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Mosholder
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Subject: 259D - week 8b


Hi everyone.

Portfolio 9

Don't forget that the directions have been modified, and you have been sent
an article to use as the basis for the assignment. Directions can be found
in weekly e-mail 8a, on the website under Lecture Notes and Attachments.

Organize your questions from the article into BOTH AN OUTLINE AND A SKELETON
KEY DIAGRAM that look like the ones on pages 156-157 of the LMS textbook.
Use textboxes and arrows to construct the skeleton key diagram (Go to"View"
on the standard Word
toolbar; click on "Toolbars" and then "Drawing". The Drawing tool bar
contains tools to make textboxes and arrows.)

More about Q & A Outlines

Our final consists mostly of writing a Q & A outline. If you are having
trouble understanding the differences between Recap, Reflection and
Reasoning questions, it would be a good idea to review the Q & A Outline
notes that are under Lecture Notes and Attachments on the website. Remember,
the point of the Q & A outline is to create a comprehensive set of study
questions that cause you to recall and organize all the main points in the
material.

A Recap question (RC) should summarize a large chunk of material. Where
there are section headings, these are the best sources of RC questions. A
Reflection question (RF) should cause you to define or explain a key term or
concept. The answers to RC and RF questions are found directly in the text.
Don't write questions that only have a key word as an answer. Avoid T/F and
Y/N questions. Separate key concepts from details. When you look at it this
way, hopefully you can see why a question like: "What are common biases that
hinder critical thinking?" is a better Recap question than "Hindsight bias,
overconfidence and confirmation bias are examples of what?" (The first
question asks you to know the names of the biases and what they mean.)

Reasoning questions (RS) should be examples of the kind of essay questions a
professor would give you on a test. The questions must rely on the text to
provide insight, but the answers can't be found directly in the tect. For
example "How would you design a psychology experiment to test confirmation
bias?" is a better Reasoning question than "How do I use hindsight bias?"
since the latter is unlikely to appear on a test.

Check Your Progress

I have graded everything through Module 6, Portfolio 5, and Hope Paper 2,
and 5 discussions.  The total points available through these assignments is
535 out of 1042. The final is worth 100 points.  I always put in a comment
when I take points off. If you don't understand the point I'm trying to
make, or if you think I've made a mistake, please let me know.

Hope you have a great weekend,

Rick