THE QUESTION IS CRITICAL THINKING: In this project, you will address an intentionally vague case study to identify what you know, what you don’t know, and what questions you need to ask as you start your “investigation” of the facts of the case. The elements of critical or analytical thinking are designed to encourage clear thinking and to identify potential cognitive traps that could derail well-reasoned conclusions. There is a lot of literature out there about what critical thinking is and how one gets to the best decision based on facts. Using a critical thinking process and analysis of the facts and cross-checking, you will consider inferences and deductions that follow from facts, and then assert conclusions that can be tested and validated. You will also incorporate legal and ethical considerations into decisions. Learning Objective 1.1.1: Present material in clear and/or logical order appropriate to task. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.1: Organize document or presentation clearly in a manner that promotes understanding and meets the requirements of the assignment. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.1.2: Articulate thesis and purpose clearly. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.1: Organize document or presentation clearly in a manner that promotes understanding and meets the requirements of the assignment. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.1.3: Support thesis and purpose fully. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.1: Organize document or presentation clearly in a manner that promotes understanding and meets the requirements of the assignment. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.1.4: Transition smoothly and develop connections from point to point. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.1: Organize document or presentation clearly in a manner that promotes understanding and meets the requirements of the assignment. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.1.5: Create coherent progress from introduction through conclusion. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.1: Organize document or presentation clearly in a manner that promotes understanding and meets the requirements of the assignment. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.1.6: Complete assignment in accordance with instructions. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.1: Organize document or presentation clearly in a manner that promotes understanding and meets the requirements of the assignment. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.2.1: Create meaningful topic sentence for each paragraph or point. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.2: Develop coherent paragraphs or points so that each is internally unified and so that each functions as part of the whole document or presentation. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.2.2: Develop each paragraph’s single topic to the appropriate depth. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.2: Develop coherent paragraphs or points so that each is internally unified and so that each functions as part of the whole document or presentation. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.2.3: Supply relevant and original supporting detail. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.2: Develop coherent paragraphs or points so that each is internally unified and so that each functions as part of the whole document or presentation. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.3.1: Use a variety of credible sources to support, extend, and inform an original thesis or idea, integrating source material smoothly. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.3: Provide sufficient, correctly cited support that substantiates the writer’s ideas. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.3.2: Summarize, paraphrase, and quote accurately. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.3: Provide sufficient, correctly cited support that substantiates the writer’s ideas. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.3.3: Cite sources properly. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.3: Provide sufficient, correctly cited support that substantiates the writer’s ideas. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.4.1: Identify target audience. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.4: Tailor communications to the audience. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.4.2: Explain unfamiliar terms and material. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.4: Tailor communications to the audience. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.4.3: Employ precise, appropriate language. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.4: Tailor communications to the audience. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.4.4: Use audience-appropriate, consistent tone. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.4: Tailor communications to the audience. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.4.5: Avoid language which indicates bias against individuals/groups their affiliations, orientations and beliefs. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.4: Tailor communications to the audience. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.5.1: Demonstrate variation in sentence structure. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.5: Use sentence structure appropriate to the task, message and audience. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.5.2: Express ideas clearly and concisely. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.5: Use sentence structure appropriate to the task, message and audience. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.5.3: Eliminate sentence-level errors such as run-ons/comma splices and sentence fragments. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.5: Use sentence structure appropriate to the task, message and audience. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.6.1: Adhere to standard usage rules of grammar. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.6: Follow conventions of Standard Written English. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.6.2: Adhere to standard usage rules of word choice. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.6: Follow conventions of Standard Written English. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 1.6.3: Adhere to standard usage rules of spelling. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 1.6: Follow conventions of Standard Written English. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.1.1: Summarize the issue or problem, using supporting details to enable a deeper understanding of the issue or problem. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.1: Identify and clearly explain the issue, question, or problem under critical consideration. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.1.2: Identify potential underlying causes or conditions contributing to the issue or problem and consider the context. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.1: Identify and clearly explain the issue, question, or problem under critical consideration. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.1.3: Pose significant questions to inform the direction of the investigation of the problem or question. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.1: Identify and clearly explain the issue, question, or problem under critical consideration. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.1.4: Scan the environment for cues to inform and direct search for information relevant to the issue or problem. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.1: Identify and clearly explain the issue, question, or problem under critical consideration. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.2.1: Explore information sources to increase familiarity and achieve a manageable focus. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.2: Locate and access sufficient information to investigate the issue or problem. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.2.2: Develop and implement a search strategy that employs search engines, databases, and inquiries to access the needed information. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.2: Locate and access sufficient information to investigate the issue or problem. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.2.3: Assess the search results to determine if there are remaining gaps; revisit strategy as necessary. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.2: Locate and access sufficient information to investigate the issue or problem. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.2.4: Identify contradictory information or inconsistent data and seek to reconcile contradictions. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.2: Locate and access sufficient information to investigate the issue or problem. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.4.1: Articulate clearly and fairly others’ alternative viewpoints and the basis of reasoning. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.4: Consider and analyze information in context to the issue or problem. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.4.2: Identify significant, potential implications, and consequences of alternative points of view. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.4: Consider and analyze information in context to the issue or problem. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.4.3: Evaluate assumptions underlying other analytical viewpoints, conclusions, and/or solutions. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.4: Consider and analyze information in context to the issue or problem. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.5.1: Present and explain those inferences and deductions that follow logically from the evidence provided. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.5: Develop well-reasoned ideas, conclusions or decisions, checking them against relevant criteria and benchmarks. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.5.2: Assert logical conclusions only when sufficient evidence supports them, and distinguish between attainable and unattainable solutions. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.5: Develop well-reasoned ideas, conclusions or decisions, checking them against relevant criteria and benchmarks. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.5.3: Incorporate legal and ethical reasoning when formulating ideas, conclusions, and decisions. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.5: Develop well-reasoned ideas, conclusions or decisions, checking them against relevant criteria and benchmarks. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements Learning Objective 2.5.4: Complete assignment in accordance with instructions. Assessment Method: Score on Criteria – 2.5: Develop well-reasoned ideas, conclusions or decisions, checking them against relevant criteria and benchmarks. Required Performance: Meets Performance Requirements