Portfolios are useful tool for identifying the strengths and weaknesses‚ whereas the current standardized tests are provides limited feedback. While the standardized tests are‚ by design‚ suitable for punishing or rewarding purpose‚ the portfolio approach provides insights necessary to improve teaching-learning environment thus‚ serves as a learning tool. Using standardized tests as the evaluation technique for identifying educational gaps in schools with different economical and social background
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Boeing engineers union rejects contract offer Negotiations between Boeing and SPEEA began April 19. In the weeks since then‚ the company and union have continued to meet on a regular basis‚ focusing on specific issues each week. One SPEEA contract covers 23‚000 professional engineers in Puget Sound‚ Portland and Ogden‚ Utah; the other covers technical workers in Puget Sound and Portland. The two contracts are similar in many respects but not identical. Main issues included wage pools‚ medical
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Personal Strengths and Weaknesses Recognizing your personal strengths may not be as simple as you may first think. Knowing and understanding these skills‚ personality traits‚ and job qualities is a must in today’s work society. Once these characteristics are understood and identified‚ you can begin to think about your weaknesses‚ which are generally more difficult to admit. Realizing your own weaknesses‚ and being able to admit them to your team is the first step in creating a positive learning
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Strengths and Weaknesses of Self-Report Inventories My personality type is INTJ. I have taken his test on a number of occasions throughout my life and my findings are the same. What strikes me as different was that the scores did not add up to a whole percentage of 100. By this result I had a very low percentile in thinking and low percentile in judging. This is strange because I’m a huge thinker‚ I also have anxiety which explains why I overthink many things and why I have no marginal preference
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Assignment summary: This assignment investigated the product development process in Boeing 787 Dreamliner. I will go through The product development process adopted for the product‚ Reasons/features that created excitement in the first place‚ Major problems encountered that caused the delay in launching the product‚ Problems faced in operation that led to the grounding of all aircrafts of this model‚ Problems faced in operation that led to the grounding of all aircrafts of this model and How would
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The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson and four other writers. It was written in June 1776. The Second Continental Congress appointed these men to make a document declaring the colonies independent from Britain. They were first called the Articles of Confederation and after the Revolution‚ the document was questioned. With the questioning the Constitutional Congress made some major changes. These changes although
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WSJ-Airbus and Boeing Duke It Out to Win Lucrative Iberia Deal-2003 Key take away: Threaten to lease planes from Singapore Airline to bring prices down by Boeing and Airbus. No counter offers were entertained. Also the key was getting two bidders: Boeing as a stalking horse into the situation. Summary: April 2002-Iberia starts to shop for new jetliners. Boeing and Airbus send a model areoplane each as a calling card. The jetliner market is projected to have sales of more than $1 trillion
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responses from the same people are obtained to learn how their beliefs‚ attitudes‚ and/or behaviors change. There are particular strengths and weaknesses of each type of experiment done. Panel studies for instance allow‚ "researchers to be more confident about attributing patterns of cause in effect in survey data‚" (Dominick 415) and they are more reliable. Another strength of the panel study is the benefit of‚ "longitudinal observation of the individual through time‚" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panel_study)
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OUTLINE INTRODUCTION: Competition Theories Compete It is never doubted by academic circles and business environments that the strength of competitive analysis‚ if not the top‚ is one of the most important critical success factors in creating and managing marketing strategies. The way a business adapts to competitive environments‚ characteristic of its focus being self-centered‚ competitor-centered‚ customer-driven or market driven (Day and Nebugandi‚ 1994)‚ will define its place
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Samsung brand strengths Master branding strategy Samsung has managed to avoid excessive and unrelated diversification and channeled their resources around one or two dominant businesses. Samsung was previously engaged in manufacturing lower-end consumer electronics under a handful of brand names including Wiseview‚ Tantus‚ and Yepp‚ none of which meant much to consumers. To counter this negative trait‚ Samsung’s management decided to move up the value chain in an attempt to build a stronger identity;
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