educational system is working. These tests have been used as a way to assess what a student has learned throughout the school year and to inform teachers and school officials about how the curriculum is working. In many cases, the tests are administered closer to the end of the school year. By doing this, it allows the teachers and school officials to assess how the present school year is going and to determine if the student will have success in future classes (Wiliam, 2010). Standardized tests have
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Note: This Introduction appears in Christopher Napier & Roszaini Haniffa (eds) Islamic Accounting (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011), pp. xiii-xx. The printed version may differ slightly from the text set out below, and the printed version should be regarded as definitive. An Islamic Perspective of Accounting: Introduction and Overview Christopher Napier and Roszaini Haniffa Introduction The emergence of Islamic banks and other Islamic financial institutions since the 1970s has stimulated
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ANXIETY AND SPEAKING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AMONG MALE AND FEMALE BUSINESS STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITI INDUSTRI SELANGOR Ayu Rita Bt Mohamad and Nadhia Dalila Bt Ab Wahid Industrial University of Selangor Jln Timur Tambahan, 456000 Bestari Jaya E-mail: ayurita@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This study explores the nature and anxiety of speaking English as a second language among male and female Business Degree students in Industrial University of Selangor (Unisel), Berjuntai Bestari, Selangor. This study
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Community Policing Kerry D. Turner Florence Darlington Technical College Community policing is, in essence, a collaboration between the police and the community that identifies and solves community problems. With the police no longer the sole guardians of law and order, all members of the community become active allies in the effort to enhance the safety and quality of neighborhoods. Community policing has far-reaching implications. The expanded outlook on crime control and prevention, the
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Matthew Bunton English 1010 Prof. Lanham 19 November 2012 How to become a better sports player There are many ways to train and become a better sports player, no matter which sport it may be. There is weight-lifting, which will build muscles, running, to improve cardio and endurance, and even repetition to drill the body to remember certain plays. However, has anyone ever thought about video games as a way to improve one’s sporting talent? Well, it is true, no matter how absurd it may sound
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Civic-based approaches to education grant students the chance to take away persuasive, informative, and debate communication skills and apply them to the challenges facing civic life. When elected officials make a speech or comment about our current state of education, they do not encourage students to read Plato, Descartes, or even the Federalist Papers, instead our government is encouraging students to become increasingly experienced in math and computers and other STEM programs, or else foreign
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1. Introduction: Now-a-days global economy, businesses cannot ignore the importance of communication. Businesses are finding that it is in their best interest to learn about national, cultural and ethnic groups they need to communicate with to grow their businesses. Communication is so important in business; in fact businesses want and need people with good communication skills. Effective communicators are, therefore high demand besides not surprisingly there is a high correlation between
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Nestle Case Study Nestle Case Study 1. Identify Problems and Opportunities * The problem that Nestle is facing in this case is high mortality rate of infant deaths. * They are being accused of giving formula to third world countries resulting in high death rates. * They were using faulty machinery which contaminated the formula * They did not market the formula to the consumers correctly. 2. Situation Analysis * In this case, Nestle under the General No Go’s they
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government tried to address the issues of work shortage and imported workers through arguments, both for and against, through facts and figures. They also used implicit language and spirited dialogue to justify their respective positions. The debate of colonial workers begins with correspondences between various government officials in the months of 1948 and 1949. The first of correspondences that delve into the problem of work shortage in the colonies and a shortage of workers in England was between
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The United States of America (USA), commonly referred to as the United States (US), America, or simply the States, is a federal republic[10][11] consisting of 50 states, 16 territories, a federal district, and various overseas extraterritorial jurisdictions. The 48 contiguous states and the federal district of Washington, D.C. are in central North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is the northwestern part of North America and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific
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