Two short essays（2-3Pages Total）
First one：
DIRECTIONS:
Use references to the text.
Include a Reference Page citation at the end of each post.
Use APA format to cite the text and do so several times in both your original post and your responses to other students.
You must have an original post and at least one response post to be considered for full points.
Proofread for basic grammar and clarity.
The best posts will apply the class material throughout.
(Your response posts should be closer in length to your original posts, not drastically shorter. Avoid evaluative statements such as "I liked your post" and focus on details from the post explaining how it relates to chapter material.)
PROMPT:
After you have thoroughly read and studied the material in the text and listened to the recorded lecture, develop your own idea for a topic for research in the field of family development. You can look through the text for some ideas or come up with your own. You will then take that topic through the 8 steps in the scientific method. First explain the step using text information, then describe how it will apply to the topic you suggested to be researched. Take great care to be as clear as you can so that other students will understand what you wish to research and how. When you respond to other students, you will comment upon their research topic and describe how you think it is similar or different from your own using details from the 8 steps.
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Second One:
Compare and contrast the six theories used in family research that are described in the text, slides and recorded lecture by putting text material into your own words (or if you use a direct quote, use an appropriate APA citation to the text). The highest points for this essay will go to those who go above and beyond just summarizing the text and continue by synthesizing the material adding thoughts and examples of their own.
