...has graduated high school, that they are going on to college with the basic abilities of reading, writing, and arithmetic, yet we are finding that 40 percent of students entering college do not have these basic skills at the college level. We also assumed that if a student obtained a Bachelor’s degree, they were qualified for entry level work. Yet surveyed employers are stating that “that they are not pleased with the level of critical thinking, analytic reasoning, and writing skills recent graduates possess”. What is happening in our classrooms that are hindering students from being successful beyond their school years? This paper will discuss two established methods of assessing student learning, CCSS and PARCC, their strengths and weaknesses as well as discuss issues involving the assessment of student learning. Standardized Tests Standardized testing was established under the premise that it would improve teaching practices and methods, therefore improving schools. In essence it is deemed as the “report card for the community” and the efficiency of our schools performance. Besides state specific standardized test, other national standardized tests include: * Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT)- administered to students applying to private secondary schools and some public secondary schools * Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT)- voluntary test given to secondary school students in year 10 or 11 to assist them in preparing...
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...abided by the code of ethics and section 77 of regulation 941 states that all licensed engineers act with the following statement “knowledge of developments in the area of professional engineering relevant to any services that are undertaken; and competence in the performance of any professional engineering services that are undertaken” [1]. Continued professional development, is a learning tool for professional to stay current and maintain their knowledge and skills related to their professional lives [7]. On the basis that an engineer’s work is to provide development for society, the Professional Engineer of Ontario should mandate a professional development program to ensure that engineers remain competent throughout their professional careers. Current practices in Canada and around the world in engineering and similar practices, and the effects of the advancement of technologies requires CPD to ensure competent engineers. Regulating and launching a CPD program easily establishes the requirements of the publics need, regulator’s need, licensee’ need, and the employer’s need. As an engineer one of the main duties that must be...
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...Educating Millennials Synthesis Informative Essay As millennials are growing to more than half of the educational population, educators are looking for new, informative and engaging ways to keep the interest of millennials. Educators have recognized that the students today are far different from when they themselves first entered the classroom years ago. Educators are taking note and looking beyond the traditional classroom setting and adapting to the ways of how millennials are learning. Students' learning styles vary, which requires active faculty to use various teaching methods. By encouraging millennial students to use different types of learning tactics in different circumstances, educators are aiding these students to be critical thinkers and adaptive students. While educators are learning, millennials are also learning. Millennials often look for ways to learn on their time while trying to keep up with the latest technology. With advance knowledge of cell phones, millennials’ main sources of communication are instant message, social media, and text messaging. Millennials have become progressively interested in nontraditional learning. Millennials are looking for different avenues that are not only quick but also flexible with their everyday social and work life. Technology savvy millennials are conforming to a new approach of learning while being encouraged to think about their own values and future plans (Wilson, 2004). Millennials, also known as the Net Generation...
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...Continental J. Education Research 4 (3): 70 - 80, 2011 © Wilolud Journals, 2011 Printed in Nigeria ISSN: 2141 - 4265 http://www.wiloludjournal.com ADMISSION AS A FACTOR IN THE NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES’ MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS Babatunde Oyedeji Dept of Politics and International Relations, Lead City University, Ibadan ABSTRACT Admission is a necessary foundation building for joining a university institution for study or for scholarship. It is the climax to a string of academic activity starting from the cradle (of applicants) onto the matriculation watershed. Universities therefore take the task of admission of Students into their portals seriously insisting that as part of its basic academic freedom, the University Senate should provide and protect policies and processes for admission. Phillip G Altback described the central elements of academic life as ‘….. the admission of students, the curriculum, the criteria for the award of degrees, the selection of new members of the professoriate, and the basic direction of the academic work of the institution’1. This paper seeks to dissect the background and circumstances affecting and afflicting the admission process and its pivotal role in the business of tertiary education in Nigeria. It will attempt to draw connections as between admissions and variables such as the quality, quantity, stakeholder involvement, institutional effectiveness of the process and how it features as an instrument for higher quality higher education. KEYWORDS: University...
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...challenges are posed by digital plagiarism and is there a need to promote academic integrity? It is concluded that plagiarism is doubtless common and getting more so (particularly with increased access to digital sources, including the Internet), that there are multiple reasons why students plagiarise and that students often rationalise their cheating behaviour and downplay the importance of plagiarism by themselves and their peers. It is also concluded that there is a growing need for UK institutions to develop cohesive frameworks for dealing with student plagiarism that are based on prevention supported by robust detection and penalty systems that are transparent and applied consistently. Introduction Much has been written on the theme of plagiarism by students, particularly in the context of North American experience. This paper reviews that literature in order to discover what lessons it holds for institutional policy and practice within institutions of higher education in the UK. As well as being ‘the problem that won’t go away’ (Paldy, 1996), plagiarism is a problem that is growing bigger. There is mounting evidence that student cheating in general, and plagiarism in particular, are...
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...J. Hogarty Office: B 212 Office Hours: Online Office Hour Mon 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. On Campus Office Hours Tue 4:30 – 6:00 p.m., Thurs 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Wed 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Office Phone: (916) 558-2314 Extension: N/A Email: hogartp@scc.losrios.edu Special Note: Email is the best method for contacting me. Normally, I check my email several times a day and often-on weekends. Required Text: Huber, Walt, California Real Estate Practice, 5 th or 6 th Edition Optional Video DVD Set: See information about this optional DVD set under the heading of Course Requirements/Assignments Class Schedule: Students can watch lectures on Cable Television, view lectures over the internet, or watch lectures using DVD set available thru the college bookstore. You must have a DVD player in your computer (you cannot watch them using a television DVD player). Units: 3 Credit units Prerequisite: None Acceptable for credit: CSU Course Description This course covers operations in real estate: listing, prospecting, advertising, financing, sales techniques, escrow and ethics. This course is required by the California Department of Real Estate prior to taking the real estate salesperson’s examination. Learning Outcomes and Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: develop a practical approach to real estate. develop prospecting and sales techniques. develop contracts and other instruments used in real estate. develop presentations...
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...Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION INDUSTRY PROFILE BUSINESS CONSULTING In the corporate world the wants and needs of clients are constantly changing, becoming much more complex and specialized. These needs can often exceed workforce and workplace capabilities. When this happens, companies and organizations hire consultants to strategize solutions to business, organizational or industry specific problems Consultants are needed to help create new jobs, expand operations, and start new facilities. In short, consultants help organizations improve their performance These solutions can involve changing a company's problem solving initiatives, altering employee training techniques, and evaluating personal performance. Employee engagement is a key element in this field. A company's ability to build a corporate team with strong leaders will determine a company's ability to find answers to client and market concerns. Consultants help construct these teams and train the individuals in them. These teams and their leaders can then innovate and create new ways to find new customers and markets while keeping the existing ones happy and engaged. The people within the company will also start to think more like business owners and producers all on behalf of a clear strategic direction with adequate capacity to succeed. Areas of Consulting Consulting services include IT (Information Technology) consulting, management consulting, strategy consulting and industry specific consulting. IT consulting...
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...Affirmative Case Stella Ladeinde, Caroline Njagi, Twila Shocknesse, SasheetaVinesh NUR/542 April 17, 2012 Lousie Rittmiller Teaching Values in Schools Prescribed by the State or Federal Government Who should assume the burden of teaching values? While acknowledging the role of parents as natural caretakers and guardians, an evolving American society has made the vital task of mentoring children increasingly difficult. There has been an apparent decrease in character and moral reasoning among today's youth. In light of this dilemma, the state government should introduce moral and character building content into the education code and standards as a beneficial alternative to the guidance provided by parents and guardians. Tay and Yildirim (2009) assert that schools have two important goals in the effort to develop morality within educational parameters: To teach the current values in the society and to cultivate positive, beneficial habits through this education. In addition, schools create opportunities for students to discuss these values and to help develop their own. The proposition states that a set of values must be prescribed by the state or federal government and taught in schools. Before determining whether a set of values formulated by government can have a positive impact in school as opposed to those instilled at home by the family, understanding the general framework of values is essential. According to Family Values International Encyclopedia of Marriage...
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...Standardized Tests Sections I and II Sammy North DeVry University Standardized Tests Sections I and II Brittany, an honors student in Atlanta, Georgia, had worked hard her entire academic career to celebrate what would be her proudest moment in high school: commencement. She wanted to walk across the stage to the flash of cameras and the smiles of her family just like her classmates, and then journey off to a college in South Carolina where she had already been accepted. So she gathered her proud family members from Chicago and Washington, D.C., to come to share in her joy. Brittany watched as her classmates put on their caps and gowns and walked across the stage to receive their diplomas. But she did not, and instead waited all during the day to get a last-minute waiver signed. She continued to wait through the night, but it never came. She began to realize that if she graduated, it would not be quick or easy. Her problem was that she had not passed one of four subject areas in the state’s graduation test, which students must pass to earn a regular diploma. She is not alone. Thousands of students, such as Brittany, every year do not make it across the stage at graduation due to failing these state tests. And many of them, such as Brittany, were honors students who had fulfilled all the other requirements of graduation except this one (Torres, 2010). Stories such as this one are far too common and should not happen. We have the power to change the status quo, so that...
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...Student-Related Factors in the Performance of Biology Subject in Secondary Schools in Eldoret Municipality, Kenya Wabuke Joy Mukhwana Chepkoilel University College, Department of Science Education, P. O. Box 1125-30100, Eldoret, Kenya. ___________________________________________________________________________ Abstract This paper focuses on the student-related factors that influence performance of students in Biology in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in Eldoret municipality. The study was conducted through an ex-post facto design. A total of ten secondary schools were sampled. Target respondents were Form Three students and teachers of Biology (those teaching Form Three) within the municipality. The study sample (which was made up of 225 respondents; 200 students and 25 teachers) was obtained using stratified sampling. Simple random sampling was then used to choose the streams and particular students who participated in the study. Purposive sampling was used to obtain only the students who study Biology. The data was collected using questionnaires, observations and interviews and analysed using statistical package for social science (SPSS) computer programme. The results were presented using descriptive and inferential statistics. It was established that student-related factors affecting performance of Biology in Eldoret Municipality are: primary school Science which provides a requisite background for Biology at secondary school level; interest in Biology (theory and practical)...
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...Shaping America HIST 1301: U. S. History to 1877 Section 21404 INET (3 credit hours) Brookhaven College/Dallas TeleCollege, Fall 2014, August 27 – December 11 Instructor: Tara Kirk, M. A. E-Mail: tara.kirk@dcccd.edu Office Hours: Available for questions by e-mail. Phone: 972-860-7444 x21221 Welcome to Shaping America - History 1301 online! This course examines an exciting time in U.S. history, from exploration and settlement to the Civil War and Reconstruction. This syllabus is designed to give you all the information you need to successfully complete this course. Please pay special attention to the Course Work and Course Calendar sections to stay up to date with assignments and exams. COURSE DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES Prerequisite: Developmental Reading 0093 or English as a Second Language (ESOL) 0444 or have met the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standard in Reading. A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the pre-Columbian era to the Civil War/Reconstruction period. United States History I includes the study of pre-Columbian, colonial, revolutionary, early national, slavery and sectionalism, and the Civil War/Reconstruction eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History I include: American settlement and diversity, American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, and creation of the federal government. Coordinating Board Academic...
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...ATLANTA TECHNICAL COLLEGE ACADEMIC AND LEARNING SUPPORT SERVICES Program of Study: General Education BIO 2114 Anatomy and Physiology II This course syllabus is designed to assure students high academic success. It provides relevant information, outlines the course objectives, performance objectives, varied teaching methods that will be used, evaluation criteria for the course and work ethics, warranty claims, available student support services, expected accomplishments, and specific timelines. INSTITUTIONAL MISSION: Atlanta Technical College, a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, located in the city of Atlanta, is an accredited institution of higher education that provides affordable lifelong learning opportunities, associate degrees, diplomas, technical certificates of credit, customized business and industry training, continuing education and other learning services using state-of-the-art technology. The integration of academics and applied career preparation to enhance student learning is essential in meeting the workforce demands and economic development needs of the people, businesses, and communities of Fulton County. Course Title: Anatomy and Physiology II Course Code Number: BIO 2114 Prerequisites: BIO 2113 Contact Hours: 70 Includes: Class Hours: 4 D. Lab Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 5 Instructor's Name: Barry N. Bates Office Room Number: 2107 Office Phone Number: 404.225...
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...CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION EXAMINATION SYSTEM Generally, the examination means testing and estimating one’s academic ability and performance. It also means to test the knowledge of a student through written or oral questions based on the prescribed syllabus provided for the test within a specified period of time (Collins & O'Brien, 2011). According to Hill (1982), examination is both a subject of research and the basic data for research. It is a vital part of the teaching, learning process, and educational development which determines the destiny of students and their life career. The efficacy of an education system, basically, depends upon the usefulness and effectiveness of its examination...
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...ASSESSMENT OF EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES IN SOME SELECTED SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OYO STATE BY FAMUBO EMMANUEL OLUBUNMI MATRIC NO: FCE/IB/4372 SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL STUDIES SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (SP) OYO IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF NIGERIAN CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (NCE) SEPTEMBER, 2009 CERTIFICATION This is to certify that this project was carried out by FAMUBO, Emmanuel Olubunmi in the Department of Social Sciences of the Federal College of Education (Special) Oyo, Oyo State. …………………………. …………………………… Mr. J. O. Odewale Date Supervisor DEDICATION This work is dedicated to the memory of my late father, Mr. Isaac Omotayo Famubo. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My great appreciation goes first to the Lord, my God for given me the fortitude to begin and finish this programme. I express my sincere gratitude to my wife, Bose Famubo and children for their understanding during the period this course lasted. I also express my profound gratitude to my Project Supervisor, Mr. O.J Odewale for his assistance and scholarly advice. My special thanks goes to the Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Prof. S. O. Akande, Mrs. C. O. Adelani, Mr. V. O. Akinrinlade, Mrs. P. E. Bassey, M. O. Akinyemi and others too numerous to mention for their wonderful...
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...field of capital budgeting relies on the work of people in the areas of industrial engineering, research and development, and management information systems (among others) for the creation of investment opportunities. As such, it is important to suggest that students keep in mind the importance of creativity in this area, as well as the importance of analytical techniques. Because a project is financially sound, it must be ethically sound, right? Well . . . the question of ethical appropriateness is less frequently discussed in the context of capital budgeting than that of financial appropriateness. Consider the following simple example: The American Association of Colleges and Universities estimates that 10 percent of all college students cheat at some time during their postsecondary education careers. You might pose the ethical question of whether it would be proper for a publishing company to offer a new book How to Cheat: A User's Guide. The company has a cost of capital of 8% and estimates it could sell 10,000 volumes by the end of year one and 5,000 volumes in each of the following two years. The immediate printing costs for the 20,000 volumes would be $20,000. The book would sell for $7.50 per copy and net the company a profit of $6.00 per copy after royalties (which would, of course, be quite small!), marketing costs, and taxes. Year one net would be $60,000. From a capital budgeting standpoint, is it financially wise to buy the publication rights? What is the...
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