...Student Name _______________ Class Section __Eng 032__________________ Reading Module #1 On Your Own This activity in Reading Module 1 gives you two reading passages to practice applying the Active Reading Strategies you have learned. Directions: Complete the activity by reading each passage and answering the questions. Do not forget to spell check and proofread your work. When you have completed this activity, please upload it to the Dropbox for this week. Reading #1: The Body’s Response to Stress Whenever we are surprised by a sudden stressor, such as someone swerving into our lane of traffic, the adrenal glands jump into action. Using the Predicting Strategy | Read the title and first sentence above. Now predict what you think the passage will be about. | Your prediction about the passage:its say about the health and breathing problem rate like over population .its should be more dangerous become a day | Now read the whole paragraph. The Body’s Response to Stress Whenever we are surprised by a sudden stressor, such as someone swerving into our lane of traffic, the adrenal glands jump into action. These two almond-shaped glands sit above the kidneys. They secrete adrenaline as well as other hormones into the bloodstream. As a result, the heart speeds up, breathing rate increases, blood pressure elevates, and the flow of blood to the muscles increases. It is believed that this sudden burst of energy and strength has helped generations...
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...Improving Summer School for At-Risk Students to Improve MAP Achievement H Abstract “Race to the Top” have left public education systems searching for ways to make sure students are reaching their highest potential. Because of the importance of accountability issues to school systems, it is important to examine ways to help students reach their potential. One tool school districts use to aid in improving student achievement is summer school. This qualitative study provides an overview of the history of summer school. Additionally, it offers a synopsis of various types of summer programs and at-risk student populations often targeted by summer school. The researcher also offers a review of literature on student learning loss over the summer months. Summer learning programs have the potential to help children and youth improve their academic and other outcomes. This is especially true for children from low-income families who might not have access to educational resources throughout the summer months and for low-achieving students who need additional time to master academic content. Because many students loose learning over the summer and some students need more time on task to master content, participation in summer learning programs should mitigate learning loss and could even produce achievement gains on standardized test such as MAP. Overview One hundred and fifty Title I-eligible students from Chandler Creek Elementary school will enroll each...
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...Project Performance Industrial Engineering 599 – Summer 2012 Course Syllabus Purpose: This course is designed to prepare professional master’s students to develop, implement, monitor, and communicate effective project management strategies utilizing appropriate management techniques and relevant software tools. It will emphasize project management within the broader framework of organizational structure and strategic goals. Prof. John H. Thomas, AIA, LEED AP zjthomas@uw.edu (206) 851-6276 mobile Tuesdays 4:00 – 6:50pm, Loew 206 https://catalyst.uw.edu/workspace/zjthomas/30816/ http://moodle.extn.washington.edu/course/view.php?id=2418 Project Management in Practice, 4th Edition, by Samuel J. Mantel, Jr., Jack R. Meredith, Scott M. Shafer, and Margaret M. Sutton, Wiley (2011) Instructor: Email: Phone: Class sessions: Course website: Moodle website: Textbook: Reference textbook (optional): A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Fourth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc. (2008) Prerequisites: No specific prerequisites; some experience with project management tools such as MS Project and Excel is highly recommended. Course Objectives: By the end of this course, students will be able to: understand the role of the project in different types of organizations understand differences between types of project management strategies understand comparative strengths and weaknesses in project management tools in order to select the most appropriate...
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...Integrated Case Study: The Bandon Group INC. Sunday July 7, 2013 STRAYER UNIVERSITY Introduction The Bandon Group, Inc. is a successful company in the copier industry. The company has four different successful divisions. However, each division has its own information technology strategy. This places the company at a disadvantage to compete with competitors as well as grow as a company. The current information technology strategy is identified as well as the standard practices by their competitors. The limitations of Bandon Group are also identified as well as the direction they will like to grow into. Step 1 - Purpose and Scope of the Study The Bandon Group intends to have an information system study conducted to determine how they can best use Information Technology (IT) to meet the overall mission, goals and objectives of the organization over the next 3-5 years. The purpose of a Management Information System is to collect, store and process business information and to deliver it to decision makers in a format they can use. Information systems have gone through many changes. Experts currently refer to the current era as the “Customer-Focused Era” of modern computing (Petter & Mclean, 2012). Users expect to receive customized experiences based on their unique requirements. Currently Bandon has decentralized divisions around the country supported by a centralized IT infrastructure. The purpose of the study is to identify how Bandon Group can build a more...
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...Looking back at my last year’s AP Language Composition class , the frustration I felt while reading the short stories written by Ernest Hemingway was overwhelming. Even after rereading the story we were working on, I was unable to fully understand it. The short story that I remember the most is the “Sea Of Change”. In this story, a man is having a discussion with his girlfriend or wife about her embarrassing him and she leaves him. A shift in the character's behavior suggests that the man went through a change. The “change” he went through was something I failed to figure out. After a class discussion multiple ideas were thrown and as a class we agreed that Hemingway was suggesting the man was gay. Without the help of my class, coming up...
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...Management s374: General Management & Strategy The University of Texas at Austin - Summer 2015 Dennis S. Passovoy (Professor) (512) 471-2195 GSB 5.124G (in McCombs) via Canvas INBOX Davit Davtyan (TA) Phone: Office: E-Mail: Office Hours: M T W TH 1:00 – 1:45pm, or by appointment M T W TH 9:00 – 9:45am, or by appointment Class: #72305 (July 13 – August 14) M T W TH 2:00 – 3:45pm CBA 4.328 CBA 4.304A (in McCombs) via Canvas INBOX Prerequisites • • • • • • Upper-division standing Seventy-five semester hours of coursework, including: Management 336 or 336H Credit or registration for Finance 357 or 357H, and Marketing 337 or 337H And credit or registration for one of the following: Accounting 353J, 366P, Business Administration 353H, Finance 353, 366P, Management 353, 366P, Management Information Systems 353, 366P, Marketing 353, 366P, Operations Management 353, or 366P. May be counted toward the writing flag requirement. May be counted toward the independent inquiry flag requirement. Course Description This course is restricted to students in a McCombs School of Business major. It is designed to enable students to analyze business situations from the point of view of the practicing general manager. Addresses key tasks involved in general management, including strategic decisions that ensure the longterm health of the entire firm or a major division. Writing Flag This course carries the Writing Flag as well as the Independent...
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...The nonfiction novel, Zeitoun, written by Dave Eggers, involves a Syrian American, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, who was determined to stay and aid survivors in New Orleans after the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina. Zeitoun faced discrimination and was imprisoned after being accused of being a terrorist. Aside from the novel, the present day Zeitoun had been cleared of charges with the, “solicitation of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder of his ex-wife” (Martin). Even though the nonfiction novel was possibly not accurate, it should remain a summer reading book and be taught at Mills High School, due to the positive effects that the text have on students. This book could be used as an introduction of how to write rhetorical strategies....
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...Mr. Macomber English 3 AP Syllabus 1.5 English 3 AP Course Overview Students in this introductory college-level course read and carefully analyze a broad and challenging range of nonfiction prose selections, deepening their awareness of rhetoric and how language works. Through close reading and frequent writing, students develop their ability to work with language and texts in order to establish greater awareness of purpose and strategy, while strengthening their own composing abilities. C16 Students examine rhetoric in essays, images, movies, novels, and speeches. They frequently confer about their writing by conferencing in class. C 14 Feedback is given both before and after students revise their work to help them develop logical organization, enhanced by specific techniques to increase coherence. Rhetorical structures, graphic organizers, and work on repetition, transitions, and emphasis are addressed. I comment on individual drafts, and I write memos to the class in a blog about whole-class concerns such as specificity of quotations, parallelism, and transitions. C13 Simultaneously, students review the simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentence classifications. We examine word order, length, and surprising constructions. Loose and periodic sentences are introduced. We examine sample sentences and discuss how change affects tone, purpose, and credibility of the author/speaker. In addition, feedback on producing sentence structure variety...
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...result of this review indicates that using a story map strategy, as a method to enhance the reading comprehension for students with learning disabilities, is one of the effective approaches used to improve the reading comprehension. Participants involved in these studies from different grade level exhibited a significant improvement in their reading comprehension. The researchers measured their participants’ abilities before starting the intervention, which is teaching them how to use a story map strategy. After using the story map strategy, participants showed improvement in their scores through reading comprehension tests. All participants presented increase from the baseline to the intervention (Taylor, Alber, & Walker 2002; Boulineau, Fore, Burke, & Burke 2004; Onachukwu, Boon, Fore, & Bender 2007; Stagliano & Boon 2009; Wade, Boon, & Spencer 2010; Narkon and Wells 2013). There are limitations in this review considering findings. First, some studies used a few participants that made some studies results limited and difficult to generalize to others participants (Boulineau, Fore, Burke, & Burke 2004). Second,...
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...Cultural competence is defined as the capacity to understand an individual coming from different groups and backgrounds. The major measures utilized in the Davis and Cho (2005) article to evaluate the efficiency of the International Leadership in Educational Technology (ILET) project were stated as “evidence of the development of intercultural competence was analyzed from artifacts, self-report, interviews, and surveys” (p.1). The three strategies that were proven are: Sojourn Abroad, Summer Academy, and Online Reading. After such study, these doctoral students showed flexibility, openness and acceptance. Regarding the Sojourn Abroad strategy, the students improved their skills on educational technology, research, and assisted them in improving their dissertation topics. The Summer Academy students stated that the academy helped them in their academic interests and to investigate unfamiliar academic areas and cultures. The Online Reading group students did not improve their academic performance, but they stated that it assisted them in creating new ideas and knowledge to help them in everyday life experiences. Davis and Cho (2005) clearly explained the meaning and the purpose of cultural competence. Although it is a clear definition, they did not provide a valid measure to prevent prejudiced responses. Also, self-reports, interviews, email interviews, and survey questionnaires have been utilized to gather information. “Analyses produced descriptive statistics related...
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...Course: MGT 6200AB Competition & Strategy Semester: Fall 2014 Instructor: Robert Crooke BA MBA FCA Class Location: Section A: Kensington, 17 Young Street, YS2 Section B: Kensington, Asa Briggs Hall, B212 Class Meeting Time: Section A: Tuesday/ Thursday 12.00-1.20 Section B: Tuesday/ Thursday 9.00-10.20 Office: Adjunct Office 3rd floor 16 Young Street Office Hours: 11.00-11.50 Phone: 0207-368-8601 Email: crooker@richmond.ac.uk VLE (Virtual Learning Environment: Blackboard will provide the Virtual Learning Environment from Fall 2014 onwards, and can be accessed via the portal (https://my.richmond.ac.uk/) This syllabus should be read in conjunction with the Course Specification Document; the University Catalogue; and the relevant Programme Specification (via the University’s website http://www.richmond.ac.uk) Course Description: The course focuses on strategic analysis and evaluation, long-range planning and policy implementation. Early lectures outline the basic strategic analysis models and case study analyses relate to both the firm's internal operations and the environment in which it operates. Prerequisites: Completion of the FNN, or INB, or MKT Core courses Aims and Objectives: The Course aims to develop within the student a full understanding of the nature and role of competition and strategy. It aims to introduce students to strategic management concepts and to increase students’ awareness of the...
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...YORK UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LIBERAL ARTS AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES COURSE SYLLABUS, SUMMER 2014 ADMS 1000 - INTRODUCTION TO ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES: THE CONTEXT OF BUSINESS Course Director: Course Website Access through: COURSE DESCRIPTION This course offers an examination of the external context of business and the challenges of managing in the Canadian business environment. Our exploration of the external context of business includes consideration of such key areas as economic, competitive, labour, technological, societal, global, and political issues. The broad aim is to provide insight into current challenges and opportunities that play a dramatic role in the business landscape and affect business strategy. COURSE GOALS 1. To identify the key factors which comprise the external environment of business. 2. To understand the potential impact of these external factors on business. 3. To obtain an understanding of the challenges & opportunities present in the Canadian business context. 4. To encourage critical thinking regarding the external challenges that must be addressed as part of successful business strategy. Prerequisite: None REQUIRED TEXT Karakowsky, L. (2013). Exploring The Canadian Business Environment, SECOND EDITION. Pearson: Toronto COURSE CONTENT AND SCHEDULE SESSION 1: The Context of Business: A Framework Learning Goal: To consider why the most logical starting point to undertaking studies...
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...four steps in the system of textbook reading described in Ch. 7 of Your College Experience to reading electronic materials? Part of reviewing is developing your vocabulary. Chapter 7 of Your College Experience lists strategies to help you develop vocabulary skills. Which of these strategies would be most effective for you? How would you apply these vocabulary strategies when reading course materials? I would apply the suggestions of strategy's from the Chapter 7 of Your College Experience in which includes previewing, marking, reading with concentration and reviewing. First comes the previewing process, where I apply by writing a side note on how many pages within the chapter. As overtime it will help me my remember, whats mostly important that’s toward my goal of checking off specific amounts of pages. Second is the marking process, in which marking is the next step after doing the preview step. Where you have noted the chapter, then you're set to start the chapter; in my case marking would help me to read through more quickly and with greater logic based of the reading. As for marking, I would do this step as I'm reading of a section and pick out which are best useful information that are the most important. Next step is to read with concentration, its to find a spot for studying that will mainly reduce distraction. In addition I would avoid any use of gadgets and other distractions that wouldn't let me focus. For my goals during a reading session is to take short breaks and...
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...As I entered college as a first-year undergraduate student it was overwhelming, yet an amazing experience. It was difficult for me to adjust to a new environment at the beginning, but as my first year comes to an end I was able to meet various of people, connect with my professors, and find who I am as a person. With these memorable events that have happened in my first year, I also admired all the classes I have taken so far. More specifically, Stretch English which is my first-year English course at San Jose State University. This year-long English course allowed me to witness my strengths and weaknesses as a reader and writer. Thus, I have compiled an ePortfolio that includes my first attempt to write a critical essay and my most recent...
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...Writing Diagnostic Adam B. Summers equips a combination of evidence, reasoning, and style to build a convincing argument to prove why plastic shopping bags should not be banned. The assertive, logical, yet empathetic tone grabs the reader's attention and persuades them to agree with Summers’ point. The numerous facts throughout the paper effectively back up Summers’ argument. After he makes a claim, he provides examples and facts to further explain his point. For example, he first claims that the “claims that plastic bags are [worse] for the environment than paper bags… are dubious at best” and then follows with the results of a study that state that “plastic grocery bags produce fewer greenhouse gases [than paper bags],” which convinces...
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