Describe how you have worked to face and overcome an educational barrier in your life and why it is important to stick with your educational goals.

Summary of the Article “Brainology”

This assignment will be linked with another assignment (Attaced)

Step 1: Review How to Write a Working Thesis

First, for Essay 1, you are going to be answering either of the following prompts:

• Describe how you have worked to face and overcome an educational barrier in your life and why it is important to stick with your educational goals. (This is piggybacking on the paragraph you just wrote last week.)
• Describe one educational barrier that effects student success and how one might overcome that barrier (either from a student or instructor perspective).

Second, use this source:

• Dweck, Carol S. “Brainology.” NAIS, 2008

Third, Write an academic summary for one of the sources you want to use for Essay 1

1. Introduce the text to your reader. Note the title, author, type of text, and what the text is about. Remember that your reader may not be familiar with the text, so be as specific as possible. (1-3 sentences)
2. Describe the author’s main idea or argument. Refer to the author by his/her name. Do not use a direct quote: instead, articulate in your own words what you think the point of the text is. (1-3 sentences)
3. Explain how the author supports the main idea or argument. Keep an eye out for how the author organizes and/or divides up the text (are there sub-headings?). Pay attention to the author’s use of evidence, quotes from experts, examples from history, etc. The author might also use certain language or literary devices to support an argument. (1-3 sentences)
4. Interpret why you think the author wrote the text. What is the context, or background, for this topic? Who is the audience? What does the author intend for the audience to take away from the text?

Subject: English

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