...Dealing With Stress My senior thesis project is going to be about stress. I want to learn how to educate others (my peers) throughout a web site about stress, what it is, how serious it is and how to deal with it. I will create a Wonder How To account where I am going to update every time I have something or learn something new about stress. I am interested in this project because I know counselors have to deal with this type of problems, and know information about what is stress and how to deal with it. By doing this project I will be a step closer in knowing a start of big problems among teens. My investigation for my senior thesis will be: What affects does stress cause in your body? How could teens alleviate stress? Is stress different between teens and adults? My products are going to be: To create a brain model Two types of surveys, one will be done in school the other one will be done throughout the community Reflections on testing out surveys. The survey that I will be testing among my peers is going to be from school. Research Paper Wonder How To (website) Authenticity My project is going to be real by the products I will be creating, updating information to the wonder How To and by doing the research. One of the reasons I choose this project is because, is the first thing that came to my head when I was meeting with Joan. It is also one of the things I see everyday. This is also something I been...
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...skills. Reflection is defined as deliberately examining and considering the advantages and disadvantages of a personal experience. Reflecting on your personal work will help in learning from past experience; also it allows for personal and professional growth. A reflective essay is a way of writing in which the writer illustrate and describe his or her personal experience. Reflective writing is done by describing the facts which made up the experience and by evaluating the whole experience after it have been done by looking on what when well and what did not. This essay is going to reflect the time management skills used by me which allowed me to overcome my graduation project and presentation. (Quotations Book. 2013) The experience & evaluation: In my final year study at the university I was asked to carry out a research on fiber lasers and use simulation software called RP Photonics to design a practical laser. Both the software and the fiber laser...
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...Running Head: RESEARCH STRATEGY PAPER 1 Research Strategy Paper Justin Godbolt GEN 200 May 30, 2011 RESEARCH STRATEGY PAPER 2 Time Management is a difficult task for me in my everyday life. This problem seems to affect almost everyone because there seems to be so much stuff to do and not enough time to do it. I will try to develop a strategy to overcome the issue and resolve the problem in regards to time management. Time management affects many individuals in today’s society. According to Wild and Neville 2008, time management means investing time to make time, so we can get more done and have the freedom to do more of the things we enjoy doing. In conducting my research, I chose to use the University of Phoenix online library to obtain articles that would provide reliable solutions to help maintain effective time management skills. While using the online library for my research I would obtain information that is reliable and accurate. These articles I will be reviewing will help me learn how to managing time more effectively. After collecting my articles, I will evaluate the information researched and obtained to help assist in developing time management skills. Time Management involves analyzing how your time is spent. Most individuals have a hard time trying to balance a job, school, parenting, or other personal obligations. According to Adair 2003, he discussed ten principles of time...
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...Development Planning For Postgraduate Research Students Postgraduate Personal Development Planning 1 INTRODUCTION Personal Development Planning (PDP) is a process already present in most PhD supervision and study practices. PDP is ‘a structured and supported process undertaken by an individual to reflect upon their own learning, performance and/or achievement and to plan for their personal, educational and career development’ (QAA 2001). This handbook provides guidelines for Postgraduate Research students at Queen’s on what PDP involves and to help you to get the most out of the process. Please note that there may be slight variations or specific requirements for you in your School or subject area. Key features of PDP: • PDP is an ongoing process, not a single document, nor is it carried out at a single point in time. • It provides you with the opportunity to plan, reflect on and record your progress, development and achievements. • PDP formalises good practice in working for and supervising a research degree. • PDP is a structured and supported process. The structure and support is provided by: - The Skills Analysis Questionnaire - The Postgraduate Skills Training Programme (PSTP) - Records of meetings with your supervisor(s) - Training plans - Formal reviews – 3 month, differentiation, and annual monitoring - Records and evidence of your achievement - Your evaluation and reflection of your progress, achievements and skills - Your research diary or log book or project management...
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...skills are a key component of my job responsibilities. An important writing component in which a Special Education Teacher must construct is an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). This document is a confidential and legally binding document that is vital to a student’s educational path. One of the first steps to writing an IEP is to brainstorm with the parents, teachers and other educational professional involved in the IEP Meeting. The second step is to start compiling all the students’ data, previous goals, objectives, formal testing information. These two steps begin to document what is the style of an Individualized Education Plan. The writer of an IEP the must be able to identify with several different parties in which all parties involved maybe able to comprehend and apply this information. In the beginning stages of writing an IEP, the writer should target what is actually best for the individual. Once you have identified what is best for the student then you move towards utilizing the data. As you are reviewing the data you must now articulate how the individual is current level of performance can be projected to assist in where the students needs to grow when moving into writing goals and objectives. When it comes to writing goals and objectives one must identify the audience. As the writer there may be several professionals and parents/guardians who will need to comprehend the material being presently. The information provided in the goals and objectives must be clear...
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...Westampton School Board Meeting This reflective essay will discuss items addressed at the Westampton School Board meeting. It will examine the district practices and policies. The paper will analyze information that can be applied to teaching in the learning environment. Last, the essay will reflect on the experience and information supplied by the meeting. On December 14, 2015 at 7pm., I attended a board meeting a Westampton Middle School in Westampton, New Jersey. The meeting took place in the media center (library). I arrived 15 minutes early for the meeting. The meeting agenda, pens, and notebook paper was on the table near the entrance of the library. There were plenty of sitting throughout the library for the public. There were about...
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...and Workplace Rewards Assessment University of Phoenix Human Motivation PSY/320 Job Redesign and Workplace Rewards Assessment The position of a research coordinator at Mayo Clinic executes the primary components of a research study with the direction from a principal investigator or supervisor. This position is fundamental in complying with regulatory laws and institutional guidelines for the research studies that the group is involved. They prepare and edit study communications and have the responsibility to ensure that all requirements are achieved. They identify problems, enroll study participants and teach study protocol participants what their role is in completing the study. The research coordinator is responsible for accuracy and timeliness in completing study activities and helps with data collection, storage of information and must be able to organize, maintain and retrieve study materials and documentation when is needed or requested. They must be able to recognize defined adverse events and report these to the appropriate parties. (Mayoweb.mayo.edu, 2008). The qualifications for this position require an associate degree in the physical or social sciences or a health-related field or extensive experience in either a health care program, or significant experience in the research setting. Employees must be highly advanced in medical terminology and exhibit a medical background. They must be experience in patient-related activities, maintaining...
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...Nova Southeastern University Wayne Huizenga Graduate School of Business & Entrepreneurship Assignment for Course: MGT 5105 Organizational Behavior in a Dynamic/Complex World Submitted to: Dr. Roslyn Vargas Submitted by: Hannel Pina N01714493 12680 SW 54th Court Miramar, FL 33027 (954) 622-7729 (786) 512-1368 Date of Submission: 10/18/2015 Title of Assignment: Individual Reflection on Group Consulting Experience CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledge and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas of words, whether quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Student Signature: Hannel Pina ******************************************* Instructor’s Grade on Assignment: Instructor’s Comments: Table of contents Introduction …………………………………………………………………………… 3-4 Evolution of the group/team over the term …………………………………………. 4-5 Group/team dynamics ………………………………………………………………… 5-6 Group structure ……………………………………………………………………….. 6 Intergroup/intra-group conflict ……………………………………………………… 6-7 Korn-Ferry assessment results ………………………………………………………. 8-9 Summary and take-aways …………………………………………………………… 9-10 Peer Evaluation ………………………………………………………………………. 11-14 Reference List …………………………………………………………………………...
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...Introduction This guide has been created to assist my graduate students in thinking through the many aspects of crafting, implementing and defending a thesis or dissertation. It is my attempt to share some of the many ideas that have surfaced over the past few years that definitely make the task of finishing a graduate degree so much easier. (This Guide is a companion to the Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal.) Usually a guide of this nature focuses on the actual implementation of the research. This is not the focus of this guide. Instead of examining such aspects as identifying appropriate sample size, field testing the instrument and selecting appropriate statistical tests, this guide looks at many of the quasi-political aspects of the process. Such topics as how to select a supportive committee, making a compelling presentation of your research outcomes and strategies for actually getting the paper written are discussed. Of course, many of the ideas that are presented can be used successfully by other graduate students studying under the guidance of other advisers and from many different disciplines. However, the use of this guide carries no guarantee - implied or otherwise. When in doubt check with your adviser. Probably the best advice to start with is the idea of not trying to do your research entirely by yourself. Do it in conjunction with your adviser. Seek out his/her input and assistance. Stay in touch with your adviser so that both of you know what's happening...
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...Honors and Awards………………………………………………………………. 4 8 9 10 12 Elements of Graduation with Distinction The Written Honors Thesis………………………………………………………. 14 The Research Poster……………………………………………………………... 16 The Oral Defense…………………………………………………………………. 18 Helpful Hints for Graduation with Distinction Designing a Plan for Writing: Creating a Timeline and Sticking to It………… How to be a Good Mentee……………………………………………………….. Tips for Navigating the Mentoring Relationship……………………………….. Words of Wisdom from Former GwD students………………………………… Appendix A: Forms Independent Study Form…………………………………………………………. Graduation with Distinction Application Form………………………………….. Evaluation of the Written Thesis………………………………………………… Evaluation of the Oral Thesis Presentation…………………………………….. 20 23 26 29 31 35 37 38 2 Graduation with Distinction Basics 3 General Information What is Graduation with Distinction (GwD)? The Graduation with Distinction Program (GwD) in Psychology & Neuroscience is intended for students interested in completing a significant research project during their undergraduate career. This project is more than an independent study. In fact, it’s like a mini-dissertation. You will complete a research project, write a thesis, and defend it in front of a committee in order to graduate with distinction. Why Pursue GwD? Pursuit of independent academic research under the guidance of a faculty mentor is an opportunity to forge a close working relationship with one or more professors in your field of intellectual...
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...The Learning Experience The Learning Experience Throughout my life I experienced the greatest educational instructors, during my educational endeavors. There was one educational experience that I would never overlook. This experience was in my Behavioral Statistics course in college. This instructor asked the class, “What is a learning experience?” The instructor asked everyone in the class to write a brief summary of the definition. The important question is “What is a learning experience?” “The learning experience is a collection of classroom projects and activities carried out over an extended period of time that incorporate several important elements of learning. The emphasis of the learning experience is not on skills but, rather, on the content or content areas of the project” (education.com, 2013). Throughout my presentation, I will discuss a learning experience in which I was the student. This learning experience would discuss the methods of lesson planning, the content standards, and what goals were accomplished in this learning experience. The Behavioral Experience During my junior year of college, I enrolled in a Behavioral statistics course for my degree in Sociology. This course was extremely challenging for all students receiving this course. The instructor taught this course on a Doctorate level, and most of her student populations were only obtaining their bachelor’s degrees. I only enrolled in this course during summer session, because I wanted to devote...
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...personal goals that I want to achieve are, first is to complete my bachelor of science in business management in 2 years. Next is to become a better writer. Throughout junior college, writing has always been my weakest point and with the amount of writing assignments required at University of Phoenix this needs to be one of my top goals. Finally is to complete every course with no less than a B letter grade. With making the decision to return to school and taking on the considerable financial burden, receiving an average grade would be unacceptable to my standards. While being employed full-time, The University of Phoenix has the rare opportunity for working professionals to finish courses in just 5 weeks. Having such a compressed time schedule for completing degrees will make it possible to complete my bachelor of science in business management in 2 years as long as I do not deviate from the program. I have decided that my number one priority in life is to complete my degree. I do not have other major commitments outside of work that will distract me from my assignments so staying focused on school will be realistic. Though I cannot predict the future, I do not plan on taking any time off during the two years that would result in interrupting my class schedule. With the option of taking CLEP test this will allow me to “test out” of some of the lower-division courses such as communication arts and humanities. Although this will require additional studying outside of my upper-division...
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...14, 2014 EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK AND MOTIVATION 2 Introduction Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Nike, all of these companies have a common goal. That goal is to produce a valuable product that consumers will buy. In order to do that each of these companies must have an effective and capable workforce. A company is only as good as its weakest link. If employees perform well, then the products that they produce will reflect that. The question for any CEO of a manufacturing firm must ask themselves is how they can motivate employees to perform to the best of their ability in order to produce an effective product. After working with a small group of people and running our own “mock” company, we evaluated together the best way to successfully motivate employees in a work environment. This paper will seek to evaluate these methods and the possible outcomes of each. A Plan to Motivate Employees What is exactly that motivates employees? Is it money, benefits packages, prestige, or power? To effectively answer what would motivate a human employee, it is important to understand human behavior. Effective motivational plans first understand the human before implementing methods to incorporate change. Research has shown that programs that appeal to human emotions promote the highest performance. Nobel Prize winner, Robert Spivey proved that rewards that evoked strong mental images and emotions in people are more likely...
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...Survival Guide Let’s Get Started On the first day of classes with Axia College, it is important to login and download the course materials and syllabus. I have found that by making folders under My Documents labeled first with the course name, and then inside have folders labeled each week 1-9 where I save the relevant materials for the weeks work. After downloading the files to the appropriate files, it is best to break up the syllabus. I like to copy and paste each week of the syllabus to a word document filed again under the corresponding week. This makes it easy to access what is needed for the week. It is also important to download the course calendar to keep a closer watch on when assignments are due. By looking at the course calendar at the beginning of each week you will be able to manage your assignments accordingly. After reading through the course syllabus and downloading course materials the next step is to check the main forum. The main forum is where your instructor posts information about what changes may be made for the week and also posts the weekly discussion questions for you to answer. In the main forum only the instructor will post topics. This is the area in which we as students post replies to the teacher and also our classmates. These posts are the only ones that apply to your weekly participation grade. It is very important...
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...dedicated and talented leadership team. The company began with an idea and two million dollars, eight years later the company became the first biotech company to eliminate disease in tomatoes and potatoes through biotechnology and is worth 400 million dollars. The purpose of this paper is to introduce two strategies to secure funding through venture capital or IPO that supports the company's goals to introduce new products and continue meeting 40% growth targets. Venture Capital Pursing venture capital is an important step for a rapidly growing business, especially when not seeking an IPO (Inc., 2010). The technology developed by Gene One is already on the market and the industry is experiencing a high level of investor interest that gives Gene One an advantage in the venture capital market. However, targeting the right investors makes a significant difference. Gene One is targeting investors that align with the research philosophies that facilitate the research and development team without having to worry about any private agendas. The research and development team will continue developing the innovative technologies expected, aiding the organization to realize its growth potential, and meeting the minimum 40% revenue growth target. Implementation The implementation of this strategy has several steps. The first step is to review the board of directors, CEO, and leadership team to ensure that the right people are in the right place. The company currently lacks...
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