...important to get enough sleep in order to perform at your best. Sleepiness will affect your overall life. If a student does not get enough sleep it is less likely that they do better in school. Students are also not as healthy if they do not get the minimum hours of sleep. In addition, sleepiness can make it harder to get along with friends and family. Teachers taking in consideration the need for sleep in students could help solve this problem. Sleepiness affects students in so many ways. Many students do not do as good in school as they can because they are exhausted and drowsy. Studies show that when a student is well rested they will score better on a test than someone who has not rested at all. That is why teachers always tell you to come well rested for a test. Teachers always say to sleep a lot before a test, but there are usually assignments that the student has to complete before they can go to sleep. Usually students stay up and do badly on the test because they are too sleepy to perform at their best. Teachers also put too much on tests. If the students want to get a good grade they have to study and that means staying up late too. They will have studied a lot, but they will not be well rested. Then, they will have to study for other tests. During the last week of the semester teachers always have tests on the same day. I think that all teachers should have their finals on a different day of the week. A lot of people have opposing viewpoints over sleep and teens. Some people...
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...Growing up, education has always been a big part of my life. I always wanted to get better than okay grades. It always seemed a little difficult for me because of all the pressure that was put on me each semester with all the required testing the school district had us doing. Growing up I have learned that semester testing slowly started becoming more important in my education and in doing so it has taken away the reason why students go to school and why they learn. I believe that there can be a change and that semester testing should not be the most important part of a student’s education. I have come to see that testing has taken over the importance of homework because the students spend a good amount of their time trying to finish a homework assignment only to be graded for completion points. Most of those completion points being at least 3 points and no more and luckily no less. The most that is done is that the teacher just goes over it and looks through it and make sure there is something done. During my middle and high school years, it got to the point where some of my friends would say “Oh, just...
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...In 2000, President George Bush signed into law the no child left behind act. This act was supposed to help get children caught up to grade level math, reading, and science test scores. After 12 years about 82 percent of all the nations’ schools are considered to be failing academically (Dillon).What is a failing school? A failing school is a school where the majority of its students failed to do well on standardized tests that were provided during the school year. The problem is that these schools are found all over the United States. What can be done? How can we fix these failing schools? Who is to blame? Most people would blame the teacher first and foremost, but I disagree. In this paper I will discuss what we can do to fix schools that are failing academically. I will argue that adding early childhood education classes, changing curriculum, and modifying standardized tests are all effective steps in correcting the problems that failing schools continually face. I will support my argument by using the views of authors such as Alfie Kohn and his ideas of making the curriculum more entertaining to make learning easier, Fred Lunenburg’s ideas that preschool is a critical point to achieve success later on in school, Sam Dillon’s views about how the No child left behind act has hurt more public schools than helped them, and other researchers as well. One step I feel that could help with fixing schools that are failing academically is by adding free early childhood education to...
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...Grit Test Questions: 1. New ideas and projects sometimes distract me from previous ones. • Not like me at all. 2. Setbacks don’t discourage me. • Not much like me. 3. I have been obsessed with a certain idea or project for a short time but later lost interest. • Not like me at all. 4. I am a hard worker. • Very much like me. 5. I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one. • Not like me at all. 6. I have difficulty maintaining my focus on projects that take more than a few months to complete. • Not much like me. 7. I finish whatever I begin. • Very much like me. 8. I am diligent. • Very much like me. 9. Gender • Male 10. Year of Birth • 1989 11. Do you currently live in the United States? • Yes 12. Ethnicity • Caucasian/White 13. Highest Level of Education • Associates Degree Result: 4.88 Out of 5 90% Grittier than people of your age. Ways to Improve My Grit I noticed throughout the test I had one question in particular that I had answered less than exceptional on. “It being difficult to maintain focus on projects that take more than a few months to complete.” I believe some of this is due to the fact that I am a patient person, but eventually my patience runs thin. This causes me to get\ discouraged and more willing to give up. Although, I have noticed throughout the years, as I get older, that my patience and my discouragement become less and less. I can...
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...Assignment 1: Finding the Leader in You: Self-Assessment/ Johari Window The purpose of this paper to better understand Organizational Behavior and how I fit in the dynamic of it. Organizational Behavior is the study of human behavior in organizations (Schermerhorn, Jr., Osborn, Uhl-Bien, & Hunt, 2012). Organizations have been forced to adopt new strategies and try new processes to remain successful. If the companies do not keep up with the continuous evolvement, they will fall behind. With all of the changes taking place, it is very important for individuals to know their strengths and weaknesses to reach their goals. What better way to do so but to take self-assessments to help point out what we may not know. We may believe we have our personalities figured out, but could be sadly mistaken. The Johari Window analysis developed by Joseph Luft and Henry Ingram, points out that others may know things about us that we are unable to see or are not willing to admit. It is normally represented in the form of four windowpanes, each representing a type of communication exchange. The windows include: Arena, Unknown, Blind Spot, and Hidden (Armstrong, 2006). Profile of Personality Characteristics and Assessment Results After completing the Johari Window, I took the time to send the required link to four of my friends and colleagues to get their answers. I can say the results were not very surprising. For my Arena window I found that my personality traits included me...
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...the use of historical data or trends can help make future business decisions leading to the success of your organization (Carden, 2013). In economics, for instance, relationships between supply and demand are found using statistical information. In this paper, I will use the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFOQT) cadet life cycle information to explain some of the basic facets of statistics. Types of Statistical Data Descriptive statistics. Descriptive statistics refers to descriptors summarizing a set of data, which may represent the entire population or some of it (Tanner & Youssef, 2013). For instance, in AFROTC cadets are required to take a physical assessment during each term and individual scores are recorded and used in order to get the average score for each class level. The data collected...
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...Have you ever sat back and thought of all the advantages homeschooling has to offer? Although homeschooling seems like it would not be a smart decision to make, it actually pays off. Children are able to wake up in the morning and go to class without having to rush or even ride a bus. How would children like to learn in diverse environments, not just in small classrooms? Being homeschooled, children are around better access to different types of knowledge and decisions rather than being in public school. Children who are homeschooled achieve many things, whereas students in the public school systems often do not. Most home-schooled children learn how to be independent by having to receive their education by themselves, unlike those in public school. Statistics prove that children being homeschooled are known to test better and are actually socially interactive. Homeschooling is a better alternative because children who are homeschooled have been shown to have better test scores and have awesome social skills. People all over the United States have heard of homeschooling. Homeschooling is becoming increasingly popular with more students being enrolled every day. Most parents would rather teach their children instead of allowing them to attend public schools. Children who are homeschooled have the same success as would a public schooling. In 1997, thirteen year-old Rebecca Sealfon was the first home schooled student to win the National Spelling Bee. Moreover, in 2000, George Thampy...
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...be to cut the music programs first. Music education plays a significant role in a student’s life. The music programs in schools should not be cut because music can help improve cognitive development, help students earn higher test scores in all their subjects, and keep students interested in staying in school. Music has been scientifically proven to boost cognitive development along with other mental benefits in...
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...Discussion Paper No. 109 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: A STUDY OF BANK CUSTOMER RETENTION IN NEW ZEALAND David Cohen1 Christopher Gan2 Hua Hwa Au Yong3 and Esther Choong4 March 2006 1 Commerce Division, PO Box 84, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand, Tel: 64-3-3252811, Fax: 64-3-325-3847, cohend@lincoln.ac.nz Corresponding Author, Commerce Division, PO Box 84, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand, Tel: 64-3-325-2811, Fax: 64-3-325-3847, ganc1@lincoln.ac.nz Department of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia, Tel: 61-3-9905-5178, Fax: 61-3-9905-5475, Email: HueHwa.AuYong@BusEco.monash.edu.au Standard and Chartered Bank, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Email: mcc9999@gmail.com 2 3 4 Commerce Division Discussion Paper No. 109 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: A STUDY OF BANK CUSTOMER RETENTION IN NEW ZEALAND David Cohen Christopher Gan Hua Hwa Au Yong and Esther Choong March 2006 Commerce Division PO Box 84 Lincoln University CANTERBURY Telephone No: (64) (3) 325 2811 extn 8155 Fax No: (64) (3) 325 3847 E-mail: ganc1@lincoln.ac.nz ISSN 1174-5045 ISBN 1-877176-86-9 Abstract Customer retention is an important element of banking strategy in today’s increasingly competitive environment. Bank management must identify and improve upon factors that can limit customer defection. These include employee performance and professionalism, willingness to solve problems, friendliness, level of knowledge...
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...Do you want smarter people in our society? Many schools start late and there are not a lot of benefits for that. If school starts at 8:00 AM there is time for more extracurricular activities and time to play outside, which makes kids smarter and healthier. You can be tired if school starts late, and outside will be even more dangerous. If somebody stays up too late, from staying at school too long, there will be a serious loss of sleep and they will be very tired in the morning. If kids are tired in the morning, they may not be as sharp in the morning, and this could lead to worse grades. If schools start later, it will be dark when you come back and it will be dangerous for kids walking home as they cannot see anything. Kids can get hurt...
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...subjects, because they are non -tested subjects, such as art, social studies, health and even music. The NCLB is causing problems because student’s who don’t meet these standard have to face a lot of consequences No child left behind act does more harm than good as it ruin funding for schooling and it also places too much attention on testing. For instance, school are place on different levels according to the percentage of students passing the standardized test that is given in the subject areas. Schools that don’t have a high percentage of students passing the examination are put on probationary status. These school are even forced to undergo review by the state over the next year and if they don’t improve in these subjects, they will be at risk of losing their accreditation. furthermore, school may reach the point where they have to be shut down or relocate students. Some of the teachers are going home late and not having enough time to go home and relax because they are providing tutoring to increase their student’s scores fearing that the state will take over or shut the school down completely. For example, according to Diane Ravitch a historian of education stated in her article “Time to kill no child left behind” explains the consequences teachers and students will face if they don’t meet the requirement in NCLB. She said that, school that don’t make progress towards 100% proficiency for...
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...Brigance Diagnostic Inventories (For special needs children.) • Yellow Brigance: birth to developmental age 7 • Green Brigance: grade levels Pre-K through 9 California Achievement Test (CAT) Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) Stanford Achievement Test (This is not the College Board SAT.) PASS test (from Hewitt-standardized but not nationally normed) ???? Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) (Short but accurate; this brief test can be used for children with attention difficulties) Woodcock-Johnson (Oral interaction/evaluation in addition to written work; must be administered by qualified tester, usually a psychologist or an education professional) What Do the Scores Mean? The percentile...
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...For • Practicality-This is probably by far, the biggest argument in favor of standardized tests. Aspects include: o Standardized tests are less time-consuming than more complicated assessments that need personal time with every student. o Standardized tests are easier to administer. There are explicit directions given and each student is given the same directions in the same way. o They are easier to grade, machines do it for us. o Very easy to use a computer to track progress and levels of achievement for different groups of students in different subjects. (Holloway) • Objectivity-It is very easy for a test to be objective, it doesn't have emotion or moods or biases. When giving more personal assessments, it is very possible that the teacher or person assessing the student can let their emotions or biases affect how they score that student. • Instigator of change-Standardized tests can be a powerful tool to change classroom and school practices (Gardner). We can use testing to tell us whether we have a problem (Gerstner). When we identify a problem in a classroom, school, or district we can then take active steps in correcting that problem. In addition, achievement data from tests provide teachers with valuable information to improve classroom and student learning (Gardner) • Accountability-Setting high expectations for students and holding them accountable for the same standards, leads to achievement gains. High-stakes testing forces students to take education...
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...Ethics Awareness Inventory According to the Ethics Awareness Inventory Scoring Summary based on letter category in which the lowest combined score reflects values most to least in agreement with a person’s view on ethics. There are key words that are categorized to represent a primary value that forms a basis on ethical decision making within a person’s ethical perspective (William Institute, 2006). CORE stands for, character, obligation, results and equity. Each one is important in making an ethical decision. Individuals’ have character that is unique, some feel obligated and believe that people deserve to be treated fairly, just like equity in which many believe that everything should be based on equal share and making a decision ends with a result. In my summary score, my ethical profile is most closely aligned with O for obligation and is least aligned with R for results. While taking this test and before answering the questions I had to really think about them, in which gave me a better understanding of my critical thinking skills. In past classes, critical thinking has been a major part of my education and within my personal life. This analysis of my test made me think hard and question my ethical beliefs. To understand this test, I had to believe there was no right or wrong answers but to be honest and open within myself of what I as a human being believed in. My results did not surprise me because I have always thought that people should be treated with respect and...
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...Divorce can be a difficult and traumatic experience for children. For the kids, they know that a lot of changes will take place. They come to terms with only one parent being around for the rest of their lives and often feel guilty, maybe even placing the blame on themselves for the end of their parent’s marriage. But it is certain that not all children behave the same way. As a child of divorced parents, I managed to stay a stable and understanding even in the absence of my father. I never had a problem staying focused on school and getting the things that I needed to have accomplished because my father wasn’t there. But again, not all children react in the same manner. Various statistics say Half of all American children will witness the breakup of a parent’s marriage. Of these, close to half will also see the breakup of a parent’s second marriage.” (Furstenberg, Peterson, Nord, and Zill, “Life Course”) . We will see how this applies to the “Student”. In the prescribed reading, it was tested to find out if these actions on the parent’s behalf could in fact affect the student life of a child. The main point of this was to observe the effects a program that a child would enter prior to the divorce of their parents, to prevent and reduce belligerent behavior of students who were experiencing behavioral difficulties due to the reaction of divorce or separation. In an example in the article, counselors had identified several students that were acting out as a cause of the dissolution...
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