...Consider the importance of essay writing to academic practice in the social sciences, with particular reference to Priest (2007) and Ballard and Clancy (1988). Draw on SSK12 materials and your own experience. In this essay I have stipulated the importance of essay writing in the social sciences outlining knowledge development, bringing fourth the importance of linguistics with the understanding of cultural laws and language within the areas of social science, showing the importance of jargon language with comparisons between two subjects and what is expected from the student in the governing of essay writing. I have also reflected upon essay writing from a teachers perspective, noting the expectations a teacher looks for in essay writing, and adding my perspective with an understanding of the essay cultural system. I have also outlined my experience with the understandings of cultural expectations in disciplines and essay writing concerning linguistics. The importance of essay writing academically in the social sciences is structured in the knowledge internalization, the student writes about the facts that have been a subject of a lecture or read in an article, furthering the knowledge and retention of a given subject, “learning to write essays is empowering. It is learning to take one’s place in the world of ideas” (Priest, 2007). The importance also lies in the intellectual development of a students knowledge...
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...Natural sciences study the physical and natural world and the events that occur in nature using scientific methods, and writing in this field is often used to assess your knowledge. The fields within this area of science include, but are not limited to, the following areas: Astronomy, Atmospheric Science, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Oceanography The most common writing assignments in the natural sciences are case studies, field reports, lab reports and literature reviews. This field is frequently referred to as “hard science” because of the quantitative methods applied and the heavy use of objective data. A great deal of what defines modern civilization are advances in technology and knowledge gained by investigations in the natural sciences. Statistics and mathematics provide the framework for this field, where quantifiable data and accuracy are essential components. The main goal of the natural science essay is to utilize problem-solving techniques that report results through analysis and observation. Expectations for writing in the natural sciences Whatever your topic when writing in the natural sciences, make sure you understand the assignment before you start. There are characteristics to take into consideration when writing an essay in this field, which include the amount of technical language you use, how much background information is adequate and the type of evidence needed. The composition of this type of written piece requires...
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...Running head: KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS AND DOMAIN LEARNING Knowledge Domains and Domain Learning Liliana Maggioni and Patricia A. Alexander University of Maryland In press Keywords: discipline, domain, learning, history, knowledge, mathematics, reading, science, writing. Abstract The roots of current disciplines and domains of study reach well back in history. An exploration of their development shows that these areas of knowledge have not only reflected cultural changes but have also influenced societies, especially through formal educational systems. Besides being characterized by their focus on a particular part of the world, disciplines are also distinguished by a specific way of thinking about their respective domains of study. Psychological research has identified several features of these pathways to knowledge (e.g., reading, writing, history, mathematics, and science) that generally define the landscape of academic practice. Although educational psychologists’ interest in how knowledge develops within specific domains has fluctuated across time, formal education throughout the world is organized around particular fields of studies and students soon come to characterize their experience of school in terms of subject matters. Thus, in education, domains seem to make a difference. The term knowledge domain refers to the part of the world investigated by a specific discipline. In other words, the domain can be characterized as the object (e.g., plants...
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...Cover page: Writing Assignments 1 & 2 William H Johnson Jr. Survey of the Sciences Week 1 Assignment 1 – Writing Assignment 1: Science in the media Assignment 2 – Writing Assignment 2: The Process of Science Date of assignment: 12/18/2013 Date turned in: 12/18/20 My best teacher was my French language instructor by the name of Cilote Yves, from France and he was the most encouraging and patient professor I have ever met. He always went the extra mile to make sure that his students understood what they were been taught and in turn have them implemented in real-time scenarios. He was both an instructor and a mentor and made his course very interesting and likeable. He provided all the tools and incentives that were needed for us to accomplish whatever project we undertook! He was also very involved in our lives on and off campus and was very, very, down-to-earth and did everything he could to make sure no one dropped out of school and stayed to the very end. He will truly remain one of the best to me! Cover page: Writing Assignments 1 & 2 William H Johnson Jr. Survey of the Sciences Week 1 Assignment 1 – Writing Assignment 1: Science in the media Date of assignment: 12/18/2013 Date turned in: 12/18/2013 Unit 1: writing Assignment 1. Science in the Media Title 1: Kids' Reading Success Boosted by Long-Term Individualized Instruction Results were based on studies and research carried out by scientists and psychologists, and teachers and...
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...The definition of civilization is an advance state of human society that shows high levels of culture, science, industry and the government have been reached. Specifically the state of cultural development at which writing and the keeping of written records is attained. Humanities by definition is the documentation of human being through stories, paintings, religion and beliefs. The stories around the campfire, family heirlooms that come with a story, the journaling of our experiences and lives all become a form of humanities that is passed on to the next civilization after it. Humanities is shown through art and paintings, but does not stop there. The paintings not only tell a story in picture, but document the evolvement in skill of art with techniques and tools. The documentation of beliefs allowing for the development of religion organized societies, giving order or sense of normalcy in the burial of bodies and or praying to a god. In religion art made its presence through sculptures used in religious content. These definitions of humanities were first present in the First Human Era which has become the 1st example on record. This era marks the beginning signs of humanities and the form in which we measure humanities by. It later developed during the Mesopotamia Era into more with the beginning signs of humanities in science and culture. Sumerians were the 1st to use writing, construct monuments and buildings, and document religious...
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...BOOKLET Foundation Course in Science and Technology Bachelor’s Degree Programme (BDP) (Valid from 1st July, 2013 to 31st March, 2014) It is compulsory to submit the assignment before filling in the exam form School of Sciences Indira Gandhi National Open University New Delhi (2013-14) Dear Student, We hope, you are familiar with the system of evaluation to be followed for the Bachelor's Degree Programme. At this stage you may probably like to re-read the section on assignments in the Programme Guide that was sent to you after your enrolment. A weightage of 30 percent, as you are aware, has been earmarked for continuous evaluation, which would consist of one tutor-marked assignment for this course. This assignment is based on all Blocks of this course i.e. Block 1-8. Instructions for Formatting Your Assignments Before attempting the assignments, please read the following instructions carefully: 1. On top of the first page of your answer sheet, please write the details exactly in the following format: ENROLMENT NO.: …………………... NAME: …………………........................ ADDRESS: …………………................. ……………………………………… COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE : ………………………………. : ……………………………….. ASSIGNMENT NO. : ………………………………... STUDY CENTRE : ……………………………..… (NAME AND CODE) PLEASE FOLLOW THE ABOVE FORMAT STRICTLY TO FACILITATE EVALUATION AND TO AVOID DELAY. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Use only foolscap size writing paper (but not of very thin variety) for writing your answers. Leave 4 cm margin on...
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...The Challenge of Communicating Science to the Public By Charles R. Chappell and James Hartz Developments in science and technology affect virtually every aspect of our lives, from our physical health to the kinds of cars that we drive. Improvements in technology have contributed substantially to increased productivity in U.S. industry. Yet in recent years, political pressures to balance the federal budget have eroded the proportion of the budget devoted to basic research, the underpinning of scientific and technological advances. Scientists have understood the potentially debilitating consequences of this, but many citizens have not. President Clinton's budget for fiscal 1999 would begin to reverse this trend, if Congress accepts his proposals, but our information media still need to do a much better job of helping scientists communicate the substance and importance of their work. As visiting scholars at the Freedom Forum's First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, we conducted a survey of 2,000 journalists and editors and 2,000 scientists and engineers to determine how the two groups felt about each other. We also wanted to find ways to improve their relationship and thus increase the amount of accurate and useful scientific information in the media. The results of the survey, published in our recent report, "Worlds Apart," showed that neither scientists nor journalists think the media do a good job of explaining science to the public. We asked both groups to rate...
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...Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist that helped form the scientific knowledge and theories we have today. Being the “first real kind of scientist” Aristotle had a huge impact on the science world. Without the studies of Aristotle, many of the scientist in the time after him would not have been able to form the theories and beliefs they developed by looking at the work done by Aristotle. As one will see, Aristotle spent most of his life studying, teaching and writing; making him one of the most famous scientist that lived. Aristotle was born in 384 B.C. in northern Greece in a place named Stagira. Both of Aristotle’s parents were born into medical families. It is commonly thought that Aristotle was raised by close family members, considering both of his birth parents died while he was a young child. For the short time that Aristotle had to live with his birth parents, his father taught him about medicine. He attended Plato’s Academy, at age seventeen, located in Athens. He stayed at Plato’s academy for twenty years as both a student then later a teacher. During his time here, he met Pythias, his...
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...Jerry carried on with the same strong effort and desire to do well in science that he has exhibited this entire year. His video reflection on Maglev trains was very informative and clearly explained how Maglev trains function. For all lab reports and projects this year he has demonstrated the same exemplar work and written to explain with good description and detail. I encourage him to keep up these strong efforts next year in grade 8 and to keep striving to do his best. Bany has stayed consistent with the level of her work this year and I would like to see her take more steps toward improvement. For her lab reports and projects she consistently included the necessary criteria but often did not go beyond the level of stating information...
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...Factors Affecting the Study Habit of Rshs Students Sy 2009 - 2010 Factors Affecting the Study Habits of Probationary Students of Regional Science High School III SY 2008-2009 A research project presented to Mrs. Loreta Figueroa Regional Science High School III In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements In Research I (TECHNICAL WRITING AND INTRODUCTION TO BASIC STATISTICS) By Victoria Alexis D. Tan March 2010 ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL This research study called “ Factors Affecting the Study Habits of Probies of RSHS III SY 2008-2009” in partial fulfilment of the requirements in Research I (Technical Writing and Introduction to Basic Statistics) is hereby prepared and submitted. Victoria Alexis D.Tan Researcher ACCEPTED and APPROVED In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in Research I-A (Technical Writing and Introduction to Basic Statistics). Mrs. Loreta Figueroa Research I Adviser March 2010 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The researcher would like to extend her gratitude to the persons who gave assistance for making this project possible: To Madam Figueroa, who encourage me in making this research project. To my parents, thank you very much for the assistance, understanding and moral support given for this study. To my friends here in Regional Science High School. And most of all, to the Almighty Father, for giving the spirit and infinite blessing and love. To all of you, thank you very much! -The Researcher- ABSTRACT Title : Factors...
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...Sport and Social Issues: Researchers vs Journalists Social science researchers and media journalists use different approaches to sport and social issues. An example of this can be seen in the “publication journalism” practice by O’Neill and Mulready (2014) and the media article by Lopiano (2004). In the social science research publication more relevant subject knowledge, statistics and logic is included along with a high level of subject specific language and academic writing. This is in contrast to the media article where the journalist may find it difficult to apply academic writing as the target audience may not be as well educated. In conclusion to this, research journals are aimed at people with an interest in a specific area and who have adequate knowledge of the subject whereas media coverage is aimed at the general public who may be reading about an issue for the first time, thus meaning the author may have to include suggestive or sympathetic language styles. Another difference between the two approaches is the use of references, media publications do not always include previous research and cite specific work. Media articles, for example in appendix 1’s “Low Female Sports Coverage In Media Due to Gender Bias” are simpler written by using more emotive language to engage the reader whilst using a modest range of vocabulary so the general population can understand the point being made. This is a divergence to scientific publications which are more scientifically targeted...
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...“THE EFFECTS OF DEPED MTAP PROGRAM TO REGIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR FIRST YEAR SCTION AMETHYST” A Research Project presented to Ms. Loreta Figueroa In Partial Fulfilment of Requirement In Research I (Technical Writing with Basic Statistics) By Ellah Kim D. Reyes April 2011 “THE EFFECTS OF DEPED MTAP PROGRAM TO REGIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL III FOR FIRST YEAR SECTION AMETHYST” By Ellah Kim D. Reyes Regional Science High School III April 2011 ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL This Research paper entitled, “THE EFFECTS OF DEPED MTAP PROGRAM TO REGIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL III FOR FIRST YEAR SECTION AMETHYST”, in partial fulfilment of the requirements in Research I (Technical Writing with Basic Statistics) is here by prepared and submitted. Ellah Kim D. Reyes Researcher __________________________________________________________________ ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL, in partial fulfilment of the requirement in Research I (Technical Writing with Basic Statistics). Ms. Loreta Figueroa Research Adviser April 2011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all, to God be the glory, a grateful thanks to Him. For all the wisdom and knowledge that He has given to me. And also thank you, for giving e the strength and health to do this project work until it done. Not forgotten to my family for providing everything, such as money, to buy anything that are related to this project work and their advice, which is the most needed for this project. Internet, books, computers...
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...materials, evaluating them critically, organizing them into an organic whole and explaining the significance and relevance of the organized data in a narrative format. There are distinctions between the method and methodology as method is common to all sciences, independent, underived and definite, whereas methodology is not as it is a view or perspective to look through. Historical method is useful for theoretical and practical purpose as it provide useful and important information towards the solutions of the problem that makes possible to study the development of a particular idea, concept, philosophy or theory. 1.2.2. Methods of Inquiry The historical research has been heavily influenced by the social science research methods of...
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...answer to the Astronomical Balance. Even if they never ended up with a decision there was an even bigger controversy at the time, which was the controversy over heliocentrism. Most of the people believed in the geocentric view, which was that the earth was the center of the universe and that all “heavenly bodies” orbited around the Earth, but Galileo defended heliocentrism, he supported the idea in which the sun does rise and set, and argued a different movement of the earth. In the year 1615 Galileo's writings on heliocentrism had been submitted to the Roman Inquisition, which defended the ideas of Copernicus, but the Inquisition did not like this so, Galileo was later sent to Rome to defend him and Copernican ideas. In 1616, the Inquisition order declared heliocentrism to be "foolish and absurd in philosophy, and formally heretical since it explicitly contradicts in many places the sense of Holy Scripture."(94). As time went on Pope Urban VIII had asked Galileo to continue writing, “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems”, with...
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...and a purpose, for a majority of the people of the world. A case should be made for science and science education in the developing world, a case for optimal support for science and education even in the poorest and the least-developed of the countries of the world. Science teachers experience various constraints, such as lack of time, equipment, pedagogical content knowledge, and pedagogical skills in implementing reform-based teaching strategies (Crawford, 1999, 2000; Roehrig & Luft, 2004, 2006). One way to overcome...
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