Gold stars‚ best-student awards and other reward-focused incentive systems have long been part of the currency of schools throughout the world. Typically intended to motivate or reinforce student learning‚ such techniques have been widely used and advocated by educators everywhere. In his speech during Singapore’s National Day Rally 2007‚ Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong stated that there will be a launch of two initiatives in secondary schools‚ namely the Malay Special Programme (MSP)
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Why I chose this topic: Should the SAT be used for college admissions? The SAT has been a huge controversy for a long time‚ however‚ it wasn’t until several months after getting into college that I began to really question why it’s used for admission. The only answers I really got from the college board was that it is “designed to assess your academic readiness for college and provides a path to opportunities‚ financial support and scholarships‚ in a way that’s fair to all students. It also keeps
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SHOULD ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY EVER BE USED TO TREAT MENTAL DISORDERS? A. Thesis Statement Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a treatment for severe mental illness in which the brain is stimulated with a strong electrical current which induces a seizure. The seizure rearranges the brain’s neurochemistry and results in an elevation of mood. This essay asks: Is ECT any safer and more effective in treating mood disorders than drug therapies? This treatment has a controversial history ever since
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Energy Alternatives: * Alternative energy is any energy source that is an alternative to fossil fuel. In a general sense in contemporary society‚ alternative energy is that which is produced without the undesirable consequences of the burning of fossil fuels‚ such as high carbon dioxide emissions‚ which is considered to be the major contributing factor of global warming. * This chapter discussed only a few of the possible alternatives to our current combustible energy generation system
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they learned‚” a blog post written by a professor entitled “What do our grades measure? Academic savvy or actual learning?” mentioned. This had me thinking‚ what is the purpose of our grades? Should we use it as a basis to determine if whether or not we are intelligent? Then I realized: No‚ academic grades should not be the basis for measuring intelligence since they are based upon standardized tests‚ they can be influenced‚ and they do not measure learning. According to an article entitled “What is
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Given the potential dangers of nanotechnology‚ should it be used to lightweight sports equipment? Nanotechnology has an array of uses‚ from sunscreen to sporting equipment. Sports equipment has been vastly innovated by the discovery and application of nanotechnology in recent years. The highest end tennis racquets‚ baseball bats and even racing bicycles all use nanotechnology to combine strength and lightness provided by this technology. Some of the bicycles made with nanotechnology are priced at
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After reading many sources over the past week about the use of technology in schools my point of view on this topic is that technology is a good thing that should be used in all classrooms around the world. I think that technology is a good thing to use in classrooms because students can you the laptops or tablets that the school gave to them to check their grades digitally and turn in their assignments. The technology that the students use in school can prepare them for the future jobs that will
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Alternative beverages competed on the basis of differentiation from traditional drinks such as carbonated soft drinks or fruit juices. The market started out with low competition‚ however that is rapidly changing as many new product lines enter and profit margins will inevitably suffer from the price reduction. The rest of the beverage industry is faced with low profit margins because of high competition and little ability to differentiate products. The alternative beverage segment help companies
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Should animals be used for cosmetic and medical testing? In our daily lives we use many products to help us go through the day. Although‚ we don’t always think about where these products come from and how they were produced. Most products sold in stores‚ effective or not‚ have been tested on animals. From medicine to shampoo and makeup‚ the lives of many animals have been taken away. It’s not acceptable for animals to be used for cosmetic or medical testing. It’s very cruel‚ it’s wasteful and
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breakers should sent to prison. However‚ there is also better alternative way for those who are first time offenders. The advantage of sending the entire law breaker into prison is to punish them on their mistake which had done. Besides that‚ it is also teach them a lesson and alert to the public that punishment to be taken once someone had against the law. For example‚ the criminal such as raping a women or a girl where the victim are badly harmed on physically and mentally. Those criminal should sent
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