...Writing a paper either individually or in a group, there are many things to consider other than just the writing itself. Selecting a topic to write about is different by yourself as opposed to a group. When writing alone, you don't have anyone else to contend with, so the choices are easier to make. However, you may not have as many options as you would working in a group, many people working together will come up with a much larger range of topics. Either way has its benefits as well as its problems. Having more topics to pick from will give any paper a much richer material base to pool from, but at the same time having to deal with many people means that things may not always go smoothly, as some members of the group may not see eye to eye on every topic. On the other side of that, one person writing a paper will have fewer problems picking a topic, but at the same time will not have as many to choose from as someone working in a group. One thing both ways of writing a paper have in common is that you still have to pick one subject to work with, regardless of how many people are working on the paper. And depending on the subject that you have to work with, a group or individual may come to the same conclusion in a short amount of time. When writing in a group, it can be more difficult to edit work as more than one person is writing it. When you write by yourself, the revisions can be a bit easier as you can have a better vision of the finished product as well as the fact that...
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...weekend cook Location: Southampton Position: Part time Working Hours: 16 Wage: £8.80 Link: https://www.compass-careers.co.uk/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=43794 Source: compass group Date access: 13/10/2014 Ideal Candidate Ideally, you will have NVQ Level 1/2 in food preparation and cooking or equivalent Proven experience as a Chef Basic Food Hygiene certificate The skills to produce great food Self-motivated and the ability to work in a pressurised environment Team player A 'Can-do' attitude Skill required for the job: Producing food to a high standard and on time: Be able to produce food that reaches a high standard as required and able to produce food right first time and meet the deadline. Working within a team to ensure deadline are met: Be able to working in a team to produce food that will reach to the high standard as required and ensure are met the deadline. Good Communication Skills: Having good communication skills is very important; it helps food production go through a lot quicker. By communicating around with your colleagues, you will make the workflow more effective and will avoid errors that will happen if there is a lack of communication between the colleagues. Ideally with experience in a busy Kitchen environment: Be able to work in a busy kitchen environment, with a fast pace. Required to have experiences of working in a busy restaurant or hotel. High standards and an eye...
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...Business Writing Portfolio Business Writing Portfolio Jacky Baker COM/285 January 04, 2011 Kenneth Mack Part I: Business Writing Steps Planning Analyzing the problem, defining your purposes, and analyzing the audience. Brainstorming information, benefits, and objections to include in the document. Gathering the information you need—from the message you’re answering, a person, a book, or the Web. Choosing a pattern of organization, making an outline, creating a list, writing headings. Writing Putting words on paper or on a screen. Writing can be lists, fragmentary notes, stream-of-consciousness writing, incomplete drafts, and ultimately a formal draft. Revising Evaluating your work and measuring it against your goals and the requirements of the situation and audience. The best evaluation results from re-seeing your draft as if someone else had written it. Will your audience understand it? Is it complete? Convincing? Friendly? Getting feedback from someone else. Is your pattern of organization appropriate? Does a revision solve an earlier problem? Are there any typos in the final copy? Adding, deleting, substituting, or rearranging. Revision can be changes in single words or in large sections of a document. Editing Checking the draft to see that it satisfies the requirements of Standard English. Here you’d correct spelling and mechanical errors and check word choice and format. Unlike revision, which can produce major changes...
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...Most academics, including administrators, spend much of our time writing. But we aren't as good at it as we should be. I have never understood why our trade values, but rarely teaches, nonfiction writing. In my nearly 30 years at universities, I have seen a lot of very talented people fail because they couldn't, or didn't, write. And some much less talented people (I see one in the mirror every morning) have done OK because they learned how to write. It starts in graduate school. There is a real transformation, approaching an inversion, as people switch from taking courses to writing. Many of the graduate students who were stars in the classroom during the first two years—the people everyone admired and looked up to—suddenly aren't so stellar anymore. And a few of the marginal students—the ones who didn't care that much about pleasing the professors by reading every page of every assignment—are suddenly sending their own papers off to journals, getting published, and transforming themselves into professional scholars. The difference is not complicated. It's writing. Rachel Toor and other writers on these pages have talked about how hard it is to write well, and of course that's true. Fortunately, the standards of writing in most disciplines are so low that you don't need to write well. What I have tried to produce below are 10 tips on scholarly nonfiction writing that might help people write less badly. 1. Writing is an exercise. You get better and faster with practice. If you...
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...There are many challenges that might arise when writing an academic paper. One of them is writers block. This is when a writer loses the ability to continue working on a paper. Writers block can last for five minutes, or five hours. Writers block happens to me all of the time when I am writing a paper. This is also common in many college students. Another problem that may arise is not enough time to finish or write a paper. This can happen when trying to juggle a hectic lifestyle. Working more than one job, taking care of children, and managing a relationship can take up most of your time. Making sure work is done on time is priority. Distractions are another problem that may occur when writing. There are many kinds of distractions, sound, and visual. Children are my number one interference when I am writing or doing school work. The TV and radio are also distractions that may make me lose focus on an assignment. Distractions are a big problem in my house, but I try to avoid them as much as possible. These are a few problems that may occur when writing a paper for school. Where ever there is a challenge there is a way to overcome them. When I have writers block I take a break to clear my mind. Taking a walk or listening to some soft music helps to relieve the stress. Brainstorming is another thing that I do to get new ideas in my head to write about. After clearing my mind I can get back to writing my paper. Time management is a way to make sure that everything gets done on...
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...is why I attend courses of English and Philosophy. I’m sure the knowledge of English and Philosophy will help me in my research. I think what science can answer any question we have about the universe, while scientific research allows us to follow our interests, to learn something new, to give our problem solving skill. Therefore, learning to do scientific research is very important but hard. Every field of study has its own research problems and methods. After I got my master degree, I started to be interested scientific research. For this reason I enrolled to postgraduate course. I’m doing research in the field of pedagogy. My scientific research is devoted to the theory of value and engineering education in Mongolia. My dissertation topic is “Axiological aspect of engineering education in Mongolia”. I was interested in this problem when I was worked in the field of engineering education and collected some documents and data to the value of engineering education in Mongolia. I suppose that my research is both of theoretical and practical importance and it will enable education sector of Mongolia and the future researchers who are interested in the same problems. The problems of education are studied by domestic and foreign researchers. The main...
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...Team Communication Skillset #1 – Presenting and Persuading Team communication is essential in business and everyday life. Employers place a heavy importance on communication skills for effective job placement, performance, career advancement, and organizational success. Communication skills are one of the most required skills during the hiring process. However, people are not born with great communication skills. Although personal traits can improve communication skills such as the ability to read, write, and speak, they still need to be learned and improved. Understanding the process of communication is important for team communication. The process of communication begins with the sender who as an idea. The idea can be influenced by mood, frame of reference, background, culture, and physical makeup, as well as the context of the situation. Once the idea is formed, the sender encodes the idea in a message. When encoding the message, the encoder must be aware of the target audiences’ culture, background, and attitudes. After the idea is encoded in a message, it is travels over a channel such as computer, phone, spoken words, letters, fax, and so on. For example, when companies send brochures to your mail, they are delivering a message to you. When the receiver receives the message, he or she decodes it. Lastly, feedback is generated by the receiver and sent back to the user through a channel. When communicating in a team, there can be many barriers to communication. For example...
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...information systems business solutions, provide advice on information systems strategy, policy, management and service delivery, develop and implement policies and procedures throughout the software development life cycle, conduct reviews to assess quality assurance practices • Computer and technology knowledge: Windows, Intranet, Internet, Multimedia software, Word processing software, Spreadsheet software, Presentation software, Office suites, Electronic mailing software • Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment, work under pressure, tight deadlines, repetitive tasks, attention to detail, combination of sitting, standing, walking • Essential skills: Reading text, document use, numeracy, writing, oral communication, working with others, problem solving, decision making, critical thinking, job task planning and organizing, computer use, continuous learning • Job title: Business systems analyst Skills and knowledge requirements: • Education: Completion of high school, completion of college/CEGEP/vocational or technical...
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...teach skills such as reading, writing, and problem solving, and then apply them to situations in my students’ everyday lives is crucial. Teachers who encourage students to reflect on what they’ve learned and incorporate those skills into their lives develop their students’ critical literacy. And, with this ability to interpret the world around them, students begin to adapt and succeed in a changing world. The student’s journey into literacy begins with a teacher. When a teacher knows subject matter well, communicating it to students becomes more of a pleasure than a chore. In knowing my subject matter, I have a strong philosophy towards literacy—both in terms of reading and writing as well as in terms of a new understanding and thinking for the digital age. As a language arts and publications teacher, I see that content specific knowledge of literature or newspaper procedures is a secondary concern when considering the larger issues of literacy. If a student can learn the tools for interpreting texts, writing essays, and creatively solving problems into their own daily lives, then I feel that my teaching served its purpose. Students also need to learn how to successfully integrate technology into their learning. To teach a student just my subject matter is not enough for them to survive. I need to teach them new ways to interpret and understand the world that they live in and will soon be creating. Working with students only matters...
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...teach skills such as reading, writing, and problem solving, and then apply them to situations in my students’ everyday lives is crucial. Teachers who encourage students to reflect on what they’ve learned and incorporate those skills into their lives develop their students’ critical literacy. And, with this ability to interpret the world around them, students begin to adapt and succeed in a changing world. The student’s journey into literacy begins with a teacher. When a teacher knows subject matter well, communicating it to students becomes more of a pleasure than a chore. In knowing my subject matter, I have a strong philosophy towards literacy—both in terms of reading and writing as well as in terms of a new understanding and thinking for the digital age. As a language arts and publications teacher, I see that content specific knowledge of literature or newspaper procedures is a secondary concern when considering the larger issues of literacy. If a student can learn the tools for interpreting texts, writing essays, and creatively solving problems into their own daily lives, then I feel that my teaching served its purpose. Students also need to learn how to successfully integrate technology into their learning. To teach a student just my subject matter is not enough for them to survive. I need to teach them new ways to interpret and understand the world that they live in and will soon be creating. Working with students only matters...
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...said “I am special because...”. Another bulletin board celebrated diversity with pictures of people of different cultures. The teacher was a Mexican-American woman in her early thirties with five years of teaching experience. My last observation took place in a fourth grade classroom of twenty-four students. Twenty of the students were of Mexican descent, one was Caucasian, and two were African American. This was a mainstream class with intermediate/advanced English language learners. The classroom environment was somewhat plain and boring. The walls lacked exciting decoration and color. The posters displayed on the walls were visually distracting with overloaded information. There was a bulletin board that displayed students’ writings, but had not been updated with recent work. The teacher was a Caucasian male in his early twenties with one year of teaching experience. The teachers of the first two classrooms I observed...
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...Reema Almutairi Eng. 414 Dr M Journal 7 November 17 2014 Motivation of Writing I've been working on my Literature review for almost 2 weeks. There's a lot of works need to be done all in the same day. Because of all this work that has needed to be done I've been completely unmotivated to do anything. When I received my literature review comments from my professor and heard the problems my classmates faced while they were working on their literature review, i felt extremely disappointed and I didn't want to work anymore. I started to rewrite my literature review and take care of all the details that my professor comment on. I asked my friends who did a research project before. I looked at their research even though it was written in Arabic the researcher format is all the same. I rewrote my literature review and went to the writing center to help me with my language issues. I also searched for more references that relate to my topic. Motivation is very important for me to have, when I need to complete my assignments. .the motivation for me and to make sure I did my literature review it in really good way to get good grades and well done paper. I think everyone needs to know his mistakes and learn from them. Especially in writing it will make your writing level get better. The problems are when student don't learn from their mistakes or maybe they don't care about it and they make the same mistakes over and over...
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...Helping Cameron: Stress and Learning Cynthia Brough PS200 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology April 1, 2014 Professor Deborah Eastwood Helping Cameron: Stress and Learning Cameron is a 15 year old boy who has been referred due to his problem of being distracted in class. On top of being diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), he is also dealing with the issue of his parents impending divorce. He does not display any signs or symptoms of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) but has been noticeably distracted during group sessions lately. Because of his diagnosis of ODD it will be important to attend to Cameron’s issues within more limited constraints of any behavioral changes due to his possible inability to tolerate overstimulation with more aggressive tactics. ODD is a consistent pattern of outbursts, fighting, and angry or unruly behavior toward authority figures. (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2012). There are proven techniques that can be used to help Cameron with his ODD, which can help him in many different aspects of his life, including dealing with the issue of his parent’s divorce and getting him back on track in school. Some of the techniques that can be used are; (1) determining what if any underlying disorders Cameron may be suffering from, (2) helping the parents to adjust the way that they are currently parenting and/or disciplining him, (3) offer training in social and emotional proficiencies as well as life skills guidance and preparation...
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...2) Analyze and assess the operations system of Manzana (system for processing insurance requests as depicted in Exhibit 2) by taking the following questions as a lead: a) How do the various jobs (RUN, RERUN, RAIN, RAP) flow through the system? How much time do they take? The figure below shows the flow through the system of the various jobs (RUN, RERUN, RAIN and RAP) taken exhibit 2 into account. The red numbers in the figure show the daily processed requests on average based on the data of 1991 which can be found in exhibit 7. The daily requests that are coming into the system are calculated by adding all various jobs (RUN’s, RERUN’s, RAIN’s and RAP’s) processed in the first 6 months and dividing this outcome by 120 (E.g. 6 months x 4 weeks x 5 days). This means that the teams can process 39 requests on average per day. (350+1798+451+2081)/(6*4*5) = 4680 / 120 = 39 requests per day on average. All further calculations can be found in the table below. |Task |Calculation in # of requests per day |Outcome in # of requests per day | |Calculate generated RERUN |(2081)/(6*4*5) |17.3 | |RUN/RAP/RAIN |(350+1798+451)/(6*4*5) |21.7 | |Total # requests per day |(350+1798+451+2081)/(6*4*5) |39 ...
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...Essay 1 Writing Experiences My Writing Experiences 101 Ebony Harris Freshman Composition 1010-004 Cherrlyn Eller 2/6/2012 My Writing Experiences 101 Writing can be an intimidating task if you are not equipped with the knowledge and techniques to write a successful well-structured paper. More importantly in order to excel at any craft it takes practice and critique to make anyone an established writer. As an economics major and accounting minor, formal papers, essays and exerts are expected of me to write. These types of papers include research working papers that illustrate results based around a thesis. Through my college career I’ve had a lot of experience writing working papers , as well as evaluation papers based off of sample working papers I’ve read and expressed my stance. In this essay I will illustrate what experiences I’ve had in the past with writing and highlight any strengths and weaknesses I’ve experienced in each area. In many of my economic courses a lot of our topics of discussion were based on theory and evidence to support a writer’s research. For instance my instructor Alexander Padilla challenged his classes to read many working papers and write what our thoughts and educated opinions concerning the publications were. A lot of times he challenged our intellect by discussing more controversial subjects which initially were not in my comfort zone but highlighted many social phenomena’s our society faces today. For instance we read an article published...
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