Portfolio Project Option 1: Critical Thinking Essay

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Becoming a college student means that you have a responsibility to apply knowledge to advance your field and to make the world a better place. Through practicing critical thinking skills, we learn not only to avoid being manipulated in our thinking, but to fully support and provide evidence for our ideas. Your critical thinking journal, if you kept one, will help inform your final project.

Write an 8-10 page critical thinking essay (not counting required title or reference page).

Instructions
Begin the process of constructing your project by choosing a particular issue or problem. The goal is then to align this problem or issue with a specific logic model from the text and/or other critical thinking tools you have been learning throughout the course. As you construct your essay, utilize critical thinking tools to evaluate your data and your credible research, interpret this data, and understand your specific problem or issue from a broader, deeper, and more focused perspective. Be sure to refer to your journal and think of how your critical thinking and analysis skills have grown through the course. You will need to devote two to three paragraphs to this reflection as you cite the work from your Journal.

Note: Accessing and implementing credible research from the CSU-Global Library is vitally important in the process of constructing your final essay (and it will also be important in all your future coursework).

In constructing your essay, utilize and integrate the Elements of Thought from Chapter 5, pp. 104-122.

Your paper must:

  • Cite at least six scholarly peer-reviewed sources that are not required or recommended readings for this course. You may include credible websites. If you are not certain what a credible site is, ask your instructor. Wikipedia, dot coms, cable news, and blogs are not acceptable as scholarly sources (The CSU-Global Library is a good place to find your scholarly resources.)
  • You may cite the textbook, but that does not count as one of the scholarly peer-reviewed sources.
  • Incorporate terms and concepts from the class readings and lecture pages.
  • Be formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA.

Keep in mind the following preliminary deliverables throughout the course that will go toward completing your project:

  • Week 1: Submit Portfolio Project Outline (worth 25 points)
  • Week 4: Submit Portfolio Project Topic (worth 25 points)
  • Week 6: Submit Portfolio Project Outline (worth 25 points)

Refer to the Portfolio Project grading rubric found in the Module 8 folder to understand how you will be graded.

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HUM101: Portfolio Project Rubric Criteria Meets Expectation Content, Research, and Analysis 33-40 Points Content Demonstrates strong or adequate knowledge of critical thinking; correctly represents knowledge from the readings and sources. 25-30 Points Requirements The Portfolio includes all of the required components, as specified in the assignment. 41-50 Points Critical Analysis Demonstrates strong or adequate critical analysis of intellectual thinking and reasoning. Synthesis and Evaluation Analysis Approaches Expectation 25-32 Points Some significant but not major errors or omissions in demonstration of knowledge about critical thinking. 19-24 Points The Portfolio includes most of the required components, as specified in the assignment. 31-40 Points Some significant but not major errors or omissions in critical analysis of intellectual thinking and reasoning. 29-35 Points 22-28 Points Information is from Information is from reliable source(s); reliable source(s) interpretation/ with enough evaluation rigorous interpretation/ enough to develop evaluation to a comprehensive develop a coherent and coherent analysis or analysis or synthesis. synthesis. 25-30 Points Provides strong or adequate thought, insight, and 19-24 Points Some significant but not major errors or omissions Below Expectation Limited Evidence 17-24 Points Major errors or omissions in demonstration of knowledge about critical thinking. 9-16 Points Fails to demonstrate knowledge of the materials about critical thinking. 13-18 Points The Portfolio includes some of the required components, as specified in the assignment. 21-30 Points Major errors or omissions in critical analysis of intellectual thinking and reasoning. 7-12 Points The Portfolio includes few of the required components, as specified in the assignment. 11-20 Points Fails to demonstrate critical analysis of intellectual thinking and reasoning. 15-21 Points Reliability or relevance of sources is questionable and/or information is taken from source(s) with some interpretation/ evaluation, but not enough to develop a coherent analysis or synthesis. 13-18 Points Major errors or omissions in thought, insight, 8-14 Points Reliability and relevance of sources is questionable and/or information is taken from source(s) without any interpretation/ evaluation. 7-12 Points Fails to demonstrate thought, insight, and analysis. HUM101: Portfolio Project Rubric analysis of concepts and applications regarding intellectual thinking and reasoning. 13-15 Points Sources Cites and integrates at least five to six credible sources. 13-15 Points Application of Sources well or Source Material adequately chosen to provide substance and perspectives on the issue; knowledge from the course linked properly to source material. Mechanics and Writing 17-20 Points Organization Project is clearly organized, well written, and in proper essay format including an introduction, body, and conclusion. Conforms to project requirements. 17-20 Points Grammar and Strong sentence Style and paragraph structure; few or no minor errors in grammar and spelling; appropriate writing style; clear and concise with no in thought, insight, and analysis of intellectual thinking and reasoning. and analysis of intellectual thinking and reasoning. 10-12 Points Cites and integrates three to four credible sources. 10-12 Points Some significant but not major problems with selection and linkage of sources. 7-9 Points Cites and integrates one to two credible source. 7-9 Points Major problems with selection and linkage of sources. 4-6 Points Cites and integrates no credible sources. 13-16 Points Small number of significant but not major flaws in organization and writing; is in proper essay format. In a minor way does not conform to project requirements. 9-12 Points Major problems in organization and writing; does not completely follow proper essay format. In a significant way does not conform to project requirements. 5-8 Points Project is not well organized or well written and is not in proper essay format. Does not conform to project requirements. 13-16 Points Small number of significant but not major errors in grammar and spelling; generally appropriate writing. 9-12 Points Inconsistent to inadequate sentence and paragraph development; work needed on grammar and spelling; does not meet program expectations. 5-8 Points Poor quality work; unacceptable in terms of grammar and/or spelling; inappropriate writing style that interferes with clarity. 4-6 Points Source selection is seriously flawed; no linkage to knowledge from the course. HUM101: Portfolio Project Rubric Demonstrates proper use of APA style. unsupported comments. 17-20 Points Project contains proper APA formatting, according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA, with no more than one significant error. Total points possible = 275 13-16 Points Few errors in APA formatting, according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA, with no more than two to three significant errors. 9-12 Points Significant errors in APA formatting, according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA, with four to five significant errors. 5-8 Points Numerous errors in APA formatting, according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA, with more than five significant errors.
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Portfolio Project Option 1: Critical Thinking Essay
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Introduction

In the modern society, climate change is now affecting every continent and every
country. It is interfering with national economies and lives, communities, costing people, and
environment. People are facing significant impacts of change of climate, which include rising sea
level, extreme weather events, and changing weather patterns. The greenhouse gases emission
from human social and economic activities are driving climate change to increase. The purpose
of this paper is to apply Paul-Eder Critical Thinking Model in order to analyze the trend of
climate change and the effects on human beings and the general environment.
The Paul-Elder Critical Model helps to analyze the changing climate in order to identify
scalable and affordable solutions to enable countries and people to leap-frog to resilient and
cleaner economies. Even though identifying solutions requires a heavy investment of human
capital and financial resources, it is important as a society to understand that the dangers posed
by climate changes will be unbearable if not solve instantly (McPeck, 2016). It is of the essence
to understand that climate change is a global issue which knows no borders. Emissions in any
region regardless of the geographical location affect other people living in other regions.
Application of Paul-Elder Critical Thinking Model to the issue
The Paul-Elder Critical Thinking model is made up three components; the critical
elements of reasoning, the intellectual standards, and the intellectual traits. These three
constituents are designed to allow an individual to examine a particular issue by applying the
intellectual standards to the elements of thought. According to Paul and Elder (1997), students or
researchers need to master their elements of thoughts in order to analyze an issue.
Elements of thought

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Purpose
The climate change has brought about the destruction of the environment, destruction of
aquatic animals, and human people. The purpose of this paper is to examine the correlation
between climate change and the rise of global temperatures. The essence of this paper is to offer
better solutions of how to deal with the climate change.
Key Questions
In analyzing the issue of climate change, the questions which come into mind is what the
dangers of climate change, how long does it take to solve climate change, what governments’
efforts can be channeled to end the menace, and what strategies can be employed to solve the
issue of climate change? To answer these questions, proper facts finding need to be employed to
identify possible solutions. In a broad perspective, the issue of climate requires the efforts of
governments' agencies from both developing and development national to sit down together and
harmonize strategies for eradicating the menace (EPA, 2015).
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According to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), average global
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