...|[pic] |ETH/125 Syllabus | | |Axia College/College of Humanities | | |ETH/125 Version 6 | | |Cultural Diversity | Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course is designed to educate students about issues of race and ethnicity by presenting historical and modern perspectives on diversity in the United States, and by providing tools necessary to promote a respectful and inclusive society. Students will complete several activities that allow them to examine their own values in relation to the values of various other racial and ethnic communities. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure...
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...Essay Writing Introduction Essay writing involves expressing ones views and interpretations in relation to a specified subject area, and this clearly cannot be done in accordance with a fixed or universally applicable formula. Yet we would, I think, all agree that an essay can be judged in terms of what an informed reader can ‘get out of it’ and also that a ‘good’ essay is one which such a reader will find interesting, informative and easy to understand. If this is accepted it becomes possible to articulate some general features of an essay which will make it more interesting, informative and accessible. 1. Address the question or title; 2. Follow a structured and signposted sequence; 3. Demonstrate a familiarity with relevant literature; 4. Present an analysis and evaluation of the ideas and theories discussed; 5. Reveal internal integration and coherence; 6. Use references and examples to support its claims and arguments; 7. Detail references and sources and bibliography/referencing sections. Part 1: Writing an Essay 1. Addressing the Question/Title An essay should address what is meant by the title/question to which it refers. It should, in other words inform the reader of the issues of which are to be considered and the manner in which they are to be related. This may, for example, be achieved by describing previous definitions of, or approaches to, a problem and/of by offering the writers own interpretation of the issue/s. For Example, on...
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...INTRODUCTION Purpose/Justification Problems related to reading comprehension have been besetting both private and public educational institutions all over the country. In the Philippine setting evidences revealed that 2009, 2010 and 2011 NAT results exemplified that the second year students struggled much on reading comprehension as shown by the three mean percentage scores in English subject. In particular, the mean percentage scores of Macario B. Asistio Sr. High School—Unit I for the school years 2008-2009; 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 are 43.11, 36.57 and 36.60 respectively (Department of Educational Testing and Research Center, 2009; 2010; 2011). Likewise, comprehension related studies conducted locally have verified and supported that the students showed difficulty in reading comprehension (Columna, 2013; Ayles, 2009 and Dela Cruz, 2004). In a study conducted by Columna (2013), results revealed that the students were struggling to comprehended texts in their L2 with majority of them fall under instructional level and a significant of them fall under frustration level. In the same manner, Dela Cruz (2004) found that the students in the secondary level have difficulties in reading materials in the content areas especially in Mathematics and Science. The researcher posits that these comprehension problems have rooted from the questioning pedagogical strategy employed by the teachers. Chin (2002) found that questions, particularly those asked in response to wonderment, stimulate...
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...Project Proposal Impact of Private Listed Companies’ Political Connections on Stock Price Synchronicity: Evidence from China By Seven Cheng Lin 1130600072 Accounting Chris Chaofan Chen 1130600006 Accounting Submitted to Jessica Tian Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College Dec 2014 Content 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………1 1.1 An Overview of stock price synchronicity…………………………………….1 1.2 Political Connection in China………….…..……...……………………….……….2 1.3 Study Objective………….…………………………………………..…………………3 2. Literature Review…………………….……………………………………………………...4 2.1 Literature Related to the Stock Price Synchronicity………………..…………………4 2.2 Literature Related to Political Connections …………………..……………..……….5 3. Statement of hypotheses…………………………………………………………….……….6 3.1 Political Connections and its Impact on Stock Price Synchronicity …………..……...6 3.2 Moderate Effects of Institutional Environment in Different Regions……………..…..7 4. Methodology………………………………………………………………………..8 4.1 Dependent Variable………….….………………………………….…………………..8 4.2 IndependentVariable……....…………….………………………..…………………9 4.3 ControlVariables………………….………………………………..………………..9 4.4 Framework………………...…………………………………………….……………10 5. Schedule………………………...…………………………………………….……………10 6. Reference………...………...…………………………………………….…………….11 1. Introduction 1.1 An Overview of Stock Price Synchronicity Since the successive establishments of the ShenZhen Stock Exchange and the ShangHai Stock Exchange...
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...Grading Systems - SCHOOL, HIGHER EDUCATION Tweet students grades teachers learning ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Search All U.S. Universities Bottom of Form ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form SCHOOL Thomas R. Guskey HIGHER EDUCATION Howard R. Pollio SCHOOL Few issues have created more controversy among educators than those associated with grading and reporting student learning. Despite the many debates and multitudes of studies, however, prescriptions for best practice remain elusive. Although teachers generally try to develop grading policies that are honest and fair, strong evidence shows that their practices vary widely, even among those who teach at the same grade level within the same school. In essence, grading is an exercise in professional judgment on the part of teachers. It involves the collection and evaluation of evidence on students' achievement or performance over a specified period of time, such as nine weeks, an academic semester, or entire school year. Through this process, various types of descriptive information and measures of students' performance are converted into grades or marks that summarize students' accomplishments. Although some educators distinguish between grades and marks, most consider these terms synonymous. Both imply a set of symbols, words, or numbers that are used to designate different levels of achievement or performance. They might be letter grades such as A...
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...substitute for expertise on the part of the user. The case projects have been designed assuming that these tools will be used effectively. The purpose of this document is to assure that you, the user of these tools, are prepared to exploit them to their fullest - specifically, that you are able to make use of spreadsheet sensitivity analysis tools. Spreadsheet Basics Electronic spreadsheets (as opposed to the paper kind!) have revolutionized business analysis. This should be no surprise, given that one of the developers of the original tool, Visicalc, was a Harvard Business School dropout who recognized that a computer-based tool to facilitate business analysis would have made his life a little simpler at the HBS, and might even help managers when they got out into the real world. However, it took the happy historical coincidence of the personal computer, and the concomitant dispersion of computer power to every modern manager's desk, to assure the success of the concept. Conceptually, the spreadsheet is simply a representation of the original accountant's paper spreadsheet, composed of finely lined pages of labeled columns of numbers. The original concept was to provide the user...
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...VOCATIONAL HIGHER SECONDARY TEACHER’S SOURCE BOOK COMPUTER SCIENCE FIRST YEAR Government of Kerala Department of Education SCERT - 2005-06 STATE COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING Vidyabhavan, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram-12 Prepared by: State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT) Vidyabhavan, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram -12 Kerala E-mail:scertkerala@asianetindia.com Type setting by: SCERT Computer Lab. © Government of Kerala Education Department 2005 P REFACE Dear Teachers, Computer Science is concerned with the gathering, manipulation, classification, storage and retrival of knowledge. Understanding Computer Science, is necessary because of its power and influence in modern society. Learning of Computer Science should be activity based, process oriented, student-centred, environmental based and life oriented. The approach to learning is based on five domains of science: Knowledge domain, process domain, application and connection domain, domain of attitudes and values and creativity domain. But we know that most of the present vocational higher secondary teachers are not familiar with this paradigm. Hence for the first time we are introducing sourcebooks for all the subjects in the vocational higher secondary curriculum. This source book for computer science aims to provide guidelines to the teachers of our state to change their pedagogy from the conventional content-based approach to the process...
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...GLA Factors affecting SLA success Topic 4: Factors affecting L2 learning Conceptual objective: the students will be able to enumerate those factors connected to L2 learning success Procedural objective: the students will explore those factors that have promoted their success as language learners, making a chart and comparing it with other people Attitudinal objective: the students will develop a critical attitude towards the causal correlations between factors and learning success Attitudinal objective: the students will realize the need for further research A. Internal/ Individual B. External a. 1. Age 2. Aptitude 3. Motivation and Attitude 4. Personality 5. Cognitive Style 6. Hemisphere specialisation 7. Learning Strategies 1. Learning and Teaching Contexts 2.Teaching a second language: Effects 2.1. Input and interaction: How these elements affect learning A.1. AGE AND L2 LEARNING • Effects of age on RATE of second language learning ΚAdults are superior to children in rate of acquisition ΚOlder children learn more rapidly than younger children ΚWith regards to morphology and syntax, the adolescents do best, followed by the adults and then the children ΚGrammar differences diminish over time, and children begin to catch up, but adults outperform children in the short term Κ Where pronunciation is concerned, adults do not always progress more rapidly than children do Thus: adults learn faster than children, and this is more applicable to grammar than pronunciation, although...
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...How a Publicity Biitz Created The iVIyth of Subliminal Advertising By Stuart Rogers I n September 1957, I began what to me was a serious study of contemporary applied psychology at Hofstra C'ollege in Hempstead, Long Island. At exactly the same time, in nearby New York City, an unemployed market researcher named James M. Vicary made a startling announcement based on research in high-speed photography later popularized by Eastman Kodak Company. The Tachistoscope Some time before, a device had been developed that could emit a flash of white light at a speed of I/60,000th ol a second. It was called the tachistoscope. The light pulse of the tachistoscope was so fast that it was imperceptible to human consciousness—what I was learning as a psychology student to call "subliminal." because it was below ("sub") the threshold ("limen") of human perception. The work done for Kodak involved a tachistoscope providing illumination in a pitch-dark studio for a large-lens camera with an open aperture. In one series of experiments, the flash of the tachistoscope was triggered electronically by the sound of a rifle shot, and the image of a bullet in flight was frozen on color film. Perhaps you have seen samples of these remarkable photographs hanging on the walls of your local camera store. Retainers and Consulting Fees Armed with the scientific sound of "tachistoscope,** Vicary invented a sparkling new pseudoscience, and proceeded to contact the CEOs, marketing directors, and advertising...
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...Published in: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 133 (2/2), 1997, 201–218. © 1997 Peter Lang, 0303-9692. Bounded Rationality: Models of Fast and Frugal Inference Gerd Gigerenzer1 Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, Munich, Germany Humans and other animals need to make inferences about their environment under constraints of limited time, knowledge, and computational capacities. However, most theories of inductive inferences model the human mind as a supercomputer like a Laplacean demon, equipped with unlimited time, knowledge, and computational capacities. In this article I review models of fast and frugal inference, that is, satisficing strategies whose task is to infer unknown states of the world (without relying on computationaly expensive procedures such as multiple regression). Fast and frugal inference is a form of bounded rationality (Simon, 1982). I begin by explaining what bounded rationality in human inference is not. 1. Bounded Rationality is Not Irrationality In his chapter in John Kagel and Alvin Roth’s Handbook of Experimental Economics (1995), Colin Camerer explains that “most research on individual decision making has taken normative theories of judgment and choice (typically probability rules and utility theories) as null hypotheses about behavior,” and has labeled systematic deviations from these norms “cognitive illusions” (p. 588). Camerer continues, “The most fruitful, popular alternative theories spring from the idea that limits...
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...Three-month Exchange Rate Forecasting between USD and JPY Abstract This paper aims at the forecast of USD-JPY exchange rate on 1st May, 2012 based on the data collected before 1st Feb. 2012. The result proves satisfactory predictions when summarize using the fundamental forecasting, market-based forecasting and mixed forecasting all into consideration. The use of PPP gives the most accurate prediction comparing with the real rate of 1st May, 2012, though the exchange rate is actually affected by several other facets. The paper further discusses the advantages and lack points of each method, so that the forecasting errors can be comprehended. Key Words Exchange Rate Forecasting Regression Analysis PPP IFE Forecasting Error Introduction With the development of our society, globalization has become an inevitable trend. Since the late twentieth century, financial permeation has become a profound and widespread issue. Exchange rate, an important link of international financial relationship, has almost penetrated into every corner of economics and played an increasingly significant role in our life. Therefore, it is of great meaning for investment and management to forecast the exchange rate. Ever since Meese and Rogoff (1983) initiated the research on out-of-sample forecasting that has become standard procedure for exchange-rate model validation, work in this area has discovered three things. First, the particular time-period of the sample matters...
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...Tahir Hussain Khan (Corresponding Author) Academic Front Office, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Park Road, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan. Tel: +92-333-520-5732, Email: tahir_khan@comsats.edu.pk Farida Tahir Department of Physics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Park Road, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan. Tel: +92-331-533-6900, Email: farida_tahir@comsats.edu.pk Abstract This study focuses on almost all factors, those if, found collectively in a teacher makes him a role model. Certain facts, endorsed through statistical surveys are also quoted. The paper highlights the fact that an ideal teacher is one who is a friend, a performer, an artist, a vocalist, a speaker, an analyst, a trainer, a guide, an anchorperson and a judge. Our research shows that the images of an ideal teacher remain fresh and green in the memory of students throughout their lives. The paper carries some suggestions and concludes that the blend of personal and professional qualities and didactic knowledge of the subject are valued key points. This study also set path for further and deeper discussion of images of a good teacher at all levels in general and at tertiary level in particular. Keywords: Role model, Quality Education, Lucidity, Evaluation, Instructional objectives Teachers: The Epitome of Pedagogy 1. Introduction Teachers are the architects of a nation. It is richness of teachers' talent that fabricates intellectual and academic architecture. It is the mosaic...
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...1 Reconsidering Baron and Kenny: Myths and Truths about Mediation Analysis Xinshu Zhao* Professor and Director Center for Research in Journalism and Mass Communication University of North Carolina and Chair Professor and Dean School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University zhao@unc.edu John G. Lynch, Jr.* Roy J. Bostock Professor of Marketing Fuqua School of Business Duke University Durham, NC 27708 Tel: (919)-660-7766 john.lynch@duke.edu Qimei Chen* Shidler Distinguished Professor Chair/Associate Professor of Marketing Shidler College of Business University of Hawaii at Manoa C303, 2404 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822 Tel: (808) 956-8921 Fax: (808) 956-9886 qimei@hawaii.edu Manuscript #08-0083-2, re-submitted to Journal of Consumer Research, June 2009 * The authors contributed equally to this article. This study was supported in part by a UNC-CH Research Council Grant #3-12818, UNC-CH School of Journalism and Mass Communication Summer Grants for Research, 20012007, and grants from NICHD (R24 HD056670, Henderson PI) and UNC-CH Center for AIDS Research (#07-1191, Brown PI). The authors also wish to thank James R. Bettman, Jane D. Brown, Gavan Fitzsimons, Rhonda Gibson, Joe Bob Hester, Joel Huber, Laurence W. Jacobs, Chuanshu Ji, Wagner Kamakura, Gary McClelland, Carl Mela, Andres Musalem, Jonathan Levav, Jason Roos, Woochoel Shin, Stephen Spiller, Rick Staelin, Ning Mena Wang, William D. Wells, Stacy Wood, and seminar participants at the...
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...PART II Fundamentals of Human Resource Management [12:34 14/4/2009 5298-Wilkinson-Ch09.tex] Job No: 5298 Wilkinson: The SAGE Handbook of Human Resource Management Page: 133 133–154 [12:34 14/4/2009 5298-Wilkinson-Ch09.tex] Job No: 5298 Wilkinson: The SAGE Handbook of Human Resource Management Page: 134 133–154 9 Recruitment and Selection Filip Lievens and Derek Chapman RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION Few people question that recruitment and selection are key strategic domains in HRM. At the same time, recruitment and selection also have an image problem. First, recruitment and selection are often viewed as ‘old’ ingrained HRM domains. It seems like the traditional recruitment and selection procedures have been around for decades, which is at odds with the ever changing internal and external environment of organizations. Hence, practitioners often wonder whether there are any new research-based ways for recruiting and selecting personnel. Another image problem for recruitment and selection is that a false dichotomy is often created between so-called macro HR (examining HR systems more broadly) and micro HR (examining individual differences). It is further sometimes argued that organizations should value macro approaches and write off micro approaches as not being relevant to the business world. We posit that these image problems and debates only serve to distract and fracture the field and hide the fact that excellent HR research and practice needs...
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...TRANSITIONS IN TEACHING STRATEGIES OF HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY TEACHERS: A GROUNDED THEORY APPROACH Mark Joseph C. Diaz Jerah Mae G. Gilos Kenneth P. Guilan Nerissa E. Sorolla Chapter 1 Introduction to the Study Chapter One has five parts: (1) Background and Theoretical Framework of the Study, (2) Statement of the Problem, (3) Significance of the Study (4) Definition of Terms, and (5) Scope and Delimitation of the Study. Part One, Background and Theoretical Framework of the Study, justifies the need for the investigation, describes the origin of the study, discusses the importance of selecting the problem, and the reason for conducting it. Part Two, Statement of the Problem, presents the purpose and enumerates the problems answered in the study. Part Three, Significance of the Study, states and tells the importance and benefits that may be derived from the findings. Part Four, Definition of Terms, clarifies the meaning of the terms used in this investigation. Part Five, Scope and Delimitation of the Study, sets the limit and scope of the investigation. Background of the Study Throughout the history, societies have sought to educate people to produce goods and services, to respond effectively and creatively to their world and to satisfy their curiosity and aesthetic impulses. Education involves theory and empirical sets of knowledge and learning as well. Teaching is the process of helping their learners economically and efficiently. It is...
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