Why is it important for each student to have a laptop? Just as it is not feasible to have students stand in line to share learning tools such as a pencil‚ paper‚ notebook‚ book‚ etc‚ it also doesn’t make sense for them to share a laptops. Students often need to work at their own pace in their own way. Laptops become a student’s assistant for thinking‚ drawing‚ writing‚ reading‚ analyzing‚ calculating‚ connecting‚ collaborating‚ producing‚ researching‚ presenting‚ and more. This does not occur
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some people that played a part in the group activities and there were some that did not‚ this was what contributed to the breakdown in communication in my group. The first day we got into groups‚ we had to do a learning styles questionnaire. In this questionnaire there were four types of learning styles‚ which where activists‚ reflectors‚ theorists and pragmatists (Honey‚ 1973). In my group of seven we were made up of reflectors‚ theorists and pragmatists. On the second day we did a group activity about
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0 Learning Organization 0 1 Learning Organizations Introduction In a way those who work in a learning organization are “fully awakened” people. They are engaged in their work‚ striving to reach their potential‚ by sharing the vision of a worthy goal with team colleagues. They have mental models to guide them in the pursuit of personal mastery‚ and their personal goals are in alignment with the mission of the organization. Working in a learning organization is far from being a slave to a job
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Learning 1.Nature lends a helping hand by providing animals with a set of built in inherited skills that functions at birth or shortly thereafter. * These skills are called reflexes. Some reflexes like sucking provide necessary biological supports. Other reflexes are ready made‚ swift and simple reactions to stimuli that pose a potential threat. * An example of a fixed action pattern would be salmon swimming up stream to spawn or birds seasonal migration. 2.Learning is a way that a
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investigating the relationship between surface area and the volume of a model cactus and to determine whether this relationship affects the loss of water. We used oasis blocks‚ an absorbant material used by florists as a substitute for a cactus‚ that would soak up the water‚ and thus ideally show the percentage water loss by weighing the before and after evaporation weights. Independent Variable The independent variable is the total surface area for each size of the blocks and I think this will affect
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Abstract We present a theory of the basis of support for a social movement. Three types of support (citizenship actions‚ policy support and acceptance‚ and personal-sphere behaviors that accord with movement principles) are empirically distinct from each other and from committed activism. Drawing on theoretical work on values and norm-activation processes‚ we propose a value-belief-norm (VBN) theory of movement support. Individuals who accept a movement’s basic values‚ believe that valued objects are
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Functional Areas of Business Roles of a manager within the functional areas of business are important for the success of any organization. Functional areas are classified under four category and they are planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling. Intensive focus of these functional areas is critical for managers to ensure business success through efficiency and the effective use of employees. Planning The first step in the management function is planning because planning is the basis for
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Instructor Explanation: Remediation: Knight‚ Chapter 1.6 Points Received: 6 of 6 2. Question: (TCO 4) A ball is dropped from a 250 foot building. How long before the ball hits the ground? Your Answer: 2.025 sec 3.95 sec CORRECT 4.62 sec 15.62 sec Instructor Explanation: Remediation: Knight‚ Chapter 2.5 Points Received: 6 of 6 3. Question: (TCO 4) A bullet is fired vertically upward with an initial velocity of 250 m/sec. How high does
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education and learning that you bring to your learning now. Reflect critically on how your worldview has been shaped by factors such as your gender‚ age or community. In your answer refer to Hobson (1996) and Samovar and Porter (2004) from the SSK12 Reader‚ and Chapter 1 in A Guide to Learning Independently (Marshall and Rowland‚ 2006‚ 1-18). This essay will show how my worldviews have influenced my learning and how attitudes and beliefs of my social milieu have shaped my approach to learning. I will
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ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT The Accounting department is the one in charge of some of the financial transactions within the company such as: (1) Payroll – they are in charge of the sum of all financial records of salaries for an employee‚ wages‚ bonuses and deductions. (2) Cash collections - All cash received from sales and from other resources are carefully identified and recorded. The accounting department makes sure that the cash is deposited in the appropriate checking accounts of the business and
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