...Imagine being in a class that has 10-15 kids in a classroom. Great, right? Always having the teacher when someone needs him or her, and being able to pay attention easier and the class is never too loud. Now imagine being in a class with 40-60 people in it. It’s always loud and hard to pay attention. Now think, do class sizes really matter? Do smaller classes really work better and achieve more? Are they more efficient? Class sizes are becoming more of a problem but what are we going to do? Limiting class sizes is one way to solve this problem but it’s not he only way. For example in “Classes Are Growing”, the author states “Researches compared the achievements of pupils in kindergarten through grade 3 who were randomly assigned to small classes, of 13 to 17 children, or to regular classes, of 22 to 25 with either a teacher or a teacher with a full time aid.” After preforming this analysis in Tennessee the results conclude that by lowering the class size their performance level was increased by a tenth of a standard, but when this research was repeated in California and Wisconsin didn’t have the same conclusion. The author of “Everyone knows students learn more in smaller classes, or do they” has the palpable reason why this happened. The author explains how there are to many variables to know if the size of the class really matters. “Well, what other reasons are there?” Cutting back on class sizes can lead to budget problems. Splitting 60 kids into 5 classrooms is causing more...
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...Class size is an issue that appears to be straightforward when looking at it from a teacher’s point of view; however, there is a great deal of debate over the effectiveness. The main issue, as I see it, is this: What matters more, the class size or the teacher? Before researching articles concerning class size, I believe smaller classes do indeed result in better test scores. At the same time though I consider myself an effective teacher, so with smaller class sizes I feel that I can be even more effective in getting my point across to the students. Through the articles that I am going to research, I hope to find opinions that support my thoughts, find differing opinions from my own, and I hope to be able to see a “trend” that I can predict based on economic, social, and political issues. So far in my educational career I have experienced many different class sizes, from thirty in one class to nine in a class. I have taught classes ranging from Pre-Algebra with enrichment students to Algebraic Thinking where I am teaching “disadvantaged” and “at-risk” students. This has allowed me to not only see a wide range of different types and sizes of classes, but it has also allowed me time to form my opinion. It is my belief that an effective teacher is what matters the most in a classroom, but class does certainly helps. As McKenzie writes, “It probably is best to have both small classes and effective teachers,” but he agrees that he would “rather have a really good teacher...
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...Why Are You Here? After I graduated high school I always knew I wanted to pursue a higher education but I never knew where or for what. So I took some time off about an 8-½ year hiatus from academics and joined the Army. I traveled the world seen amazing things and met a lot of amazing people whom I now consider my extended family. When my contract was up with the Army I decided to go back to college. I didn’t know in what or what for but I knew I wanted to go. So I had some thinking to do as in where I wanted to attend. Ocean County College became the number one choice for three deciding factors: location, class size and flexibility. I am a native of Toms River and I am very familiar with the area so when I decided to go back to school location was a major deciding factor. First being from the area I am well aware of all traffic patterns within the surrounding area, which is a plus, and I don’t have to adjust to new traffic patterns in unfamiliar territory. Second parking at OCC’s main campus is not the best but it is not bad either. They have ample areas to park and there is not a shortage in parking spots which would usually be a problem if I was attending a University or State College in a heavy populated city for example Seton Hall or NYU just to name a few. Lastly I only live 10 minutes from campus a very short drive, which make it very convenient if I’m rushing around town and have a study group or class within a certain time while I am out trying to accomplish any...
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...students when it comes to chose whether they will attend a large university or a small college. A large university and a small college have the same goals which are to educate, train, and develop students in their different fields, but they are also different in terms of class size, quality of teachers and tuition cost. It is important to have a good look at these different factors in order to chose between a large university and a small college when deciding what is the best for a student. According to a recent study, the average number of students per class in some large universities is around 400 to 500 students per class. Students always argue that the atmosphere inside the classroom is very good. They have the opportunity to exchange ideas with a large number of others students who are taking the same course. The inconvenient part is that students most of the time do not really interact with their teacher. Also students do not have to attend class or to participate and the teacher would not even notice. The number of students in small college is around 15 to 40 students per class. Most of the time, students know each other. They build a personal relation with their teacher. The disadvantage of small class is that, there is less competition compare to a big classroom. Some students would not see the challenge and that sometime will impact the quality of teaching. There are more professors with more experience that teach at large universities than in small colleges. This...
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...reduction of spending, which will save the state approximately one million dollars a year. While this may seem reasonable and understandable, the viewpoint that the state has totally dismissed is the viewpoint of enhancing these small schools and providing incentives for those schools that perform well in their test scores and achieve exemplary academic growth. There are multiple reasons for why the state should not consolidate these small schools, and the four arenas this proposal will examine to support it consists of a political reason, an economic reason, a social reason, and a cultural reason. And in examining these reasons in light of the argument to not consolidate public schools in Hawaii, people - especially parents - will be able to defend these small schools and provide solid evidence for why their child’s school should not be shut down. It is easy for one to promote consolidation without doing research on school performance and academic achievement. Thus, this research proposal will examine this situation of 2 consolidation by providing reasonable and sound reasons for why Hawaii’s public schools specifically those schools that currently...
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...1. Use class Sort.java provided in class, the dual-pivot Quicksort of Java 8 (Arrays.sort), and RadixSort.java provided in class. 2. Do the following for Mergesort, Quicksort, Heapsort and dual-pivot Quicksort: a. Create 100,000 random keys (of type long) and sort them. Repeat this 100 times. b. Compute the average CPU time taken to sort the keys for the four methods. c. Comment on the results and compare them to the average-case complexities discussed in class. As we discussed in the class, all these sorting algorithms I used for testing have the same average-case complexities with O (n log n). But the data I got which shows in the upper diagram illustrate that Quick sort is the most fast sorting method especially when you need to sort a large amount of data. Dual-pivot quicksort is also fast than merge sort and Heap sort. Heap sort can be used when the pending data between 1000-1000, 000, and for Merge sort is the first choice when there are more than 1M data. 3. Do the following for the four sorting methods of #2, and for Radix sort: a. Create 100,000 random strings of length 4 and sort them using the five sorting methods. b. Repeat (a) 10 times Compute the average CPU time taken to sort the keys for the five methods. c. Repeat (a) and (b) with strings of length 6, 8, 10. d. Create a table with the results and compare the times with the average-case and worstcase complexities as studied in class. The length of string is 4: The length of string...
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...In A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn provides some of the most useful correctives to the mindless American triumphalism of many textbooks. When I say “correctives” it might seem that I am implying the existence of absolute objectivity. I do not mean to. I am referring to relative objectivity. There are countless reasons why our peculiar little human vantage point gives us only a fragmentary and systematically distorted perspective on the world. We can see only about two octaves of the electromagnetic spectrum, which certainly extends to well beyond fifty. Similarly, the space and time scales we are aware of are a minuscule segment of the possible ones. Ours appears to be chiefly the result of the size of the earth, whose...
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...Why America Desperately Needs Immigration Reform Growing up in El Monte, California, a small working class city just 20 miles east of Los Angeles, I thought I knew everything there is to know about the illegal immigration issue. In El Monte, you see them everywhere. I see them working in the kitchen of Chinese and Mexican restaurants. I see them wiping down the bumpers of the soapy cars at the car washes. They sell bags of oranges off the freeway exits. Whenever I go to Home Depot, I see a few dozens waiting outside to be offered hard manual work. Throughout the 1990s and the beginning of the millennium, I witnessed firsthand my city’s demographic slowly transformed from a predominantly working class Chicanos to a city consisted of first-generation immigrants fresh from Mexico, many of whom do not speak English fluently, many of whom crossed the border illegally. My friends and relatives who weren’t from my city seemed surprised to find my lackadaisical attitude toward the entire situation. “Aren’t you afraid? Why don’t you move out,” they would ask. I tell them that they don’t bother me. In fact, I’m glad that they are here. They work hard, most of them stay out of trouble; they keep the market prices of fruits and vegetables low; they mow my grass on the cheap; whenever I need hard manual labor to be done, I know where to turn. Life, I believed, was good with them around. That’s until the illegal immigration issue affected me personally. Two months ago I went back to my hometown...
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...Department in charge Year of study Semester Number of credits Lecturer Email of the lecturer Prerequisites Form of studies Teaching language GRAV009 Advanced Topics in International Marketing Compulsory Graduate Graduate school 1 2 st nd 6 ECTS; 36 hours of class work, 126 hours of self-study Prof. Dr. Hemant Merchant hemant.merchant@yahoo.com Marketing, International Marketing; Programme requirements (pre-reading) Consecutive (Evenings & Online) English COURSE ANNOTATION This course is designed to facilitate a more “applied/practical” understanding of contemporary issues facing companies who market (or intend to market) their products/services across national boundaries. The course focuses on real-life challenges that companies encounter in the context of their international marketing function (broadly defined). In general, these challenges relate to identifying, evaluating, and making tradeoffs across national, organizational, and personal contexts. Thus, we will discuss formulation- and implementation-related challenges as well as generate solutions to ‘international marketing’ dilemmas. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES Learning Methods: Case discussion; Role plays; Mini-debates; Mini-lectures Assessment methods: Class participation; Case presentation; Final exam CLO1. Understand the international marketing environment; Contemplate and analyze international marketing opportunities. CLO2. Gain an understanding of international marketing effort related to the market entry and...
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...Old Mule Farms Harvard Case Solution & Analysis Question 1. What is the appropriate cow size of the herd using the 50% weaning rule? Answer: The appropriate cow size of the herd under the 50 percent weaning rule is 1100 lbs as it is the most appropriate percentage of the weaning. In addition to the weaning rule, the 1100 lbs is appropriate because of the reason that, no matter what the weight of the cow, but at 1100 lbs of weight; the loss will be lower. As a result of lower loss, the 1100 lbs will be the appropriate cow size. Please refer the Exhibit 1 for determining the appropriate cow size. Question 2. Compare the value of a calf to the cost of maintaining the cow as an alternative means of determining appropriate cow size. Hint: Calculate marginal revenue and marginal expense. Which method (50% weaning rule or marginal analysis) do you think provides the best measure? Why? Answer: The most appropriate method that is used to compare a calf value to the cost of maintaining the cow is the marginal analysis as it gives the marginal revenue that is calculated as changes in the revenue is divided by the changes in output in terms of quantity. For the comparison of a calf value to the cost of maintaining the cow against determining the cow size, the measure that is used under each weight class of cow is the cost of selling the calves in comparison with the cost of maintaining the cows. To support the above answer, calculation has been made in Excel...
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...strategies to support the content and language learning. It is essential to understand English language learners’ needs because ELL students face the combined challenge of learning all the academic content as other students, while also learning the language of instruction. With the rapid growth in the size of the ELL student population in the U.S., teachers who are effective recognizes ELL students unique academic needs, unique background experience, culture, language, personality, interests and attitudes toward learning for the purpose to adjust, or differentiate, their instruction to meet students’ needs. Explain how the differentiation of tasks or activities supported the English language learners' content learning and language development. Differentiating tasks or activities enables and supports ELL students in many ways. Using differentiated teaching strategies gives ELL students the leverage that is needed to be successful. In the case of the aspects of quantity and quality for example, the same reading task can be assigned to the whole class, but students do not have to do the same number of questions or exercises. The ELL students are given a choice and can choose to do one or more tasks; it is important for them to progress at their own pace and interest. Explain how the differentiation of assessments allowed the English language learners to demonstrate knowledge in various ways. Differentiation of assessment allows ELL students to demonstrate their strength...
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...Chapter 1 review questions 1. How do managers differ from nonmanagerial employees? a. A manager is someone who coordinates and oversees the work of other people so organizations goals can be accomplished. Their job is about helping others do their work and to coordinate between different departments to come together to get the job done. Nonmanagerial employees is about personal achievement and doing there job, they don’t worry about others as much as their own work. 2. Is your course instructor a manager? Discuss in terms of managerial functions, managerial roles, and skills. a. Yes, She is because she oversees all the students work and helps us achieve our goals of understanding this course. She outlines the key points we need to know and makes sure we understand what we are learning. She is the leader of the course. She collects all the homework and grades them. She makes the decisions on our grades in the class. She understands the course better than anyone else. She is a teacher, therefore she has the ability to help others and work with the students to teach them. 3. “The manager’s most basic responsibility is to focus people toward performance of work activities to achieve desired outcomes.” What is your interpretation of this statement? Do you agree with it? Why or why not? a. I agree with the fact of they have to focus people toward performance of work activities to achieve a desired outcome, but I do not think that is a basic responsibility. It is...
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...Cruelty can affect everybody, no matter their color, shape or size. During middle school, I would always get bullied because of my color, but no matter how hard I tried to act like I didn’t care it everyday it just seemed like it wouldn’t end. As time pass it now just wasn’t about my color it was about by accent; and the way I dressed. One thing that I would never get is why me, why did they tease me. At the beginning of middle school I thought everything was going to be fine I was going to make a tons of new friends. As time went by we all got to know each other and things went pretty good. Until one day the teacher decide to call on me I looked at her I had no idea what she was talking about; when I answered the question everybody inside...
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...institutional education naturally become independent thinkers that don’t make decisions based on what is expected by a social group or organization. In addition, learning also naturally becomes an integral part of a child’s life as opposed to being mentally programed into believing that learning ONLY takes place at one particular place, but in everything that you do no matter the location. It is basically centered on the kids as individuals and this allows it to be easier to customize his or her capabilities and personality. If a child happens to excel in a particular category, their education in that area can easily be accelerated. If they are struggling, as much time as necessary can be taken to assure that the student has a better understanding BEFORE moving forward and being left behind by a teacher that is on a time schedule to be on a certain set of curriculum at a given time. You may also cater to the type of learner they are. For example, if they are visual learners, more visual components will be uses during their instruction. It certainly is much better than the one-size-fits-all approach. Another valid reason why homeschooling should definitely be taken into consideration is that the educational curriculum remains...
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...THE EFFECTS OF CLASS SIZE ON STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN A RURAL STATE A Dissertation Presented by Michael Kornfeld to The Faculty of the Graduate College of The University of Vermont In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education Specializing in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies February, 2010 Accepted by the Faculty of the Graduate College, The University of Vermont, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education specializing in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Dissertation Examination Committee: Advisor Sean M. Hurley, Ph.D. ~'W 11 Uo,~~, Patricia A. Stokowski, Ph.D. Chairperson Patricia A. Stokowski, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Graduate College Date: November 30, 2009 ABSTRACT The thesis addresses the relationship of class size to student performance in a rural state. It presents findings from a longitudinal study of a cohort of students who were tested with state assessments at grade 4 in 2000, again at grade 8 in 2004 and, finally at grade 10 in 2006. Graduation rates for five large-class sized schools and five small-class sized school populations were established in 2008. All scores (n=1137) were matched across time enabling students from similar socioeconomic backgrounds from schools that were considered small (average class size, n=11) to schools that were large (average, n= 20). The paper’s focus is on the extent that students from schools that...
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