Graduate Research Preparation feb 11

week 3 Discussion form  LO2,LO3,LO4

week 3 Assignment LO4

week 4 Discussion LO2,LO3

Final Submission LO2,LO3,LO4

Week 3 Discussion Forum (LO2) (LO3) (LO4) – 50 points

What role do you see APA citations playing in your writing? How does the use of citations help avoid plagiarism? How does ethics play a role in scholarly writing?

Using one of the resources found in Week 2, paraphrase a paragraph from the resource, in one to two sentences, providing appropriate in-text citations and reference list.

Initial posts should be 300-500 words.You can finish your post asking a question that you may have about academic integrity for others to answer 
OR you can respond to two peers. Responses should be 100-200 words. 
(LO2) (LO3) (LO4)

Essential Activities: 

1. Reading the all of the required readings will assist you in writing this discussion forum.

Notes:

1. Please refer to the discussion forum rubric on the start here tab for this assignment.

2. Initial discussion forum is due by “Wednesday” at 11:59 PM EST and responses to two of your classmates are due by “Sunday” at 11:59 PM EST.

3. Each week to earn full points on the discussion forums, make sure to include outside sources to support your discussion.

Week 3 Assignment (LO4) – 100 points

Research and examine strategies for maintaining academic integrity. Create an infographic with at least five strategies you will use to maintain academic integrity. Create an original graphic in Canva, templates are not allowed. Submit as a PDF. 
(LO3)

Cite all sources used in APA Style Format. 
(LO4)

Essential Activities: 

1. Reading the all of the required readings will assist you in writing this discussion forum.

Notes:

1. Due by “Sunday” at 11:59 PM EST.

2. Review the rubric on the start here tab for grading guidelines.

3. Optional resources provides step-by-step process for downloading graphic as a PDF. 
Images will not be accepted.

4.
Templates are not allowed. It is expected you create your own graphic.

Week 4 Discussion Forum (LO2) (LO3) – 50 points

Define plagiarism in your own words and describe strategies avoid it?  Describe a method of organization that maintains academic integrity and avoids plagiarism.

Post must be 300-500 words; end post with a question 
OR respond to two peers. Responses to peers should be 100-200 words. 
(LO2) (LO3)

Essential Activities: 

1. Reading the required materials for the week will assist you in this forum.

Notes:

1. Please refer to the discussion forum rubric on the start here tab for this assignment.

2. Initial discussion forum is due by “Wednesday” at 11:59 PM EST and responses to two of your classmates are due by “Saturday” at 11:59 PM EST.

3. Each week to earn full points on the discussion forums, make sure to include outside sources to support your discussion.

Final Submission (LO2) (LO3) (LO4) – 100 points

Using the research from the previous weeks, summarize your findings, using appropriate citations.

You can create an original one-page infographic, write an original paper (1-2 double-spaced pages), or create an original video (2-3 minutes).

Cite all of your sources in an appropriate reference page in APA Style format. 
(LO2) (LO3) (LO4)

Essential Activities: 

1. Reading the required materials for the week will assist you in this forum.

Notes:

1. Please refer to the assignment rubric on the start here tab.

2.
Due by “Saturday” at 11:59 PM EST.

3.
If you create a graphic, submit it as a PDF.

Discussion 1

Human adaptation alludes to the manners by which human creatures have advanced to suit their current circumstance. This incorporates actual adaptations, like the state of the skull or the size of the lungs, as well as social adaptations, like the improvement of language or the utilization of devices. According to Thornton et al., (2019), humans have adjusted to a wide assortment of conditions, including deserts, mountains, and Icy tundra. Through the course of normal choice, certain qualities that helped people make due and imitate their current circumstances were passed down to their posterity, prompting the steady advancement of the human species.

Human adaptation is a perplexing interaction that is driven by different variables, including hereditary qualities, culture, and climate (Ilardo, & Nielsen, 2018).

Hereditary adaptation: Humans have developed various hereditary adaptations to help them get by and flourish in various conditions. For instance, populaces living in bright districts have developed more obscure skin to safeguard against UV radiation, while populaces living in colder environments have advanced lighter skin to all the more likely assimilate daylight. Different instances of hereditary adaptations incorporate the capacity to process lactose as grown-ups and the improvement of sickle cell iron deficiency, which presents protection from jungle fever.

Social adaptation: Humans have likewise adjusted to their current circumstances through the advancement of culture and innovation. For instance, the development of apparatuses and weapons like the lance, bow and bolt, and fishing net permitted early humans to actually chase and accumulate food more. Essentially, the advancement of horticulture and water system frameworks permitted human populaces to get comfortable regions that were beforehand appalling.

Natural adaptation: Humans have additionally adjusted to their current circumstances by fostering specific ways of behaving and physiological reactions. For instance, individuals living in high-height districts have adjusted to the low oxygen levels by creating bigger lung limits and more productive red platelets. Likewise, individuals living in colder environments have adjusted by fostering a thicker layer of muscle-to-fat ratio for protection.

It is actually important that human adaptation is continuous, and it very well may be impacted by both regular choice and social development, and the adaptation can be physical, physiological, and conduct. It can occur over ages or even inside a solitary lifetime, contingent upon the idea of the adaptation (Pisor, & Jones, 2020).

References:

Ilardo, M., & Nielsen, R. (2018). Human adaptation to extreme environmental conditions. 
Current opinion in genetics & development. 53. 77-82. 10.1016/j.gde.2018.07.003. 

Pisor, A., & Jones, J. (2020). Human adaptation to climate change: An introduction to the special issue. 
American Journal of Human Biology. 33. 10.1002/ajhb.23530. 

Thornton, F., Puri, K., Bhagwat, S., & Howard, P. (2019). Human adaptation to biodiversity change: An adaptation process approach applied to a case study from southern India. 
Ambio, 
48(12), 1431–1446. 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01225-7

New resources:

Cameron, S. (2012). Securing indigenous politics: A critique of the vulnerability and adaptation approach to the human dimensions of climate change in the Canadian Arctic. 
Global Environmental Change. 22:103–114. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.11.004. 

Smith, E. A. (2013). Agency and Adaptation: New Directions in Evolutionary Anthropology. 
Annual Review of Anthropology, 42 (1), 103-120. 

https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anthro-092412-155447

Thornton, T. F., & Manasfi, N. (2011). Adaptation—Genuine and Spurious: Demystifying Adaptation Processes in Relation to Climate Change. 
Environment and Society,1(1), 132–155. doi: 

https://doi.org/10.3167/ares.2010010107

These are the three more resources I am researching on my topic of human adaptation. I was able to find these precise references by using qualitative research analysis. Qualitative research by writing a survey is a strategy that includes checking on existing writing, for example, books, diary articles, and other distributed materials, to acquire a comprehension of a specific research subject. This sort of research can be utilized to recognize examples and subjects in the writing and to acquire bits of knowledge from the viewpoints and encounters of other people who have researched the point.

The process of directing a qualitative writing survey regularly includes a few stages:

Fostering a research question: The initial step is to foster a reasonable and centred research question that directs the writing survey.

Recognizing pertinent writing: The following stage is to distinguish and assemble important writing on the subject. This should be possible by looking through internet-based data sets, like scholastic diaries, and counselling catalogues of significant examinations.

Perusing and breaking down the writing: When the important writing has been accumulated, it should be perused and dissected to distinguish examples and subjects. This might include utilizing codes and classifications to coordinate the information and recognize key ideas.

Combining the discoveries: Subsequent to breaking down the writing, the discoveries should be orchestrated to reach determinations and make suggestions for future research.

Composing the survey: The last step is to compose a thorough survey of the writing, including a presentation, a writing audit, a conversation of the discoveries and decisions and a reference list.

It’s essential to make reference to that a writing survey isn’t simply a rundown of the articles yet a basic assessment of the examinations including their assets and shortcomings, and the holes in the writing.