Measuring Academic Readiness for College Authors: Andrew C. Porter and Morgan S. Polikoff Date: May 2012 Volume‚ Issue: volume 26‚ issue 3 Article pages: 394–417 Pages on which the extract appears: 401–402 Extract from Journal Article A second possible complication in defining and measuring college readiness has to do with college major. Certainly‚ students pursuing different majors need different sets of skills. Thus‚ depending in part on how readiness is defined‚ a readiness assessment might
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The Skinner Model of Discipline Skinner’s Key Ideas 1. Behavior is shaped by its consequences‚ by what happens to the individual immediately afterward. 2. Systematic use of reinforcement (rewards) can shape students’ behavior in desired directions. 3. Behavior becomes weaker if not followed by reinforcement. 4. Behavior is also weakened by punishment. 5. In the early stages of learning‚ constant reinforcement produces the best result. 6. Once learning has reached the desired
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Preventive and Support Discipline Preventive Discipline is important in the classroom because it is an effective way to prevent from having to give a consequence to a student or students. Most teacher do not want to give some form of consequence to their student or students‚ but it may be necessary. Support Discipline is useful because it helps the student refocus on what they are supposed to be doing. Some students just need a little reminder to stay on task‚ and Support Discipline techniques help keep
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Abuse or Discipline Abuse: (n) a·buse (uh-byoos) 1. To hurt or injure by maltreatment‚ ill use. Some parents try to say that the abuse that their child is enduring is to teach him/her a lesson. There is a very big difference between physical abuse and discipline for your child‚ and‚ as Bell hooks states in her essay‚ “Justice: Childhood Love Lessons”‚ love cannot coexist with abuse. I agree with her in saying‚ parents should discipline their children without physically abusing them. There are
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Undergraduate Programmes for the academic year 2013-2014 for all Indian and Foreign nationals at these institutions are made through the JEE (Advanced)-2013 M. Sc. Integrated courses in pure and applied sciences and M.Tech. Integrated courses in few disciplines are also offered by many of these institutes. In addition‚ most institutes offer Dual
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Self-discipline is the ability to make oneself do things that should be done. It is the correction or regulation of oneself for the sake of improvement. Acceptance‚ willpower‚ hard work‚ diligence‚ and persistence all come together to make self discipline. Self discipline is one of the more important attributes a person can master. Acceptance simply means that you see life as it should be seen and knowingly acknowledge what you see. Without acceptance you get either ignorance or denial. “Identify
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for 22 years now and have had to obey and follow rules and regulations ever since knowing the consequence if I failed to do that. Every day we are changing these rules or better said‚ we are adjusting the way our society is changing too. In the military we carry what is called a Division Officer record for every Sailor E6 and below and it contains various forms from evaluations to counseling chits. When a young man/woman gets into trouble this record is reviewed to see about the past of a Sailor
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Discipline is Teaching In a French drama film‚ The Class is from the semi-auto-graphical novel by a French actor/writer and the former teacher Francois Begaudeau. This film is about the young teacher who works in a multi-racial area. He has high hopes to his students‚ and tries to educate them to become better individuals for their futures. The scene in which some of the teachers and parents’ representatives are discussing about punishments for students demonstrates the power struggle between
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The Fifth Discipline The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization Part I “Give Me a Lever Long Enough …and Single-handedly I Can Move the World” ? From a very early age‚ we are taught to break apart problems‚ to fragment the world ? The tools and ideas that are presented in this book are for destroying the illusion that the world is created of separate‚ unrelated forces ? As the world becomes more interconnected and business becomes more complex and dynamic‚ work must become more “learningful”
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WORKING OVERVIEW Jobs in the Military vary in type of work and responsibility‚ yet each is essential to accomplishing the overall mission of defending our country. In this section‚ explore the different types of career opportunities available to service members‚ learn about the compensation they can expect to receive‚ find out how to transfer careers to the civilian sector and more. Our Today’s Military overview pages show the various stages of a military career‚ from the joining process to training
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