Journal Article Review Krystle Gonzales College of Nursing NR 305 Health Assessment Professor Sherer Summer II 2014 .. Journal Article Review Introduction “A guide to taking a patient’s history” is an article published in Nursing Standard in the December‚ 2007 issue‚ written by Hilary Lloyd and Stephen Craig. In this article‚ Lloyd and Craig outline the process of taking a complete health history from a patient. The reasoning for gathering a comprehensive history is also described. There
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Each child throughout the school year is required to take standardized tests. These tests help create a better understanding of what each child individually may or may not be learning. This also shows what teachers may or may not need to improve on while teaching the class the necessary standards they will be tested on. What people fail to see about standardized testing is how the scores can help improve each child’s learning ability and the way teachers go over the material. I chose to write about
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spends nearly 88 million dollars a year on standardized testing(Martinez)‚ and Florida has a $245 million dollar contract with NCS Pearson to administer their Comprehensive test(Vu). Nearly half “of all the school districts in the United states have reduced their time spent on science‚ the arts‚ and social studies” by close to 150 minutes a week in favour of the topics more heavily tested on standardized tests‚ like reading and math(Ravitch). Standardized testing is not a new topic when it comes to controversy
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through the chapter headings what do they tell you about the structure of the book as a whole? Differences for Journal Articles For an academic article‚ look at the section headings. These often have very predictable structures‚ with an introduction followed by a review of previous research (the ‘literature review’); a ‘methodology’ section‚ explaining how the research was conducted; one or two sections on the findings; a discussion of the findings‚ relating them back to the earlier research discussed
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Some people such as Herbert J. Walberg believe that standardized testing is a benefit and that people should not complain about it. That even though it may stress students out and there are tons of other people who work harder than them‚ the outcome is what is most important. Walberg believes that students shouldn’t stress out since American teenagers only spend about half the total study time that Asian students do‚ and that the real world is much more demanding. However‚ there are some students
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Essay 2 In a Wall Street Journal article titled “Greed is for Wimps”‚ the writer talks about how the new generation‚ Generation Y‚ is becoming more socially aware. According to the article‚ this new generation of professionals wants to give back to the community. Apparently it’s not enough to be successful and make all the money in the world. These young professionals are no longer satisfied with driving expensive cars and wearing name brand clothes. An interview with one such young entrepreneur explained
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Dr. Suderman ENC1101 September 27‚ 2013 Wall Street Journal Article Summary It is becoming more and more evident to Major companies that sleep is a necessity that often gets swept under the rug. They are noticing more and more that lack of sleep is a major hamper on your performance in the workplace. Getting a good nights’ sleep is more beneficial than finding ways to work better on less sleep. Companies have to send their employees home early to help them sleep more to keep up with their productivity
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Wall Street Journal Article Review #2 Microsoft Abandons ‘Stack Ranking’ Employees Article by Authors‚ Shira Ovide and Rachel Feintzeig Abstract In the article “Microsoft Abandons ‘Stack Ranking’ Employees”. Shira Ovide and Rachel Feintzeig discuss how getting rid of such a system will benefit the company. The authors cite several sources. They don’t go into too deep of detail on why CEO Mr. Ballmer decided to implement the change‚ only that before he leaves the company for good he wanted
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| Exploration of a Professional Journal Article in Psychology | Sequonya Thomas | ------------------------------------------------- Professor Laura Hoffman-DeleonePsychology of Adjustment: PSY100 | 3/17/2013 | | | Cross cultural psychology has advanced in the past years. Cross-cultural psychology is the scientific study of human behavior and mental process including both their variability and invariance‚ under diverse cultural conditions
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Article Review 1 Publication: Sports Marketing Quarterly Title: “Spectator Motives: Why Do We Watch When Our Favorite Team Is Not Playing?” Authors: Fink‚ Janet S‚ Parker‚ Heidi M Link: http://tiny.cc/Q2Yzy Summary: This article studies the likeliness of sports fans to watch sporting events when their favorite team is not playing. According to the Nielson ratings system the NFL broadcast’s TV ratings are the highest rated program in the country. Therefore the advertising dollars involved
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