Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: pp. 2-26, 32-36, and review pages 270-293 & 337-356.
- Lesson
- Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)
Apply the following writing resources to your posts:
Initial Post Instructions
Main Post Paragraph 1: Share Your Thoughts on Annotated Bibliographies
Please take the time to reflect and to honestly respond to all of the following (in a single, well-developed paragraph):
- When you started this class, did you fully understand the definition of an “annotated bibliography”?
- Based on your textbook and lesson readings for this week, what do you now understand an annotated bibliography to be? Have you been guilty of “cherry picking” from the sources you write about? Explain.
- In what ways do you anticipate your annotated bibliography being helpful to you in writing a strong, compelling argument research essay?
- Also, after reviewing the lesson and the textbook, what remaining questions do you have about the annotated bibliography in general and/or about our assignment this week?
Main Post Paragraph 2: Perform an Initial Source Evaluation
Part of this week’s assignment will ask you to richly evaluate your potential sources for your argument research essay. This post will get you started by allowing you to practice with one of those sources. In a single, rich paragraph:
- Introduce the source by author, title, and year, and summarize it briefly.
- Explain why you chose this source over others.
- Briefly run through all five elements of the CRAAP test.
- How thoroughly have you read this source and how many times?
- How have you benefited from more thorough readings of the source?
Solution:
Before this week, I would say I had a rough understanding of an annotated bibliography. I had done several assignments on it before. I perceived it as comprising a brief summary, analysis, and a connection to the subject matter of study. In this case, for instance, I would identify my sources, provide a brief summary, analyze it (assess the authority of the author, conflict of interest, currency, instances of bias), and also provide a connection between the source my subject of study, which is medical chatbots. I must admit that I have occasionally been guilty of cherry-picking. In this week’s lesson, we learned that cherry-picking is skimping through a source and picking the first idea you see (Chamberlain University, 2021). I have done this on occasions where I was running out of time. This week, however, I have allotted ample time to my assignment and discussion to allow myself to have the ‘aha’ moments and enjoy the journey….Please click the icon below to purchase full answer at only $5