This fillable Google Doc helps you break down any prompt into its main tasks and requirements, list helpful resources and readings, and brainstorm ideas for answering the prompt. Make a copy and use it as many times as you need!
Type of Material:
Assignment
Recommended Uses:
This resources can be assigment as individual homework, a team group planning exercise, or a resource that students can consult while developing their response to a research prompt (identifying resources, topics, terms). It also links to a helpful Research Paper Planner resource that further helps students identify how to break down critical deadline steps and connect with resources while tracking their progress in completing their written response to a prompt.
Technical Requirements:
Browser/Website, PDF, Website, Word Document.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Break down a prompt into the main tasks and requirements
List resources and readings that will be helpful for answering the prompt
Brainstorm ideas for the answering the prompt
Target Student Population:
High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
basic ICT literacy skills
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
This single-concept tool is clear and concise, and largely timeless. It serves as one of several UCLA library tutorials. It provides an solid amount of material to show students the steps needed to effectively plan to respond to writing prompt. This flexible prompt sheet may be used independently or as part of a course. All links work and are appropriate, tied to other UCLA resources.
Concerns:
No deficiencies in content quality.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
The clear learning objectives reflect core ICT litearcy standards as it promotes students' development of how to approach responding to writing prompt assignments. No special prerequisites are needed, and the single-concept prompt does not require progression, although it connects with other UCLA library tutorials and the campus's writing center. This resource could be used in a variety of settings to help students pre-plan writing responses and is directly applicable to ICT literacy practice.
Concerns:
Links might not be helpful to Non-UCLA users.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
Tool is available as a link to a GoogleDoc and pdf (ADA-compliant) format, which require little technical skill. The directions are simple, and the two-page layout is easy to navigate independently. As the user needs to complete the worksheet and has hyperlinks, it is suited for interactivity.
Concerns:
No deficiencies noted in terms of usability
Creative Commons:
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