Essay Assignment AVS 2060 ESSAY ASSIGNMENT What is it? You are to word process a two to three page (no more, no less!), double-spaced essay on a flight physiology related subject that you will select...

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Essay Assignment AVS 2060 ESSAY ASSIGNMENT What is it? You are to word process a two to three page (no more, no less!), double-spaced essay on a flight physiology related subject that you will select from a short list. Use #10 or #12 font sizes. Font types should be Arial or Times New Roman. Set 1.0” margins on the top, bottom, left and right margins. Subjects Select one of the following physiological problems of flight: • Hypoxia • The “graveyard spin” and/or ”graveyard spiral” • Fatigue Obviously I do not what you to give me a complete regurgitation of what is covered in class, what’s on the PowerPoint or what is in the text, if you chose a topic that’s already been discussed in class!! Please take some time to find some other information on the subject to use as content for your essay. This is practice for critical thinking and writing so you need to take a position on what you find and make sure that you defend any of your own opinions that you include in your work. Structure As always, your essay should have an introduction, a main body and a conclusion. The conclusion is there as a short summary of what you have written – it should not add any new material. In the main body of your essay, I am looking for you to discuss the following areas: • Related physiology (a physiological description of what you are discussing) • Implications for flight crew (what are the dangers that could be caused) • Avoiding the problem (how should flight crews try and avoid this problem) Do not miss any of these areas out – you can see from the scoring rubric that they are individually looked at. Style, References and Citations This must be written as an academic paper and be accurately referenced. Sources should be listed APA style as follows: In APA style, the sources in a paper are listed alphabetically on a separate page headed References. It follows the final page of the text and is numbered. Entries appear in alphabetical order according to the last name of the author; two or more works by the same author appear in chronological order by date of publication date. When there are two or more books or articles by the same author, repeat the name of the author in each entry. This separate page must be in addition to the essay pages. A simplified guide on how to list sources and cite them within the text can be found here: http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/styleguides/apa.html It is important that you follow this style – doing so is worth 10% of the total grade for this paper. Grading Grading will be carried out in accordance with the Rubric laid out on the next page. Total points are 1000. Note that there are 200 points (20%) awarded for correct spelling and grammar. This should encourage you to proof read your work more than once. There will be nothing more frustrating than producing an essay with excellent content but only gaining a CB grade for it because it was very poorly written. Name: __________________________ SCORING RUBRIC I. Development of Topic (amount, depth and specificity of supporting details) Omitted Limited answer, major improvement needed Acceptable answer, some improvement needed Good answer, little improvement needed Model Answer, no improvement needed Total score Introduction 0 1-20 21-60 61-79 80 Physiological description 0 1-50 51-100 101-139 140 Flight crew implications 0 1-50 51-100 101-139 140 Avoiding the problem 0 1-50 51-100 101-139 140 APA Style Refs & Cites 0 1-30 31-60 61-99 100 TOTAL II. Sentence Structure (grammar) Unsatisfactory Poor Fair Good Excellent Total score 0 1-20 21-60 61-99 100 III. Mechanical Conventions (spelling, capitalization and punctuation) Over 20 errors 10-20 errors 5-9 errors 1-4 errors Free of errors Total score 0 1-20 21-60 61-99 100 IV. Overall Quality and Appearance Unsatisfactory Poor Fair Good Excellent Total score 0 1-20 21-60 61-99 100 V. Submission Time Submitted late (no valid reason given) Instructor’s discretion, depending on judged validity of excuse!! Submitted on time Total score 0 1-99 100 Total Score (out of a possible 1000) Percentage toward final grade (total score x 0.03) out of a possible 30%