...these qualitative forecasts techniques helps to plan on the demand of aproducts for consumers and help plan on expenditure for expansion of the firm. Ch6 DQ.2(b). What is the rationale and usefulness? The survey techniques helps to determine the future of a product or service based on the information provided by the consumers in the survey and the economic activities of the business can be planned based on the results from survey for the companies expenditure on its expansion or other production plans. In case of opinion polling, it helps to determine potential buyers and their requirements and this can help firms to forecast its product demands and improvement of options that will have to be added for customers to buy the goods. Ch6 DQ.3(a). What are time-series data? What are the possible sources of variation in time-series data? Time-series data is the values of a variable arranged chronologically by days, weeks, months, quarters or years. The time-series analysis attempts to forecast future values of the time series by examining the past observations of the data only. The possible sources of variations are secular trend, cyclical fluctuations, seasonal variations and irregular influences. The trends variation refers to long-run increase or decrease in the data series. Cyclical fluctuations variation are the major...
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...Unit 3 Assignment Sebastian Lewis Kaplan University HU345: Critical Thinking 3/14/2012 Real guys ripped results is what this ad says.Hydroxycut the perfect diet pill/fat burning pill, a pill that will boost energy and at the same time burn fat and increasing the muscle definition. We all want to lose weight and get that body back that we had as a young adult or in our youth, this is what the advertisement says to the consumer. What caught my eyes as I turned the pages of the flex magazine were of course the ripped up models that were on the pages. The ad shows you all these perfect body models that say they have taken this pill to help them look this way with a before and after picture. Some people may say that they are touched up photos to make you want to buy their product. This ad is clever and it implies with the before and after photo of these people that with this pill you too can obtain these results. In the magazine industry, the models are not the only elements that make a publication work; it is essentially a series of items carefully combined to create an overall effect. The models are the logos to help the sale of the product along with their before and after pictures. These advertisements puts me in the mood to want to work out harder and try this pill that burns body fat and increases your matabalism.This ad appeals to both men and women not only does Hydroxycut work for men but for women as well they just made a lesser dosage for women, most advertisers...
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...Week 3 Individual Assignment - Rebuttal Paper BCOM/275 – Critical Thinking Patty Haynes 07/24/13 Virginia Carter The Rolling Stone magazine has recently been met with a slew of angry outbursts and boycotting for placing the well-known, suspected Boston Bombing Terrorist, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover this month. The magazine is under scrutiny not just for placing his picture on the cover, but for how the picture portrays the suspect. Tsarnaev’s photo is a very glamorous, dreamy eyed, tousled hair, sexier version of himself in the photo. This glorified photo is exactly how The Rolling Stone portrays famous actors and rock stars that are meant to be admired. Harold Maass is the executive editor for an online forum called The Week. He currently posted an article saying that The Rolling Stone shouldn’t be chastised for their choice and it is simply a ploy to sell heaps and heaps of magazines. He states that maybe we shouldn’t be so angry at The Rolling Stone publication because the New York Times posted it on their cover first. Maass also backs up Janet Reitman of The Rolling Stone saying that the only thing that happened here was that he happened to be a huge news feature, and features make the covers of publications. He also agrees with other authors that claim this could help the American public snap out of their daydreams and see that terrorists don’t have to be dirty, rag wearing, foreign language speaking, Muslims. While all of these comments can be boiled...
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................................................... Page 2 INTRODUCTION: PURPOSES, PARAMETERS AND CONTEXT..........................Page 3 CRITICAL REVIEW OF LITERATURE.....................................................................Page 7 SCOPE, SAMPLE AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATION........................................... Page 15 CRITICAL REFLECTION ON OWN RESEARCH FINDINGS.....................................................................................................................Page 17 MY CHANGE INITIATIVE.........................................................................................Page 28 REFERENCES...............................................................................................................Page 44 ABSTRACT This paper reports the findings of a small scale enquiry and the change initiative based on the findings and outcomes of leading a change initiative in a secondary school in the South East of England. The paper evaluates the impact of a change theory on teaching and learning and it assesses the implications of new knowledge on practices and performances of students in Religious Education. The focus of change is on the utilisation of planning strategies to promote interest in learning and the adaptation of critical thinking tools for the purpose of engaging the students in learning. A critical evaluation of the impact of effective questioning and dialogue forms part of the recommendations made. The new knowledge in this report...
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...EDU 695 Week 3 DQ 1 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving NEW To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/edu-695-ash/edu-695-week-3-dq-1-critical-thinking-and-problem-solving-new Critical Thinking and Problem Solving In Week Two, you created a presentation on why linking assessments with report cards that reflect CCSS is imperative. In this discussion, you expand on your knowledge about CCSS and debate the idea of whether creating high-quality assessments is necessary. Note that some educators argue that it is not enough to just create a link between assessments and report cards, but that assessments need to be high level and should require students to synthesize their learning instead of only demonstrating mastery by rote memory. Alternatively, some educators argue that high-quality assessments cost more than lower quality assessments (Eisner, 2001; Matthews, 2006; Pulfrey, Buch, & Butera, 2011). One possible reason for this viewpoint is that higher-level assessments often include performance tasks and/or essays that require teacher scoring, and thus a great deal of time is spent on evaluating students’ work. Conversely, lower-level assessments measuring basic knowledge through multiple-choice and true/false responses; they can be measured using technology and take considerably less time and resources to measure. First, choose a side from the two opposing viewpoints described above and discuss one of these two points: a. Can the American education...
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...Tutorial C01: What is Critical Thinking and Why is it Important? By: Jonathan Chan C01.1 Introduction Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally. It includes the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking. Someone with critical thinking skills is able to do the following Understand the logical connections between ideas Identify, construct and evaluate arguments Detect inconsistencies and common mistakes in reasoning Solve problems systematically Identify the relevance and importance of ideas Reflect on the justification of one's own beliefs and values Other definitions of critical thinking have been proposed. See bottom of this page for explanations of critical thinking from other sources. It can be seen that clarity and rationality constitute the common core across the different conceptions on critical thinking. Critical thinking is not a matter of accumulating information. A person with a good memory and who knows a lot of facts is not necessarily good at critical thinking. A critical thinker is able to deduce consequences from what he knows, and he knows how to make use of information to solve problems, and to seek relevant sources of information to inform himself. Critical thinking should not be confused with being argumentative or being critical of other people. Although critical thinking skills can be used in exposing fallacies and bad reasoning, critical thinking can also play an important role in cooperative reasoning...
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...EDUCATION Critical thinking and analysis: a model for written assignments Sharon L Edwards W hat is critical analysis? In the author’s personal experience this question has been answered by the following statement: ‘It is being critical of the literature.’ However, this does not answer the question. A literature search also failed to provide any information on critical analysis. The justification for developing a model for critical analysis, however, was not solely the lack of available literature. Other reasons included: to provide a definition of the terms; and to help both educationalists and students interpret the concepts involved. Nurse educationalists and nursing students lack a clear understanding of the critical processes and this could severely diminish the profession’s ability to articulate issues that are imperative to the advancement of nursing practice in the future. This article recommends a model of critical analysis that can be used by students and educationalists. It suggests that critical thinking and analysis are interrelated and complementary, but not synonymous. It gives examples of the model’s components in order to clarify their meaning. The model will hopefully give students a premise on which to base their assignments, and nurse educationalists will be able to incorporate it into their teaching practice. It will also provide an element of reality to critical analysis which will prevent it from becoming so abstract and idealistic as to render...
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...CHAPTER 1 ACCOUNTING IN ACTION Summary of Questions by STUDY Objectives and Bloom’s Taxonomy |Item | |1. | |51. | |224. | |235. | |270. | |1. | |4. | |12. | |13. ...
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...such as: dialogues, small-group discussion, debate, song, and games. Additionally, Hasibuan & Batubara (2012) also reveal that debate is a method of language learning which is applied to improve speaking ability as well as critical thinking (p.19). Hence, debate is a method of language learning which is applicable not only to improve the students’ speaking skill but also critical thinking. In addition, debate is potential to develop students’ critical thinking and speaking skill. This statement is supported by Walker and Warhust (2000) who claim that debates in the classroom have been effective in increasing critical thinking by letting students connect as they learn subject...
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...aa23 3 months ago it is very good dharankarmadhavi 5 months ago thanks for a very useful presentation. charlottemila 7 months ago Excellent presentation and thanks for sharing. http://www.comparatif-cybermarche.com/ Edufireegypt 7 months ago Thanks a lot for nice coherent presentation Ahmed from Egypt :) Jisun Lee at Jisun Lee, 11 months ago Thank you for sharing. It is wonderful. bina at bina, 2 years ago sir its excellent Jeff Bennett, Web/Multimedia Developer at Digital Splash Media, 2 years ago Thanks for sharing Zaid. Your presentation played a key part in a video about critical thinking that I just published. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-85-j7Nr9i4 chuchad at chuchad, 2 years ago Thank you for sharing. This presentation is very useful. ommeone 2 years ago Thank you for sharing the great ideas of critical thinking. It really helps me on doing my thesis. Patti Waterbury, Founder/President at Creative Growth Strategies, Inc., 2 years ago Thank you for sharing...excellent content. Comments 1 - 10 of 21 comments next Embed Video Subscribe to comments Post Comment Speaker Notes on slide 28 98 Favorites Karori International Ventures Limited at Karori International Ventures Limited, 1 month ago Tags creative thinking Greg Williams, instructional designer, eLearning developer, professor, trainer, consultant at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1 month ago Wagner Rezende, Professor at UFG, 2 months ago osupa01 3 months ago Monica...
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...IRSC MAN4442 LibGuide to support your discussion responses. Assessments M1A1: Discussion Board Post for Chapter 1 Answer the questions on page 34 Critical Thinking Questions 1,3,5,7 Respond to two fellow students | Sept 6 | Module 2- Sept 7-20 | Study Activities M2S1 Read Chapters 2 and 3. M2S2 View PowerPoint Presentations. (optional activity) M2S3 Explore other Perspectives. (optional activity) M2S4 Conduct additional research through IRSC MAN4442 LibGuide to support your discussion responses.Assessments M2A1 Discussion Board Post for chapter 2. Answer the questions on page 55 Critical Thinking Questions 1-3, Respond to two fellow students M2A2 Discussion Board Post for chapter 3. Answer the questions on page 85 Critical Thinking Questions 1-3, Respond to two fellow students | Sept 20 | Module 3- Sept 21- Oct 4 | Study Activities M3S1 Read Chapters 4 and 5. M3S2 View PowerPoint Presentations. (optional activity) M3S3 Explore other perspectives. (optional activity) M3S4 Conduct additional research through the IRSC MAN4442 LibGuide to support your discussion responses.Assessments M3A1 Discussion Board Post for Chapter 4. Answer the questions on page 119 Critical Thinking Questions 2,3,5 Respond to two fellow students M3A2 Discussion Board Post for Chapter 5. Answer the questions on page 147 Critical Thinking Questions 2,4,6 Respond to two fellow students | Oct 4 | Module 4 Oct 5-18 | Study Activities M4S1 Read...
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...CRITICAL THINKING http://www.umich.edu/~elements/probsolv/strategy/crthink.htm Critical Thinking is the process we use to reflect on assess and judge the assumption underlying our own and others ideas and efforts. Critical thinking involves calling into question the assumptions underlying our customary, habitual ways of thinking and acting and then being ready to think and act differently on the basis of the critical questioning. Components of Critical Thinking 1. Identifying and challenging assumptions. 2. Recognizing the importance of context. 3. Imagining and exploring alternatives. 4. Developing reflective skepticism. Creative Thinkers * Consider rejecting standardized formats for problem solving. * Have an interest in a wide range of related and divergent fields. * Take multiple perspectives on a problem. * Use trial-and-error methods in their experimentation. * Have a future orientation. * Have self-confidence and trust in their own judgment. Critical Thinking Involves * Recognizing underlying assumptions. * Scrutinizing arguments. * Judging ideas. * Judging the rationality of these justifications by comparing them to a range of varying interpretations and prospective. * Providing positive as well as negative appraisal. THE SIX TYPES OF SOCRATIC QUESTIONS Due to the rapid addition of new information and the advancement of science and technology that occur almost daily, an engineer must constantly...
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...Reflection Activity: The Benefit of Thinking Critically Trinh Van Hoa Columbia Southern University Reflection Activity: The Benefit of Thinking Critically Critical thinking nowadays has been applying very early state from the primary school and being upgrade to higher level of master degree. In the “An Educator’s Guide to the Four Cs”, (National Education Association [nea], n.d.). Stated that “the Critical thinking and problem solving” is one of their first priority of 4Cs, the following 3 Cs are “Communication”, “Collaboration”, and “Creativity and Innovation”. According to Montopoli (2009, para. 32). President Barak Obama has been presented his attention on the soft skills for the student, especially on Critical thinking. President Obama's full remarks, as provided by the White House, are below. “I'm calling on our nation's governors and state education chiefs to develop standards and assessments that don't simply measure whether students can fill in a bubble on a test, but whether they possess 21st century skills like problem-solving and critical thinking and entrepreneurship and creativity.” By simply “click” on the research of “Critical Thinking”, we can find 248 million of results on the Internet for just about its. The awareness of the importance was positioned at a high level from societies. This skill becomes a survival method for people are living in the industrial life where the technology is speedy changing. What is that? Source of Information is...
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...Row # | Definition | Citation | 1 | Critical thinking applies concepts of logic and reasoning to problem-solving activities to produce more accurate and defensible investigation findings. | Philley, J. (2005). Critical thinking concepts. Professional Safety, 50(3), 26-32. Retrieved fromhttp://search.proquest.com/docview/200379557?accountid=35812 | 2 | The conception of critical thinking, wherein it fundamentally consists in acquiring, developing, and exercising the ability to grasp inferential connections holding between statements. | Mulnix, J. W. (2012). Thinking critically about critical thinking. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 44(5), 464-479. | 3 | "The ideal critical thinker is habitually inquisitive, well-informed, trustful of reason, open-minded, flexible, fair minded in evaluation, honest in facing personal biases, prudent in making judgments, willing to reconsider, clear about issues, orderly in complex matters, diligent in seeking relevant information, reasonable in the selection of criteria, focused in inquiry, and persistent in seeking results which are as precise as the subject and the circumstances of inquiry permit." Bloom's taxonomy (1956) of levels of thinking has been revised by Anderson and Krathwohl (2001). The revised taxonomy still has six levels but has made "create" the highest level and they have renamed and combined other levels to give the following: (i) Knowledge - Remember; (ii) Understand - Describe, Explain; (iii) Apply; (iv) Analyse;...
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...Critical Thinking: What is it and how can we use it Tony Smith GEN/201 June 10 2015 Joann Iglinski Critical Thinking: What is it and how can we use it Critical thinking to me means making logical, reasonable and well thought out decisions based on all the information available. It requires one to take a questioning attitude and not simply accepting the conclusions or ideas of others. It requires wanting to see what evidence is involved to support a particular argument or conclusion. Users of critical thinking are the ones who use who, what, where, when, why, and how when making their decisions. Weissberg describes critical thinking as “an ability to use reason to move beyond the acquisition of facts to uncover deep meaning” (Weissberg, 2013). But what does this really mean; this paper examines what critical thinking is and how it can be put use. Defining Critical Thinking Critical thinking is defined in many different ways, Edward Glaser defines critical thinking as follows “The ability to think critically, as conceived in this volume, involves three things: (1) an attitude of being disposed to consider in a thoughtful way the problems and subjects that come within the range of one's experiences, (2) knowledge of the methods of logical inquiry and reasoning, and (3) some skill in applying those methods. “ (Glaser, 1942). Rudd comments that “critical thinking has been defined and measured in a number of ways but typically involves the individual's ability to do some or...
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