Supporting Solutions with Research

You have looked at a problem, stated a position on it, and researched ways to support your position. Now, it
is time to find some solutions to the problem. Your solutions should be realistic and feasible and should
make sense, given time, cost, and human constraints and conditions. 
Assessment Directions: 
In this three-paragraph research assignment, you will: 

1. State your problem in one sentence.

2. List three practical solutions that you have brainstormed.

3. Once you’ve listed the solutions, find three articles from a
credible sources—such as newspapers, magazines, academic journals, peer-reviewed articles, and
from sources such as EbscoHost—that help support each solution as viable and practical. If you do
not find articles for each solution, then you may use 1–2 articles for the same solution. List these
articles in APA format. 

4. From there, begin your paragraphs. In each paragraph, summarize the article in 2–3 sentences.
Then, talk about how it supports your proposed solution using facts, statistics, examples, and
anecdotes from each article.  
Here’s how the sample assignment will look:
APA title page 

Problem statement/position statement 

Three solutions to this problem 

Three APA citations for articles 

Three paragraphs (one for each article) 
To help you on this assignment, consider a student who is writing about the connection between poverty
and obesity. This student has proposed a community garden in a poor urban area as one solution to the
problem of low-income people only being able to afford unhealthy food. To show that urban gardens are
feasible, this student finds an article about successful urban garden projects in the city of Milwaukee. The
second solution this student proposes is that fast-food restaurants, which are often found in poor areas,
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start offering more healthy options. The student then finds an article about McDonald’s healthy food
options. The third solution this student offers concerns exercise programs for children in low-income areas.
The student finds an article about why these after-school exercise programs have failed due to lack of
student participation.  
In three paragraphs—one for each article—the student briefly summarizes the main ideas of each article
and then offers some relevant information from each article that will help show the feasibility (or
infeasibility) of each solution.  
This is just one example of how you can use sources to help support your solution ideas. Ask your instructor
if you need more guidance on finding feasible solutions.  
Submission Requirements: 
Submit your response in a Microsoft Word document of the following specifications:   Font: Arial, point 12, double spaced  Length: 500 words  Citation Style: APA