The focus of a performance assessment is to see how well a student can apply his or her knowledge of content by using the skills that he or she has learned. Performance assessment is said by its advocators to be more in line with instruction than multiple-choice tests. With an emphasis on a closer similarity between observed performance and the actual criterion situations, it can also in a positive way guide instruction and student learning and promote desirable student attitudes. Furthermore,…
Everyone has their strengths and everyone has their weaknesses. In the sport of soccer for example, everyone on the team can spend the same amount of time practicing the same skill or move but this does not mean each player does not complete the move as successfully as the other. Similarly, this is also the case when it comes to authors and their use of rhetorical strategies, diction, and the Aristotelian appeals. Some authors use these writing strategies more successfully than others. In the…
worthy to be titled with the name epidemic until they realized the devastating side effects. Athletes and military personal used to be told to rub some dirt on it or to get tougher because the injury was not visible from a human eye, so therefore we didn’t see the devastating effects. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or otherwise known as CTE, is a devastating side effect of multiple concussions or blows to the head. According to the Brain Injury Institute, CTE is defined as a progressive…
74). Adolescents are motivated by the short-term consequences of their actions (McKinney et al., 2013, p. 171). For this age group, an appropriate diagnostic statement would be, deficient knowledge related to lack of interest in learning as evidenced by the adolescent’s lack of motivation to understand…
The “gender paradox hypothesis” has been explained in two different models, the polygenic multiple-threshold models and the constitutional variability models. The polygenic multiple-threshold models advocate females find genetic and environmental loads a necessity to affect them. The constitutional variability models campaign that men have a more diverse genetic variability, which allows…
Chapters 1 & 2. Footlocker Incorporated Technology and information systems are increasingly used in businesses to reduce costs and increase gains throughout the marketplace. Information systems have created a comparative advantage for businesses as technology has become a major way businesses operate (Bidgoli, 3). Information systems like Point-of-Sale (POS) and financial information systems (FIS) are used to improve common practices such as inventory and disbursement (4). Information systems…
The organizational structure of GEICO begins with Berkshire Hathaway, which is run by Warren Buffet and would be considered a conglomerate with companies operating in multiple industries. Directly below Warren Buffet is Tony Nicely, the Chairman and CEO of GEICO. Mr. Nicely has multiple senior vice presidents reporting to himself, including the president of GEICO, Bill Roberts. Under the president is where the vast majority of the decision-making occurs by the various Senior…
Many gamers like to play different types of genres such as adventure, sports, shooters and many more. These different genres separate gamers into genre groups that they choose to be in while playing a certain game. Each set of genres enable gamers to chat and play with other people who play the same type of game that they…
High School Activities Wile excelling in basketball and six-man football, I was taught important life skills. I have been team captain for both sports from my freshman year, this has put me in team leader positions where I was required to develop leadership skills. Throughout high school, I participated in multiple organizations that furthered my academic education and added to my accomplishments, such as National Honor Society, 4-H, FFA, and Letterman’s Club. All of which I held an office…
A virtual world refers to a computer-simulated environment in which users interact for the purposes of social interaction, business, entertainment, education or research (citation). Whereas the terms virtual world is often linked to 3D environments, the terms encompasses numerous virtual environments which may take the form of primitive Multi-User Dungeons, social interaction websites, such as Twitter, and online chat rooms. Some of the ethical issues that surround virtual world utilities and…