RES811 Synthesis Worksheet: Doctoral Identity Week 3 & 5

RES811 Synthesis Worksheet: Doctoral Identity Week 3 & 5

RES811 Synthesis Worksheet: Doctoral Identity Week 3 & 5

Week 3 Details:

Synthesis is the act of creating something new from multiple existing entities. Synthesis of research, then, is creating a new idea from existing ideas. This assignment is designed to help you identify how themes can emerge from reading literature and how you can synthesize this information in a way that creates new knowledge. You will use your understandings of the Topic 2 readings to complete a synthesis worksheet.RES811 Synthesis Worksheet: Doctoral Identity Week 3 & 5

General Requirements:

• This assignment will be used as a pre-writing activity for the synthesis paper in Topic 5.
• Locate and download “Synthesis Worksheet” from the Course Materials for this topic.
• Review the articles by Baker & Pifer (2011), Gardner (2009), and Smith & Hatmaker (2014) located in the Course Materials for this topic.
• This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
• Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. Review the GCU APA Style Guide for Writing located in the Student Success Center.

Directions:

Complete the Synthesis Worksheet for the articles by Baker & Pifer (2011), Gardner (2009), and Smith & Hatmaker (2014). The completed worksheet will include the following sections:

1. An Introduction that introduces and provides context for the topic, presents three common themes that emerged from the readings, and provides organization for the paper with a thesis statement.
2. A description of the evidence to support three common themes that emerged from the articles. Since this is likely your first experience with this depth of synthesis, we have provided two of the themes found in the articles. Your task is to identify a third theme and to provide evidence from each article for all three common themes.
3. A conclusion where you will return to your thesis and provide evidence showing you successfully addressed your thesis statement. Discuss the connections that you made from the evidence and how each theme emerged from the central topic of doctoral identity.

Your Title Goes Here

Your Name Goes Here

Grand Canyon University

Synthesis Worksheet

Introduction
Capture interest:	<Provide an opening sentence.>
Context:	<Provide brief information about the articles to give the reader context.>
Statement of common themes:	<Provide a statement of common themes.>
Thesis statement:	<Provide a thesis statement.>
Theme One:	Academic Success
Baker and Pifer (2011):	<Insert evidence from the article that supports this theme.>
Gardner (2009):	<Insert evidence from the article that supports this theme.>
Smith and Hatmaker (2015):	<Insert evidence from the article that supports this theme.>
Theme Two:	Relationships
Baker and Pifer (2011):	<Insert evidence from the article that supports this theme.>
Gardner (2009):	<Insert evidence from the article that supports this theme.>RES811 Synthesis Worksheet: Doctoral Identity Week 3 & 5
Smith and Hatmaker (2015):	<Insert evidence from the article that supports this theme.>
Theme Three:	Select a third common theme that emerged from the articles.
Baker and Pifer (2011):	<Insert evidence from the article that supports this theme.>
Gardner (2009):	<Insert evidence from the article that supports this theme.>
Smith and Hatmaker (2015):	<Insert evidence from the article that supports this theme.>
Statement of Conclusion	<Summarize the three main themes. What conclusions can you draw when considering all three articles together as a single unit? What is the overall message of the three articles? >

Week 5
Details:

In Topic 2, you were asked to read three articles on the topic of doctoral identity and to complete an annotated bibliography to demonstrate their understanding of the material. In Topic 3, you were asked to take this process a step further and identify themes found in the three articles and to complete a synthesis worksheet where the themes were supported by evidence from each article. In this assignment, you will build on your worksheet efforts and write a paper about the three themes. The narrative will not only present the evidence from the articles to support the identified themes, but also will provide an analysis for each theme by synthesizing the information collected.

General Requirements:

• Locate the Synthesis Worksheet you completed in Topic 3.
• Locate and download “Synthesis Paper Template” from the Course Materials for this topic.
• Review the articles by Baker & Pifer (2011), Gardner (2009), and Smith & Hatmaker (2014) located in the Course Materials for this topic.
• This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
• Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. Review the GCU APA Style Guide for Writing located in the Student Success Center.
• You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Directions:

Using the Synthesis Worksheet you completed in Topic 3 and considering the themes you developed and the feedback provided by your instructor, write a paper (1,000-1,250 words) that synthesizes the three articles. Your paper should include the following:

1. An introduction that introduces and provides context for the topic. This includes giving a brief description of each article and its purpose, identifying the three themes that emerged from your reading, describing how they will be discussed in the paper, and presenting a clear thesis statement.
2. Support for your identified themes with evidence from each article. Provide analysis of these findings to strengthen your narrative.
3. A discussion of the conclusions that can be drawn when the articles are taken together as a single entity. What is the overall message of the group of articles?

 

Title

The title does not receive bold font, but the rest of the headings do. Provide an introduction that includes a brief description of each article and its purpose. Identify the three themes that emerged from your reading and how they will be discussed in the paper. Conclude the introduction with your thesis statement.

Theme One

Support your identified theme with evidence from each article and provide analysis of these findings to strengthen your narrative.

Theme Two

Support your identified theme with evidence from each article and provide analysis of these findings to strengthen your narrative.

Theme Three

Support your identified theme with evidence from each article and provide analysis of these findings to strengthen your narrative.

Conclusion

Provide a conclusions that can be drawn can be drawn when the articles are taken together as a single entity. What is the overall message of the group of articles?

The reference list should appear at the end of a paper (see the next page). It provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any source you cite in the body of the paper. Each source you cite in the paper must appear in your reference list; likewise, each entry in the reference list must be cited in your text. A sample reference page is included below; this page includes examples of how to format different reference types (e.g., books, journal articles, information from a website). The examples on the following page include examples taken directly from the APA manual. The word Reference does not receive bold font.

References

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