Pepinsky is a college professor who taught a class for second year criminal justice majors. He thought this class would be a great place to experiment with peacemaking and conflict resolution. He started this by throwing out the traditional grading scale and changing it to a pass or fail. Although he was laughed out of a university for this thought process‚ he found his footing with a different idea. When at a new school he started with a new system. Instead of the whole class being pass or fail
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PART C - Analyze and Conclude 1. After you created a geologic time scale with key events in Earth’s History‚ compare the number of events in each era. Did more Earth-shaping events occur early in Earth’s history or later on? Explain why. Based on my geologic time scale‚ there are three events in Precambrian Time‚ two events in Paleozoic Era‚ four events in Mesozoic Era and one event in Cenozoic Era. These events mostly occurred later on in Earth’s history. Mesozoic Era has the most events which
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Analyzing Tests and Scales within Adhd CHILDREN Testing is the process of measuring variables by means of device or procedure designed to obtain a sample of behavior‚ when assessing the information that you have gathered the main purpose is to collect data which will educate you on the tools used for testing‚ interviews‚ case studies‚ behavioral observation‚ and specially designed apparatus and measurements. Testing should be conducted in an unbiased manner. Scales are considered to be rigorous
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results can vary dramatically. what a scale-free network is Scale free Networks are ones that have no average or typical nodes but have hubs and are non-random networks‚ which uses power law distributions. An example of a Scale free network is a computer network‚ which has users and user stations and hubs to interact which each other to provide a complex network. This type network uses computer protocols as its Power law distribution. Therefore‚ Scales free networks all have set Rule or laws
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BYA‚ photosynthesis leads to O2 in ocean •2 BYA‚ O2 hits atmosphere The Geologic Time Scale Structure of the Time Scale Based on their interpretations of the rock record‚ geologists have divided Earth’s 4.56-billion-year history into units that represent specific amounts of time. Taken together‚ these time spans make up the geologic time scale. The Geologic Time Scale Structure of the Time Scale Eons represent the greatest expanses of time. Eons are divided into eras. Each era is subdivided
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Measurement: Earthquakes are measured with the help of seismometers. The moment magnitude is the most common scale on which earthquakes larger than approximately 5 are reported for the entire globe. The more numerous earthquakes smaller than magnitude 5 reported by national seismological observatories are measured mostly on the local magnitude scale‚ also referred to as the Richter scale. Magnitude of concern: Magnitude of 3 or lower earthquakes are mostly almost imperceptible and magnitude
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BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION FACULTY OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY NAME: REG NO* PROGRAMME COURSE NARRATION: COURSE CODE: LECTURER DUE DATE ASSIGNMENT QUESTION: EXPLAIN WHY EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE CAN BE A POOR GUIDE TO SEISMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT? (25). DENNIES MAUYA B1128076 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS DG213 MR MAVHURA 12 OCTOBER 2012 An earthquake‚ which may be termed as a quake‚ tremor or temblor is the result of a sudden release of energy in the earth’s crust
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Earthquakes are measured using observations from seismometers. The moment magnitude is the most common scale on which earthquakes larger than approximately 5 are reported for the entire globe. The more numerous earthquakes smaller than magnitude 5 reported by national seismological observatories are measured mostly on the local magnitude scale‚ also referred to as the Richter scale. These two scales are numerically similar over their range of validity. Magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes are mostly almost
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Making Research Decisions Rating Scales As a researcher‚ one must choose which rating scale is going to be the most effective method. Once choosing the scale‚ he/she then must decide the amount of choices the subject has. We are going to explore four different scales: 1. Yes/Depends/no‚ 2. Excellent/Good/Fair/Poor‚ 3. Excellent/Good/Average/Poor‚ and 4. Strongly Approve/Approve/Uncertain/Disapprove Strongly Disapprove. I believe that the yes –maybe-no scale is somewhat week unless used in
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Solutions to the following problems: DQ 1: Answer in 200-300 word count. Choose one question below and title your answer with Reply. 1. What is the basis and criteria for developing the geologic time scale? Based on your reading and experience‚ what is the most interesting period within the geologic time scale? Why? 2. What is the nature of scientific inquiry? What is the difference between a scientific hypothesis and a scientific theory? How is hypothesis and theory different from a scientific law?
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