumptions or preconceptions do you and others have about the topic? <\/span><\/b>Why do you think these exist?<\/span><\/div>\n
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Conclusion: <\/span><\/span><\/b>Come to a convincing conclusions or resolution to your issue. Include related outcomes, consequences, and implications<\/span><\/div>\n
(<\/span><\/b>Focus question:<\/span><\/u> <\/span><\/span><\/b>Based on all you have reviewed, what do you think is the best way to address this topic and\/or resolve this issue?<\/span><\/div>\n
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FORMAT<\/span><\/div>\n
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-Paper must contain <\/span>at least<\/b><\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/span><\/b>8<\/span><\/b> <\/span>references (APA* style) about the topic<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n
At least <\/span>5 references <\/span><\/i>must be articles published in established academic journals.<\/span><\/div>\n
Three<\/span><\/b> <\/span>references can be online articles, websites, book chapters, or other<\/span><\/div>\n
resources.<\/span><\/div>\n
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– Paper must be typed<\/span><\/i> <\/span>(12 pt. Times New Roman font, double spaced) and between<\/span><\/div>\n
           1200-1400 words in length (about 6 pages)<\/span><\/div>\n
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–Paper must include a list of <\/span><\/i>references (alphabetized, APA* style) at the end.<\/span><\/div>\n
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-Paper must include a cover-page with student\u2019s name, course number, semester, and   <\/span><\/div>\n
          topic.<\/span><\/div>\n
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-Paper must be written in Standard English, closely proofread, and free of<\/span><\/div>\n
     egregious\/multiple mechanical errors.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The research paper topic I selected is:   Choose ONE of the closely related achievement gap sub-topics listed below:   a. Improving high school graduation rates for minority and\/or low SES students. OR   b. Increasing standardized test scores for minority and\/or low SES students. OR   c. Increasing college graduation rates for minority and\/or low SES students. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[189],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/19155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/19155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=19155"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=19155"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=19155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}