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Reflect: Based on the topic that you have chosen, you will need to use critical thinking skills to thoroughly understand how this topic can be a global societal problem and determine some logical solution(s) to the problem.
Write: This Final Argumentative Essay will present research relating the critical thinker to the modern, globalized world. In this assignment, you need to address the following items in separate sections with new headings for each:
- Identify the global societal problem within the introductory paragraph and conclude with a thesis statement that states your proposed solution(s) to the problem. For guidance on how to construct a good introduction paragraph, please review the Introduction Paragraph Guideline (Links to an external site.) from the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
- Describe background information on how that problem developed or came into existence. Show why this is a societal problem, and provide perspectives from multiple disciplines or populations so that you fully represent what different parts of society have to say about this issue.
- Construct an argument supporting your proposed solution(s). Be sure to consider multiple disciplines or populations so that your solution shows that multiple parts of society will benefit from this solution. Provide evidence from multiple scholarly sources as evidence that your proposed solution is viable.
- Interpret statistical data from at least three, peer-reviewed scholarly sources. Do this by discussing the validity, reliability, and any biases; identifying the strengths and weaknesses of these sources; and pointing out limitations of current research and attempting to indicate areas for future research. You may even use visual representations such as graphs or charts to explain statistics from sources. Evaluate the ethical outcomes that result from your solution. Be sure to provide at least one positive ethical outcome as well as at least one negative ethical outcome that could result from your solution, and explain at least two ethical issues related to each of those outcomes. It’s important to consider all of society.
- Develop a conclusion as the last paragraph(s) of the essay, starting with rephrasing your thesis statement and then presenting the major points of the topic and how they support your argument. For guidance on how to write a good conclusion paragraph, please review the Conclusion Paragraph Guideline (Links to an external site.) from the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
The Final Argumentative Essay
- Must be 3,300 – 3,900 words in length (approximately between 10 – 12 pages; excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
- Must include a separate title page (Links to an external site.) with the following:
- Title of paper
- Student’s name
- Course name and number
- Instructor’s name
- Date submitted
- Running header with page numbers
- Must include in-text citations (Links to an external site.) from at least 10 scholarly sources. Be sure to integrate your research (Links to an external site.) rather than simply inserting it.
- Must document all sources in APA style as outlined here (Links to an external site.) and here (Links to an external site.).
- Must have no more than 15% quoted material in the body of your essay based on the Turnitin report. Reference list will be excluded from the Turnitin originality score.
- Must include a separate reference page (Links to an external site.) that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
- Source Document Requirements:
- Multimedia sources (such as videos) may be used, but no more than two such sources may be used. If multimedia sources are used, they must be authored and distributed by credible sources, such as universities, law schools, medical schools, or professors, or found in the Ashford University Library.
- Government sources may be used, but no more than two such sources may be used. Examples include whitehouse.gov, state.gov, usa.gov, cdc.gov, etc. These websites can be used to make a stronger point about your proposed soluation within the argument.
- Where print documents are used for source materials, those must be peer-reviewed, scholarly journal articles, and academically published books. Popular media sources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, television and radio shows, etc.) must not be used. Materials from advocacy groups (e.g., Greenpeace, Human Rights Campaign, National Organization for Women, etc.) must not be used.
- Sites such as ProCon.org and Wikipedia must not be used.
- Religious texts must not be used.
Good Critical Thinking Tips:
- Your paper should include academic sources that explain multiple sides of the issue.
- Your interpretations of the evidence should be objective and state the conclusions and theses presented in the evidence clearly and fairly.
- Your paper should place the various forms of evidence in relation to one another and demonstrate why one form or perspective is stronger than the other positions that one could take on the issue.
- Your paper should point out the limitations of current evidence and attempt to indicate areas for future research.
- YOU WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE INTRODUCTION, THE THESIS, AND THE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Explanation & Answer
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Running Head: ADULT ILLITERACY
Adult Illiteracy
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
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Abstract
Adult illiteracy refers to the state of adults being unable to read and write effectively.
This is a global problem that has affected major parts of United States of America and other
regions of the world. There are various causes of illiteracy in society; such as unprivileged
parents with little education, lack of proper academic materials at home for people to practice,
being unable to complete school, reduced level of economic status; and various human learning
complications such as dyslexia and dysorthography among other key and important factors of
concern. Currently, the world is made of millions of adults who are illiterate; substantiated by the
above-identified factors. Illiteracy has proved to be a great obstacle to the efforts of ensuring that
all humanity complies with globalization changes. I have a strong feeling that all people in the
world have a cardinal role in ensuring that this societal issue is addressed. Adult illiteracy is a
world global issue that is present in society and caused by a range of factors, and it needs
everyone’s efforts to defeat the global issue and more specifically requires the participation of
people, community organizations, business, and government.
Background information
The issue of the global adult illiteracy has been critical in defining the economic
performance of people, societies, and nations. Specifically, there is a high relationship between
the financial performance of given community or country and the level of illiteracy. This is
evident by the proof that the majority of the industrialized States of Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) are majorly associated with different forms of factors of
production. For instance, high levels of competition, high skills and competencies as well as the
unmatched forms of competitive advantage in the competitive business industries.
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Therefore this nation, are wit no doubt require a high level of adult literacy which who
will be critical in enabling and enhancing the sustainability of productions and productivity of
the economy. Similarly, one can also make a conclusion that these developed and industries
countries have been able to maintain their economic performance of the availability of the formal
and informal education. Which have increasingly accelerated growth and development through
the provision of skills, expertise and other human resources which are essential for the
improvement of their economic performances.
This is indeed contrary to other countries which are characterized by high illiteracy levels
which make them not capable of coping up with the necessities of proper forms of economic
production in the industry including the human resource or labour which are coupled with high
skills and talents. This is also strengthened because there are increased skills which are needed
for work should be of high technology and standard to enable quality and efficiency. Therefore,
one of the only sure way of improving the economic performances of these nations which are
considered developing or undeveloped in the improvement of the adult illiteracy levels.
The problem of adult illiteracy conceived as a result of the discrepancies and differences
in the mode of production together with the work performance of the concerned countries. The
interested nations were determined to measure the level of literacy with the aim of identifying
the production mode as well as the work performances of these countries. The measurement
discovered that there are low levels of illiteracy in the industrialized nations of Organizations for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
However, the analysis also concluded that there are high levels of illiteracy in the least
developed nations which also significantly hampered the peaceful industrialization efforts. Both
the industrialized and developing countries have come up with measures to address the issue of
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adult illiteracy with the aim of reducing and eliminating these menace in the society as it has
significantly influenced the economic performance of these States. The role of the adult literacy
to the economic performance of the country should be examined to ensure their industrialization
of the underdeveloped nations (Bentan, et al., 1992).
In the 1970s, the increasing level of the rate of illit...
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