11/15 Due Date for Essay About Learning Theories; 11/22 Due Date for Peer Evaluations (120 Points)

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OVERVIEW

DISCUSSION ESSAY RUBRIC

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT A RESEARCH PAPER

TEXTS:

Reading 1: “Brainology” (2008) by Carol Dweck

Reading 2: “Laziness Does Not Exist. But Unseen Barriers Do.” (2018) by Devon Price

Reading 3: “4 Grittiest Things People Have in Common” + Preface from Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (2016) by Angela Duckworth

ACADEMIC TIP 6

PART 1: Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday, November 15, 2020

Follow the directions below.

1. Read Carol S. Dweck’s seminal (Links to an external site.) 2008 article “Brainology.” (Links to an external site.)

2. Read “4 Grittiest Things People Have in Common” + Preface from Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (2016) by Angela Duckworth

3. Read Devon Price’s controversial (Links to an external site.) 2018 article “Laziness Does Not Exist. But unseen barriers do.” (Links to an external site.)

4. Write a multi-paragraph essay of 1,000 words (4 pages) in which you consider the major contentions (claims) that Dweck, Duckworth and Price make, and support or rebut (argue against) their contentions. Meet these English 101 Essay Requirements.

HELP with introducing three sources in an essay.

Works Cited

Duckworth, Angela. Preface. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016. Print.

Dweck, Carol S. “Brainology.” NAIS – Brainology, Winter 2008. www.nais.org/magazine/independent- (Links to an external site.)

school/winter-2008/brainology/.

Forwardist. “4 Things the Grittiest People Have in Common, According to a Psychologist.” CNBC, CNBC, 2 Aug.

2016, www.cnbc.com/2016/08/01/4-things-the-grittiest-people-have-in-common-according-to-a- (Links to an external site.)

psychologist.html.

Price, Devon. “Laziness Does Not Exist. But unseen barriers do.” Medium.com,

Mar. 2018, medium.com/@dr_eprice/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01.