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1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
2. For this simulated exam, you will complete only one essay question.
3. Write the essay using a format and framework that best support the type of essay indicated by the prompt.
4. Place the single-spaced prompt on the title page,
not in the body of the essay.
5. Include a few headings specific to the prompt to establish context and provide appropriate transition among topic areas. However, exercise prudence by only using headings for the main areas of the essay since this is a brief assignment. Else, there will be limited space to fully craft the writing of your essay which could negatively impact the score.
6. Compose the
double-spaced essay within a range of 5 to 7 pages.
a. Do not go under or over the minimum-maximum page range.
b. Do not shortcut the content.
c. Be sure to fully develop an answer to the prompt.
7. Include a range of at least 5 to 10 cited sources with a balance of academic and reliable practitioner sources. Typically, higher quality essays will utilize a higher number of sources (and sometimes go beyond 10) when crafting the content. The sources are used to support and scaffold your critical thinking,
not as a means to provide a literature review. Essays are quite distinct from a report or literature review. Your critical thinking, systems thinking, and design thinking (as applicable) as well as your authorial voice are to be very apparent by the readership.
8. Use a scholar-practitioner tone and style.
9. Write the essay using a combination of paraphrasing, critical thinking, and creativity. The balance of content should be weighted more toward your critical thinking and creativity, supplemented with evidence-based support from paraphrasing. No direct quotes.
10. Craft the content of your essay using critical thinking concepts but do
not refer to the concepts in your writing.
NOTE: Just as you would not say, “I placed a period here to indicate that I know how to punctuate well,” you would not “call out” critical thinking concepts that are inherent in your scholar-practitioner writing. Still, critical thinking concepts should be present and apparent to the readers of your scholar-practitioner essay:
a. Incorporate
elements of thought such as clarity, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, logic, significance, fairness, and sufficiency.
b. Likewise, make use of the
elements of reasoning as applicable: purposes, questions, points of view, information, inferences, concepts, implications, and assumptions.
c. Be mindful of the
essential intellectual traits as well: humility, courage, empathy, autonomy, integrity, perseverance, confidence in reason, and fairmindedness (Paul & Elder, 2020).
d. After composing the essay, read through it. Revise as needed, mindful of the 7C’s of good writing: (a) clear, (b) concise, (c) complete, (d) correct, (e) correlated to your DBA learning, (f) creative, and with (g) critical thinking evidenced.
11. Walk away—ideally for at least one day, return, and read out loud. Revise. Repeat the process as often as necessary.
12. Run a Grammarly report. Edit the essay to correct for grammar and mechanical errors.
13. Review the essay format, in-text citations, and references to be sure they are in accordance with APA 7e standards.
14. Submit the completed scholar-practitioner essay with an APA-formatted title page by the end of Week Seven.
References
Paul, R., & Elder, L. (2020).
The miniature guide to critical thinking: Concepts and tools (8th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield.
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