...Reading and Second Language Learners Research Report May 1999 This report prepared by Magda Costantino, Ph.D. The Evergreen Center for Education Improvement The Evergreen State College Olympia, Washington 98505 With assistance from: Joe St. Charles Susan Tepper Edlamae Baird Acknowledgment to Gary Burris and Lynne Adair For their invaluable assistance with the project This material is available in alternative format by request. Contact Bilingual Education at 360-753-2573, TDD 360-664-3631. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction complies with all federal and state rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age or marital status. Table of Contents (click on page number for access) Introduction......................................................................................................................... 1 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................ 3 Chapter One Language Acquisition and the Language Learner .......................................................... 7 Section One: How Does First Language Develop? .................................................... 7 Section Two: How Does Second Language Develop? ............................................... 9 Foundational Theories ...............................................................................................
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...Essentials of Higher Education for Nurses Marina Oliynyk Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V-O500 August 14, 2015 Essentials of Higher Education for Nurses The profession of nursing in its modern form exists for more than 200 years, and certainly it did experience a lot of changes. Over 150 years ago, Florence Nightingale defined nursing as “the act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery,” and till this day this simple rule applies (Berman & Snyder, 2012, p. 13). Nowadays the demand for nurses is massive and every healthcare facility wants their nurses to be well educated, open-minded, and knowledgeable about current healthcare trends. Colleges and universities, as well as hospitals offer different programs for those who desire to pursue the career of nursing. Student options vary from a hospital diploma program to a doctorate degree in nursing science. After obtaining a degree, a new graduate nurse faces a great challenge of finding a perfect working environment. The amount of options is endless: doctor’s offices, clinics, surgery centers, urgent cares, hospitals, home visits, etc. In addition, most nurses have their desired specialty in mind such as, cardiology, emergency medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics, list can go on for many more. With this said, acuity of patients keeps increasing, and so does “the demand for new competencies, such as evidence-based practice, informatics, and outcomes management,” requiring education...
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...Diversity Education: An Essential Educational Opportunity Diversity education provides educational opportunities that nurture and maintain an inclusive and diverse community, promoting equality for people of all cultures, ethnicities, and religions. The Association of American Colleges and Universities supports higher education faculty and students to partake in programs that advance civic learning and democratic engagement, global learning, and engagement with diversity to prepare students for socially responsible action in today's interdependent but unequal world (AACU). Diversity courses, programs, or interactions in higher education are positively effective in improving students’ understanding and respect of our multicultural society, and are an essential component to educational institutions. Diversity education fosters a broad range of enlightenment and competency, including those of learning and democracy. Learning outcomes include active thinking skills, and intellectual engagement and motivation, while democracy outcomes were not limited to perspective taking, citizenship engagement, racial and cultural understanding, and judgment of the compatibility among different groups (Gurin, P., & Lopez, G.). It is said that personal and social identity develop best in situations during late adolescence and early adulthood, when one is able to experiment with different social roles before making commitments to groups, ideas, and a philosophy of life (Gurin, P.,...
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...Blitzer, R. (2010). College Algebra Essentials (Third Edition). New Jersey: Pearson Education. Combination Functions in Real Life Adapted from Blitzer, R. (2010). College Algebra Essentials (Third Edition). New Jersey: Pearson Education. 1 Section 2.6 Objectives • Find the domain of a function. • Combine functions using the algebra of functions, specifying domains. • Form composite functions. Adapted from Blitzer, R. (2010). College Algebra Essentials (Third Edition). New Jersey: Pearson Education. The Domain of a Function Adapted from Blitzer, R. (2010). College Algebra Essentials (Third Edition). New Jersey: Pearson Education. 2 Adapted from Blitzer, R. (2010). College Algebra Essentials (Third Edition). New Jersey: Pearson Education. Steps to Determining Domain Adapted from Blitzer, R. (2010). College Algebra Essentials (Third Edition). New Jersey: Pearson Education. 3 Domains of Other Functions Adapted from Blitzer, R. (2010). College Algebra Essentials (Third Edition). New Jersey: Pearson Education. Example Adapted from Blitzer, R. (2010). College Algebra Essentials (Third Edition). New Jersey: Pearson Education. 4 Example Adapted from Blitzer, R. (2010). College Algebra Essentials (Third Edition). New Jersey: Pearson Education. The Algebra of Functions Adapted from Blitzer, R. (2010). College Algebra Essentials (Third Edition). New Jersey: Pearson Education. 5 NOTE: You must determine...
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...1.1 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall Essentials of Management Information Systems Chapter 1 Business Information Systems in Your Career STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES • How are information systems transforming business and what is their relationship to globalization? • Why are information systems so essential for running and managing a business today? • What exactly is an information system? How does it work? What are its people, organization, and technology components? 1.2 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall Essentials of Management Information Systems Chapter 1 Business Information Systems in Your Career STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES • How will a four-step method for business problem solving help you solve information systemrelated problems? • How will information systems affect business careers and what information systems skills and knowledge are essential? 1.3 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall Essentials of Management Information Systems Chapter 1 Business Information Systems in Your Career The New Yankee Stadium Looks to the Future • Problem: Escalating salaries, travel costs, and ticket prices, more competing entertainment options. • Solutions: Enhance fan experience by building state-of-the-art new stadium. 1.4 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall Essentials of Management Information Systems ...
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...Systems 2.1 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall Essentials of Management Information Systems Chapter 2 E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES • What are the major features of a business that are important for understanding the role of information systems? • How do systems serve the various levels of management in a business and how are these systems related? 2.2 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall Essentials of Management Information Systems Chapter 2 E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES • How do enterprise applications and intranets improve organizational performance? • Why are systems for collaboration and teamwork so important and what technologies do they use? • What is the role of the information system’s function in a business? 2.3 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall Essentials of Management Information Systems Chapter 2 E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems The Tata Nano Makes History with Digital Manufacturing • Problem: creating a car that costs $2,500 without sacrificing safety or value • Solutions: implement digital manufacturing that automates processes in product design and production engineering planning 2.4 Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall Essentials of Management Information Systems Chapter...
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...WK3Q2 A nurse with a Baccalaureate generalist education is the foundation upon which all graduate nursing education builds. The Essentials for a Baccalaureate degree is usually to prepare the nurse to assume roles as care providers; as designers, managers, and coordinators of care; and as members of a profession. Within these roles, the document provides specific standards for educational components that are essential for all baccalaureate nursing programs, including liberal education, professional values, core knowledge, and role development. The Baccalaureate graduate is able to translate, combine, and apply the knowledge that leads to improvements in safe care and good patient outcomes. This knowledge is increasingly complex and fluid. Therefore, baccalaureate graduates are expected to focus on continuous self evaluation and lifelong learning. The knowledge acquired enables the Baccalaureate graduate to practice holistically, provide safe care, assume accountability for their practice, care for patients across the health care landscape, and engage in self care to enable them to provide care to others. http://www.aacn.nche.edu/publications/order-form/baccalaureate-essentials Master’s education equips nurses with valuable knowledge and skills to lead change, promote health, and elevate care in various roles and settings. Synergy with these Essentials, current and future healthcare reform legislation, and the action-oriented recommendations of the Initiative on the Future...
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...Materials) with the AACN's Essentials for Master's Education for Advanced Practice Nursing (link located in the Week 1 Topic Materials)? Explain your rational. http://www.gcu.edu/About-Us/Mission-and-Vision.php http://www.gcu.edu/College-of-Nursing-and-Health-Care-Professions.php As for me, the Comparisons that can be found between the Grand Canyon University (GCU) Mission and Domains/College of Nursing (CON) Mission and Program Competencies with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s (AACN) Essentials for Master Education for Advance Practice Nursing are as follows: First, Grand Canyon University mission and domains prepares the students to become global citizens, critical thinkers, effective communicators, and responsible leaders by providing an academically challenging, values-based curriculum from the context of Christian heritage (http://www.gcu.edu/about-Us.php), whereas with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s (AACN) Essentials for Master’s Education for Advance Practice Nursing focus predominantly on the education of nurses for advanced practice nursing in direct care roles which comprises two elements, Master’s Education: Societal Role , which is practice oriented with a goal that professional s develop advanced skills and knowledge for their professional roles and those programs that are more theoretically or research directed with a goal of developing scholars for generation of new knowledge and Master’s Education in Nursing: Diversity and...
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...Abstract The report underscores the importance of the "skills that are most essential and associated with career and college readiness," [Paul Weeks] says. Since many secondary school teachers aren't familiar with the skills that have been identified as the most essential to succeed in college, high school educators cover a breadth of skills. "Postsecondary instructors would rather see more depth, not a broad range that are only an inch deep," asserts Weeks. For example, two students can pass algebra but have vastly different experiences and their knowledge can vary greatly. Colleges review class titles but rarely evaluate the essential skills mastered in the class. "Now we know what skills lead to college and career readiness," suggests Weeks. "And the more high school teachers are aware of those skills and can teach them, the better their graduates will perform in postsecondary education." Boone County schools also are collaborating with Northern Kentucky University to develop basic math programs. "We want to make sure that every student is at that level of mastery. It drives everything we do," [Karen Cheser] says. To prepare students to be college ready, it requires "conversations, transparency, and a willingness to put out data. It takes community-will and providing resources," she remarks. Publication Title The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Publisher The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Date 08/2013 Study Explores Why many High School Graduates Are not Ready...
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...Running head: ISLLC STANDARDS ISLLC Standards Final Paper Melissa Steffel Grand Canyon University Education: EDA 534 March 21, 2012 ISLLC Standards Final Paper The Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium’s standards assist to explain anticipated results and actions for successful school leaders. The standards were established to improve the excellence of education. Because of the No Child Left Behind Act, the standards were executed to encourage excellence in the professional planning of upcoming school administrators. These standards were put forth to make school leaders responsible for individual pupil accomplishment. Educational administration is an area within the study of education that explores the administrative philosophy and practice of education overall and educational organizations and educators specifically. The field preferably distinguishes itself from administration and management through its devotion to guiding theories of educational viewpoint (Wikipedia, 2012). The ISLLC standards are very vital to the growth of the school leader. An efficient leader is one who knows what to accomplish and how to achieve it. The school leader has to coach the teachers, students, and the community for the ideas that the education community has in store. With all the essential testing that is taking place within the education system; the school leader has to be equipped for the inconceivable. They have to be well-informed and adaptable for the unimaginable...
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...Sex Education Yevgenia Dashtoyan ENGL-107 08.26.2013 Sex, in the current world, has almost become a basic need for an individual. It has become a daily subject for the last several years now. People in the society talked about sex as a key way of birth control and means of reducing the spread of HIV and AIDs. Sex has now become an issue especially at this period when communities are experiencing a massive loss o lives through sexually transmitted diseases. It is, however, challenging to deal with the issue because young people are the most sexually active. The local media stations report sex scandals daily. If you go to school, you will find students talking about sex! Even in the middle and grade schools, is also dealing with the same issues. In summary, sex is currently the center of conversations in the society. Controlling this habit of sex has become a challenge not only in the society but also in the entire world. Children, on the other hand, are exposed to sex because of the lifestyle we are experiencing. Sex is a basic instinct in all-living beings; sex education should be encouraged in school with the aim of abstinence. However, it is also essential to advocate safe sex because the most teenagers are sexually active, making it impossible to campaign for abstinence (Erkut and Grossman, 2013). As a teen, watching videos that are sexy can make one not to think about safe sex, especially at the age. Girls might be in safer possible because they might get...
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...Adults and Young People as Essential Skills Learners By Rebecca Phillips 1. The “Basic skills agency” (2002) defines basic skills as : “The ability to read, write, and speak in English (or welsh), and to use mathematics at a level necessary to function at work and in society in general.” Basic skills (Essential skills) are the skills needed for work, learning and life. They are the foundation for learning all other skills and can enable people to evolve with their jobs and adapt to workplace change. These essential skills are literacy, numeracy and ICT. Comms is to ensure people can read write, Application of Number is to enable people to have the skills to manage cash and budgeting. ICT is a skill used in almost every workplace, therefore learners need to have the ability to be able to use it within a working environment. These are the minimum skills expected of an adult in a working environment. 2.3 Possible outcomes of having Essential skills needs are: A) Low self esteem/ confidence – people who have needs can struggle in life and the result of those issues can become an issue. Some even resulting in depression B) This can become intergenerational, this is because they cannot support their offspring whilst in education. C) E mployment issues- people with poor Essential skills are more likely to be unemployed due to this. 2.1 5 reasons why people may have essential skills needs: A) Absence in education, learners not attending school...
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...from S1 to S2. This is because when a tax is imposed, it would cause the costs of producing the goods to increase, therefore the firm would be willing to supply less output (Tragakes, 2012). In this case, prices for the items which have not been taxed by Sales and Service Tax (SST) before, such as computers, laptops, men’s watches, cosmetics and such which are considered non-essential, will increase and therefore the firms would have to decrease its production. As such, the consumers would also be affected, as they have to pay a higher price for the items due to the implementation of tax. Also, items which were previously imposed with SST, such as television sets and air conditioners, would become cheaper, as the 10% tax rate will decrease to 6% tax rate with the implementation of GST (HABIB, 2015). This will cause the supply curve to shift downwards and rightwards from point S2 to S3. Consumers who are willing to buy these items, are now more capable of buying it. (Graph 2 shows the effect of ad valorem tax on normal goods with high PED) (Graph 3 shows the effect of ad valorem tax on non-essential items with low PED) The utilization of taxes depends on the price elasticity of demand (PED) of an item, which can be determined by first differentiating its level of necessity. A necessity, such as food,...
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...The nine Essentials are: · Essential I: Liberal Education for Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice o A solid base in liberal education provides the cornerstone for the practice and education of nurses. · Essential II: Basic Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Care and Patient Safety o Knowledge and skills in leadership, quality improvement, and patient safety are necessary to provide high quality health care. · Essential III: Scholarship for Evidence Based Practice o Professional nursing practice is grounded in the translation of current evidence into one’s practice. · Essential IV: Information Management and Application of Patient Care Technology o Knowledge and skills in information management and patient care technology are critical in the delivery of quality patient care. · Essential V: Health Care Policy, Finance, and Regulatory Environments o Healthcare policies, including financial and regulatory, directly and indirectly influence the nature and functioning of the healthcare system and thereby are important considerations in professional nursing practice. · Essential VI: Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration for Improving Patient Health Outcomes o Communication and collaboration among healthcare professionals are critical to delivering high quality and safe patient care. · Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health o Health promotion and disease prevention at the individual and population level are necessary...
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...Adult Higher Education is essential, only a few disputes discussing this highly regarded disparity in academia, standards ruled by race and economic status. A quality education versus a meager one could increase chances of taking advantage of opportunities to be successful in life. There is an opportune likelihood that schools attended elementary throughout high school lacked many necessities; living in a poor neighborhood and being a minority. A higher education helps prepare one to participate successfully in the job market with their peers. Not surprisingly, since job opportunities are lessening even for those who have obtained more than one higher education degrees. Considering the prevailing understanding of the knowledge economy has been defining forces. 1) The increase in quality and power of education as a vital component for economic development. 2) The escalating globalization through acquired facts of both knowledge exchange and economic activities. The foundation in adult higher education is primarily focused on economy growth and the role of adult higher education. Whereas the new era of global economics and information society has refocused and increased the leadership role of adult higher educations to become essential contributors to the current global environment. However, adult higher education has endured a significant transformation from its roots in independent and online distance study. In recent years, the reformation has been illustrated by the creation...
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