Competence Competence id the maximum size (calibre) of load a river is capable of transporting whereas capacity refers to the total volume of sediment a river can transport. At low velocity only fine particles may be transported (clays‚ silt and fine sands). Large-calibre material can be moved when velocity increases. Because the maximum particle mass that can be moved increases with the sixth power of velocity‚ when discharge levels are high‚ for example during a flood‚ much larger boulders can
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Jean Piaget; a French-speaking Swiss cognitive psychologist has contributed immeasurably to understand the “development of learning” in children. He devoted his life to closely observing and recording the intellectual abilities of infants‚ children and adolescents. According to Piaget‚ the human brain is not fully developed until late adolescence. People often expect children to think like adults when they are not yet capable of doing so. It is important that parents know what to expect from their
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Nichelle Mcclinton 03/25/2013 Child development 101 Child Observation Observing age 1-2 The child I observed was male and approximately one and a half years old. This was a natural observation; the place was at my home in the bedroom of my apt. I was the only person in the room. To my knowledge and what I have observed was Martrell. The time of observation was at 2:00 until 3:00pm. Martrell was playing with his toys by himself when the observation began. A few minutes later Martrell went
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The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial The McMartin Preschool case had its origins in a call placed to police in Manhattan Beach‚ California by Judy Johnson‚ the mother of a two-and-a-half-year-old son who attended the McMartin Preschool in 1983. Johnson told Detective Jane Hoag that her son was molested by a school aide‚ Ray Buckey‚ the 25-year-old son of the owner of the preschool. Although the fact that the young boy was unable to identify Ray Buckey from photos‚ and medical investigations of the
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Family Centered Preschool ECE 313 Carman Moon Professor Karree Fah December 19‚ 2010 Abstract Several people may ask the question‚ “What makes the difference in a family centered preschool?” This paper will help outline the importance of a family centered program versus a preschool that focuses only on the child. The learning of the children in family centered preschools are enhanced due to the focus points not only being on the child‚ but the family too. Educators can best help children achieve
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CDA competency goal #1: To establish and maintian safe a safe‚ healthy learning environment. Functional area #1: Safe In order to provide a safe environment to prevent injuries I’d do the following: •I would check every toy and equipment the children will be occupying for broken or missing parts often‚ to ensure that they remain safe for use and play. •I would make sure that all chemicals and cleaning supplies are put away out of the reach of children or stored away in locked cabinets to prevent
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Coaching for Competence Introduction The field of nursing is both a science and an art. New nurses graduate with‚ at least‚ acceptable basic competence. They are expected to have the ability to effectively communicate and make decisions in a complex environment with multiple demands on their practical comprehension. However‚ they usually lack the experience to apply this learned theory. This limited knowledge results in anxiety and difficulty in transitioning from the role of student to leader
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2. The notion of communicative competence‚ origins‚ communicative competence vs. linguistic competence‚ components of communicative competence Communicative competence – the ability to understand and use language effectively to communicate in authentic social and school environments. The idea was originally derived from Chomsky’s distinction between competence (shared knowledge of ideal speaker-listener set in a completely homogenous speech community) and performance (process of applying underlying
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Communicative Competence Harditya Perdana 2008410082 Communicative competence is a term in linguistics which refers to a language user’s grammatical knowledge of syntax‚ morphology‚ phonology and the like‚ as well as social knowledge about how and when to use utterances appropriately. The notion of communicative competence is one of the theories that underlies the communicative approach to foreign language teaching. Pragmatic Competence refers to the ability to use language appropriately in different
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