PROBLEM SOLUTION ESSAY

Problem-Solution Essay
Overview and Requirements

THE ESSAY IS 1200 WORDS BUT ALSO NEED ATTACHED PREWRITING QUESTIONS AND OUTLINE TEMPLATE COMPLETED ALSO.

Purpose: In
your academic, personal, and professional lives, being able to effectively
solve a problem is an essential skill. Carefully
examining a problem to understand its history, causes, and effects, as well as
past and current solutions, will enable you to identify and advocate for
effective solutions in multiple areas of your life.
Skills: The purpose of this assignment is to help you
practice the following skills, which are essential for success in your field
and program:
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Analyze a problem and develop an optimal solution
using the Dewey Sequence (SEE ATTACHED)
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Evaluate information and sources, including
peer-reviewed research articles, for appropriateness, reliability, validity,
and bias
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Use APA Style to integrate credible scholarly source
material, without distorting the meaning, to enhance the written work
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Produce written work that clearly presents specific
and developed ideas
Assignment
Prompt
1.) For this essay, you are required to:
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Write about any problem that is of interest to you
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Propose a new solution that will work to solve part
or all of the problem

IMPORTANT: You should select a problem that you can
successfully define and analyze and propose and defend a solution for in a
minimum of 1,200 words. For example,
world poverty is too broad of a topic for an essay of this length, but poverty
in Cleveland is a manageable topic.
2.) Your essay must do the following (based on the Dewey
Sequence):
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Define the problem, exploring its current state
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Examine the problem’s history
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Analyze the problem’s causes and effects
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Propose a solution and discuss how it could be
implemented
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Defend the proposed solution and address any
potential objections
3.) Your essay must include the following:
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An introduction with a hook (review Hooks and Attention Grabbers for
examples) and strong thesis statement
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Developed body paragraphs with strong topic
sentences, cited support, and concluding sentences
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At least four (4) unique sources, cited and
referenced properly in APA style (no more than 20% of essay consists of quoted
text)

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