...Critical Thinking Concept Analysis During exposition of the nursing theory, there is a general understanding that concepts are the ones which are building blocks explaining a phenomenon and providing structure to science. Moreover, concepts contribute to theory development and strengthen nursing practice through research, plus via concept analysis, many vague terms gain a valuable meaning at the same time improving a quality of care (Bousso, Poles, Cruz, 2013). Therefore, one of the crucial concepts in nursing, in my opinion, is critical thinking which Facione (2013) is identified as cognitive skills which include interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation, and self-regulation. Consequently, those presumptively acquired attributes...
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...(Ellis, 11). According to Robert P. Sutton, “taking [Ellis] at his own standard, he has succeeded in meeting it remarkably well…he has mastered the scholarly literature on his subject. (Sutton, 612) Robert Middlekauff states that although there are “no surprises” in Ellis’ rendition of these five Jeffersonian periods, there are “interesting interpretations in each” showing the life of young Jefferson through “the eyes of a romantic, even of a sentimentalist”. (Middlekauff, 436) Although Ellis offers a fresh take on the inner workings of Thomas Jefferson, his explanations often favors “psychological interpretation” in the presentation of his...
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...Vagueness, Ambiguity, and Clarity in Writing Holly Minor CRT/205 June 15, 2013 Vagueness, Ambiguity, and Clarity in Writing Vague and ambiguous writing results in misinterpretation of the information within the writing. When writing is unclear, a reader may find difficulty in understanding the intent of the writing. On the other hand, a certain level of vagueness is adequate. “When a claim is not too vague to convey appropriately useful information, its level of vagueness is acceptable.” (Moore & Parker, 2012, p. 73). To illustrate the effect vagueness and ambiguousness has on a written work; two writing examples are deconstructed and analyzed. Example 1 [1]This particular case study will reflect an organization with a van that has undergoing internal conflict. [2]It will also analyze the reason for the conflict and offer positive resolutions of this conflict. [3]The project must first understand that conflict among the membership, its leaders, group or anyone attached did not just show up one day. [4]Conflict has been in existence for a very long time. [5]The religious leaders have a great responsibility to the congregation (and others who look for guidance and direction according to the scriptures). [6]It does not matter what title he or she holds, if they are in a leadership role, they bare responsible and accountable. The writing style in this first example contains both vague and ambiguous writing. The first sentence has both vague and ambiguous...
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...Critical Reasoning - An Overview by Stephen Bolton, 11th March, 1999 Critical Reasoning questions are one third of the Verbal section of the GMAT exam. These questions are designed to test one's logic and reasoning skills, particularly in evaluating arguments. The questions themselves could deal with almost any subject matter, and no familiarity with that subject matter is assumed or required. This tutorial aims to give you the tools to find the answer that ETS wnat you to find which is just what you need to raise your score. The GMAT's Critical Reasoning is intended to be an effective way of evaluating how people reason. However, the truth is that the logic in many of the questions is less than completely sound. There is definitely room for interpretation on many of these questions, judging from many examples taken from old GMAT tests. But there is little you can do about that - they make up the questions, they make up the rules. You could cry about it. Go ahead, have a good cry. We will wait. .......... Feel better? Good. Now let's take a look at how we can best this test to obtain the best score we possibly can. A Critical Reasoning Problem is comprised of three main parts: the text, the question, and the five answer choices. We will deal with the different types of questions later. Here's an example of a Critical Reasoning text: A CEO of a major company noted a serious decline in worker productivity during the previous five years. According to a report done...
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...March 12, 2015 Contents Introduction....……………………………………………………………………………………..1 Brief Summary…..………………………………………………………………………………...1 Critical Evaluation...………………………………………………………………………………2 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...5 Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………6 Introduction In the rise of the early Orthodox Church, the early church fathers were among the few privileged ones exposed to the Scriptures, thus, the Scriptures, not available for the common person to read, created a problem in understanding God’s written Word. But times have changed. Now that the believer has access to the Bible, the problem is not the lack of understanding, but the inability to obey the Word of God. According to Fee and Stuart: “In fact we are convinced that the single most serious problem people have with the Bible is not a lack of understanding but with the fact that they understand many things too well!... the problem is not understanding it, but obeying it.” Today there a more Bible translations than we can keep up with. While revising the third edition of How to Read the Bible for all it’s Worth, Fee and Stuart realized the need for an updated edition because of the prior translation issues. Thus, the authors realized that many things had changed as time evolved in reference to proper Bible interpretation and how to read the Bible in a way that one could receive maximum benefit, and, of course, understanding God’s will for all mankind...
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...Abstract The purpose of this assignment is to critically examine the performance of two companies using Ratio analysis over the a period of five years (2008-2012), in order to recommend the best company for investment, justified by the data collected, analysed using ratio analysis and interpreted The assignment, will compare two of the largest retail outlets in th UK in sainbury and Tesco. It will show that Tesco has higher Profitability, Liquidity and Gearing ratios than Sainsbury, While in investment ratios Sainsbury exceeds Tesco. However it will also show that over the five year period Sainsbury as more consistent ratio outputs than Tesco, whom go into a steep declines in various ratios during the 2012 period. This assignment will show that Sainsbury on the basis of consistence is a better investment option, while highlighting that the ratio cannot be the only tool used in analysing comparatively the two companies. Table of Contents Introduction1 Selection of companies2 3. Ratio Analysis3 3.1 Profitability Ratios4 3.1.1Return On Capital Employed4 3.1.2 Gross Profit Margin6 3.1.3 Profit Margin7 3.2 Liquidity Ratios8 3.2.1 Current8 3.2.2 Liquidity9 3.3 Gearing Ratio10 3.4 Investment Ratios12 3.4.1Dividen Yield12 3.4.2Pric to Earning13 4.0 Critical Analysis15 5.0 Conclusion16 APPENDIX17 Bibliography Table of Tables Table 1.1……………………………………………………………..4 Table 1.2……………………………………………………………..6 Table 1.3……………………………………………………………..7 Table 2.1……………………………………………………………...
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...Michael Newman By DREW NICKELL OCTOBER 7TH, 2015 CONTENTS Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………………….4 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..5 The Five Major Channels of Communication…….………………………………………………5 Body Angle………………………………………………………………………………..5 Face………………………………………………………………………………………..5 Arms……………………………………………………………………………………….5 Hands……………………………………………………………………………………...6 Legs………………………………………………………………………………………..6 Mirroring, Matching, and Building Rapport………………………………………………………6 Matching…………………………………………………………………………………..6 Mirroring…………………………………………………………………………………..7 Personal Selling Power……………………………………………………………………………7 Closing a Negotiation……………………………………………………………………..7 Rules of Nonverbal Selling Power………………………………………………………..7 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report provides a summary of the information contained within the book Strictly Business Body Language: Using Nonverbal Communication for Power and Success by Jan Hargrave. This summary attempts to identify the most useful topics for professional accountants to master. Included in this topic list are such items as: The Five Major Channels of Communication, Mirroring, Matching, and Building Rapport, and Personal Selling Power. Body language is critical to professional success, and any accounting professional must be armed with a basic framework of understanding for it. This framework will be outlined in the report, and offers...
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...understanding and interpretation in adolescent years becomes a challenge. The literature that has been found stipulates that in order for one to master a language, they need to learn it during the critical period of age 0-7 years but my findings infer that the critical period is from 0-2 years. In order for one to master the English language, they need a well-resourced teaching during the critical period. This will, in turn, minimise factors that affect the...
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...Sensory Perceptions Patsy M. Mendoza Professor Dena Hurst Critical Thinking 210 April 18, 2013 Provide at least three reasons for believing in the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory information. Senses are reliable tools but at times they often fail to transmit accurate data to the brain. When a person is ill, drowsy, or exhausted the senses tend to be less efficient. For infants, sensing will usually occur before a thought but for adults, it occurs simultaneously while engaging in thoughts. Adults usually depend on their senses in almost everything they do from thinking before doing something to not thinking and doing things that come naturally to them. Perception comes between simple sensation and complex cognitive behavior (human nervous system, 2013). Perception is so automatic to individuals that they hardly realize that what they are seeing and hearing is only an interpretation (human nervous system, 2013). Three reasons for believing in the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory information is discernment, elucidation, and awareness. Discernment is the ability to judge well (The Free Dictionary, 2013). Discernment generates one’s experience of the world around them and allows them to respond inside his or her surroundings. Elucidation is a communication method intended to clarify or explain that serves to make the explanation clear (The Free Dictionary, 2013). Finally awareness; awareness is defined as having knowledge and cognitive response to a situation...
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...Critical Thinking Application Paper MGT 350 April 10, 2011 Harry Derderian Critical Thinking Application Report Critical thinking is a term that we have all heard from our parents, teachers, managers or friends. However, I doubt that many of us have really taken the time to fully understand what it means and why it is so important. The purpose of this report is to gain an understanding of what critical thinking means and why it is so fundamentally important that we conscientiously practice and use critical thinking skills every day. This task will be accomplished by using a work place example and outlining the benefits of the critical thinking process. Critical Thinking Defined The quick and easy way to define critical thinking is to research it on-line. For instance, according to the website, Dictionary.com, critical thinking is defined as “the mental process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion”. This definition is a good start, but we must explore it on a deeper level to fully understand critical thinking. According to Facione (2011), an international group of experts were asked to define critical thinking. The team came up with a few conclusions. One conclusion is that critical thinking requires a purpose to the thinking and it can be done either independently or collaboratively. They decided critical thinking requires the following...
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...Society courses explore societies and cultures outside the United States. These courses take one of two approaches. Some concentrate on a single nation or region, examining in depth its political, social, historical, cultural, artistic, literary, geographic, and economic landscape. Another approach is to investigate globalization and its effects across nations and regions. Goals and Expected learning Outcomes: • Understand the influences of political, social, historical, cultural, artistic, literary, geographic, and economic on world societies or processes, i.e. globalization linking world societies. • Develop observations and conclusions about selected themes in world societies and cultures • Construct interpretations using evidence and critical analysis...
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...Sensory Perceptions Critical Thinking-PHI 210 April 19, 2013 The interpretation of sensory data gives us a perceptual view of our world. I say our world because as humans we all gather information by using sensory perceptions. Sensory perceptions are the conscious recognition and interpretation of sensory stimuli that serve as a basis for understanding, learning, knowing or for motivating a particular action or reaction. Humans have five senses: touch, feel, taste, see, and hearing. These senses are used to perceive sensory information. Three reasons for believing in the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory information is perception, interpretation, and knowledge. Perception is our sensory experience of the world around us and involves both the recognition of environmental stimuli and actions in response to these stimuli (Bagley, 2004). Through the perceptual process, we use or senses to acquire information about the surrounding environment or situation. Humans use our attitudes and / or understanding of our observations to react within our environment. Interpretation is a communication process, designed to reveal meanings, Interpretation is how we perceive certain situations through our own thoughts and beliefs. It’s a conception of another’s behavior, People have different interpretation of life and how they view certain things. What may be true to you may not be true to me. Knowledge is a familiarity with someone or something, which can include facts, information, descriptions...
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...Understanding (9 marks) 2. Interpretation and Application (9 marks) 3. Evaluation (9 marks) What Does This Mean? What this means is that for writing an essay is that the content (studies, names of researcher, dates, figures, concepts, although important need to be organised coherently, applied to a variety of social situations and interpreted, and expressed in a critical fashion. You must be aware of the skills being highlighted in the question in order to use the appropriate skills in your essays. You should also practice writing essays regularly and develop a technique which addresses the skills required so that you can actually answer the question set. I hope that this handout should allow you to achieve this. Stage One Many students are too quick into diving into an answer. They have focused on certain key terms and ‘assumed’ what the essay requires from a quick look at the question. Instead, the question should be read a number of times. Task One With the title provided. Analyze the question by underlining the key features in the essay title Double underline the skills being assessed, e.g., describe and explain Identify any terms or concepts contained in the question. These terms will need to be defined, i.e. concepts such as interactionists. Essay questions will also include terms, which highlight the skills being assessed, knowledge and understanding. E.g. (outline, explain the view, what do you understand, examine, describe, Interpretation and application...
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...Critical Thinking Critical Thinking The concept of critical thinking explains a process that involves utilising various interrelated skills to integrate, analyse and carefully evaluate what peoples read and hear from some sources. Therefore, critical thinking requires a determination of whether we should accept, reject or suspend judgement regarding a claim to acting in a certain way (Massey, 2015).This essay analyses steps to critical thinking, how emotions affect decisions making and critical thinking in professional and societal responsibilities. Critical thinking include knowledge, comprehension, application, synthesis and evaluation. In critical thinking, knowledge includes the most fundamental level of information. In this step, the individual identifies what the source of the knowledge says, the topic and issue. The next step is comprehension. The step involves having a comprehensive understanding of the idea. A critical thinker should, have an understanding of what is seen and read. The understanding gained by the critical thinkers is important in order to obtain new knowledge by reflecting on what is known. The ability of the individual to form own interpretation and to express it through writing to give it a new significance measures the level of individuals understanding. The application requires the person to know what they have read, heard from the source. Further individuals should have knowledge of how to apply the same knowledge...
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...According to the textbook, in real life argumentation, the three main factors of underlying fallacies are misleading interpretation, mental carelessness combined with overflowing emotions, and the unexamined presumptions from the arguer point of view. Each of these examples strongly supports the underlying fallacies due to the fact that maybe the arguers may not be aware that the evidence he/she use is ineffective and shown lack of reasoning. Though sometimes the arguer understand his/her own errors in an argument, they might not corrected properly because they think that the audience does pay attention well enough in the speech. Such case becomes more complicated as the arguer tends to trick the person for believing his own words for individual...
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