...Leisure or free time is time spent away from business, work, and domestic chores. During the twentieth century, more and more people found that they had leisure time. This raised an interesting question. What do you do when you are free to do anything you like? Many people took up a hobby. A hobby is a regular activity that is done for pleasure, typically, during one's leisure time. Hobbies can include: collecting themed items and objects, engaging in creative and artistic pursuits, and playing sports, along with many more examples. By continually participating in a particular hobby, one can acquire substantial skill and knowledge in that area. Having a hobby helps to make you a more interesting person and gives you something fascinating to talk about with others. It can also help you to avoid feeling bored and often provides the opportunity to meet new people with similar interests. Learning something new is always good for keeping the mind active. This will also make you a more interesting person than a person who is addicted to Facebook, TV or doing other time wasting and unhealthy tasks. There are hundreds of hobbies a person can choose from. Some of them are: collecting, outdoor, sports, creative hobbies etc. Collecting is a practice with a very old cultural history. The collecting hobby is a modern descendant of the "cabinet of curiosities" which was common among scholars with the means and opportunities to acquire unusual items from the 16th century onwards. The involvement...
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...The first thing that I learned was about the course grading and assignments. It made me realize how important it is to make sure that my work is turned in on time, done to the best of my ability. I also learned what each assignment was worth and how all the grades for assignments were distributed throughout the course. Knowing this will help set me up for success in CM107. Also, knowing that it is so important that I read the material so that I know what is talked about when the quizzes, discussions, and seminars come so I can give the maximum participation. The second thing that I learned was how important the seminars really are. Knowing that the material will discussed and that I have a chance to talk with the Professor as well as the other students about anything in the unit that I may have a question about is really helpful for me. This will also help me further understand the material so that I can receive the best grade that I am capable of receiving in the course. When I was enrolled in my other online university the classes that had seminars seemed to be a waste of time because it was always off topic or the coursework was not discussed. Knowing that the Professor is making sure that the discussion in the seminar stays on point lets me know that I will be learning and not wasting my time as well as my professors. The final thing that I took away from the seminar was to post my discussions early in the week so that I am able to stay up to date with all the responses...
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...Grading system and reporting Name: Institution: Course: Lecturer: Date: Question 1 Advantages of letter grading system • Concise and convenient • Grades are easily averaged • Easy to predict future achievements of students Disadvantages • Proportion of students achieved each grade varies from teacher to teacher • Does not indicate student’s specific strength and weaknesses in learning • Are a combination of achievement, effort, work habits and good behavior Advantages of pass-fail system I. Encourages students to explore new areas even those that they are not fully prepared for II. Permits students to focus on aspects of the course that relate directly to their major field of study. III. Enables students to select their learning experience by removing fear of lower grades Disadvantages I. Offers less information about the performance II. Gives no indication of level of learning hence difficult to predict future performance III. Efforts are directed towards passing rather than achieving higher grades Advantages of standard based system a) Are concise and convenient as they cover broad perspectives b) Provide good compromise of the other grading methods hence the fairest Disadvantages a) It is not goal specific b) Does not indicate strength and weaknesses of students c) Difficult to estimate improvement over short time Advantages of checklist i. Detailed analysis of strength and weaknesses ii. Reminds students, teachers and parents of the objectives...
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...rolling, prevent being sued, or even get them out of their department. Either way, these managers used the rating system to the best interest of their employees, they fine-tuned their ratings to make sure they were accurate and efficient. All of the comments kind of made it clear that the managers all had different understandings about the rating system. Some ratings were made to motivate most of the employees, develop employees and others were used to grade their yearly work. These managers all had different perceptions on how to grade their employees so obviously this system is seriously flawed to say the least. I think fine-tuning becomes distortion when you have a grading system that has large gaps in what is really happening. Moving a grade up between a 6 and 7 will be ok but if you have a grading system where you have a drastic move such as a C to B or a B to A, that is drastic and fine tuning those could really cause distortion. I think this whole system needs to be...
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... | | |Students | Daegu Cyber University Thai Nguyen University of Economics and Business Administration [pic] How to check attendance 1. Absent for one-period class = “/”, Absent for two-period class= “//”, Absent for three-period class= “///”, Must indicate all absent marks (/) in one checking box) 2. Leave blank in the checking box implies present. Grade Evaluation 1. Norm-referenced grading system is normally used in grading system. However, Criterion-referenced system is also allowed for the class with number of students less than thirty or for special courses. 2. The highest grade is 100 percent and is composed of assignment, exams, attendance, discussion, etc. 3. A Student who fails to meet attendance grade of less than 75%, s/he will get the final grade of F. 4. Distribution percentage of the grades for norm-referenced grading system is indicated as below. |Letter Grade |Percentage |Grade Point |Distribution Percentage |Suggested Distribution (%)| | | | |(%) | | |A+ |93-100 |4.3 |20~30 |20 | |A0 |90-92 ...
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...Today academic grading is nourishing debate concerning its affects on college students. In 2011, two articles addressing the debate of the considerations of grading. John Immerwahr, in his article “The Case for Motivational Grading,” argues that the purpose of grading to encourage student behaviors to improve theirs learning (335). Alfie Kohn, on the other hand, in his article “The Case Against Grades” suggests that grading is not the way to assess students learning. John Immerwahr and Alfie Kohn both present the keys, and continue the debate. John Immerwahr’s article “The Case for Motivational Grading” agrees with much of what Close says about questioning the grading practices. Despite that, Immerwahr argues that grading is more than providing...
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...not fully covered in the text yet is subject to testing. Additionally, attendance and classroom participation will account for 20 percent of the final grade. Assignments: All assignments must be completed on time, unless arrangements have been made with the instructor in advance. Justification will be required. Late assignments will have the overall grade reduced by one letter grade for each day late. Assignments must be original and be the work of the student. Plagiarism will result in course failure and subject the student to additional penalties. Applicable is the Student Code of Conduct Rule 7.23. See http://admin.sfcc.edu.%7erules/07_23studentconductcode Term Paper: Term papers must be typed or, preferably, printed by computer. Footnotes, citations and a bibliography will be required. Students will be responsible for developing the subject and obtain concurrence of the instructor no later than July 13th, 2012. Term papers will be six pages in length, double-spaced, 12pt font, and due on August 6th, 2012. Readings: The class emphasis will be learning through discussion, in seminar format (facilitated discussion). In order to effectively participate in discussions, the students must have read and reviewed the material reference in the class plan prior to attending the class. Class attendance and participation is a component of the final grade. Section Tests: Four section tests will be held. Dates for each test are shown on the attached class plan...
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...posted Topic of the Week (40 points) Tuesday: posted on the discussion board Wednesday: posted 2 replies on discussion questions and the Self-Assessment Log (10 points) and the Self-Analysis Paper (10 points) Participated: 5 out of 7 days (50 points) Total: 140 points. I will either agree or disagree with your weekly self-assessment log. This will help you keep up with your grade, as well as help me to keep in touch with you. I will be posting grades in the Blackboard grade book; I will be corresponding with you each week. If we disagree on a score, I will be able to see exactly where you and I are disagreeing through this self-assignment when the format follows the above one. I do want to stress that you are not grading yourself. I will be grading you; this way just helps us to keep in touch, as well as allows you to understand the class point system. You will also be able to tell me if there was anything during the week that prevented you from posting on...
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...teacher, he encountered two students, Emily Jobe and Zack Brown, who made a big impression on him. Emily was a hard working student who was always attentive in class and respectful to Mr. Hent. Zack was extremely disrespectful to the Mr. Hent. He was never in class and was always disruptive in class. As the semester was coming the end, the teacher assigned an assignment that was 50 percent of the grade. Emily didn’t put enough effort on the assignment, while Zach tried really hard on the assignment. However, Mr. Hent decided to grade these two based on his feelings toward them instead of their grades. The central ethical challenge is that was Mr. Hent’s grading decision ethical? There are several ways Mr. Hent could have reacted to this situation. The best decision he should have done is abandoning his personal feelings and grading appropriately regardless of how he thinks. However, Mr. Hent was highly affected by how the student’s treated him. He was very sympathetic towards Emily while he had negative feelings for Zach. He could have also talked to people in higher authority about the situation. Talking to people such as the principal and other teacher’s would have been helpful to his situations. Since his colleagues have had more experience and might have already gone through a similar case. He should have also talked personally to the students involving their parents and the principal. Engaging such people around the students would influence the students to be honest. You...
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...Week 4 Announcement: June 19-29 Hi everyone, Congratulations to all of you for reaching the final week of this course. It all goes by so quickly. Below I describe all of the work you’ll need to complete during this final week. SUNDAY-TUESDAY, JUNE 19-21 • Complete your research. By now, all of you should have finished all research for the upcoming Recommendation Report. If you haven’t done so, be sure to finish it on Sunday in order to leave at least two days to write the report. • Write the first draft of the Recommendation Report. Please do NOT begin writing this report on Tuesday – give yourself at least two days to work on the writing of this lengthy report. I suggest that you keep the assignment in front of you, and do feel free to take a peek, as useful, at the model Recommendation Reports that I posted in Content, Week 4. Seeing the models will give you a good idea about the organization, design, format, visuals, and length that work well for this assignment. Be careful, though, not to copy the style of writing from the samples – instead, use your own natural business writing style for this assignment. Also, keep in mind that the models don’t always adhere to my assignment criteria, so if you ever see that the models are not following the assignment requirements, follow the assignment and ignore the models. • Post a single file containing your first draft of the Recommendation Report in the dropbox by midnight, Tuesday, June 21. No extensions...
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...Why shoot us down with bad grades? You want to see us succeed, right? In the article “What our education system needs is more F’s,” by Carl Singleton, he argues why he feels that students should receive more F’s instead of passing grades. He gives a great argument about his position, and he points out things such as, why teachers don’t give F’s to students and How that is affecting kids from elementary school to post-graduates. Although some may feel the education system may need more F’s, the grades that replace the F’s are more important to the students’ confidence and self-esteem as a person outside of school. Carl Singleton makes a great argument, and quickly establishes a position getting started. In the beginning of the writing he states,...
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...Information Management for Schools G/T (CIMS® G/T) Student Grading System User’s Guide NCS Publication Number 649 400 205 Second Edition (July 1999) This edition applies to Version 7.00 of the NCS Comprehensive Information Management for Schools G/T (CIMS® G/T) Student Grading System (SGS™) product for IBM AS/400* systems, and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions or updates. The data used to illustrate the reports and screen images may include names of individuals, companies, brands, and products. All of these names are fictitious; any similarities to actual names are entirely coincidental. Further, any illustrations of report formats or screen images are examples only, and reflect how a typical customer would install and use the product. CIMS® and SCH® are registered trademarks of National Computer Systems, Inc. ACS™, SMS™, SAS™, SGS™, CSO™, NCS Abacus™ and Performance Plus™ are trademarks of National Computer Systems, Inc. *IBM® and AS/400® are registered trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation. GUI/400 is a product of Seagull Business Software B.V. and a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Copyright © 1997, 1999 National Computer Systems, Inc. Printed in the U.S.A. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from National Computer Systems, Inc. About This Guide District and school-level...
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...ability. * Grades are not computed as accurate as it has to be. v. Effects of problems * To lessen the time consumed on each factor of the class standing computed by the teacher for each student * All the grades of the student can edit and stored in database. II. The proposed DBMS solution a.) Introduction b.) Background of the study c.) Objectives of the system To offer a more convenient way of computing and a user friendly program and to simplifies the task and reduce the paper work. d.) Significance of the study e.) Definition of terms III. Enterprise Modeling a.) Functional Decomposition b.) ER Diagram MANUAL OPERATION c.) Recitation Fourth Grading First Grading Second Grading Third Grading Grades Totalize Record Dance Troupe Attendance Seatwork Exam Project Quiz Behavior Debate Championship Boy Scout Girl Scout...
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...Course Description Psychology asks, and in scientific ways attempts to answer, questions about why and how people think, feel, and behave as they do. Because we are all human and have much in common, sometimes discoveries can be applied more universally. However, psychology must also take into account differences in biology, in the social and cultural contexts of our lives, and in the individual way we interpret the world. Differences in perspective and the power of perspective to shape experience are themes that run throughout the course. We will study the major perspectives in psychology, research methods, brain and nervous system structures, states of consciousness, learning, memory, cognitive and social-emotional development in infancy and childhood, social psychological issues such as conformity and obedience, and some of the major categories of psychological disorders and therapies. You will have a chance to pursue some topics in more depth. The goal of the course is to strike a balance between giving a survey of a very rich, complex field and covering topics in depth. Both understanding of basic psychological principles and practical application will be emphasized. The aim is to enrich your knowledge of psychology and your ability to apply psychological principles to everyday life. Required Text Myers, D. (2011). Exploring psychology, 8th ed. NY: Worth. ISBN: 1-4292-3826-7 Course Learning Objectives To be able to understand, illustrate, apply, and discuss: ...
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...Computerized Grading System/Test Item Analysis Aims: * To manage/process important information easy, accurate and fast. * To facilitate computation of grades and processing of different important documents in running a school. * To give teachers/school managers feedback about their students performance. * To get accurate analysis, relevant information about the test administered to their students. Modules: * Grades by Subject see the excel files for demo BEC, for DEMO physics, K+12 , sample 1 for grade school This is the grade format intended for the computation of teacher’s grade. Every teacher will only enter the raw scores taken from the teacher’s class records and all the computations will be done by the computer. The desired output is the unrounded final grades, rounded final grades, students’ individual ranking and subject’s top ten lists. * Summary of Grades (see the excel files over-all grade with ROP-Repot on Promotion) This is a module intended to compute for the final grades of the students/pupils in each class. The class adviser enters the grades given by each subject teacher. The modules should generate the following output: 1. Summary Sheet 2. Top Ten on each Subject Area. 3. The Over-all Top Ten of the class. 4. Honors lists 5. Makabayan Computation Also included on this module is the computation of the deportment (converted into a letter grade) and the lists of the deportment awardees arranged alphabetically...
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