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The Effective Use of Learning Centers Educators across the nation are focused on implementing effective instructional strategies to enhance student achievement. According to many researchers, differentiated instruction is one way to address the needs of all learners (Whitworth, Maeng, & Bell, 2013; Stanford & Reeves, 2007). Focusing on learning and teaching that addresses the variation in students’ learning needs is known as differentiated instruction (Tomlinson & Allan, 2000).…

Annotated Bibliography Bealer, Tracy L. “’The Kiss of Memory’: The Problem of Love in Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God.” African American Review 43.2-3 (Summer/Fall 2009): 311-327 20 The following essay written by Tracy Bealer, explores the symbols of the pear tree along with sexual metaphors within the novel, “Their eyes were watching God”. This essay explains how metaphor of the pear tree resembles Janie’s growth through the novel. It further discussed the gender roles that play a…

Demuth, S., & Steffensmeier, D. (2000). Ethnicity and Sentencing Outcomes in U.S. Federal Courts: Who is Punished More Harshly? American Sociological Review, 65(5), 705-729. This particular study looked at the relationship between inequality and criminal punishment. Their research led them to develop three hypotheses. First, disadvantaged treatment by legal agents occurs because they lack the resources to resist applying negative labels. Second, the behavior of disadvantaged/minority offenders…

photos of traffic violations that the police review later for possible citations. This represents one of the main ways that social media is being used to control…

understand the proper structure for IT governance in each specific company. Setting the correct business priorities helps to stay on target and to make sure the IT project is aligned with the companies goals. Following up with older projects means to review implementation of previous projects to understand and identify what went well and what went wrong. This can give a company a better insight in to assumptions and risk when undertaking new projects. Inviting only key members to a meeting is a…

Professional organizations can be found for almost any specialty that you may have an interest in. Some organizations can be informal and joining can be as simple as signing up for their monthly newsletters. Other organizations have a formal vetting process which may require you to send in sample of your work, proof of education and references. They may even have an entry exam that you must take or you might need to be sponsored by an existing member. When evaluating professional organizations,…

“Shunning in the Amish Religion” Group A I. Introduction: A. Attention getting remarks: Get a closer look at the Amish religious beliefs and their consequences of not following them. B. Purpose: To learn about the different ways to leave the Amish church and what it means to be shunned from the community. C. Central Idea: The Amish church has strict shunning rules against ex-members of the church. D. Preview of Main Points: 1. Main Point: What religious beliefs do the Amish have? 2. Main…

self-organization. The Leadership Quarterly, 18(4),…

Conclusion The Vienna Conventions, as is the common term for the United Nations Convention on Contracts for International Sale of Goods (CISG) is a common framework of rules and regulations applied in case of a business transaction between individuals or entities from two different countries. The convention was established by UNCITRAL in Vienna in 1980. Since then, it has become the most followed convention in matters of international trade. This set of rules applies to any state which is a…

I chose to write this week's Ethical Memo Assignment on the Case Study called “Supervising with Sharks: A Project Manager Deals with an Exploitative Boss written by Pamela Taquinion Brannon. Julia Masterson has just been hired as the Director of the Senior Volunteer Project. Six months into her job, Masterson begins to experience many issues within the company, the first being how the SVP FY is not in sync with its parent organization, Community Organization. The issue was brought up to…