Independent Writing Assignment on Scholarly Writing and Informational Literacy at the University Lev

Assignment Description Students will submit an independent assignment that facilitates a beginning understanding of the principles and expectations of scholarly writing and informational literacy at the university level. This is a ‘take home’ assignment and will be made available to students on Blackboard following the week four (4) class. Students will apply the content learned in Weeks 4 and 5 of the course to complete the work. The assignment is submitted in Week 6 and should not exceed two (2) pages double spaced (exclusive of title page and reference pages). Students must submit individual and original work. All submissions must adhere to APA (6th ed.) format and must be accompanied by an integrity pledge, signed by the student. The assignment is submitted to Turnitin. Please refer to the In-Class Application Assignment marking rubric available on Blackboard. Assignment Guidelines This assignment is designed to help you apply the principles and expectations of scholarly writing and informational literacy at the university level in four (4) ways: 1. evaluating the quality, credibility and relevance of scholarly information sources, such as peer-reviewed journal articles 2. summarizing and synthesizing scholarly evidence 3. using APA 6th edition rules of style and format 4. organizing your submission to include a title page, text pages, and a reference page These skills will help you as you plan, write, and submit your Personal Reflective Paper due in Week 11. Prior to completing this assignment, it is essential that you engage in the course content from Weeks 4 and 5. Then, please follow the step-by-step instructions below. Instructions 1. Use the Humber Library website to locate the following journal article: o 2. In four (4) to five (5) sentences, summarize the main ideas of the article. Please note that the summary should be stated in your own words (i.e., paraphrased), without the use of direct quotations. Your response should reflect that you have read the entire article and not just the abstract. Your summary should be organized into a paragraph, and include statements about: o The purpose of the assignment o Two key findings (i.e., take-home messages) o A concluding statement about the significance of the article to nursing practice Sasso, L., Bagnasco, A., Bianchi, M., Bressan, V., & Carnevale, F. (2016). Moral distress in undergraduate nursing students: A systematic review. Nursing Ethics, 23(5), 523-534. NURS 1011 - Fall 2019 1 3. Use the Humber Library website to locate a peer-reviewed journal article. This article should be similar in content to the first article (e.g. on the topic of moral distress in nursing). 4. Apply the RADAR criteria to evaluate this article. You should summarize this evaluation in paragraph form for this section of the assignment. 5. Following the guidelines in Step 2, summarize the main ideas of the article that you selected. 6. To demonstrate your ability to synthesize information, write one sentence that pulls together one (1) or two (2) main ideas from the assigned article and your selected article. 7. Consider what you have learned by engaging in this process. Write one sentence that captures this key learning. 8. Organize your work so that it reflects all assignment components listed below. Be sure you have incorporated APA 6th edition rules of style and format. 9. Submit the assignment to Turnitin by the due date and time. Components of the Independent Writing Assignment ? Title page ? Text pages - maximum of 2 text pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12-pt font o Introduction, which includes: ? A brief description of the assignment focus (or purpose) ? A description of how the content of your assignment is organized o Summary paragraph of the assigned journal article o Evaluation of the selected journal article using the RADAR framework o Summary paragraph of the selected journal article o Conclusion, which includes: ? A restatement of the focus (or purpose) of your assignment ? A sentence that provides a synthesis of main ideas drawn from both articles ? A sentence that captures your key learning from engaging in this assignment ? Reference page