Authorities in every academic discipline share certain expectations and norms for publication in their scholarly journals and texts. While specialists in some disciplines uphold a strict standard of academic writing, other experts allow a more flexible rhetorical style. In general, however, academic writers strive to influence their discourse communities by following the expected norms. While…

As you learned from our discussion this week about informal assessments and from the required readings in the text, using informal assessments to guide curriculum planning and instructional decisions allows educators to best support children’s specific strengths and needs. As explained in the Jaruszewicz (2019) text, developmentally appropriate approaches to assessment include a comprehensive, systematic,…

Classrooms across the nation are becoming increasingly diverse, and in order for children to reach their true potential, educators must not only understand the realities of a culturally and linguistically diverse world, but they also must embrace it (Bredekamp, 2017). Culture and language influence the development and learning of all children. Cultural contexts impact how…

In one of the slides prepared by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo on the CD-ROM, he says that “Data-driven instruction and assessment is the quickest, most effective level for influencing student achievement. Mold everything else around that goal: supervision, professional development, calendar, scheduling, etc.” Just for discussion, let’s say you decide to put that slide up in your first staff…

How does the U.S. Constitution allocate power among the state and national governments? What are some of the ways in which the national government regulates the power of the states? How can federal officials enforce national standards? What are some of the downsides of having the federal government set national standards? What does it mean…

Introduction The assignment consists of choosing a psychological causal model developed by other researchers (or developing a new psychological causal model), designing a psychological experiment to compare this model to a simpler one, simulating data, organising and analysing those data, and presenting a research report, including graphs. The assignment contains 3 elements: Two graphical psychological…

Assignment Question For this Individual Assignment (CW1), assume that you are a process engineer working in a company and is currently part of a Lean Six Sigma project team. Your management requested the team to identify three potential projects. Based on the Six Sigma tools such as Voice of Customers, Critical to Quality as well…

Assignment Individual-based report Individually to prepare a 3000 (+/-10%) words report on an evaluation of a supply chain organisation/supply chain department of an organisation (ie part of a Supply Chain in either a Manufacturing; Retail or Service Industry). to compare and contrast its supply chain strategy against a comprehensive literature review on appropriate supply chain…

Assignment Description You work at a small community­based hospital as a manager in the quality assurance department. One function of your job is to analyze internal data such as medical records, patient surveys, and incident reports to track trends and help improve patient care delivery. Your supervisor just came back from a seminar on quality…

Brief: You are a case manager of a community case management team and you are tasked to attend to the below case. Please read the following letter for case management service and answer all the ensuing questions. Dear Manager, Request for case management service I was recommended by a Residents’ Committee (RC) member of my…