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Slow Ideas by Atul Gawande

Writing Tasks

S-1: The First Assignment: Reading “Slow Ideas”
S-3: The Second Assignment: Studying Gawande’s Examples
S-4: The Third Assignment: Making a Case
S-9: The Final Assignment: The Research-Based Report Project
S-9: Sub-Assignment #1: Exploring Innovations
S-11: Sub-Assignment #2: Researching Innovations
S-12: Sub-Assignment #3: Analyzing Innovations
S-13: Sub-Assignment #4: Writing Your Research-Based Paper

Forms and Graphic Organizers

S-3: Criteria For a Good Discussion
S-18-B: Presenting Your Research

Charts for Discussion

S-2: Gawande’s Reasons and Evidence for What Makes Innovations Spread
S-3: Structure of “Slow Ideas”
S-4: Innovations: Problems and Solutions
S-14: Citations
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