The purpose of the Pre-Writing Scaffold Assignment is to summarize and analyze six peer-reviewed journal articles. The articles are to be on topics related to two future projects: Philosopher Analysis Assignment and Historical Topic Analysis Assignment. This assignment contributes to the scaffolding of these two upcoming course projects. In doctoral work, candidates are required to connect their research to a theoretical framework. This assignment will assist in building a framework for future research.

Pre-Writing Scaffold Assignment Instructions

Overview

The purpose of the Pre-Writing Scaffold Assignment is to summarize and analyze six peer-reviewed journal articles. The articles are to be on topics related to two future projects: Philosopher Analysis Assignment and Historical Topic Analysis Assignment. This assignment contributes to the scaffolding of these two upcoming course projects. In doctoral work, candidates are required to connect their research to a theoretical framework. This assignment will assist in building a framework for future research.

Instructions

Collect a total of six journal articles (three for the philosopher you selected and three for your chosen historical topic) from peer-reviewed academic, professional journals. The journal articles you select are to be on the philosopher and historical topic as outlined in your Topic Proposal Assignment. All six journal articles are to be new to you for this course, meaning that you have not used them in any previous course.

When selecting your journal articles, search the Jerry Falwell Library Education Databases of journals on the topic of education. A link to the databases has been provided with this assignment. You may want to begin with Academic Search Ultimate or Education Research Complete. Ensure that the articles are from professional, academic journals. Avoid searching for articles using generic search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo!, etc.

In the Philosopher and Historical Topic sections of the provided Pre-Writing Scaffold Template, annotate each of the three journal articles you have selected in a paragraph or two of at least 250 words. The annotation is to include a brief summary of key ideas in the journal article and a sentence or two of critical analysis. Though this analysis portion of each article may be brief, it is to be more than just a simple personal opinion; it is to apply other sources as a lens for the critical analysis. For instance, every analysis should cite at least one other source, which may be the course textbooks, video presentations, and/or biblical worldview principles. Cite any sources used as support for your critical analysis accordingly. Do not copy the abstract of the articles and use them as the annotations for your articles as this would be considered plagiarism. Additionally, do not rearrange the sentence structures of the articles’ abstracts and replace words with synonyms; the originality checker in Canvas detects such acts of plagiarism.

After annotating the articles, and for each of the Philosopher and Historical Topic sections, write a 150-word paragraph synthesizing the information. Do not regard this section as an abstract or comprehensive summary, but rather as a space to critically analyze and draw conclusions on the ideas and concepts presented in the articles you have selected.

Finally, for both the Philosopher and Historical Topic sections and where prompted in the Pre-Writing Scaffold Template, write a preliminary thesis statement. Each preliminary thesis statement is to be 1-2 sentences.  “Preliminary” means that you may revise and hone the statements as you prepare for the upcoming assignments. Although it is a draft, it should be written well. Watch the 4-minute video on How to Write a Strong Thesis Statement provided with this assignment. Your thesis statements should be concise, disputable, and coherent and should not simply be facts that readers universally hold as true.

On the references page of the Pre-Writing Scaffold Template, list sources other than the articles themselves that were used for this assignment. This reference list will include additional sources you applied in your analysis of the articles and may include the textbook, course videos, and any other academic sources. To cite videos, review the provided link to How to Cite Online Videos in APA (though the information in this video focuses on YouTube videos, the format will help you). There is no need to repeat the references for the articles since they are already listed in current APA format in the annotations sections. Because at least one supplementary resource is required in the analysis of each article, a total of at least six additional resources should be referenced on the references page.

The total length of this assignment is to be a minimum of 1,800 words not including the title page and the references themselves.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via an online plagiarism tool.