Application: Resource Synthesis and Integration

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Humanities

The week 5 assignment is a literature review of 4 peer-reviewed resources. This is an integrated literature review, not an evaluation of resources. Be sure to look over the week’s resources and look at the Writing Center https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/assignments If you scroll down this site on the left, you will find guides for writing an integrated synthesis of resources.

Application: Resource Synthesis and Integration

Note: Please complete the Application Assignment prior to the Discussion question this week.

Synthesis and integration involve succinctly summarizing the main points of the chosen resources and combining the summaries into a coherent narrative. Synthesis and integration require skills that improve with experience.

To prepare:

  • Review the Torraco article from Week 5, focusing specifically on synthesizing and integrating the literature review.
  • Of the 10-12 collected resources, choose the 4 peer-reviewed journal articles that most closely address the problem chosen for your Capstone Project.

The assignment:

In 2-4 pages, respond to the following:

  1. Cite the four resources you have chosen to synthesize and integrate into a narrative. (You may copy and paste the citations from the list of resources you submitted last week.)
  2. Synthesize and integrate the four resources into a coherent narrative that:
  • Begins with an introduction
  • Includes an integrated synthesis of the resources
  • Relates the narrative to your problem statement
    • Chapter 6, “Are There Any Fallacies in the Reasoning?”

Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list only for those resources not included in the Learning Resources for this course.

Learning Resources

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Course Text: Browne, M. N., & Keeley, S. M. (2018). Asking the right questions: A guide to critical thinking (12th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

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