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EAP101 Fall 2019

Day 5

Tues. Nov. 12

  • Speakers and discussion: Presenting ideas from Essay 1

  • Introduction to Drive

  • Introduction to outlining

Homework

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Daniel Pink, Drive
Daniel Pink, Drive

Based on scientific research on motivation, author Daniel Pink lays out some big ideas about how humans can work more effectively and lead more satisfying lives.

➤ Read Introduction and Chapter 1 of Drive

Some questions to think about as you read:

  • What is the “they say”—the thing Pink is responding to?

  • What is the central question of the book?

  • Do you agree with Pink’s argument that the “Motivation 2.0 operating system” based on “carrots and sticks” is a problem? Why or why not? (Can you think of examples of situations where “carrots and sticks” [positive and negative incentives] produce bad behavior? Can you think of examples where they produce good behavior?)

Print out the reading and bring it to next class so that you refer back to it easily during discussion.

➤ Outline the information in the Introduction and Chapter 1 of Drive

Print the outline and hand it in to me next class. This assignment will be graded (✓, ✓+ or ✓-). Remember the key characteristics of an outline are:

  • It should be neat

  • It should make the connections between the ideas clear

  • It should be easy to understand when skimmed quickly

See the sample outline for a model.

➤ Summarize Essay 1

Summaries the ideas you expressed in your essay in a single, clear, well-written summary paragraph. I’m imagining something abougt 4-5 sentences long.

What I will do with this paragraph is paste it on the top of your Evernote document, and refer back to it next time I grade one of your essays. As I grade your essay, I’ll give you feedback on whether your essay is doing what you say you want your essays to do, and how it could do that better. I may, perhaps, use this as criteria in my grading.

I will grade this summary paragraph (✓, ✓+, ✓-) based on how well I think I’ll be able to use it for this function.

➤ Speakers for next class:

In addition to summarizing, I’d like each speaker to prepare one interesting question related to the ideas in this chapter that you think would be interesting to discuss in class.

  • Jonathan: summarize the Introduction

  • Leon: summarize Chapter 1 pages 13-19 (up to “Three Incompatibility Problems”)

  • Minara: summarize the rest of Chapter 1.

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