...them for the day, but I ended up staying with the kindergarten class. The kindergarteners ate snack in the gym while we waited for all of the other buses to arrive. We stayed there for a little while, then we went into another building to go to homework time. The children sat at three different tables that were picked by their teacher and did their homework. They got help from myself and the three other instructors. Most of the children had the same homework sheet, which was a sheet with different letters....
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...the world’s income; and yet because of the difference wealth makes on people’s lives it is still something that everyone strives to have. The reason everyone strives so hard to gain wealth is because of the fact that if you have money you can better your own and your family’s life. In many countries including here at home in the United States there is a growing gap between the wealthy and the poor and nowhere is this disparity seen more than in the quality of education received by wealthy and poor students. Not only is there a growing gap here in the United States between its own citizens, but there is a growing gap between wealthy and poor nations as well. The growing gap between the rich and the poor is only going to continue to expand as more and more technological advancements are made by wealthy countries. This means that crime rates are only going to increase along with these advancements. The disparity in education between wealthy and poor students is unbelievable. I have seen the difference in education first hand as I grew up which is why I have chosen to write about the inequality in the quality of education received between rich and poor children. When I was younger I went to an inner city school and compared to the school that I graduated from it was nothing. My elementary school that I went to did not even have a music class and the high school that I graduated from had its own wing designated just for music and band. This is an issue that until No Child...
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...your mind to embrace your gifts should be stressed a lot more in the high school curriculum. In today’s society, as you get older, your original sense of your childhood creativity begins to disintegrate. We become unwilling to use our capabilities out of the fear of being wrong. As you get older the basic school subjects of math, science, literature, and history are defined and expanded on in learning then using one’s personal creativity. Most education leaders push students to use their methods in order to become successful in the student’s education. Unfortunately most students miss out on what their creative aspects in which can make them successful down the line. Speaker, Ken Robinson, demonstrates a great speech that indicates that society needs to be stressing creativity just as much as your typical education. “Children are all artist”, says Ken Robinson. We as humans are naturally born with a sense of imagination. When children are first learning how the world works, they will creatively think of reason why it works the way it does. For example when you are first teaching a child about subjects like religion and the weather we may come up with or they come up with things like thunder is God going bowling. These reasons make for a less scary idea, and also provide children sense of knowing, and containing knowledge. A child’s favorite word is always why. It becomes a lot easier for a child to creatively think of their own reasoning’s why when they imaginatively think of...
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...people who enjoy thrill seeking have tattoos. I believe thrill seeking and tattoos go hand in hand. Most people I know are adventurous, risk takers, and daredevils and all of them have tattoos. I have a strong feeling that the correlation between the two will have a strong positive relationship. X= Tattoos Y= Thrill Seeking The scatter plot shows an extremely rough linear pattern but there is an upward sloping. Line of best fit: y = 0.9148x +25.505 Analysis: 1. r = .14 little or no correlation 2. R^2 = 2% 2% of the variance in thrill seeking is accounted by tattoos. 3. Slope = 0.0196(m) For every 1 tattoo people have there is an increase we expected of 0.9148 in thrill seeking. Conclusion: Between these two variables, there are no correlations between the two. It was shocking to see there is no relationship between the two. I truly believed people who are thrill seekers have tattoo. T-Test Independent 2 Sample My gym teacher believes that males are stronger than females and that is why males have more tattoos. The scale is determine by the number of tattoos both males and females have. Eighty-four males and one hundred and eleven females responded. The males average 39 (s.d. 1.42) while the females average 38 (s.d. 0.98). At the .10 significance level, test to see if there is a difference between males having more tattoos than females? Ho: Null Hypothesis Males equal Females Ha: Null Hypothesis Males have more tattoos than Females Alpha...
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...giving his mind a comparable workout in his neuroscience and kinesiology lab at the University of Illinois. Nearly every semester in his classroom, he says, students on the women's cross-country team set the curve on his exams. So recently he started wondering if there was a vital and overlooked link between brawn and brains--if long hours at the gym could somehow build up not just muscles, but minds. With colleagues, he rounded up 259 Illinois third and fifth graders, measured their body-mass index and put them through classic PE routines: the "sit-and-reach," a brisk run and timed push-ups and sit-ups. Then he checked their physical abilities against their math and reading scores on a statewide standardized test. Sure enough, on the whole, the kids with the fittest bodies were the ones with the fittest brains, even when factors such as socioeconomic status were taken into account. Sports, Hillman concluded, might indeed be boosting the students' intellect--and also, as long as he didn't "take a puck to the head," his own. Hillman's study, which will be published later this year, isn't definitive enough to stand alone. But it doesn't have to: it's part of a recent and rapidly growing movement in science showing that exercise can make people smarter. Last...
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...positive or negative checkers when performing problems. Activity2: Students will create a picture on a piece of graph paper in quadrant one the students will then rotate the picture 180 degrees. Activity 3: Student will use graphs to answer questions on a work sheet. Interpretation is the second Facet. “Interpretation is defined as interpretations, narratives, and translations that provide meaning” (Wiggins & McTighe, 2005). The goal is to find the meaning of readings, activities and other types of media. Interpretation can leads to gray area. There is not definite right or wrong answer. Activity 1: This activity is works with PEMDAS and why it is important. Students will receive a work sheet with math equation. There will be multiple-choice answers. The student will have to figure out which answer correctly goes with PEMDAS. Activity 2: Students will interpret graphs to calculate future results of student growth in Rochester City school district. Activity 3: Students will be given a worksheet with pictures that are rotated, reflected and translated. It is up to the student to interpret the pictures and decide which term fits each problem. Application is the third facet. “Application is the ability to use knowledge effectively in new situations and diverse, realistic contexts” (Wiggins & McTighe, 2005). Activity 1:...
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...16th St. NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036. The Institute is neither connected with nor sponsored by Fordham University. HOW AMERICANS WOULD SLIM DOWN PUBLIC EDUCATION i Foreword By Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Amber M. Winkler In November 2010, Education Secretary Arne Duncan delivered a highly publicized address at the American Enterprise Institute. His message? Tough economic times lie ahead: “I am here,” he said, “to talk today about what has been called the New Normal. For the next several years, preschool, K–12, and postsecondary educators are likely to face the challenge of doing more with less.” Twenty months later, it’s clear that we are not yet out of the fiscal woods. Depressed housing values have meant lower property taxes for schools; voters have balked at passing local levies; federal “stimulus” dollars have dried up; health care costs for education staff (and everyone else) are ballooning; lock-step salary schedules and...
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...“Your Response” next to the appropriate question. This ONE Exam Answer Sheet document should be saved with your last name and "final," -- e.g. "Smithfinal"-- and posted in your Assignment Folder no later than 11:59 PM (EST), Sunday, November 15th, 2015. This exam also must be submitted to Turnitin.com It is recommended that you submit your exam to Turnitin.com at least 24 hours before the deadline to allow you sufficient time to address any issues identified in the Originality Report prior to posting your exam in your Assignment Folder. Please note: The exam questions are already included on the Answer Sheet. If the exam content is recognized as non-original by Turnitin, it will be ignored in analyzing your Turnitin report. Do not include any repeat of the exam case content on your Answer Sheet. Only place your answers and references on the Answer Sheet. 2) No extensions may be granted on this assignment; be sure to submit it on time and check to make sure that the document you submitted is readable and what you intended to submit. NOTE: This is an individual assignment. Any discussion or collaboration regarding the assignment constitutes a violation of UMUC's Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Policy. If you have any questions about the assignment, you should direct them to your instructor. Don't wait until the last minute to read the assignment and clarify any questions you might have. If you wait until the night before the exam is due, your instructor might not be...
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...ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE EN3220 Written Analysis Onsite Course GRADED ASSIGNMENTS Table of Contents Graded Assignments 4 Unit 1 Journal 1: Personal Narrative 4 Unit 1 Journal 1: Personal Narrative Handout 6 Unit 1 Journal 2: Civic Narrative 9 Unit 1 Journal 2: Civic Narrative Handout 11 Unit 1 Assignment 1: What Would You Do? 12 Unit 2 Journal 1: Personal Narrative 13 Unit 2 Journal 1: Personal Narrative Handout 15 Unit 2 Journal 2: Civic Narrative 19 Unit 2 Journal 2: Civic Narrative Handout 20 Unit 2 Journal 3: Article Response 22 Unit 2 Assignment 1: What Would You Do? 23 Unit 2 Assignment 2: Declaration of Independence and Public Safety 25 Unit 3 Journal 1: Car Commercials 26 Unit 3 Journal 2: Personal Narrative 27 Unit 3 Journal 2: Personal Narrative Handout 28 Unit 3 Journal 3: Civic Narrative 31 Unit 3 Journal 3: Civic Narrative Handout 32 Unit 3 Journal 4: Taste vs. Judgment 34 Unit 3 Presentation 1: What Would You Do? 35 Unit 3 Assignment 1: Habits That Hinder Thinking 36 Unit 4 Journal 1: Invention Exercise 37 Unit 4 Journal 1: SWOT Analysis Template 38 Unit 4 Journal 2: Personal Narrative 39 Unit 4 Journal 2: Personal Narrative Handout 41 Unit 4 Journal 3: Civic Narrative 43 Unit 4 Journal 3: Civic Narrative Handout 44 Unit 4 Assignment 1: What Would You Do? 46 Unit 4 Assignment 2: Invention White Paper 47 Unit 5 Journal 1: Personal Narrative 48 Unit 5 Journal 1: Personal Narrative Handout 49 Unit...
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... Welcome to the Nerd Fitness Rebellion. If you’re reading this, then you’ve already taken the first step - you’re interested in making changes to become a healthier and more awesome version of yourself. Now, I don’t just help ANYBODY get healthy - I’m only looking for people to join our Rebellion that are willing to put in the time, energy, and effort to actually follow through with this stuff. I’m Steve Kamb, creator of Nerd Fitness, and I know that getting healthy can be difficult. If it was easy, everybody would be walking around looking like King Leonidas from 300 or Lara Croft from Tomb Raider. However, just because it ain’t easy doesn’t mean it ain’t possible! 1 00 One of the most important Rules of the Rebellion is that, “we don’t care where you came from, only where you’re going.” I don’t care if you’re 600 pounds or 100 pounds, guy or gal, young or old, tall or short, alive or undead...I only care that you want to be better today than you were yesterday. So, I created a resource that helps you start kicking ass on day one. I’ve been running Nerd Fitness for over four years, helped thousands and thousands of people get healthy, answered 2 10,000+ emails, and dealt with people in every single situation, at every level of fitness under the sun. I’ve also seen people from every situation turn into a superhero version of themselves. I want you to be one of those superheroes. In...
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...Icebreaker Find someone who... ! Stand up and find one person in the class who... loves to sing: polina has a pet animal in their own country: adenike enjoys talking to their is going to work friends using Skype really hard this or online messenger: year:mayte me really loves to go shopping: mayar Iikes to dance: me can speak more than can cook: pollna 2 languages: sarul is really excited to be likes English football: thinks England is in Nottingham: marty cold: joseph Joseph has studied English for more than 5 years: Muhammad is worried about writing essays: Joseph is feeling homesick: adenike comes from Asia: kim arrived this week: nobody Write down one name in each box. When you have completed the sheet, please sit down. Task 2: Listen carefully to your teacher’s presentation and take notes. You will need your notes to complete the Module Quiz later. 2 | Page EN01 Personal Development Skills Module Task 3: Now you have read the Student handbook for this module try answering these questions. 1) The module code is EN01. What is the module title? assessments pdp of evidence portfolio of evidence 2) What are the module’s aims? 1) to develop an understanding of the module outline, aims and assessments. 2) ask and answer questions about the module handbook. 3) complete the handbook and quiz. 3) How many hours of class will you have for this module each week? six hours 4) How much self-study will...
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...survival and success in the classroom, is efficient use of your time outside the classroom. Remember, there are 24 hours in a day. Set aside two to three hours each day for studying. This will leave you with five to six hours -- after we subtract time for our classes, meals, and a good night's sleep -- to do those things that we like to do much more than studying. The next thing that I feel contributes to survival and success in the classroom is periodic review of your lecture notes and the appropriate chapters in your textbooks. Periodic review and beginning to study for your exams early will save you time in the long run and it will prevent cramming. That way you can be well rested and more motivated and less anxious on test day. The last thing you can do to help get good grades is take advantage of all the academic resources at your university. It can only help you." | - By Dante Battles | The Power of Cooperation "Education often looks like competition. We compete for interest in school, for grades when we're in school, and for jobs when we leave school. In such a climate it is easy to overlook the power of cooperation that is developed through study support groups. Study support groups feed you energy. People are social animals and we draw strength from groups. Aside from the comradery, the fellowship and the fun, support groups can assist you by elevating your spirit. There will be days when you just don't want to work on your education. Other members of the study...
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...to survival and success in the classroom, is efficient use of your time outside the classroom. Remember, there are 24 hours in a day. Set aside two to three hours each day for studying. This will leave you with five to six hours -- after we subtract time for our classes, meals, and a good night's sleep -- to do those things that we like to do much more than studying. The next thing that I feel contributes to survival and success in the classroom is periodic review of your lecture notes and the appropriate chapters in your textbooks. Periodic review and beginning to study for your exams early will save you time in the long run and it will prevent cramming. That way you can be well rested and more motivated and less anxious on test day. The last thing you can do to help get good grades is take advantage of all the academic resources at your university. It can only help you." - By Dante Battles The Power of Cooperation "Education often looks like competition. We compete for interest in school, for grades when we're in school, and for jobs when we leave school. In such a climate it is easy to overlook the power of cooperation that is developed through study support groups. Study support groups feed you energy. People are social animals and we draw strength from groups. Aside from the comradery, the fellowship and the fun, support groups can assist you by elevating your spirit. There will be days when you just don't want to work on your education. Other members of the study group...
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... | | | Table of Contents ________________________________________________________________________ Executive Summary 2 What is the No Child Left Behind Act? 3 What are the repercussions of not following this Act? 3 How the Act affects Teachers? 4 How the Act affects higher personnel? 5 The positive of the Act 8 Executive summary During Bush’s first term, he passed an education law to implement new, tougher testing standards as well as requirements for accountability on the states. Basically each year students have to improve better than last year’s students ultimately making the goal of 100% passing of the standardize tests a reality. This law is called the No child Left Behind Act. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is how the U.S. Department of Education determines the performance of every public school and school district in the country academically according to results on the standardized tests. K-3 teachers must teach all children to read. These teachers must learn how to assess children and how to use assessment results to plan effective instruction. Principals must redesign their schools, implement research-based curricula, ensure that teachers are trained in research-based instructional methods, and provide core reading knowledge to...
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...Introduction The Importance of Time Management A Place to Study An Approach to Your Studies All about Learning Styles The Art of Taking Notes 26 26 26 30 32 33 44 EXAMINATIONS AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS Introduction Saving Your Written Work Types of Assessments Prepare for Online Exams Take Online Exams Deal with Test-Taking Anxiety Strategies for Multiple-Choice Exams Strategies for Essay Questions 49 49 49 50 52 53 53 54 55 TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SKILLS Introduction Summary 59 59 62 CHECK YOUR LEARNING ANSWERS 67 LEARNING AT ASHWORTH iii INTRODUCTION Welcome! Welcome to Ashworth College! And welcome to your very first Ashworth lesson: Learning at Ashworth. Why are we starting you with this lesson? First—and most importantly—we want to make sure you have the foundation you need to be successful with your studies. The most basic foundation for success is knowledge of both what and how to study. Most people think “studying” involves reading pages from a textbook or lesson. That’s only partially true. The word study is a verb—that means it’s a process. Studying does involve reading. However, successful studying involves much more than that. It involves active engagement with the material. In this unit, we’ll share techniques you can use to learn more easily—and remember more. Second, your home base for your studies is the Ashworth College website. This website is a learning management system. That’s just a fancy name for a central online location...
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