...different level of abilities pupils in a sub urban school. Different ways in giving written feedback to pupils provides an opportunity for them to see how the respond given to their works which may be engaging or just being ignored by pupils. However, the teachers may have their own perspectives and beliefs underlying their practices. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the way teachers give written feedback to pupils’ writing, belief of their practices and factors that influencing their belief on practices in written feedback. A number of writing exercise books selected from upper level primary pupils are collected to be analysed and a few follow- up interviews being done to elicit the information data required for the purpose of this study. The results shows that most teachers focus more on the language form, giving uncoded error feedback and less written commentary given in writing. It is assumed that the factors that influence these practices are mainly because of examination culture, the time constraints and the teacher’s personal belief of written feedback. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction Written feedback is a long-standing educational practice that can arguably be linked to almost everything we learn (Evans, Hartshorn, McCollum, & Wolfersberger, 2010; Hattie & Timperley, 2007). According to Hyland & Hyland (2006), teacher written feedback is designed to carry a heavy informational load, offering commentary on the form and content or other...
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...concen- trate on what the interviews illuminate the most: the ways in which readers apparentlyuse errorsto construct the writer'sethos within the context of the business community. Toclarifythisnotion,Imustfirstidentifythemostpervasivethemefound in the interviews,what I call the "meaning/image"theme. This theme is the bottom line as to why errorsbother readers:Errorscreate misunderstandings ofthetext'smeaning,andtheyharmthe imageofthewriter(andpossiblythe organizationto which the writer belongs). Image,as I will explain shortly,in- volves severalextra-textualissues, but I want to stress that all subjects drew on bothways of reactingto an error,indicating the extent to which these con- cepts-textual meaningandthewriter'simage-are fundamentalto anydefi- nition of error gravity.Each subject noted that some errors were definitely confusing (especiallythe syntactic errors)or,more commonly,momentarily interruptedthe flow of readingenough to slow communication. Charlessaid of one fragment:"Itslows me down and confuses me; I have to go back and do it again, and then I have to say, 'What are they really trying to tell me?"'As noted earlier,some readersconsider these meaning-hamperingerrorsto be the most serious,perhapsthe onlyones worthyof much concern. But the interviews indicate such errorsare not the only types leading to negativereactions.The subjectsfrequentlyaccounted foreven the most nega- tivescoresnotbydiscussingtheirconfusion The interviews suggest, in fact, that the...
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...What is Desktop Support? By: Nicholas Jones A good question to ask would be what is desktop support, and why does it matter? Desktop support is a job title that a person gets when he/she is hired at a company that needs support for the companies IT issues. If the company is not large enough to need its own desktop support personel than an outside company may be hired to accept the workflow. Not everyone is a genius with computers and sometime require a little extra help to get things working again. This is where a desktop support role would be needed. Since a lot of the problems with machines thes days is because of user error a DS employee would basically be called to help fix the error that the user caused in the first place. If the problem is not user error it is also needed that the DS be knowledgable with the levels of escalation within the company so that the issue can be sent to the next level. It is also important that the DS documents the issues and problems fully so that the trouble shooting process will not have to be repeated. Most of the time the role of a DS is not a glamourous one, and really takes a calm and cool head to accomplish the job completely and tactfully. Users will call in and blame the DS for there mistake and expect and immediate fix. This can be a huge irritation, because the user is almost always at level employee, or the CEO that does not care about your feeling, and most deffinetley does not want to hear that this issue is there fault and...
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...data, there are situations that interfere with the accuracy of the study producing measurement errors, such as contaminants and biases. The first study I chose is a qualitative study by researchers Shaw, Robertson, Pransky, and McClellan (2003). The purpose of the study was to analyze the employee’s perspective on the roles of supervisors to prevent workplace disability after injuries. As part of needs assessment for a supervisory training program, 30 employees from four companies were interviewed about the role of supervisors to prevent workplace disability after injuries. From interview notes, 305 employee statements were extracted for analysis. An affinity mapping process with an expert panel produced 11 common themes: accommodation, communicating with workers, responsiveness, concern for welfare, empathy/support, validation, fairness/respect, follow-up, shared decision-making, coordinating with medical providers, and obtaining coworker support of accommodation (Shaw, Robertson, Pransky, McClellan, 2003). In qualitative reports, the researcher needs to address the quality criteria of confirmability, dependability, and credibility of the study. The researcher shows confirmability by providing open- ended questioning and free discourse to reduce subject response bias and an expert panel process was used for the theme extraction to reduce experimenter biases in analysis of interview notes and conclusions (Shaw, Robertson, Pransky, McClellan,...
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...Week 8: Informational Interview Template and Grading Rubric ------------------------------------------------- This document contains the template you will use to complete this assignment. Save the file by adding your last name to the filename (e.g. Week8_Informational_Interview_Template_Smith.docx). Be sure to proofread and spell check your work before you submit it. ------------------------------------------------- A grading rubric is also available at the end of this document. There are FIVE steps to the Informational Interview. Step 1: Compile a list of individuals in your target career field whom you would like to interview. Try to identify people who are working at a company in which you are interested. This is a good opportunity to practice your networking skills. Let your classmates, friends, family members, and colleagues know that you need to complete an informational interview with someone in your intended career field. You’ll be amazed at how effective networking can be. Step 2: Prepare a brief introduction of yourself and the purpose(s) of the informational interview. Prepare a list of open-ended questions that would be appropriate to ask during the informational interview. An Internet search using “informational interview” will provide you with many examples of questions you might want to use. Step 3: Practice your interview with a classmate, friend, family member, or colleague and ask them to critique your performance. Identify ways to improve based...
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...of Potential Improvements for the Organization The areas to be considered are; on- call Practices, preoperative personnel are assigned designated times, in addition to their regular work hours, to be available on an “on-call” basis for unplanned , urgent, emergent procedures or to provide care for patients whose procedure run past schedule time periods. Call hours may vary from four hours or more. Actual hours worked during the call period are unpredictable and can range from 30 minutes to the entire length of the call period. A large body of research exists about fatigue and sleep deprivation and their effect on performance. Research also suggest that work periods of 12 hours or more are associated with higher probability of making an error and increase in risk-taking behaviors. The Time-Out: While technologies and other innovations have advanced health care, these advancements have also led to failures in the delivery of safe patient care. Rates of wrong site surgery are still shocking and incidences of retained foreign bodies persist. Of great concern is wrong-site surgery (WSS), which encompasses surgery performed on the wrong side or site of the body, wrong surgical procedure performed, and surgery performed on the wrong patient. This definition also includes “any invasive procedure that exposes...
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...itEyewitness Testimony - Evidence given by a witness to a significant event such as a crime or serious accident. - The evidence usually takes forms of personal identification or verbal account of what happened. - Problems can occur at any point in the memory process: 1) Acquisition: Information the person perceives Poor viewing conditions Focus on weapons 2) Storage: Information the person stores in memory Misleading information Source misattribution errors 3) Retrieval: Information the person retrieves at a later time Best guesses in line-up identification Leading questions - Inaccurate eyewitness testimony can have very serious consequences leading to wrongful convictions. - Why eyewitness testimony may be unreliable? * The role of anxiety: Baddeley 1997 reported that 74% of suspects convicted in 300 cases where eyewitness identification was the only evidence against them. Anxiety may lead to unreliable remembering depends on number of factors. * Research on ‘weapon focus’ Loftus 1979: P were exposed to one of the 2 situations; 1- They overheard a low-key discussion about an equipment failure. A person then emerged holding a pen with grease on his hands. 2- They overheard a heated and hostile exchange between people in the lab. After the sound of breaking glass and crashing chairs, a man emerged from the lab holding a paper knife covered in blood. P were then given 50 photos to try and identify the person. Findings: 1- Accurately identified...
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...Data Collection Paper Team C RES/341 21March11 Sara Skowronski Data Collection Introduction Review of Literature The first peer-reviewed article was showing how in the 1950s, SUV’s (sport utility vehicle) sales increased tremendously with baby boomers. People were in need of larger vehicles to accommodate their entire family. This was not just for domestic vehicles this also included foreign vehicle. With so many people interested in purchasing the SUV’s, this led to other car companies designing more comfortable, larger vehicles. Another peer-reviewed article was in regards to the searching strategies people used before actually purchasing a new vehicle. Not everyone can walk into a dealership and know exactly what they are looking for in their price range and it is readily available. That is why most people before purchasing a vehicle use a strategy before purchasing. Not everyone’s search strategies are the same, not everyone is looking for the exact type of vehicle. Some automobile companies sent out surveys to some of their customers for a 3 month span to see how satisfied they were with the new vehicles and what the new vehicle may not have had that the consumer would have liked. When the surveys were returned they categorized the responses to see where improvements could be made to accommodate more people. The next peer-reviewed article pertained to how well auto incentives increase business. This article was in...
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...by the firm? SG Cowen utilized a well‐developed, tiered process to make hiring decisions on potential candidates. SG Cowen first conducts informational sessions at on‐campus recruiting events to describe the firm, its benefits and steps in the recruiting/hiring process. They use these first‐round interviews, in advance of the formal recruiting process, to assess how serious candidates are about the opportunity. SG Cowen then reviews the resumes submitted by interested students and holds open, on‐campus interviews. The firm also selects some of those interested students specifically for closed interviews. The pool of initial candidates is narrowed down to a few candidates through a second round of on campus interviews. The first key decision point for SG Cowen is to select candidates who are best qualified to make it through the “Super Saturday” final selection process in New York City. Recruiters focus on identifying candidates that possess the skills to succeed in the company’s day‐to‐day operations and have the personality to fit the organization’s culture. During the Super Saturday event, the thirty candidates are each interviewed by five senior bankers. Following the interviews, the senior bankers gather to determine which candidates should be extended offers. At this final key decision point, the recruiters focus on the candidate’s potential for growth. Sometimes the HR manager may try to push a banker to be more decisive about a potential candidate by saying, “If you could...
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...Analyzing Messages Velinda Humphreys COMM/470 Communicating In the Virtual Workplace July 29, 2015 Elaine Raby Analyzing Messages The way people communicate has changed dramatically throughout the past years. Earlier methods of communication began with verbal and written forms that had to be delivered (a telegram); there were even messages carved on stone pillars. However, these methods have changed so much over time; one of the earliest forms of communication was the telephone, in which one person could call up another to transfer messages. After the telephone technology just took a total change. Computers were first commercially sold in 1951 which broadened the means of communications drastically. Computers allowed people to send emails and facsimile to one another that arrived in a matter of minutes. After computers, the inventions of pagers and cell phones came about. Since cell phones are wireless, it allows one to communicate at any time without having to wait to reach a land line. Cell phones also offer the option of text messaging, where whereas messages are directly sent without having to speak. Many people today use several forms of these techniques on a daily basis. Velinda is currently a student pursuing a career in psychology and has started her job search. Since she is close to completing school and receiving her degree, she has been online a lot, searching for jobs and sending out resumes. Earlier this year Velinda completed a profile...
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...MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Which of the following is an advantage of seniority pay systems? 1) _______ A) they reward exemplary performance B) they encourage employees to continue to increase their skillsets C) they reward employees on an objective basis D) they help to promote product quality 2) This term refers to a difference between the output of a human judgment processes and that of an objective, accurate assessment. This difference could be due to bias, prejudice, or other subjective, extraneous influences. 2) _______ A) content validity B) a first-impression effect C) rating error D) the performance appraisal process 3) In 2009, employees were expected to earn average merit increases of what percent? 3) _______ A) 8.3% B) 2.9% C) 5.2% D) 1.3% 4) Management by objective is part of which type of performance appraisal system? 4) _______ A) behavioral observation scale B) behaviorally-anchored rating scale C) goal-oriented system D) trait system 5) This occurs when a rater generalizes good performance behavior in one aspect of the job to all aspects of the job. 5) _______ A) negative halo effect B) positive halo effect C) first-impression effect D) similar-to-me effect 6) Which comparison system requires...
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...Billing and coding errors, the causes for billing and coding errors are incorrect dates; this can cause patient information to be billed or sent to the insurance provider to soon or may be late. Double billing happens more often than not. It is sad that it has to happen this way; I believe it is caused by computer errors or misplaced information. If double billing occurs you can credit the doubled amount back to the patient if the patient has paid both amounts. There are also typos that can happen that can happen on a patient’s bill and may cause issues for the insurance carriers, the payers or the patients. The solutions to these billing and coding errors. If the errors occur on your bill, patients can review their billing statements and contact their doctor office. Or they can send a written response asking for the proper information. For typos they can call and provide the correct information and hopefully get a good response from the receptionist. If billed twice for the same amounts they can request a credit for the double charge with proof that it had happened. All coding policies come from the proper coding guidelines of the national medical societies. Thousands of coding and billing combinations are used for checking all ...
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...Therefore, it is advisable that students seek for guidance from their instructors or professionals in research papers writing. INRODUCTION Research assignments give you an opportunity to demonstrate practically the skills and knowledge learnt in class. In the effort to give the best in writing research papers, students unconsciously make mistakes. This article highlights common mistakes students make in research paper writing especially in their early days of undertaking research assignments. COMMON ERRORS IN RESEARCH REPORT WRITING Topic selection some students’ select wide topics making it difficult to provide a satisfactory...
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...do it today, and this serves them fine. Larger companies have switched to computerized accounting systems today which run faster and are more accurate than manually. They both perform essentially the same thing, and are under the very same principles and concepts with the only differences being in the mechanics (Shanker, 2011). There are many factors facing manual accounting compared to computerized accounting today: speed, cost, and back up. Speed is important in accounting today due to the large companies and their investors. Using today’s computerized accounting systems, processing data, and reports are faster and more accurate causing less errors, and increases efficiency. This is all done with the push of a button (Shanker, 2011). Doing accounting manually is cheaper, but takes longer and is more likely to have errors. Using the computerized system is more costly due to the purchases of software, computer, training, and program upkeep. Other expenses with the computerized system...
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...NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Student: Yvette Davis THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Follow these procedures: If requested by your instructor, please include an assignment cover sheet. This will become the first page of your assignment. In addition, your assignment header should include your last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number. This should be left justified, with the page number right justified. For example: DavisYBTM7104-6 1 | Academic integrity: All work submitted in each course must be your own original work. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by your instructor. Knowingly submitting another person’s work as your own, without properly citing the source of the work, is considered plagiarism. This will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course. It may also result in academic dismissal from the University. | | BTM8104-8 | Dr. Amy Grace Vaughan | | | Statistics I | BTM8104-6 Population in the News | | | ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- Statistics is used for a variety of things in today’s society. It is used to determine valuable information in reference to information shared through the news as well. In fact, the news topic discussed in this...
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