Deductive Logic Assignments

*Disclaimer: All or some assignments will be utilized in course. If you do not see an assignment in the course that you see on this page, please disregard. All assignments will be emailed to

All Final Product Instructions

1.  The final product should be professional.

2.  The value of the assignment should be dominant. Meaning the grader should not have to make a decision on what grade to give the assignment.

3.  Students should try to spend less time and create more value when doing their assignments.

4.  The final product should only contain the dominant information.

5.  The student should make sure all of their references are documented.

6.  All assignments need to be sent by email to .

7.  All dominant work identified by TA, will enable students an opportunity to submit all work to the Leadership Society of Arizona, to post their work on KSMLeadership.com.

Profile Assignment

The student will complete a short biography including dominant information about their lives. Additionally, in the course each student will need to complete a semester research project. In the profile, will be an executive summary section that identifies what the student will be completing for their semester project and any details that helps the instructor better understand.

Activity Sheets

Each lesson will have an activity sheet. Activity sheets have instructions within the document. Follow the instructions of each activity and submit all work to . Activity sheets are intended to help student’s identify the main points of each lesson. Students, who try to answer each question thoroughly and accurately, will receive full credit.

News Article / PowerPoint

Students will locate current events (e.g. articles, videos, and blogs) and analyze them. Next, students will write up a summary of the current events, and identify how it relates to IMT. For support, go to KSMLeadership.com and view the news tab. Other students’ work of web assignment postings can be found there. Students can also substitute a write up for a simple PowerPoint presentation. Presentation should not exceed five slides. All work should include its references.

KSM Leadership Discussion

Students will go to the KSM Leadership website at ksmleadership.com and comment on three items on the website. Items can include the blog, news articles, top issues and others comments.

Movie Analysis

Students will be asked to watch and analyze a movie designated by their instructor. Activity Sheets will be provided and the analysis must include IMT concepts and how the IMT lessons can be applied to life.

IMT Reading Assignment

Students must read assigned chapters in the Information Measurement Theory book. Students should also answer the questions found in the conclusion sections of the chapters.

IMT Topic Research

Instructor will give a topic to students (genetics, business, Olympics etc.), and each student will find an article, book or publication on the topic, and analyze what they have found. Write it up into a single spaced two-page report that identifies all the dominant information.

Papers/Presentation

There is one final paper in the course, which will consist of a draft version. Students will have multiple options regarding how they want to complete their research paper. Students should work with their TA on establishing a topic and direction for each paper. All papers should provide value and should be based off a topic that the student is interested in, or would like to know more about. With the final paper is a final presentation that will be recorded or use a voice over, published to YouTube for the instructor to view. Below are possible topics:

1.  Controversial topics.

2.  Current Events.

3.  Dominant Genetic Information.

4.  Identification of the self.

5.  Identification of others.

Papers/Presentation Formats

All formats should be research based. Research papers and presentations have the following steps:

1.  Topic

2.  Problem or issue

3.  Proposal or hypothesis

4.  Methodology: steps taken to prove proposal/hypothesis

5.  Research:

  1. Data collection (e.g. # of hours or research, research sources, # of surveys, publications, etc.)
  2. Data analysis: what patterns you found that are interesting and supportive of your point.

6.  Conclusions and recommendations

7.  References

For a examples visit http://ksmleadership.com/classes/