What is meant by assessment? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the assessment types and methods you use? How would you involve your learner into the assessment process? Why do we need to keep records of assessment? Assessments are a critical part of the education system; highlighted by Black and Wiliams’(1998) who define assessments as activities providing “information to be used as feedback to modify the teaching and learning activities in which they are engaged”. There are two forms
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Podzols In soil science‚ podzols (also known as podsols or Spodosols) are the typical soils of coniferous or boreal forests. They are also the typical soils of eucalypt forests and headlands in southern Australia. The name Podzol is derived from the Russian words pod = under and zola = ash. Characteristics of Podzol soils - Deep organic layer comprising L (litter)‚ F (fermenting organic matter) and H (humus) forest‚ less under moorland - An ash-grey‚ structure less‚ silica rich E or elluvial
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necessary for both parents to go out to work. While some say that the children in these families benefit from the additional income‚ others feel they lack support because of their parents’ absence due to working constant hours at the office‚ shop‚ store‚ etc. Today’s economic situation forces both parents to go out and work in order to properly provide for their family. With both mother and father working‚ some children tend to find themselves feeling forgotten or overlooked. In this essay I will describe
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Parent Involvement in Education Research Proposal Children learn first at home with the support and encouragement from their parents. When your child becomes a student‚ as a parent you still need to be involved inside and outside the classroom. Attending school sponsored functions‚ working in the classroom as a volunteer‚ monitoring homework and communicating with your child about their day are features that will express to your child the need for them to succeed. But why is parent involvement
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should have adult supervision. In the article “ A tale of two summers for parents” by Belinda Luscombe explains how a 35 year old Shanesha Taylor left two toddlers in a hot car in Arizona for more than an hour. Tylor left her kids in that hot car because she had a job interview and she had no one else to take care of her children. Daycares should be more affordable or maybe even free because it gives their parents more options and reduces the amounts of death caused by leaving their children
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Child Abuse When one thinks of child abuse‚ the initial thought is a child with broken bones and bruises. Physical abuse is not the only type of child abuse. Child abuse can be in the form of neglect‚ emotional and sexual abuse as well as the most obvious‚ physical abuse. These four types of abuse can leave lasting scars on the children and cause a repeat pattern of abuse in later years. Child abuse covers a wide range of parental and adult actions inflicted upon children and many times are not
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variety of social factors such as an increase in births from unmarried parents‚ an escalation in family breakdown and the surfacing of alternative parental partnerships and parent-child relationships. Most notably‚ this has created uncertainty and incongruity in regards to the importance given to the link between a child and a natural parent in parental disputes concerning the upbringing of children‚ known as private law cases. This essay will assess this essential ambivalence rooted in the law through
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Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. In type 2 diabetes‚ either the pancreas does not make enough insulin (insulin is a hormone that helps glucose to enter cells) or muscle cells are unable to use insulin properly. As the result‚ a diabetic patient has very high blood sugar levels. When the sugar or glucose level is over 600 mg/dl‚ it’s dangerous to the diabetic’s health. Untreated diabetes affects the eyes‚ nerves‚ kidney‚ heart and blood vessels. Type 2 Diabetes is usually controlled
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The article “The Parent Trap” by Judith Rich Harris addresses the debate over nature vs nurture. The nature vs nurture debate seeks to understand how someone develops things such as personality‚ behaviors‚ and intelligence. Nature is the belief that hereditary traits found in our genes makes us who we are and nurture being the way parents raise their kids. Nurture is the belief that the way our parents raise us is what determines who we become. Almost all the information that goes into making us
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English 1 3 October 2012 Parents are to Blame for Child Obesity In the article “The Battle Against Fast Food Begins in the Home‚” Daniel Weintraub claims that parents are the ones to blame. They’re the ones responsible for their children’s health issues‚ weight‚ and their daily exercise. It isn’t the food company’s or the governments fault that some children are obese or a little over weight. It is the parents who let their kid’s chose what to eat and sit on the couch watch TV and play video
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