Effective Learning Techniques

Read the attached paper titled: “Improving Students’ Learning With Effective : Promising Directions From Cognitive and ”

After reading the paper, please share your view on a particular technique that have proven to you useful to retain and apply new knowledge when you study – i.e. that helps you to learn!

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Select one (1) of the issues from ProCon.org that your professor has approved as a topic choice for your essay. Go to www.procon.org, scroll to the list of issues, click on the issue you selected, and read the background information section on the issue. 

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Present an argument on an issue by stating your conclusion and identifying your premises.
2. Identify three (3) premises of the argument in opposition to your conclusion, and describe your reactions to these premises, based on the believing questions suggested by Elbow, such as “What’s interesting or helpful about the view? What would you notice if you believed this view? In what sense or under what conditions might this idea be true?”
3. Identify three (3) premises of the argument in agreement with your conclusion, and explain your responses to the journalistic questions you asked in order to probe these premises, based on the doubting questions suggested by Elbow, such as the journalistic questions who, what, when, where, why, and how.
4. Examine at least three (3) types of biases that you likely experienced when you read the premises on the Pro side of the argument and the premises on the Con side of the argument. (Note:Refer to the specific types of biases discussed in Chapter 2 of the Webtext.)
5. Describe whether or not your position on the issue has changed. Indicate whether or not your premises supporting the issue have changed. Explain why or why not.

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Case Study: Cultural Competence

For this assignment, you will refer to the section “Course Case Study.” Reread the case study, looking specifically at issues related to cultural competence. Examine the ACA’s and APA’s ethical guidelines related to the issue of cultural competence and respond to the following:

• Describe the ethical issues related to cultural competence.
• Examine the influence of your own personal values as related to the diversity issues presented in this case. Reflect on how you felt as you read the case study, how your values came into play, and how you would handle your values in a situation such as this.
• Make recommendations based on your readings and the APA or ACA ethics codes.
• Be sure to apply specific ethical principles.

The Handmaid’s tale- short answers One of the critical analysis essays that we read, discussed the idea that the treatment of women in this fictitious future, dystopian society is a backlash against the women's movements of the late 20th century. Do you agree with this assertion, why or why not? Describe the ritual. What are the rules for the ritual. Are there any equivalent rituals in real life? What is the climatic episode in the novel? What choices did the main character make that led her to this moment? What were the consequences of the climax? If she had done just one thing differently, her entire life would have taken place as the government of Gilead had decreed. What was the crucial action that she took that changed her life?