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To prepare:

· Review the Learning Resources and Course Announcement.

· Explore the “Scholarly Voice: Overview” section of the Walden University Writing Center website.

· Access and read Sample Student Paper #1 in the Learning Resources.

· Identify examples of scholarly voice and a lack of scholarly voice in the student paper.

· Note that Discussions in the DHS program are areas for sharing ideas, reflecting on current research, and building community. Therefore, your grade and the evaluation of your Discussion will be based on the content and quality of your ideas. Note that APA style citations, references, and standard punctuation will not be assessed or graded. As a human services professional and doctoral student, you should always maintain a professional and academic tone. Please focus on shaping your ideas and supporting your claims with examples and research, when applicable.

· Respond to all bullet points in the prompt. The questions that appear under some prompts are intended to generate ideas and conversations to enhance and complement each prompt.

BY DAY 4

Write a 300- to 500-word initial post organized into multiple paragraphs, in which you:

· Identify at least three examples where scholarly voice could be improved, including correcting the use of emotional language, unsupported claims, and bias, among other issues. Quote the original from the student sample paper, and explain what is not scholarly about the voice.

· Explain the effect this lack of scholarly voice has on you as a reader. What impression does it leave? How does it affect the ideas in the piece of writing? What do you think of the writer?

RESOURCES

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed., pp. 111–117). Author. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000 Note: Read only pages 111–117.

Walden University Writing Center. (n.d.-h). Scholarly voice: Overview Links to an external site.. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/scholarlyvoice

Walden University Writing Center. (n.d.-m). Webinars: Scholarly writing Links to an external site.. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/webinars/scholarlywriting

Note: This website contains several webinars and transcripts on scholarly writing.