Understanding the Case of Rick Donlan

Rick Donlan's tragic shooting spree at a university campus is analyzed by student groups who must acquire and comprehend facts to determine the reasons behind the crime. Each group is given incomplete information about Donlan, leading them to research further and synthesize an explanation for his actions based on the available data.

• Analysis
• Crime
• Research
• Student Groups
• Synthesis

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1. The Case of Rick Donlan

2. On April 1, 1988, Rick Donlan took a sniper rifle and climbed to the top of a clock tower on the campus of a major university in the United States. Slowly, over the next four hours, he killed and wounded many students before a SWAT team stormed the tower and Donlan himself was killed.

3. Instructions In your group you will be analyzing a crime to prepare a critical analysis of why it was committed. You will need to acquire facts of the case (knowledge) and need to understand their meaning (comprehension). You will also need to generalize the knowledge (application) and separate the information about the case into its parts, describing how the facts are related (analysis). Your group will need to create an explanation for the crime (synthesis): why did it occur? Finally, your group will need to explain why each fact you acquire is important or unimportant to your explanation (evaluation).

4. The following incomplete set of facts are given to each group a. Donlan killed 14 persons and wounded 11. b. He had a protruding forehead. c. His favorite movies were those that starred Jean Claude Van Damme d. His favorite magazine was Guns & Ammo.

5. Each team will start with $240 in order to purchase additional information from me. You may purchase information at the following levels: a. $25 b. $40 c. $75 Note 1: assume that the more the information costs the more valuable it is to your group Note 2: once you purchase information it is your groups only: you must keep it secret

6. What You Need to Do Acquire facts of the case (knowledge) Use textbooks, encyclopedias, and the computers in class to research the facts you learn. (Example: What causes a protruding forehead? Causes? Symptoms?) Understand the meaning (comprehension) of the information you find. Generalize the knowledge (application)

7. What You Need To Do Separate the information about the case into its parts, describing how the facts are related (analysis). Your group will need to create an explanation for the crime (synthesis): why did it occur? your group will need to explain why each fact you acquire is important or unimportant to your explanation (evaluation). Write up your finding in one group paper. The group will present their synthesis to the class.