...“teaching effectiveness” in faculty promotion, tenure, and salary reviews. In most cases, the mechanism used to measure teaching effectiveness is a locally developed evaluation form that is completed by an instructor’s students toward the end of the course, usually before students have received their final course grades. The practice of using student evaluations of teaching (SETs) to evaluate faculty teaching effectiveness raises a number of concerns, including the basic validity of these forms and their sensitivity to external biases. The question of validity involves the extent to which SETs (or items on these forms) accurately predict student learning. Questions of bias involve the possibility that student responses are influenced by factors unrelated to the faculty member’s instructional effectiveness. The topic of this article is the biasing effect that faculty grading practices have on SETs. A broader discussion of this and related issues may be found in my book The GPA Myth, from which most of the following analyses are drawn. Both the validity of SETs and potential biases to SETs have been discussed extensively in the educational literature. A simple search of the ERIC database produces thousands of articles concerning various aspects of SETs, and Greenwald summarizes more than 170 studies that examined the specific issue of whether SETs represented valid measures of student learning. Clearly, a comprehensive review of this literature is not possible here, and so I will simply...
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...Topic | Definition | Presentation of Concept | Notes | Classroom Management | * All of the things that a teacher does to organize students, space, time and materials so that instruction in content and student learning can take place. (Lakes, 2002) * Classroom management, often called classroom discipline, has been a priority for teachers for nearly 40 years, or for as long as there have been opinion surveys of educational priorities. (Kratochwill, 2006) | | | Ending | * a point that marks the limit of something : the point at which something no longer continues to happen or exist * the last part of a story, movie, song, etc. * the part at the edge or limit of an areaWebster’s Dictionary | (Johnson et al; Ledlow 1998) | | Grading | * Grading leniency is a removable contaminant of student ratings. * Grading in education is the process of applying standardized measurements of varying levels of achievement in a course.(Greenwald, Anthony G.; Gillmore, Gerald M. 2009) | University of Mindanao Official Website | | Student Course Evaluation | There are almost as many terms used to describe student course evaluations as there are articles about them; among the most common are “student evaluations,” “course evaluations,” “student ratings of instruction,” and “student evaluations of teaching (SETs).” Each of these phrases has slightly different connotations, depending on whether they emphasize students, courses...
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...school newspaper containing three aspects: Latest News, Editorial, and Sports the students will post the school newspaper on the school website. In the standard NYS Learning Standards: English Language Arts students will read, write, speak, and listen for information and understanding. Intermediate. Students will-compare and synthesize information forms different sources and use a wide variety of strategies for selecting, organizing, and categorizing information. They will distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information and between fact and opinion. The students will relate new information to prior knowledge and experience. They will understand and use the text features that make information accessible and usable, such as format, sequence, level of diction, and relevance of details and establish an authoritative stance on the subject and provide references to establish the validity and verifiability of the information presented. Develop information with appropriate supporting material, such as facts, details, illustrative examples or anecdotes, and exclude extraneous materials and use the process of pre-writing, drafting, revising, and proofreading (the "writing process") to produce well-constructed informational texts. Students will read, write, speak, and listen for literary response and expression. Intermediate Students will-use standard English effectively. Students will read, write, speak, and listen for critical analysis and evaluation. Intermediate. Students will:-analyze...
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...Smith 1 John Smith Professor Jones English 1A 9 September 2013 Critical Thinking Democracies are made up of communities and will only thrive if critical thinking and local involvement are key features. Communities are the basis of a democracy and represent citizens at a local level. In a democracy local citizens put forward ideas which percolate up to higher levels of government. Improving citizens ability to become critical thinkers is vital to making a strong democracy. Critical thinking is essential for a democracy to flourish. It's important that citizens of a democracy apply critical thinking to form an unbiased point of view. Education helps people engage in the community and fulfill basic societal expectations of a democratic citizen. To enhance a democratic society the education system must improve. For example, have students write editorials or reviews on current events. This keeps students in touch with whats going on in the world and helps them form opinions on the topic. Also encouraging students to run or elect a student council. Running for student council develops a students leadership skills and promotes democratic thinking. The foundation of a democracy is having the freedom to question the government, access all information, and take action. Democracies are always in a state of development and critical thinking is a key component of finding innovative and progressive solutions to problems that arise in the democratic process. Further, the...
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...Calculators, lemmings or frame-makers? The intermediary role of securities analysts Daniel Beunza and Raghu Garud Introduction As Wall Street specialists in valuation, sell-side securities analysts constitute a particularly important class of market actor.1 Analysts produce the reports, recommendations and price targets that professional investors utilize to inform their buy and sell decisions, which means that understanding analysts’ work can provide crucial insights on the determinants of value in the capital markets. Yet our knowledge of analysts is limited by insufficient attention to Knightian uncertainty. Analysts estimate the value of stocks by calculating their net present value or by folding the future back into the present. In so doing, they are faced with the fundamental challenge identified by Frank Knight, that is, with the difficulty of making decisions that entail a future that is unknown. These decisions, as Knight wrote, are characterized by ‘neither entire ignorance nor complete . . . information, but partial knowledge’ of the world (Knight, [1921] 1971: 199). The finance literature has not examined the Knightian challenge faced by analysts. Indeed, existing treatments circumvent the problem by adopting one of two extreme positions. In the first, put forward by orthodox economists, it is assumed that Knightian uncertainty is non-existent and that calculative decision-making is straightforward. Analysts are presented as mere calculators in a probabilistic world...
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...publication. An annotation should give enough information to make a reader decide whether to read the complete work. In other words, if the reader were exploring the same topic as you, is this material useful and if so, why? How is an annotation different from an abstract? While an abstract also summarizes an article, book, Web site or other type of publication, it is purely descriptive. Although annotations can be descriptive, they also include distinctive features about an item. Annotations can be evaluative and critical as we will see when we look at the two major types of annotations. What is an annotated bibliography? An annotated bibliography is an organized list of sources (like a reference list). It differs from a straightforward bibliography in that each reference is followed by a paragraph length annotation, usually 100–200 words in length. Depending on the assignment, an annotated bibliography might have different purposes: * Provide a literature review on a particular subject * Help to formulate a thesis on a subject * Demonstrate the research you have performed on a particular subject * Provide examples of major sources of information available on a topic * Describe items that other researchers may find of interest on a topic Types of annotated bibliographies There are two major types of annotated bibliographies: 1. Descriptive or informative 2....
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...Second, most of us have a very limited attention span; we get bored when messages are too long. Thus, communicators often feel a need to get their message across quickly. Advertisements and editorials reflect both these factors. For example, editorials are limited to a specific number of words, and the argument must both be interesting and make the author's point. Editorial writers, therefore, engage in many annoying omissions. Television commentators are notorious for making highly complicated issues sound as if they are simple. They have very little time to provide the degree of accurate information that you will need to form a reasonable conclusion. So our minds need to do a lot of extra work to fill in the many gaps in what they have to say in these situations. A third reason for the inevitability of missing information is that the knowledge possessed by the person making the argument will always be incomplete. A fourth reason why information may be omitted is because of an outright attempt to deceive. Advertisers know they are omitting key bits of information. If they were to describe all the chemicals or cheap component parts that go into their products, you would be less likely to buy them. Experts in every field consciously omit information when open disclosure would weaken the persuasive effect of their advice. Such omissions are particularly tempting if those trying to advise you see you as a "sponge." A final important reason why omitted information...
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...Yes, the authors of this research article do have the appropriate clinical and educational credentials. Patricia Kelly is a Registered Dietician, has a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and is a Certified Lactation Consultant (CLC). Patricia is the Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of Limerick Incorporated, which was developed to support working mothers in meeting their goal of breastfeeding (Limerick, 2016). Patricia Kelly is Joan Ortiz’ mother. In addition to being a Registered Nurse, Joan Ortiz is the Co-Founder of Limerick Incorporated and the President of Limerick Workplace Lactation Program. She is also a CLC. Kathryn Mary McGilligan holds a Master of Science and is a former researcher in nutrition. A strength of this research team is their education, as stated previously, in the field that they are researching. A weakness is that the employers who sponsored the program have a contract with Limerick Incorporated. Therefor their products and services were the only ones used. Leaving to question a bias in favor of their product and services. The CLC’s are the owners are the company who manufacture the product that is being promoting within the workplace environment to support breastfeeding mothers. Another weakness of the team is that it is mother and daughter which could cause conflict depending on their relationship. Their Company, Limerick Incorporated, has only done minimal research according to their research page none of which has been done on competitors’...
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...print textbook. Due to electronic rights restrictions, some third party content may be suppressed. Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. The publisher reserves the right to remove content from this title at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. For valuable information on pricing, previous editions, changes to current editions, and alternate formats, please visit www.cengage.com/highered to search by ISBN#, author, title, or keyword for materials in your areas of interest. Copyright 2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. Licensed to: CengageBrain User Managing Supply Chains: A Logistics Approach, Ninth International Edition John J. Coyle, C. John Langley Jr., Robert A. Novack, Brian J. Gibson Vice President of Editorial, Business: Jack W. Calhoun Editor-in-Chief: Joe Sabatino Senior Acquisitions Editor: Charles McCormick, Jr. Developmental Editor: Daniel Noguera Editorial Assistant: Courtney Bavaro Marketing Manager: Adam Marsh Senior Marketing Communications Manager: Libby...
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...Q9: “No matter how many reforms are passed there will always be someone who cheat and steals on a grand scale in the misguided belief that risks are outweighed by the potential gains” Reference: Corporate governance –The new focus of interest.[ Editorial].( 1993, January). Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 1-3. Jordan, C. (2012). Cadbury Twenty Years On. Villanova Law Review Stiles, P. and Taylor, B. (1993) ‘Maxwell-The failure of corporate governance’, Corporate governance-an international review, 1(1), pp. 314-327 Boyd, C.: 1996, ‘Ethics and corporate governance: The issues raised by the Cadbury report in the United Kingdom,’ Journal of business Ethics 15(2), 167-183 Parkinson, J. and Kelly, G. (1999) the combined code on corporate governance, Political Quarterly, 70, 1, 101-7 Lutz, S., Eberle, D. and Lautter, D. (2011) ‘Varieties of private self-regulation in European capitalism: corporate governance codes in the UK and Germany’, Socio-economic review 9(2): 315-38 Thomas, C. W. (2002, April). The rise and fall of Enron. Journal of accountancy, 103(4), 41-48 Davis, S., Lukomnik, J. and Pitt-Watson, D. (2010) Corporate governance in the wake of financial crises Mintz, S. (2012). Whistleblowing and bystander apathy. Available at http://www.workplaceethicsadvice.com/2012/08/whistleblowing-and-bystander-apathy (Accessed 24 February 2015) Fitzergaland, D. J. (2013) Whistleblowing Cohan, J. A. (2002), ‘I Didn’t Know and I was Only Doing My Job. Has Corporate...
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...chapter 2 40 Chapter 2 you. I’ve asked Charlie Moody to come in today to talk about it. He’s waiting to speak with us.” When Charlie joined the meeting Fred said, “Hello, Charlie. As you know, the Board of Directors met today. They received a report on the expenses and lost production from the worm outbreak last month, and they directed us to improve the security of our technology. Gladys says you can help me understand what we need to do about it.” “To start with,” Charlie said, “instead of setting up a computer security solution, we need to develop an information security program. We need a thorough review of our policies and practices, and we need to establish an ongoing risk management program. There are some other things that are part of the process as well, but these would be a good start.” “Sounds expensive,” said Fred. Charlie looked at Gladys, then answered, “Well, there will be some extra expenses for specific controls and software tools, and we may have to slow down our product development projects a bit, but the program will be more of a change in our attitude about security than a spending spree. I don’t have accurate estimates yet, but you can be sure we’ll put cost-benefit worksheets in front of you before we spend any money.” Fred thought about this for a few seconds. “OK. What’s our next step?” Gladys answered, “First, we need to initiate a project plan to develop our new information security program. We’ll use our usual systems development and project...
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...PHILIPPINE LAW JOURNAC FILE COPY VOLUME 55 MARCH, 1980 FIRST QUARTER PHILIPPINE LAW JOURNAL , EXECUTIVE LEGISLATION: THE PIDLIPPINE EXPERIENCE Irene R. Cortes SOME ROLE/FUNCTIONS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE Alfredo F. Tadiar THE PATRIARCHAL TREATMENT OF RAPE ACROSS CULTURES Laurie A. Ajdukovich PROVISIONAL PERMITS: A CRITICAL REVIEW Rogelio E. Subong COMMENT BOOK REVIEW COLLEGE OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF THE PHIUPPINES ADMINISTRATION VISITORS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES BOARD OF REGENTS MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, Chairman PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY, Vice-Chairman REGENT EMIL Q. JAVIER REGENT FLORENTINO B. HERRERA, JR. REGENT ESTELITO P. MENDOZA REGENT TOMAS S. FONACIER REGENT ORLANDO J. SACAY REGENT GERARDO P. SICAT REGENT AMB~OSIO F. TANGCO REGENT RONALDO B. ZAMORA THE UNIVERSITY EMANUEL V. SORIANO, B.S.M.E., M.I.Mgt., D .B.A, President OSCAR ' M. ALFONSO, B.S.F.S., M.A, Ph.D., Vice-President for Academic Affairs RAMON C. PORTUGAL, AB., LL.B., M.P.A Ph .D., Vice-President for Administration GEMINO H. ABAD, A.B., M.A, Ph.D., Secretary of the University MANUEL P. BENDANA, B.S., University Registrar THE COLLEGE FROILAN M . BACUNGAN, AB., LL.B., LL.M., Dean ' FLERIDA RUTH P. ROMERO, AB., LL.B., LL.M., Director, D.P. Law Center ALFREDO F. T~IAR, A .B., LL.B., LL.M., Associate Dean and Director, Office of Legal Aid ANGEL G. MAPA, LL.B., Secretary EDUARDO A. LABITAG, AB., LL.B., Director, Law Evening...
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...ek Resource: What Kind of Thinker Are You? assignment from Week One Review your week one assignment and reflect on what you learned about critical thinking during the course. Write a 700 word paper in which you reflect on the following questions: • Provide an introduction that includes a reflection on what you learned about critical thinking during the course. • What is critical thinking? • What are the three most significant things that you learned about critical thinking during this class? • How has your critical thinking changed since starting this course? • Reevaluate your stage of development in critical thinking and why you placed yourself in that stage. If your rating has changed since Week One, explain why you think this change occurred. • How do you plan to move yourself from your current stage of development in critical thinking to the stage of master thinker? • Provide a conclusion that is logical, flows from the body of the paper and concludes your paper. Format your paper consistent with Associate Level Writing Style Handbook guidelines. Post this assignment into your Assignment Folder located on your Student page!! | | |Suppose you are a newspaper columnist asked to address the issue of global warming and energy in the next editorial blog of your newspaper’s website.| | ...
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...All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. Licensed to: iChapters User This is an electronic version of the print textbook. Due to electronic rights restrictions, some third party content may be suppressed. Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. The publisher reserves the right to remove content from this title at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. For valuable information on pricing, previous editions, changes to current editions, and alternate formats, please visit www.cengage.com/highered to search by ISBN#, author, title, or keyword for materials in your areas of interest. Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional...
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...Fashion and Its Multi-Cultural Facets Critical Issues Series Editors Dr Robert Fisher Lisa Howard Dr Ken Monteith Advisory Board Karl Spracklen Katarzyna Bronk Jo Chipperfield Ann-Marie Cook Peter Mario Kreuter S Ram Vemuri Simon Bacon Stephen Morris John Parry Ana Borlescu Peter Twohig Kenneth Wilson John Hochheimer A Critical Issues research and publications project. http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ The Ethos Hub ‘Fashion’ 2014 Fashion and Its Multi-Cultural Facets Edited by Patricia Hunt-Hurst and Sabrina Ramsamy-Iranah Inter-Disciplinary Press Oxford, United Kingdom © Inter-Disciplinary Press 2014 http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/publishing/id-press/ The Inter-Disciplinary Press is part of Inter-Disciplinary.Net – a global network for research and publishing. The Inter-Disciplinary Press aims to promote and encourage the kind of work which is collaborative, innovative, imaginative, and which provides an exemplar for inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission of Inter-Disciplinary Press. Inter-Disciplinary Press, Priory House, 149B Wroslyn Road, Freeland, Oxfordshire. OX29 8HR, United Kingdom. +44 (0)1993 882087 ISBN: 978-1-84888-309-3 First published in the United Kingdom in eBook format in 2014. First Edition...
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