Project Topic - Currently, higher education is too difficult to pass in South Africa. The pass mark should be lowered to 30% for all higher education modules.

(Q.1.1) Using your prescribed LU2 Critical Thinking in Reading Learn artefact as a guideline, develop 10 questions that you can use to engage actively with your five selected resources for the project topic. Your 10 questions need to: Be relevant to the project topic, and appropriate for each resource. Assist you in identifying the purpose, structure, argument(s), counterargument(s), and supporting evidence of each resource. Comprise the following question types: o three fundamental questions; o three part-whole connection questions; o two hypothesis questions; o two critical questions.

(Q.1.2 ) Answer the questions you developed for Q.1.1 for each of your five selected resources. Summarise your answers to these questions under the following headings: Resource arguments (i.e., what are the main ideas of each resource?) Supporting evidence (i.e., what examples, counterarguments and rebuttals and/or research does each resource use to support their main ideas?) Usefulness for my position (i.e., how useful would each resource be as supporting evidence for your own position/argument on the project topic, and why?) Your Q.1.2 summary should be 600 900 words.

(Q.1.3) Create an essay outline in which you plan the essay you will write to establish your position/argument on the project topic .

Your essay outline must include: o A relevant title for your essay that clearly aligns to your topic position. o Introduction outline: a few key points of relevant background information that would function as a hook for the reader in the introduction. a relevant and clear thesis statement that clearly relates your position on the topic, and which will form the basis of your essay argument.

o Body paragraph outline for a three body-paragraph essay, where each paragraph includes: One topic sentence related to your position; At least three supporting sentences that provide relevant evidence and/or examples and/or counterarguments and rebuttals drawn from/inspired by your selected resources, which you will use to support your position/argument.

One concluding sentence. o A summary of your main claims/argument that will form the basis of your essay conclusion.

(Q.1.4) Provide in-text referencing and the bibliography/reference list.