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• COM 156 Entire Course

• COM 156 Week 1 DQ 1

• COM 156 Week 1 Individual Research Plan (Appendix
  D)
• COM 156 Week 1 DQ 1
• COM 156 Week 1 DQ 2
• COM 156 Week 1 DQ 3
• COM 156 Week 2 Individual Strategies for
  Gathering and Evaluating Sources (Appendix E)

• WEEK 1 DQ 1 People often come across research in
  everyday life or are curious about a topic and
  decide to conduct their own research. Identify a
  time you wanted to research something and explain
  how you performed the research and what you
  learned as a result. How can you apply this
  experience to your own academic research?

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• COM 156 Week 1 DQ 2

• COM 156 Week 1 DQ 3

• WEEK 1 DQ 2 Review Ch. 1, Section 2 of Writing
  for Success. What are the suggested methods for
  selecting a research topic? What method do you
  think will work best for you and why?

• WEEK 1 DQ 3 Consider the time management tips
  you have learned in previous courses. What types
  of information should you include in your project
  schedule? How do you plan to manage your research
  and writing to ensure your project is completed
  on time? Remember to change the subject line of
  your post to reflect the main idea!?

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• COM 156 Week 1 Individual Research Plan (Appendix
  D)

• COM 156 Week 2 DQ 1

• n most cases, students are simultaneously
  enrolled in COM/156 and PSY/201. Suggested
  research topics for your final paper are listed
  below. The paper is an informative paper and not
  a persuasive paper, where you would be asked to
  take a stand and support it.

• WEEK 2 DQ 1 What websites do you normally
  frequent? Are these websites credible? When is
  credibility more important and when is it less
  important? Support your answers with specific
  examples. Remember to change the subject line to
  reflect the main idea of your post! I look
  forward to reading your replies!

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• COM 156 Week 2 DQ 2

• COM 156 Week 2 DQ 3

• WEEK 2 DQ 2 What should you consider when
  searching for useful sources? How do you know
  when sources are reliable? What are some red
  flags that indicate you should avoid a particular
  source?

• WEEK 2 DQ 3 Is it difficult to determine a
  sources bias? What difficulties might you face
  as you critically read and analyze a source?

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• COM 156 Week 2 Individual Strategies for Gathering

• COM 156 Week 3 DQ 1

• Resource Appendix E
• Locate three sources you think you can use to
  support your final project. At least two of these
  sources should come from the University Library.
• Evaluate each source by answering the questions
  in Appendix E

• WEEK 3 DQ 1 What is a style guide? Is adhering
  to a style guide important? Why or why not?

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• COM 156 Week 3 DQ 2

• COM 156 Week 3 DQ 3

• WEEK 3 DQ 2 University of Phoenix selected the
  Publication Manual of the American Psychological
  Association as a resource for all academic
  writing. The manual is the style guide most often
  used for writing in disciplines such as business
  and education, though some other fields have
  their own style guides.

• WEEK 3 DQ 3 Imagine the impact of sending a
  business letter or memo that is improperly
  formatted. In particular, think about rules or
  standards that must be followed at your place of
  business. Do you think the reasons for rules and
  tradition for communication at your workplace
  apply to academic writing? Why, or why not?

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• COM 156 Week 3 Individual Writing an Annotated

• COM 156 Week 4 DQ 1

• Review the feedback you received on your Week Two
  Assignment (Appendix E).
• Review AppendixF.
• Complete the two-part assignment described in
  Appendix F.

• WEEK 4 DQ 1 A good thesis statement helps guide
  the rest of your paper. Do you think this is
  true? Is it true of a poor thesis statement as
  well? Why?

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• COM 156 Week 4 DQ 3

• COM 156 Week 4 DQ 3

• WEEK 4 DQ 3 Do you think the following is a weak
  or strong thesis statement The subject of this
  paper is my experience with teaching elementary
  school children? If yes, why is it weak? How
  could you improve it? If no, what qualities do
  you think it has that make it adequate?

• WEEK 4 DQ 3 Do you think the following is a weak
  or strong thesis statement The subject of this
  paper is my experience with teaching elementary
  school children? If yes, why is it weak? How
  could you improve it? If no, what qualities do
  you think it has that make it adequate?

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• COM 156 Week 4 Individual Thesis Statement

• COM 156 Week 5 DQ 1

• Resource Appendix G
• Use the following thesis equation in this Weeks
  reading to develop a thesis statement for your
  research essay
• limited topic controlling idea, point,
  attitude, or slant thesis statement

• WEEK 5 DQ 1 The video Developing Outlines
  provides an overview of the purpose of planning
  an outline. Does an outline make the writing
  process go more smoothly? How?