problem solving

Welcome to week 5 of your course. This discussion question will help you prepare for your final CLA2 assignment and as such will have a fair amount of detail. Read the CLA2 assignment listed in week 8 of the course in the Syllabus. Then please provide an outline that itemizes the concepts that you will include in your CLA2 paper. Please be sure to include concepts learned in the course and information (findings, conclusions) from your PA1 and CLA1 papers (only work performed to date). Provide some brief details for each item that is outlined. Please keep in mind that you should have placeholders for material not yet covered in lecture from weeks 6 and 7. Here is an itemized list that summarizes the requirements of this DQ (include every item in the bullet point list below, or you will not receive full credit):

Outline that itemizes concepts learned in the course

Include information (findings, conclusions) from your PA1 and CLA1 (if available)

Brief details for each item that is outlined

Placeholders for material not yet covered

THIS IS CLA2 BELOW:

This Comprehensive Learning Assessment is designed to assess your critical thinking and problem-solving skills developed in this course. Your answer will be reviewed for its clarity, relevance, coherence, logic, and consistency.

First, reflect upon the following: There is a growing number of Americans who do not vote in national and local elections. Many of them explain their non-participation by saying that their vote would not make a difference. Some go on to argue that this is true because "money plays such a large role in elections that the candidate with the highest paid, and the highest quality media campaign wins." Most people agree that money sometimes plays an inappropriate role in determining the outcome of elections.

Then using the Comprehensive Learning Assessment guidelines detailed in this syllabus, develop a proposed solution to this problem that takes into account the view that people and organizations with money have a right to use that money to advance political causes they believe in. If you like, you may decide to develop a position to the effect that there is no solution to the problem and that we have no choice but to accept the status quo. Regardless of the position you take, you must ensure that you have developed a 4-6-page, APA-formatted paper that incorporates your well-supported solution/position by taking into account the following:

· Is the solution/position well stated? Is it clear and unbiased?

· Identify the role of ethics in why they do not vote (ethics on the part of politicians).

· Have you cited credible and relevant evidence, experiences, and/or information essential to the issue?

· Have you clarified key concepts when necessary?

· Have you developed a definite line of reasoning, explaining how well he or she is arriving at his or her conclusions?

· Is your reasoning well-supported?

· Have you addressed alternative points of view or lines of reasoning, and did you respond to objections framed from other points of view?