MBA 510 December 21‚ 2014 Collaborative Learning: Article Review The article “Collaborative Learning Enhances Critical Thinking” is a study that examined the effectiveness of individual learning verses collaborative learning in drill-and-practice skills and critical-thinking skills. (Gokhale 2) . Collaborative learning was first defined by Gokhale as‚ the grouping and pairing students for the purpose of achieving an academic goal. (1) . Collaborative learning is referred to as an instructional method
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Critique of an Article on GM Foods and Medicine Summery The article by Amin‚ Jahi and Nor was conducted in Malaysia to find out the stakeholders attitude to genetically modified foods and medicine (1). In particular‚ the investigators were interested to know the attitude towards GM insulin/medicine‚ GM palm oil and GM soybean. They designed the study as a survey with 1017 respondents. They found that the Malaysian stakeholders are cautious about the genetically modified foods. They agreed that
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He argues that we had labeled children by creating terms that would define their learning behaviors in education. Breggin provides a quote by Diane McGuinness in the book‚ Guinesses mentions that "two decades of research have not provided any support for the Validaty of ADD or hyperactivity. Neither clinical studies nor psychological testing has been able to identify such a group" (Breggin 1991). This is saying that young individuals are diagnose with these disorders but not a single study was able
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AHMET KAHVECİLER 210112342 UNI 123 DR. YONCA BURSALI Article Critique of “Arguments for a Harmfullness Tax” In the article‚ “Arguments for a Harmfulness Tax” Lester Grinspoon and James B.Bakalar argue that using drugs is similar like tobacco and alcohol. Using drugs would be taxed with respect to communal cost. Varieties of causing addiction drugs are detrimental and have bad effects. They portray the act that using drugs should be allowed and insurance service is necessary for drug users.
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Article critique Bogeyman syndrome The topic that I chose to read is the “Bogyman Syndrome”‚ which seems to be very common in today’s society. Bogyman syndrome is basically a fear that parents have from allowing their children the freedom they themselves enjoyed when they were young. This type of fear that parents have is what separates their child from the full benefits of nature and from having a healthy normal childhood. Many of the reason to why parents experience such fear is because in
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Journal Article Critique Ashton Kent Greensboro College Skogli‚ Erik W.‚ Teicher‚ M.‚ Andersen‚ Per N.‚ Hovik‚ Kjell T.‚ Oie‚ Merete. (2013). ADHD in girls and boys -- gender differences in co-existing symptoms and executive function measures. BMC Psychiatry‚ 13 (1)‚ 1-26. In this study‚ the question of whether or not gender played a role in differences in co-existing symptoms and executive functioning measures is being questioned. Males are treated more often than females when it comes to ADHD
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This critique is going to be about the NY Times article called Lawns into Gardens. In this critique I will talk about what the article is about and what they did in persuading others to follow their ideas. The article talked about how people should switch their yard into a garden. Some features they point out are that it uses land as a resource‚ is good for the environment‚ and that gardens are good. When someone decides they are going to have a garden they end up eating healthier less processed
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Scholarly Strategies: Building an Argument Within the first few pages of an article‚ professional writers can portray an effective means of building an argument. Among these writers and articles are Arthur Kirsch’s “Virtue‚ Vice‚ and Compassion in Montaigne and The Tempest‚” Jürgen Pieters’ “The Wonders of Imagination: The Tempest and Its Spectators‚” Melissa E. Sanchez’s “Seduction and Service in The Tempest‚” and Evelyn B. Tribble’s “The Dark Backward and Abysm of Time: The Tempest and Memory
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Locating Scholarly Articles Assignment The words have Changed Thesis: This article dispels the stereotype that gangster rap music is misogynistic through an analysis of lyrics that shows respect for women. Feminizing and Juvenilizing Poverty Thesis: This article demonstrates that women and children are the poorest demongraphic in the US‚ but that the risks of poverty decreased between 1950 and 1980‚ particularly in comparison with Canadians. Boundary of Religious ID Thesis: This article reviews
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Systems Thinking: Answer to Learning Disabilities ------------------------------------------------- Introduction The average life expectancy of traditional organizations is only about 40 to 50 years (Stephen‚ 2000). This is because they usually have tendencies to be retrospective and reactive‚ instead of being prospective and proactive (Cathon‚ 2000). ‘Retrospective’ in a sense that organizations respond to agents that are only currently present in their situation‚ similar to a passive
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