Article 1: Constructivist Model For this assignment I will examine the article title “Constructivist mathematics education for students with mild mental retardation (MMR).” To begin‚ it is important to note that children with (MMR) often have mathematics learning difficulties and need special attention to acquire basic mathematic skills (Kroesbergen‚ 2005). These students cannot automatically retrieve basic facts; they have to rely on strategies (Kroesbergen‚ 2005). The study examined constructivist
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Being a Role Model Isn’t Always a Choice Celebrities need to take responsibility for their positions as role models Published on October 8‚ 2013 by Azadeh Aalai‚ Ph.D. in The First Impression 2 inShare email I always find myself peeved when in the aftermath of negative publicity‚ or “bad behavior‚” celebrities offer the disclaimer that they never set out to be role models. For instance‚ in the aftermath of her provocative (pornographic?) VMA performance‚ Miley Cyrus has reportedly stated
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18/03/2013 Discuss how the Bradshaw model can be used to model the fluvial characteristics of a river. (10 Marks) The Bradshaw model is a geographical model that shows us how the characteristics of a river changes between upstream to the downstream. The Bradshaw model allows us to see do the river’s characteristics such as‚ average velocity‚ channel depth‚ load quantity and particle size of the load‚ increases or decreases and how much do they change. However this model can’t be exactly right for all
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strong influential mechanism has been presented in the form of the biomedical-model‚ which has successfully controlled human suffering. The biomedical model assumes that the causation of deviant behaviour is biologically specific. This perception allows for the probable causes in societies to be concealed‚ shifting responsibility to the individual‚ permitting the control of human suffering. The claim that the biomedical model is an acceptable vehicle for the social control of human suffering will be
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Biomedical model is a main model used last century in medical practice (Capra‚ 2010). Prior to the development of nursing theory‚ nursing practice is influenced by this model as well (Pearson‚ Vaughan‚ & FitzGerald‚ 2005). The model is divided the mind and the body into two different parts and they put their focus on the body parts (Capra‚ 2010). Maintenance of the internal environment and restoration of the physiological function is the goal of this model. Diagnostic tool started to evolve as it
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the difference between men and women and the way they communicate. The author John Gray proposes that men and women are so completely different in their communication style that they might as well be from different planets. In my experience of being married‚ I could not agree with this statement more. However‚ even though our communication styles are so different‚ men and women can learn to adapt these communication styles to work together in harmony. Most miscommunication happens between men
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14. Friedman’s book focuses on three social forces that are accelerating and buffeting individuals and community What are these three social forces and how do they relate to the POET model? Which concept (letter) does he not examine? According to the movie Growthbusters‚ why is it problematic to address the three and leave the fourth alone? In the book‚ Thank You for Being Late: An Optimists Guide for Thriving in the Age of Accelerations‚ the author‚ Thomas Friedman‚ explains throughout his book
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Rivalry: In the traditional economic model‚ competition among rival firms drives profits to zero. But competition is not perfect and firms are not unsophisticated passive price takers. Rather‚ firms strive for a competitive advantage over their rivals. The intensity of rivalry among firms is very large in case of jewelry business. There are a lot of big brands and even small small jewelers are present in the market. II. Threat Of Substitutes In Porter’s model‚ substitute products refer to products
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raises several questions towards our notion of free will when it is applied to human behavior. The garden of forking paths notion of free will attempts to model how a human can exercise free will. It essentially states that the natural way to exemplify free will is the ability to choose between different courses of action. Threats to this model arise from the thesis of determinism since‚ the thesis would suggest only one possible “choice”‚ therefore leaving a person with only one option and the free
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Models of abuse There are 4 models of abuse: Medical model Medical model indicates that Child abuse is caused by a disease‚ often a mental illness‚ with signs & symptoms that can be prevented and cured. This came from the phrase coined by kempe and kempe the battered child syndrome. They concluded that many mothers the main career who gives this bond is made who had abuse their children had themselves sufferer from poor attachment experiences in child hood they have not learnt from these expierneces
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