Article Review: Seven Practices of Effective Learning Don R Jacobs Jr. Dallas Baptist University Article Review: Seven Practices of Effective Learning McTighe and O’Connor give readers seven strategies for more effective grading and assessment practices. Each one gives a different spin on more traditional ways of assessing such as diagnostic‚ formative‚ and summative assessments. The authors give each suggestion in this order: 1) Using authentic summative assessments as part of their curriculum
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Effective Communication My current organization that I work for is Active Family Fitness. I am the Fitness Manager of the Kansas City location‚ there are 9 other locations in Texas. As the Fitness Manager I am responsible for all new members with a personal trainer. I am head of 15 personal trainers‚ making sure their job at hand is correctly done. Also make sure sales are up and clients keep coming to their trainers for a long term client relationship. I only have 2 people above my position
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In the chapter one of the book‚ Habits of the Heart‚ the writer demonstrated four characters and presented different American voices in a common tradition. The key theme of these tradition are questions about how Americans to think about the nature of success‚ the meaning of freedom and the requirements of justice in the modern life? Within these four individual stories of Brian‚ Joe‚ Margaret‚ and Wayne‚ Margaret’s character is most like me. Margaret was raised in a stable middle-class family
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EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS IN PROVISION OF QUALITY EDUCATION Fadhili Madaga M.E.d Management & Administration Candidate Department of educational foundations‚ management and lifelong learning University of dare s salaam E-mail: madagafadhili@yahoo.com ABSTRACT There have been different discussions posed out by different scholars pertaining to educational system in excelling quality products to its graduates. This paper tries to explore some of the basic characteristic features an effective
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Kathleen Lopp Ms. Owens Biology February 8‚ 2011 The Seven Stages of Grief Grief is the body’s natural response to a loss. The loss could be felt for the death of a loved one‚ loss of a friendship‚ loss of a spouse‚ someone or something that is considered dear to you or possibly a fatal injury that could lead to death. Almost everyone suffers some type of emotional distress caused by their loss. Grief is specified as a feeling of intense sorrow or sadness due to severe injury of a loved
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realize that effective listening is hard work. Good listening encourages the speaker‚ promotes trust and respect‚ improves relationships‚ and makes resolution of problems more likely. Good listeners are prepared to listen‚ show interest‚ keep an open mind‚ listen critically‚ resist distractions‚ make notes‚ ask questions‚ and summarize what was being said. One of the most important people skill is effective listening. Listening is hard work; it is active not passive. Effective communication
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There are seven organizational approaches to studying the human body are planes and body directions‚ body cavities‚ quadrants and regions‚ anatomy and physiology‚ microscopic to macroscopic‚ body systems and medical specializes. Body planes and directions approach is the division of the body in sections by using the mid sagittal plane‚ the coronal plane‚ and the transverse plane. This also includes movement toward and away from these planes. This approach might be used when studying particular
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effective leader The typical project environment could be described as agile and ferociously competitive. To deliver the success of a project and more importantly to sustain business in the highly competitive environment will need an effective leadership. The key ingredients of effective leadership leading to success are getting the right people in the right jobs. Leadership is development of a clear and complete system of expectations in order to identify‚ evoke and use the
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My Philosophy of Education I believe that every child: * needs reason/motivation for learning * can be influence but not totally by his/her environment * is unique individual with an inherently complex nature * is multi dimensional human being‚ a person with a heart‚ a mind‚ and a soul with hopes‚ dreams‚ aspirations‚ and capacities * does not have an empty mind or a blank slate‚ rather a full of ideas and it is my task to bring out what’s within the child I believe
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extremely vital and necessary if a person wants to achieve success in life. Thus‚ education is the key that allows people to move up in the world‚ seek better jobs‚ and ultimately succeed fully in life. Getting a good education equips a person to survive in a competitive world. In a competitive world‚ the ignorant are either pushed into the sidelines or gobbled up by the powerful people. It is a fact that not all learning comes from formal schooling‚ but it is still a one sure way of making prospective
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