Explain your motivation focusing on your chosen topic and describe how this topic aligns with your future career goals.

As you prepare this assignment, keep in mind that it is designed to assist you with beginning the process of drafting your Learning and Cognition Handbook, which is due in Week 6.
It is recommended that your paper be checked in Grammarly and through Turnitin prior to submission.

Include the following components in your review:

Introduction: Explain your motivation focusing on your chosen topic and describe how this topic aligns with your future career goals.

Research: Research five Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources in the Ashford University Library focusing on your chosen topic, and provide an annotated bibliography. These articles must provide sufficient information so that they will support your work in the Learning and Cognition Handbook. (See the instructions in Week 6 for further clarification.) Provide a complete reference for each of the five articles. Beneath each reference, provide an annotation that explains the theoretical perspectives, historical trends, and/or empirical research within the article that describe and define your chosen construct.

Conclusion: Provide a concluding paragraph that synthesizes the cognitive learning principles and theories found within the articles as they relate to your chosen construct.

The Choosing Your Focus paper: Language acquisition

Must be five double-spaced pages in length and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Must include a title page with the following:

Title of paper

Student’s name

Course name and number

Instructor’s name

Date submitted

Must begin with an introductory paragraph that clearly states the chosen construct.

Must clearly discuss and explain the chosen construct with critical thought.

Must include a Research section comprised of the Annotated Bibliography.

The Formatting Your References List. guide offers additional guidance on correctly formatting references for the annotated bibliography.

Must end with a conclusion that synthesizes the cognitive learning principles and theories found within the articles as they relate to the chosen construct.

Must use at least five peer-reviewed sources (one per topic).

The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

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