I’ve always enjoyed reading The NY Times Science section on Tuesdays. The Extra Credit project presented an opportunity to read more and do some research on few recent articles. My favorite was “Cheating’s Surprising Thrill” published on October 17‚ 2013 by Jan Hoffman. The purpose of the project is to analyze how accurately an article in a media reflects the actual study. The research study was conducted at the University of Washington‚ the London Business School‚ Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania
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Gena Rhoades manages her article in a very meaningful‚ smooth way as she states her points in a significant‚ accurate style. The language of the article is very vivid for the readers. In addition‚ the clarity of information in the article makes the readers shift fluidly from one idea to another without breaking their understanding of the topic. Also‚ one of the strength points in her article is that‚ she presents different theories such as the Learning Pyramid and different points of view from different
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In this article the author was relating teenage obesity to some of the dangerous activities that teens may be experimenting with. The authors theory was that since sometimes teenagers who are obese may be socially isolated‚ they may do things to try to fit in with the crowd. Also being socially isolated may cause stress. Some of these things may include experimenting with drugs and alcohol. One of these drugs might be cigarettes which can become very dangerous to an obese person because of the health
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Brandon Mulkey Prof. Taherzadeh English 1302 23 September‚ 2014 In the article‚ “Literacy Practices‚” the authors‚ David Barton‚ and Mary Hamilton analyze literacy on not just a level of reading‚ and writing but how it is implemented‚ used‚ and affected by our daily lives. The authors see literacy as more of a social practice than just an ability that is gained. Barton and Hamilton use several propositions as a framework to build their argument. According to the authors literacy is best understood
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The role of mitosis relates directly to the development of Kaposi Sarcoma. In order for cancer cells to begin to form‚ they must have something go wrong inside of the cell or something that makes things work incorrectly. In the article “Do we know what causes Kaposi Sarcoma?” on cancer.org‚ it states “In KS‚ the cells that line blood and lymphatic vessels (called endothelial cells) are infected with KSHV. The virus brings genes into the cells that can cause the cells to divide too much and to live
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In the article‚ The Collaborative Classroom: New Technology Brings New Paradigm‚ Clapp and Swenson describe the culture of a collaborative classroom. In this type of class‚ teachers and students work together and the role of being in control by the teacher is eliminated. Instead‚ teachers guide students to work together and build teamwork. “Open Leadership” promotes empowerment of the students. Students work in teams or small groups to collaborate on work. They share information through digital
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In this article‚ the basis of the argument is that surveillance is inevitable. This is due to the fact that there are so many various ways that people are found and tracked in the world today. There are cameras in stores and restaurants‚ there is tracking on phones via GPS‚ there is looking up people on the internet and much more. Kelly states‚ “The internet is a tracking machine”. This speaks levels as to what is actually available and is actually happening on the internet. Kelly also uses the psychological
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stated in the article‚ the Koyukon construct insulated clothing using fur of their prey. Additionally‚ items like caribou skins can be used as bed sheets. Furthermore‚ the Koyukon people use animals to enhance their knowledge of the environment. For example‚ the author states that seal surfacing in open leads can forecast the weather. The Koyukon‚ in a way‚ use seal habits to substitute modern weather instruments. The Koyukon people also use animals in an ideological sense. The article states that
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Michael L. Moon Human Diversity Dr. Mancz September 5‚ 2014 Article Summaries In Modesitt’s “Mindsets”‚ the author told stories of different situations‚ in which individuals will have an opinion or “mindset” made up on different matters‚ but would not look at the other side reasoning. The author states the mindset is “an established set of attitudes held by an individual” which often cause problems because the person starts to develop a “long – established or firmly held mindset make it impossible
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faculty by which the brain stores and recollects information from an individual’s past experience. According to the article‚ “Memory‚” by Hopkins‚ he implied throughout the article that there are variations of memory impairments that trigger mankind‚ which has to do with biological disorders or age-related impairments. One of the biological disorders that he indicates in the featured article is Alzheimer’s disease‚ which frequently is the most common procedure of insanity. Hopkins (2007) study found
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