...The test was an instrument that measured the knowledge and ability that is required to be successful in college. This preliminary ACT test was typically given to students in the 10th grade. The questions were more numerous, more difficult, and had different time allotments then those on the ACT Explore tests. The ACT Plan test was considered the equivalent of the PSAT test. What makes the Aspire different? The ACT Aspire greatly increases the reach of Explore and Plan by continuously linking a student’s progress from third grade through high school. Aspire, not only has, grade-level assessments for third graders up to eighth graders, but also offers ACT Aspire Early High School assessments for ninth and tenth graders. Aspire provides many advantages for students and educators, including: • ACT validated college readiness standards and benchmarks for Grades 3 – 10 in English, reading, science, writing, and...
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...internship with overall career goals and focus on the development of career-related skill sets Requirements and expectations of students: * Initial meeting with instructor to gain course permission and review syllabus * Independent completion of all assignments during the semester of the internship * If UNPAID- Submission of Documentation for Unpaid Internships on file Grading: This course is graded S/U and is worth 1 credit hour. To receive a grade of Satisfactory (S), you must get at least 80 points out of a possible 100 in the class. 5 points will be deducted for each day an assignment is late. If assignments are found to not meet requirements you will be asked to make changes and resubmit. Assignment 1 – due 8th Friday of the semester (check Carmen for exact deadline) 35 POINTS Write a report (3- 5 pages) synthesizing a minimum of 3 current articles related to the industry and organization in which the student is working as an intern from trade journals or the Wall Street Journal. This report should include: a. a brief summary of each article b. a comparison of the 3 articles, including similarities and differences c. a conclusion of what was learned and how it relates to the students internship experience or field of study **BE SURE TO CITE ALL REFERENCES USED IN THIS PAPER. 1) When direct quotes are...
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...foundational concepts, theory and technical skills. Concepts that frame the curricula are introduced: caring behaviors, communication, culturally congruent care, ethical frame work, legal aspects, critical thinking, leadership, research and professional nursing role. Using simulated labs, computer programs and videotapes, the student will develop and master selected psychomotor skills. III. Required Text(s) Potter, P. A., Perry, A. G., Stockert, P., & Hall, A. (2012). Fundamentals of Nursing (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323079334 Perry. A. G., & Potter, P. A. (2009). Clinical nursing skills and techniques (7th ed.). ISBN10:0323052894 Wilkinson, J.M. & Ahern, N. R. (2009). Prentice Hall nursing diagnosis handbook with NIC interventions and NOC outcomes (9th ed.). Pearson: Upper Saddle River, NJ. 1 IV. Recommended/Supplemental Text or Reference Material Potter, P. A., Perry, A. G., Stockert, P., & Hall, A. (2012). Study guide: Fundamentals of Nursing (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323084697 American Psychological Association (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association ( 6th ed.), Washington, DC: Author V. Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course the students will be able to: 1. Use scientific rationale to demonstrate basic psychomotor nursing skills. 2. Demonstrate basic skills in nursing documentation. 3. Identify the influence of culture on the health beliefs and practices of selected groups...
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...GRADE RETENTION IN HIGH STAKES AND LOW STAKES TESTING YEARS A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts In The Department of Psychology by Anna Elizabeth Ball B.S. Texas A&M University, 2002 August, 2007 Acknowledgments I would like to thank Dr. George H. Noell for all of assistance, support and guidance in the preparation of this document. I would also like to thank Dr. Frank Gresham and Dr. Kristin Gansle who served as my committee members and also helped with my study design and document preparation. Finally, I would like to thank all who assisted with the construction and management of the database used for this study. ii Table of Contents Acknowledgments……………………………………………………………… ii List of Tables...…………………………………………………………………....iv Abstract…………………………………………………………………………. v Introduction……………………………………………………………………... .1 Grade Retention Literature Review..............………………………….......1 High Stakes Testing Literature Review….………………………………5 Rationale and Purpose of Current Study……………………………........9 Methods...................…………………………………………………………… 10 Database Construction…………………………………………………. 10 Procedure.....................………………………………………………… .11 Results……....................………………………………………………………...13 Grade 4…………………………………………………………………..13 Grade 5…………………………………………………………………..18 Grade 6…………………………………………………………………..23 Grade 7…………………………………………………………………...
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...AJS/514 November 9, 2015 James L. Smith Crime Reduction and Prevention Proposal Chicago is a major city with a huge amount of crime and this paper will address crime reduction and prevention in this particular city. It will also address other issues such as; assisting victims, preventing crime, and achieving effective justice. This paper will address the effect that criminological theories and research have had on contemporary and historical crime control policies in Chicago. It will include theoretical rationale for the recommendations that are suggested. Chicago needs more help in these areas because of the amount of crime they are seeing. Victim assistance programs are well organized and widely available to the public of Chicago. The number of programs varies from domestic violence to identity theft. There are specific programs for every individual affected by crime. The Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has created and made the priority of victim assistance a key service to not only victims but to responder’s as well. In assuring that the right training is given to each field in order to assist victims appropriately. Programs and Trainings available to the people of Illinois According to the Attorney General • The Illinois Crime Victim Compensation Program (Direct financial assistance to innocent victims of violent crimes) • The Domestic Violence Fund (legal assistance funding, legal services to victims of domestic violence) • The Violent Crime Victim...
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...the factors that the majority of the students mentioned was the lack of proficiency, which lead them to struggle when producing in the target language. The most repeated answers from students who selected motivation in a multiple-choice question (question 11) were “I don’t know English; I don’t understand, then I don’t care, I don’t feel the need of doing it” (Students answers in the surveys, November 2nd). However, students who stated that they participate actively in the lessons said that it was because they felt motivated and wanted to learn in order to improve their language proficiency. Moreover, they demonstrated in their answers an understanding of the relevance that participation has in their learning process. In addition, in self-reports it was acknowledge that some students increased their levels of participation in some activities and techniques that were implemented during the process, for instance “when I make questions regarding the content, ask students to read out loud or propose activities that are related with oral language production, usually only few students answer by self-initiative. However, since I started making them to pick the next student to participate, I had observed that the number of students who engaged to this new dynamic...
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...Students at Risk – An American Epidemic EDU 490: Interdisciplinary Capstone Shmeka L. Williams June 27, 2009 Abstract Socioeconomic status is a very real problem for children in American society. It affects many areas of their lives, but most importantly, it affects their education. For this reason, it is imperative that parents, teachers, administrators, and communities ban together to ensure that at-risk students from low socioeconomic backgrounds are given the same opportunities as those from a higher socioeconomic background. We can do this by eliciting the best teachers, quality schools, and administrators to instruct these disadvantaged children. We can also do this as parents by making sure that we have educational attainment as our goal for our children by providing different instructional avenues in the home to facilitate learning and desire for learning by our children. If all of these parts of the puzzle can be put in place correctly, then at-risk youth at least have an equal opportunity to succeed in this world of inequality that we all live. Equality in the public school system is a joke. In other words, it does not exist. There are certain criterion that must be met before schools can even start to be considered equal: “equal access, common curriculum, differential curriculum, desegregated schooling, and equality of results” (Riordan 2004, p. 2). In some underdeveloped countries, certain people are excluded from an education...
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...Southern States University BU-502 Applied Business Research and Communications Skills Online Spring Quarter, 2016 Updated: April 4, 2016 CREDIT HOURS: 4.0 CONTACT HOURS: 40 (40 Theory, 0 Lab) (40 Online) Instructor: Dr. Peggy Bilbruck Email: pbilbruck@ssu.edu (inquiries will be responded within 24-36 hours). For any urgent technical problems with Moodle, contact the SSU-Moodle Administrator: ssumoodle@ssu.edu Office Hours: Wednesdays on Moodle from 11 – 12 pm ONLINE TIME ESTIMATE: This course requires four (4) hours of online activities every week on Moodle plus an additional 8 hours (minimum) of homework per week. COURSE DESCRIPTION This course provides an introduction to graduate business studies focusing on the applied business research and communication skills necessary to be successful in both an academic MBA program and the current economic environment and workplace. It covers information literacy, research and research methodologies, oral and written communication skills as well as critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making paradigms. As designed, the course will familiarize students with the tools necessary for the successful presentation of theories and concepts as they apply to real world managerial scenarios including business decision-making. Prerequisite: None Prerequisite(s): None Co-requisite(s): None What is an Online Course? This is an online course so we will not be meeting...
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...many schools on the news and in the media. It is not hat bullying has increased over the years, the issue today is that is now being reported, investigated, and now laws have been implemented and enforced to combat this problems. Bullying has become a nationwide problem and some aggregates are more subjected to different types of bullying. Inner city schools represent a high population of bullying in the schools as well as the neighborhood. Inner city school age children are more likely to become physically violent which can often lead to suicide attempts and successful suicides. Information that will be provided in this community health project paper will consist of a community assessment, a windshield survey, risk factors and identification of health problems as well as ways to educate and prevent not only inner city school bullying, but bullying nationwide. School bullying can be defined as exposing a person to abusive actions repeatedly over time. Being aware of children’s teasing and acknowledging injured feelings are always important (CDC.gov). As the windshield survey was conducted in southwest Atlanta a city in Fulton county I noticed a great deal of challenges the were obstacles in everyday life. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) definition of community is “a group of people, often living in a defined geographical area, who share a common culture, cultures and norms which have been developed by the community in the past and modified in the future”...
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...Child Left Behind Act of 2001,” commonly known as NCLB, is a United States federal law that reauthorizes a number of federal programs that aim to improve the performance of U.S.'s primary and secondary schools. The NCLB Act incorporates the principles and strategies proposed by President Bush. These include increased accountability; greater choice for parents and students; more flexibility in the use of Federal education dollars; and a stronger emphasis on reading. In exchange for tens and hundreds of millions in increased federal aid, NCLB asked states to: Assess students in grades 3-8, and once during grades 10-12, in reading and math by the end of the 2005-2006 school year, using state-designed tests to certify that all teachers of core academic subjects are highly qualified by the end of the 2005-2006 school year, using state-set definitions to Assess students in science once during grades 3-5, 6-9, and 10-12 by the end of the 2007-2008 school year, using state-designed tests and to provide public school choice and supplemental educational services to students in schools that have been unable to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for two consecutive years. Accept nothing short of 100 percent student proficiency by 2014. State flexibility is a key element within NCLB. Each individual state is given the flexibility to determine a variety of factors, including the definition of proficiency, the starting point for progress measurement, and the amount of progress that...
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...Adolescent and School Health www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth Revised Version — July 2010 (Replaces April 2010 Early Release) Acknowledgments: This publication was developed for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) under contract #200-2002-00800 with ETR Associates. Suggested Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The association between school-based physical activity, including physical education, and academic performance. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2010. TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary . 5 Introduction . 8 Methods 10 Conceptual Definitions . 10 Inclusion Criteria . 10 Identification of Studies that Met the Inclusion Criteria . 11 Classification of Studies . 11 Study Coding Process . 12 Data Analysis . 13 Results . 14 School-Based Physical Education Studies . 16 Recess Studies . 19 Classroom Physical Activity Studies . 21 Extracurricular Physical Activity Studies . 24 28 Summary . Overall Findings . 28 Findings for Physical Activity by Context . 29 Findings by Gender, Other Demographic Characteristics, and Research Design . 30 Strengths and Limitations of Review . 30 Implications for Future Research or Evaluation . 31 Implications for Schools . 32 References . 34 Appendices...
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...Kubra Nur Erdemli, SEMA KESKEKCI 21000321, ENG 102-116 OUTLINE TEMPLATE FOR ARGUMENTATIVE PAPER Subject: CONSUMERISM Working Title: consumerısm and the mıllenıum generatıon INTRODUCTION Topic: how does consumerısm affect the mıllennıum generatıon? Definition/Explanation: consumerısm : the state of an advanced industrial society in which a lot of goods are bought and sold • disapproving when too much attention is given to buying and owning things (taken from dictionary.cambridge.org) Millenium generation : The millennials have different characteristics than any generation before them and in order to serve them better, K-12 education and colleges and universities are having to change the way they do business. The millennials have grown up in a society that is very different than any group before them. They have been plugged into technology since they were babies, are a safe generation, are the first generation for which Hispanics/Latinos will be the largest minority group instead of African Americans and have the most educated mothers of any generation before them. They are the most scheduled generation ever, are true multi-taskers, expect to have 6-8 careers in their lifetime and are attracted to diverse environments. Taken from http://www.cpcc.edu/millennial Disagreement about this issue: Thesis: although some people may disagree, consumerism has affected the millenium generation negatively by damaging their physical health,damaging their psychology...
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...companion web pages for textbooks I. Course Overview This course continues the work of assisting students to develop, organize, and express insights, observations, and ideas effectively in the context of planning and composing a formal research paper. In the course of doing research for a 3,000-5,000 word paper, students will learn to use computer databases and online sources as well as library materials and will significantly sharpen their analytical reading, critical thinking, and writing skills. II. PMU Competencies and Learning Outcomes Effective communicators must be able to gather information, organize it, and report it in a coherent, pleasing, and persuasive manner. Professionals are expected to express well-researched information clearly and correctly in writing. The research and writing process requires the identification, analysis, and response to a problem, the discovery of something new, and the understanding of material at a deep and profound level. The research and writing process in this course will require the cooperation, mutual support, and teamwork. Technology will play a central role in the instructional...
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...School-based Prevention of Childhood Obesity Issue With half of all school-age children (age 2-19) identified as Obese or Overweight (Institute for Alternative Futures, 2008, p. 1) the issue of unhealthy weight has become a critical concern. The market has failed to foster among children the habits required to maintain healthy weight. Therefore, it is essential that the local schools implement programs designed to reduce this occurrence. Specifically, the school district should focus on: 1) healthy eating education, 2) physical activity among students, 3) an emphasis on nutrition in meals offered to students. Background Obesity is widely recognized as one of the USA's leading public health problems. “Body Mass Index (BMI), which is a calculated value based on calculations using weight and height, is used to differentiate between the overweight and the obese. Adults with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 are defined as overweight; adults with a BMI of 30 or above are considered obese.” (Buckle, 2011) Obese and overweight people experience chronic illness, poor health, and more than 100,000 preventable deaths each year. For the average affected individual, obesity has a much greater impact on health status and health care costs than either smoking or heavy drinking. In general, it can be say that root causes of Childhood Obesity are: 1) Families are living in poverty: Low-income communities have the highest rates of overweight and obesity. Low-income communities are often...
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...Resume Guide for Teachers This packet is intended to serve as a starting point for creating or improving your teaching resume. Included in this packet are best practices that the Career Center have researched and found to be true. Information and sample resumes within this packet are not intended to be taken verbatim. Constructing a teaching resume is an art, not a science. Make your personal resume unique and stand out by making it represent you. The resources this packet highlights are available to all students; take advantage of the Career Center and the services it provides you. What to Expect Teaching Resume Aesthetics, Content & Editing…………..………………………..Page 3 Three necessary components of a great teaching resume are detailed Key Elements of a Successful Teacher Resume……………………………………...Page 4 Mandatory vs. optional elements in a successful teaching resume Poor Teaching Resume Example……………………………………………………..Page 5 Details common mistakes of a teaching resume Transferable Skills & Action Verbs…………………………………………………....Page 6 A comprehensive list of transferable skills and action verbs that have potential in a teaching resume Constructing a Proper Achievement Statement (bullet point)………………………Page 7 Creating a bullet point stress you out? Here is a fool proof way to construct a proper achievement statement. Buzz Words……………………………………………………………………………..Page 7 Answer the question, “What are buzz words and how should they be used in a resume” Teaching...
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