...HANDY-DANDY GUIDE TO WRITING A REACTION PAPER If you were to ask 10 people, "How do I write a Reaction Paper?" you'd probably get 10 different responses. No one seems to know exactly how to do one, yet almost everyone is assigned one at some point in his or her academic career. Here is a guide to what faculty are usually "looking for" in a well-written reaction paper. Remember, however, that every faculty member is different: some will want you to spend more time "analyzing" or "evaluating" the piece, others on giving your personal reactions to it. The best rule of thumb is to ask your faculty member for clarification. You might even consider giving him or her this guideline and asking him or her to revise it to reflect his or her expectations. I. SUMMARY/SYNOPSIS – What are you reacting to? GOAL: Show that you understand the thesis, main ideas, and supporting ideas in the piece you're writing about. Identify all of the "basic information: about the book that you can, including: • the author of the piece, the title of the piece, the title of the book or journal from which it was taken (if relevant), the publisher, and the year of publication; • the topic or subject of the piece—for example, "The Triangle Shirt-Waist Fire" or "Revitalization efforts underway in Roxbury's Codman Square." In other words, tell what the piece is about in a word or a phrase; • the author's purpose or motive for writing the piece—for example, "to expose the dangerous conditions factory workers...
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...Dane Thorman MGT 461 Summer 2015 LEARNING JOURNAL 1 ACQUIRE I have chosen to apply Stephen R. Covey's Habit One "Be Proactive" from "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People." I guess one could say I'm normally a very reactive person, but one who usually has somewhat of a plan as to how I intend on reaching said reaction. Proactivity means that "as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives..our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions..we have the initiative and the responsibility to make things happen." (Covey, p. 78) INTERPRET The way that I have interpreted the way this concept is relevant to and connects with my personal and work situation was actually as to how I was approaching this semester at Walsh College. In the past, I have always been the type of student who would get the good grades but, for whatever reason, would always allow myself to wait until the very last minute to accomplish the task in question (a professional procrastinator, one might say), yet probably because of it I was exhausted at the end of it. I really had a "light-bulb" (some might call it an "a-ha") moment while reading Habit One in Covey's text. It really struck me that, given I am nearly the end of my undergraduate learning, that this is something I really need to change for going forward. This light-blub moment came when, ironically, Covey was breaking down the word "responsibility." Not in the literal sense, but in the phonetic sense, breaking it down between...
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...MG401: Senior Seminar in Management XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Homework: Week 3 1/29/13 Position Paper on Stephen Covey’s, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Introduction In 1989, Stephen Covey's book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People started a landmark revolution in how we think about time and life management. In this book, Covey presents seven principles for developing effectiveness in our private and public lives. By developing these habits, one moves from being dependent on other people to being and acting independently. Then we learn how to move to the more advanced state of interdependence and successful Cooperation. As a part of the seven habits, Covey introduced important and powerful techniques of time management under the habit of "Put First Things First." It is necessary to understand (and Practice) all seven habits so that the tools of time management can be learned and practiced in their natural setting. What follows is a basic overview of these ideas presented so you can take better advantage of this tool you hold in your hands. Covey does not claim to invent the seven habits of highly effective people but rather claims to have discovered them and have a simple language for articulating them. Counter Argument Though the term self-help can refer to any case whereby an individual or a group (support group) betters themselves economically, intellectually or emotionally, the connotations of the phrase have come to apply particularly to psychological...
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...potentials, job satisfaction, motivation, leadership abilities, among others. It also promotes an understanding of people and organizational dynamics which would enable the students to adapt and adjust better in the workplace. Additional topics like ethics, performance and commitment, and becoming a better employee would impress on students the ways by which they could become valuable assets to the organization. Different activities which include case studies and reaction papers bring to life the theories and concepts, while honing the students’ analytical, critical and decision-making skills. V. Objectives of the Course: At the end of the course, the business student should be able to: A. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cognitive discuss the key concepts of the course. describe the different theories learned. explain the structure and design of organizations. expound on organizational processes and dynamics. describe the role of culture, groups and leaders in promoting and sustaining the quality of employee performance. 6. Discuss the implications of personality, individual differences, values, attitudes, teamwork, ethics, trust and commitment, among others, to the motivations and performance of employees. B. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Affective appreciate the value of maintaining good human relations. imbibe desirable work attitudes and values. show improved tolerance of difficult situations and people. manifest a deeper understanding of one’s own and other people’s motivations. gain a better understanding of...
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...CHAPTER 1 The Problem and Its Setting Today’s generation is growing up too fast because of the modern technology which people are enjoying and at the same time helpful in their everyday lives. The fact that most of the children today tend to choose staying at home playing computer games or any other gadgets instead of playing outside, making friends with other children and exercise their mind and body which is very helpful to their health. One of the main reasons why students are attracted to computers is because of computer games. Modern technology is now very accessible to people especially students, they can easily go to computer shops near the school to play and most of them spend the whole time with it and forgot their responsibilities as a student which is one of the disadvantages of playing video games. There are also good things that a student can benefit in playing computer games because there is also other types of video games that are educational which can help them enlighten their minds, discover new knowledge,improve their thinking skills, stuffs that they think it never existed and experience new things that they have never encountered in their entire life. Educational computer games can enhance students’ motivation to learn, but only depends on how they play. Some students get hooked on to playing computer games so much so that they tend to lose interest in other more important...
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...Personal Responsibility Gen/200 Personal Responsibility Most people learn personal responsibility at an early age. They are taught to clean up after themselves, to tell the truth, and learn the consequences and rewards of their actions. They understand very early the laws of physics that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Our actions positive or negative will have an affect on others and ourselves. There is a direct correlation between personal responsibility and self-discipline; both are required for college success. The correlation between personal responsibility and self-discipline was supported in a Journal of Employment Counseling article where 102 business were surveyed to gain a better understanding of employers’ views of student workers’ work related skills while they were on the job. Personal responsibility was assessed in relation to honesty, employee attendance, punctuality, and treatment of others (Alsup, Molseed, & Voyles, 2003, p. 165). The study showed a strong connection between workplace success and personal responsibility. Similar to workplace success, college success is contingent on honesty, class attendance, punctuality, and team collaboration. In college, the student must complete activities on his or her own accord, which is derived from self-disciplined. There lies the correlation of both personal responsibility and self-discipline to college...
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...Individual Paper Topic: Explain the need for understanding different intergenerational attitudes of people towards technology and the implications it has for facilitating communicating between digital natives and digital immigrations. HO Nancy Hiu Kwan Introduction With the growth of time, the role of technology is getting more and more significant where technological products are commonly found in today‟s society and everyone generally equips with more than 2 gadgets to deal with their daily business. It is observed that majority of people flips on their smartphone during the ride or in meal are teenagers and young adults, they do with no reason but treat it as a habit. Since those digital natives can hardly live without the electronic devices, feel uncomfortable without them in hands and play with it (smartphone) regardless of the location and time can therefore said as an addiction. And now, it raises a question of whether the rapid advancement of technology betters our life or we are determined by technology? The above controversial topic often comes with diverse respondents amongst different generations, where teenagers may usually agree with technology improves their life in overall despite of some drawbacks brought by those digital technologies as they get used to the online space and possible to handle all the matters by their own; whereas the elder generation may have a different comments and believe technology undoubtedly better off our lives, yet more drawbacks...
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...IMPACT OF ACADEMIC STRESS AMONG THE MANAGEMENT STUDENTS OF AMET UNIVERSITY – AN ANALYSIS Dr.D.Rajasekar ABSTRACT The study examined the “Impact of academic stress among the management students. Stress management encompasses techniques to equip a person with effective coping mechanisms for dealing with physiological stress. Students have different expectations, goals, and values that they want to fulfill, which is only possible if the students are integrated with that of the institution. The objective of the study is use to find out the present level of stress, source of stress and stress management techniques that would be useful for management students. The study takes into account various criteria like physical, psychological, individual, demographical and environmental factors of stress among the management students. The sample comprises of 100 students of AMET Business School, AMET University. Data was collected through structured academic stress questionnaire by using convenient sampling method. Keywords: Stress, Academic Stress, Student stress; Stress among management students. INTRODUCTION The education sector in India is evolving, led by the emergence of new niche sectors like vocational training, finishing schools, child-skill enhancement and e-learning. The Indian education system, considered as one of the largest in the world, is divided into two major segments of core and non-core businesses. While, schools and higher education for the core group, the...
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...would be to increase my tolerance for uncertainty. I can also improve my inner work standards or “Raise the bar”. Assessment 3 – Terminal Values Survey Results 1. List the 6 most important values to you; ranking them in order from most important to less important. a. Inner Harmony b. Family Security c. Wisdom d. Self-Respect e. A Sense of Accomplishment f. A world at Peace 2. List the 6 least important values to you. g. Social Recognition h. A World of Beauty i. An Exciting Life j. Pleasure k. Freedom l. Equality 3. Answer the four questions posed (a, b, c, d). You do this IN ADDITION to agree/disagree and the action plan sections of your paper. m. The differences in the choices I’ve made indicate that I am not a materialistic person n. I am definitely built for a charitable industry such as a transition home or social worker. o. Without a doubt I am aware that my compassion can sometimes affect my decision making process. I see only one solution to this issue, seeing a therapist. p. My level of spiritual...
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...STUDY HABITS AND MEMORY RETENTION OF GRADE 9 STUDENTS AT SIGNAL VILLAGE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL; INPUTS FOR AN ENHANCED LEARNING TECHNIQUES A Thesis Proposal Presented to the Faculty of the College of Education Taguig City University Taguig City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor in Secondary Education Major in Science Submitted by: Cabia-an, Jonaden C. Ilao, Jessica E. Lumontad, Camille D. Rufo, Cyra Linne F. Villanueva, Rona R. August 2015 CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUD Introduction Study habits are the habits attributes that you have formed during your school years. It can be positive or negative. Positive or good study habits include being organized, keeping notes, reading, textbook, listening attentively and working hard in school every day. Negative or bad study habits include skipping classes, not doing home works, and watching TV or playing video games instead of studying. Habit means a learned, or fixed way of behaving to satisfy a given motive. Habits can be affected by the outside environment, teachers, books and reading materials available around him. Even the place where one studies may affect his concentration for understanding the lessons. Studying for an exam can be one of the most stressful tasks events in a student's life. For stale students, keeping up their grades who's always the main focus. For both kind of students, the exam has been a challenge. Others...
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...Cognition During sleep, the brain sequences through a pattern lasting about 90 to 120 minutes. These stages are separated into two big categories, non-rapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid eye movement (REM). During NREM sleep one enters into a slow-wave sleep, which is the deepest kind. Slow-wave sleep helps remember facts, places, and faces, while REM sleep is associated with dreaming (Ficca, Axelsson, Mollicone & Muto, 2010, p.249). The amount of time humans spend in REM sleep depends on age. Newborn babies sleep about 16 hours per day and spend about 50% of that time in REM sleep. Older people (50+ years of age) sleep an average of six hours per day and spend 13-15% of that time in REM sleep. Moreover, the suggested amount of sleep for a healthy adult is eight to nine hours, yet many adults do not receive this much sleep each night (Hershner & Chervin, 2014. p.73). While some people rely on caffeine or motivation to make it through the day, some rely on daytime sleeping, also known as naps. Through empirical research, it is suggested that naps positively impact our cognition, especially our alertness, memory consolidation, and stress levels. The results from a 2007 study published in the Journal of Sports Sciences conducted by Waterhouse, Atkinson, Edwards & Reilly found that a post-lunch power nap improves alertness and aspects of mental and physical performance. Ten healthy male adults either napped or sat quietly from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. after a night of shortened...
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...CHAPTER 1 A. Introduction Based on the Colegio de Sta. Rosa Makati Student Handbook Special Edition S.Y. 2012-2013, co-curricular activities serve as enrichment to the academic curriculum. Extra-curricular activities are activities that are not academic related but still under the supervision of the school. According to Ms. Rita Ruivivar, the activity coordinator of CSR Makati, co-curricular activities are related to academics thus, it could be outside school but still academic related. Extra-curricular activities on the other hand, are activities that are not academic related, for example basketball and volleyball teams, cheer force and other more. Based on thefreedictionary.com, co-curricular activities are complementing but are not part of the regular curriculum while extra-curricular activities are educational activities that are not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum. There was a research article in Korea made by Wi-Young So (2012). His article was about the association between physical activity and academic performance of Korean adolescent students. Surveys were given to the students to observe if physical activities are correlated with the student’s academic performance. He found out that vigorous physical activity is positively correlated with the academic performance in the case of boys. However, strengthening exercises were not positively correlated with the academic performance of both boys and girls. He also discovered that adequate physical...
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...Listening: An Essential Part of Communication Skills I. Introduction: Communication comes from the Latin word communis, meaning commonness. It is a process wherein knowledge, ideas, information, attitudes, and feelings are transmitted (Padilla et al, 2003 p. 3). Communication is a two-way process by which information is changed between or among individuals through a common system of symbols, sign and behaviour (Martinez, p1). It is an essential function of civilization. Basically it consists of writing, reading, speaking and listening. Listening is a skill that has to be practiced and learned. Among the four skills of communication, listening is the most ignored, yet it takes up the greatest amount of time in the study of these four skills (Igoy, 2004 p 85). Listening like any other skill, has to be practiced because we listen everyday and we think we know how to do it. Yet, like any other skill, we can learn to do it better and continue to improve our listening skills throughout our lives (Diaz, 2005, p. 28). At the end of the communication line is an indispensable element – the listener, the active participation of whom either makes or unmakes communication. How good at listening this element is, spells a big difference in the communication process. At this point, it part, comes though a constant awareness and study of how listeners respond. This is especially so if we consider the axiom that meaning is altogether in the mind of the listener. II. 1. What is the...
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...EPG SHRM Foundation’s Effective Practice Guidelines Series Building a High-Performance Culture: A Fresh Look at Performance Management By Elaine D. Pulakos, Rose A. Mueller-Hanson, Ryan S. O’Leary, and Michael M. Meyrowitz Sponsored by Halogen Building a High-Performance Culture: A Fresh Look at Performance Management This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information regarding the subject matter covered. Neither the publisher nor the author is engaged in rendering legal or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent, licensed professional should be sought. Any federal and state laws discussed in this book are subject to frequent revision and interpretation by amendments or judicial revisions that may significantly affect employer or employee rights and obligations. Readers are encouraged to seek legal counsel regarding specific policies and practices in their organizations. This book is published by the SHRM Foundation, an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM©). The interpretations, conclusions and recommendations in this book are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the SHRM Foundation. ©2012 SHRM Foundation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in whole or in part, in any form or by any means...
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...Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction The modern world in which we live is often termed a “knowledge society”, education and information have become factors of production that is considered potentially more valuable than labor and capital. In a global setting, investment in human capital has become a need for an international competitiveness. The role of science in our society is one of the central features of our present civilization; it is the age of technological and scientific revolution. Science and Technology is the most dynamic cultural force in the world. Science develops a scientifically literate society and makes an individual more responsive to the needs of the society and to the national development goals. Science and Technology must develop to the individual as stated and mandated in the Constitution for his development and to the nation as a whole. Scientific discoveries and inventions led into the development, progress and industrialization of the nation. Science plays a fundamental role in the life of an individual. It prepares the person in this changing world by equipping him the knowledge, intellectual and scientific skills and attitudes. It helps an individual to explore and explain truths producing useful models of reality of this physical world. It can also provide answers to many of our questions about thing in the environment and the observable phenomena. Science is a very practical subject that students must have to enjoy with...
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