Note: Assessments in this course build on each other and must be completed in sequential order. Create a 3–4-page report on the optimal learning environment for the course you began developing in Assessment 1. You should select a learning environment that will foster motivation in your learner population, support your efforts at classroom motivation, and best serve the goals of the course. Optional Preparation Practice implementing these considerations in the Vila Health challenge provided in the Resources before beginning your work here. Instructions Create a report that does the following: Describes the learning environment most appropriate for the educational topic and intended audience that you identified. Briefly describes and evaluates theories of classroom management, learner management, and learner motivation that are relevant to your course and intended audience. Describes evidence-based strategies for classroom and learner management and evidence-based best practices to enhance learner motivation and how you would employ these in your learning environment and with a diverse group of learners. Supports your choices with scholarly resources. Additional Requirements Format: 12-point Times New Roman or Arial font, double-spaced in Microsoft Word. Length: 3–4 pages, plus a title page and a references page. Use correct APA format, including running head, page numbers, and a title page. Use and cite at least three scholarly articles in your plan. Writing should be free of grammar and spelling errors that distract from content. Suggested Resources Motivation Vila Health: Management and Motivation | Transcript. Wlodkowski, R. J. (2008). Enhancing adult motivation to learn: A comprehensive guide for teaching all adults (3rd ed). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Chapter 1: Understanding Motivation for Adult Learners. SHOW LESS Simulations Burbach, B., Barnason, S., & Thompson, S. A. (2015). Using "Think Aloud" to capture clinical reasoning during patient simulation. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 12(1), 1–7. Reese, C. E., & Jeffries, P. R. (2010). Learning together: Using simulations to develop nursing and medical student collaboration. Nursing Education Perspectives, 31(1), 33–37. Additional Resources for Further Exploration Dunlap, R. (2013). Nursing theory and the clinical gaze: Discovery in teaching theory across a cultural divide. Nursing Science Quarterly, 26(2), 176–180. Merriam, S. B., & Bierema, L. L. (2014). "Chapter 2: Traditional Learning Theories" in Adult learning: Linking theory and practice. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

The thesis for this paper will be a bit different from the previous thesis, so be sure to read the assignment instructions carefully. Refer to the Thesis Blueprint homework handout. Applying the examples provided on the handout, follow these steps:  Write your thesis statement out in full. Pay attention to wording, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.  Short story titles are always placed within quotation marks. Authors are referred to by their full names at first mention, and may be referred to by last name thereafter. Paraphrase your claim and three warrants. You do not need to place them into a graphic, but please label and list each one.  Claim =  Warrant 1 =   Warrant 2 =   Warrant 3 =   Recommended: You may expand your blueprint into a working outline and seek feedback on the outline by submitting your work to the UMGC Effective Writing Center at least 48 hours in advance of the homework assignment. See https://www.umgc.edu/current-students/learning-resources/writing-center/submit-your-paper/index.cfm for details.  Sample thesis structure:[Story X] by [author] helps us to understand [theme/issue Y] by promoting empathy through [warrant 1], [warrant 2], and [warrant 3]  Sample thesis statement:The conflicts between male and female characters in Susan Glaspell’s story "A Jury of Her Peers" help readers have more empathy for the oppression of women through the depiction of Mrs. Wright’s marriage, the women’s roles, and the inequality between men and women in the story.