Module 11 - Organizing Information

Activity 1 : : Activity 2 : : Activity 3 : : Activity 4

Activity 4: TaskStream

After you have completed the relevant reading and worked through MindEdge Module 8, go to TaskStream and read the directions and grading rubric for Task 9. The task description directs you to retrieve an earlier writing and then to reflect on the thinking evident in that writing. Next, you are asked to describe the processes or strategies you used as you worked through the tasks in this assessment. Draft and edit your response in a word processing program and then ‘cut and paste’ your writing into the TaskStream textboxes for grading. Be sure to use the suggested organization in “Instructions for Task 9C Essay.” Doing so will help the grader find the necessary content in your writing. You also might want include headings and subheadings which direct the reader to your specific content.

Specific Clarifications for RUA Task 9: Organizing Information

After reading Chapter 5 in Learning to Think Things Through, return again to what you wrote in Task 3 for the Relevant Information Document. Now you have the challenging task of critically evaluating your own thinking in this document.
As you review your Relevant Information Document, apply the thinking skills studied so far. What new insights can you add? You might not add new information to every section, but you should add to at least 4-5 areas. This will complete Part A of Task 9.
Now for Part B, write several paragraphs tracing how your thinking may or may not have changed about your topic. Remember, in RUA you are not writing a persuasive essay to convince your reader to believe a certain way. Instead, you are writing to critically analyze and evaluate articles on your topic and your own writing.
Since Part C is a culminating task, you are covering and reviewing many of the previous tasks. There are many items required on the rubric for Task 9, so use it as a checklist to make sure you cover all the required elements in your submission.
Be sure to follow carefully the Task 9C Essay Instructions. This document is available as an attachment at the end of the Task Directions. Following the suggested organization will allow the grader to find the necessary items in your essay. You also might want to use headings and subheadings which direct the reader to your specific content.

Citation: administrator. (2007, March 02). Module 11 - Organizing Information. Retrieved January 09, 2009, from Western Governors University Web site: http://ocw.wgu.edu/liberal-arts/reasoning-problem-solving-in-the-context-of-the/module-11-organizing-information-1.