Assignment 2: State of America’s Children
In today’s global world, how do the children of the U.S. fare? Are they prepared to compete in the international arena? The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) is a nonprofit child advocacy organization that provides a voice for children who cannot speak for themselves. The State of America’s Children 2014 is the CDF’s report highlighting some crucial issues affecting our children today. Visit the CDF Web site and read the report:
Children’s Defense Fund (CDF). (2014). State of America’s children 2014. Retrieved from http://www.childrensdefense.org/library/state-of-americas-children/
Select a topic of interest to you from the report’s table of contents (after pulling up the website, you can scroll down to select a topic). Write a research paper on the topic. Be sure to include the following:
Present the CDF findings on the topic in a table or graph that you create. Note how different populations are affected. For example, you might compare your state to national statistics or compare the top or bottom states on the topic you chose, compare racial/ethnic group data, etc.
Research the selected topics using at least one additional resource. The data and research publication sections at the CDF Web site offer useful publications.
Identify and analyze the main issues and discuss them in the context of relevant developmental theory, as well as societal influences. Why is this data and the information you researched important to understand in the context of child development?
Present your conclusions and support them with research information. What recommendations would you offer to address this issue for future generations?
Write a 4-5 page research paper in Word format. Be sure to include introductory and concluding paragraphs in your paper, and a title page, an abstract, and a reference page. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2.doc.
By Wednesday, May 25, 2016, deliver your research paper to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropbox.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Presents the CDF findings on the topic in a table or graph created by the student and notes how different populations are affected. Researches the selected topics using at least one additional resource.
28
Identifies and analyzes the main issues and discusses them in the context of relevant developmental theory, as well as societal influences.
20
Explains why these data and the information researched are important to understand in the context of child development.
16
Presents conclusions and supports them with research information. Provides recommendations to address this issue for future generations.
16
Writes in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
20
Total:
100
This is a resubmitted assignment below is the instructor correct comments!!
These are the instructor comments!! PLEASE make these corrections!!!
You did a great job looking at the overall plight of children in the U.S., although it was confusing that you began your paper by saying that you were going to focus on “child health” but then you soon after began focusing on poverty and in particular child poverty. ***PLEASE clear up that confusion….redo the abstract to correlate with child poverty, as well as the title page!!!** Youth crime is something that must be considered within a discussion of educational achievement, societal norms, poverty, homelessness, and much more. !!! Your paper would have been improved if you had analyzed the phenomenons you discussed within the larger picture of * developmental theory, such as Vgotsky’s Sociocultural Theory.*!!!!
Your paper is well-organized, but you needed to format it in APA Style— including the reference endings *** Look at your reference page it is not complete as some of sources are not cited correctly or they are not complete.*!!!
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Presents the CDF findings on the topic in a table or graph and notes how different populations are affected.
12/15 *****PLEASE FIX****
Researches the selected topics using at least two additional resources.
10/10
Identifies and analyzes the main issues and explains why they are important.
17/20 ****PLEASE FIX***
Discusses relevant developmental theory, as well as societal influences.
5/20 ****PLEASE. FIX ****
Presents conclusions and supports them with research information.
15/15
Writes in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
15/20
Total:
54/100
Please add new sources you use to include the theory and please correct the current sources with correct APA format. Thank you so much!!!
