Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills

University of Texas at Austin. This assessment was designed to test how one learns, studies, and ones feelings towards learning and studying. The LASSI-HS uses ten scales to provide standardized scores (percentile score equivalents). The scales used are attitude, motivation, time management, concentration, information processing, selecting main ideas, study aids, self-testing, testing strategies and anxiety. The LASSI-HS categorizes these ten scales into three components of strategic…

felt for a disaster. Summarize the review of literature The review of literature includes a description of “disaster” as either human-caused or nature caused. It defines disaster preparedness as being able to respond with skill and knowledge. It says that nursing knowledge and ability is greatly needed in a disaster and that nurses should be capable of responding. It talks about how nurses are mostly unprepared and how they should practice and take courses in order to become prepared. Morrison…

One of the most heated topics in education today is the current implication of the Common Core State Standards. Created by education leaders and the governors from 48 of the 50 United States (Texas’ Rick Perry and Alaska’s Sarah Palin refused to participate) and the District of Columbia (Murphy) the CCSS was deigned to prepared students for college, and get schools away from curriculums that catered to standardized tests. The creators also hoped that it would create an even benchmark for…

Southwest Airline is one of the major airline companies in the U.S, and it has low-cost, high services carrier with top customer sanctification in the industry. Southwest Airline was founded in 1971, headquarted in Dallas, Texas. It starts with three Boeing 737 serving Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, now it has become the fourth Southwest Airline is the only and longest profitable company since 1973 in the U.S. Compare with other airlines in the industry there are many reasons that makes…

values, dominant intelligences, and keep in touch with volunteer opportunities in my society. Thus, this essay is an essential part for me to portray myself and set out my long-term educational goals. Following all these steps on the Type Focus assessment, I found out that my personality type is ENFP, which stands for extraversion, intuition, feeling and perceiving (Type Focus,…

development of children and with certain degrees of severity relate to language and literacy disorders. In school-age children, for example, hypersensitivities may result in difficulties concentrating, as well as have an impact on their socialization skills (Nelson, 2010, p. 174). Amanda may have difficulties avoiding distractions,…

I plan to become certified to teach grades EC – 6th. My strong desire is to teach 5th grade. After reviewing the website to locate the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) writing standards for the 5th grade level, I found that only 4th and 7th grade had writing standards. I am not sure what this means, but I am going to assume that it means that only students at these grade levels take the writing portion of the examine. With a testing pattern such as this, I plan to ensure that my…

Curriculum in the school’s systems has been altered or changed throughout the century to provide children the knowledge that needs to be learned. Education is more important than the grades you receive but the understandings needed to live in our today’s world. Education allows us to process the information we receive on a daily basis and make conclusions and inferences based on what we already know (ROWAN, 2014). If education is so important, why are schools starting to “dumb down” education?…

to know which way will produce the most innovative and intelligent individuals. A study at the University of Texas showed us two different cultures and what they believed made a productive member of society. After research and understanding, the hypothesis is that creativity is what creates the most innovative and intelligent members of society. In a study conducted by University of Texas, various adults (some from the United States and Vanuatu) were shown videos of children performing tasks.…

for children with ADHD facing difficulty with academic, social and behavioral difficulties. They are equipped with a basic outline and knowledge in effectively assisting students with ADHD succeed in their educational setting; however, they do not have extensive training in treating mental health conditions, and is not qualified to perform mental health assessments, prescribe medications or provide…