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Reaction Paper, Tips for Writing

jeinnes — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:17:41 CST

A reaction paper features your intellectual reaction to an assigned piece (usually an article or film clip). You goal is to tell your reader very clearly and concisely what the assigned piece accomplished. The summary should be clear and interesting to anybody whether the person read the article or seen the movie.

When expressing your own intellectual reaction, remember to back up your claims (you may use the textbook, other articles, other video examples). Your writing should be purposeful and concise. Tell the reader what you are planning to do in the first paragraph. Then, in the remaining pages, implement this plan. Write well. Avoid wordiness. Avoid typical grammatical and word-choice mistakes.

Questions to Ask

• What is the main problem or issue that the author is addressing?
• What is the author’s central claim, argument, or point?
• What assumptions does the author make?
• What evidence does the author present?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses?
• What are possible counterarguments to the claims?
• Why are the problem(s) and the argument(s) interesting or important?

Additional Resources

Writing a Reaction Paper
Writing a Reaction or Response Essay

Writing Resources

jeinnes — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:06:42 CST

This section of the wiki provides resources for formatting your papers using APA requirements, English and Grammar, and an overview of the writing process.

Cleary Writing Tutors

You can make an appointment with a writing tutor by contacting the Campus Center. In addition, a variety of online resources have been compiled to assist you. The Purdue Online Writing Lab is one of the most comprehensive sites available. You are strongly encouraged to take full advantage of this excellent resource.

Web sites

Critical Review, Tips for Writing

jeinnes — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:02:52 CST

Writing a Critical Review - Article or Movie

Purpose of a Critical Review

Article: The critical review summarizes and evaluates – in this case – an article. Writing the critical review usually requires you to read the selected article in detail and read other related articles so that you can present a fair and reasonable evaluation.

Movie: A good film critique provides the reader with a basic idea of what the film addresses. It provides the writer’s critical assessment of the success/failure or effectiveness/ineffectiveness of the film supported by the evidence the writer gathers from the film. It is more than a plot synopsis or the enthusiastic blurbs of publicity hype. For the writer, the critique is an opportunity to exhibit a critical awareness of the elements of the film as well as to share the delight and pleasure (or frustration and disappointment) the film offers the viewer.

What is meant by critical?

In this case, to be critical does not mean to criticize in a negative manner. Instead, question the information and opinions in a text and present your evaluation or judgment. To do this well, you should be able to understand the topic from different perspectives.

What is meant by evaluation or judgment?

After determining specific criteria, decide the strengths and weaknesses of the article. Evaluating requires an understanding of not just the content of the text, but also an understanding of the purpose, the intended audience and structure.

What is meant by analysis?

Analyzing requires separating the content and concepts of a text into their main components and then understanding how these interrelate, connect, and possibly influence each other.

Structure of a Critical Review

Critical reviews, both short (one page) and long (four pages), usually have a similar structure. Check your assignment instructions for formatting and structural specifications. Headings are usually optional for longer reviews and can be helpful for the reader.

Introduction

The length of an introduction is usually one paragraph for a journal article review. Include a few opening sentences that announce the author(s) and the title, and briefly explain the topic of the text. Present the aim of the text and summarizes the main finding or key argument. Conclude the introduction with a brief statement of your evaluation of the text. This can be a positive or negative evaluation or a mixed response.

Summary

Present a summary of the key points along with a limited number of examples. You can also briefly explain the author’s purpose/intentions throughout the text and you may briefly describe how the text is organized. The summary should only make up about a third of the critical review.

Critique

The critique should be a balanced discussion and evaluation of the strengths, weaknesses, and notable features of the text. Remember to base your discussion on specific criteria. Good reviews also include other sources to support your evaluation (remember to reference).

You can choose how to sequence your critique. Here are some examples to get you started:

Most important to least important conclusions you make about the text.
If your critique is more positive than negative, then present the negative points first and the positive last.
If your critique is more negative than positive, then present the positive points first and the negative last.
If there are both strengths and weakness for each criterion you use, you need to decide overall what your judgment is. For example, you may want to comment on a key idea in the text and have both positive and negative comments. You could begin by stating what is good about the idea and then concede and explain how it is limited in some way. While this example shows a mixed evaluation, overall you are probably being more negative than positive.
In long reviews, you can address each criterion you choose in a paragraph, including both negative and positive points. For very short critical reviews (one page or less) where your comments will be briefer, include a paragraph of positive aspectsand another of negative.
You can also include recommendations for how the text can be improved in terms of ideas, research approach; theories or frameworks used can also be included in the critique section.

Conclusion

This is usually a very short paragraph.
Restate your overall opinion of the text.
Briefly present recommendations.
If necessary, some further qualification or explanation of your judgment can be included. This can help your critique sound fair and reasonable.

References

If you have used other sources in you review you should also include a list of references at the end of the review.

Reflection Paper, Tips for Writing

jeinnes — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:55:19 CST

Tips for Writing a Reflection Paper

A reflection paper is intended to citing your reactions to a subject, article, movie, in a personal way instead of writing a more formal research or analytical essay. A reflection paper focuses on your reactions, reactions, feelings and analysis of a piece or experience in a personal way more than formal research or analytical essay would require. Check with your instructor for verification, but in general first person writing (using personal pronouns like I, me, my, our) is appropriate for this type of assignment.

Include your thoughts and reactions to the reading or experience. You can present your feelings upon reading what you read and why. You can also use a reflection paper to analyze what you have read. Maintain good organization of your thoughts and cite specific passages, if appropriate. Personal experiences are OK to include but don’t rely solely on your experiences.

Don’t use a reflection paper to simply summarize what you have read or done. It is not simply a free flow of ideas/thoughts. The idea of a reflection paper is to write an essay describing your reactions and analysis to a reading or other experience; it’s more formal than a journal and less formal than a research essay.

Organizing your Reflection Paper

Organize it like any other essay (consider jotting down an informal outline and working from it). Include

An introduction – great place to present the expectations you had for the article based on the title, before you read it.
Body - explain the conclusions you arrived at and your rationale. Base your conclusions on concrete details from your reading and experience. Separate paragraphs for each conclusion (you should have more than one).
Conclusion/Summary - End the paper by summing up what you got from the reading. Put your critical thinking skills to the test here.

PJT 488/489/490

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Course-Specific Resources

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Leadership

jeinnes — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:50:44 CST

These resources are relevant to several courses at Cleary, including

MGT 412, Leadership and Teams, and
LED 450, Group Dynamics and the Virtual Team

Resources


TelePresence Cisco Systems(~ 3 min)		Cisco TelePresence creates life-like, in-person experiences between individuals, businesses, and events. Now, people everywhere can work, live, play, and learn together, in person -- over the network
Eric SchmidtCEO of Google discusses trends (42 min)		Eric Schmidt speaks at the Economic Club on June 9, 2008 in Washington, DC.
AT&T and Cisco(~1 min)		On April 21st, AT&T announced the industry's first, fully managed Cisco TelePresence solution that will allow companies to connect to their customers, suppliers and partners worldwide.

MichiCard

jeinnes — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:02:23 CST

Michigan's Statewide Library Card

Cleary University participates in the MichiCard network to provide you with on site access to 305 public and academic libraries across the state of Michigan for research or personal use. Through the MichiCard network Cleary students, faculty and staff are eligible to to borrow books from any participating library, at no charge.

It is simple to enroll in the MichiCard program, in fact you may already be enrolled! Current students, faculty and staff simply need to bring their Cleary ID to Cleary's nearest campus center and ask to be enrolled in the MichiCard program. You will be issued a MichiCard sticker to be placed on the back of your ID card. If you are an online student, or misplaced your ID card, bring a state issued photo id (drivers license, passport, ext.) on your next visit to campus and a campus center associate will be more them happy to issue you a new ID card. You may have been issued a MichiCard sticker during your student orientation; look on the back of your student ID card for the MichiCard sticker.

ProQuest

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Library

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Michigan Electronic Library

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CountryWatch

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LexisNexis

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NetLibrary

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MarketResearch.com

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Hoovers

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360 Search

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NoodleTools

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Finance

jeinnes — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:32:33 CDT

Professional Associations

Young Bankers Association (YBA), http://iweb2.na.abnamro.com/young_bankers_association/about_yba.htm

The YBA actively organizes two main complementary types of activities. One being business related activities, such as lectures and readings from senior management and external speakers, seminars, bank wide discussions and workshops on key strategic issues, and international exchange visits. The other being purely social gatherings such as sport tournaments, galas or cultural events.

American Bankers Association, www.aba.com.
The web site is full of all kinds of banking related information. Legal, Economic, Government Relations, they also offer training and e-learning if you need help understanding a topic.

Sources of Financial Information

Aggregate Economic Data

Federal Reserve Bulletin
Federal Reserve Banks
Survey of Current Business

Investment Advisory Resources

Mergent (Moody's)
Standard & Poor's
Value Line
Morningstar

SEC Filings, Periodicals, and Journals

Securities and Exchange Commission Filings
Periodicals and Newspapers Journals

Databases available in Cougar (centralized) Search:

Databases available within Lexis/Nexis

Additional Databases

Faculty Recommended Sites

Reference Works

eCleary Essentials

jeinnes — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:16:47 CDT

Please note: The Cleary Wiki is not set up for unmonitored participation. Anyone can register as a user and post comments, but only content experts, by invitation, can modify the existing content in the wiki.

eCleary Essentials is a collection of information and resources that will help you during your 6-week class.

Classroom Discussion and Participation
Course Elements and Weights
CLEARY ONLINE LIBRARY
Standard Grading Scale
Navigating your way through eCleary - See the attachments at the bottom of this page additional tutorials

Resources

Rubrics Capstone/Written Assessments Discussion forum participation In-class participation Presentations Please note that these are the standard rubrics issued to instructors by the University. If your instructor provides you with different rubrics, please refer to them throughout your specific course.	Writing Resources Purdue Online Writing Lab University of Victoria Writer's Guide Under the Grammar Hammer - Word document attached at the bottom of the page.	APA Resources Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the PDF document *APA in a Nutshell* Scroll to the bottom of this page to find the PDF document *The Annotated Bibliography* NoodleTools, APA citation generator All Cleary students have access to NoodleTools. Check with the librarian if you don't have or have forgotten your User Name or password) Purdue Online Writing Lab - APA Formatting and Style Guide Cleary Online Library (password required)	Important Cleary Policies Academic Integrity at Cleary Information about academic integrity, plagiarism and cheating, along with consequences of cheating or plagiarizing Attendance Policy Standard Grading Scale Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Policy

Rubrics

Capstone/Written Assessments
Discussion forum participation

In-class participation

Presentations

**Please note that these are the standard rubrics issued to instructors by the University. If your instructor provides you with different rubrics, please refer to them throughout your specific course.**

Writing Resources

Purdue Online Writing Lab

University of Victoria Writer's Guide

Under the Grammar Hammer - Word document attached at the bottom of the page.

APA Resources

Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the PDF document APA in a Nutshell

Scroll to the bottom of this page to find the PDF document The Annotated Bibliography

NoodleTools,
APA citation generator
All Cleary students have access to NoodleTools. Check with the librarian if you don't have or have forgotten your User Name or password)

Purdue Online Writing Lab - APA Formatting and Style Guide

Cleary Online Library
(password required)

Important Cleary Policies

Academic Integrity at Cleary
Information about academic integrity, plagiarism and cheating, along with consequences of cheating or plagiarizing

Attendance Policy

Standard Grading Scale

Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Policy