The Criterion Collection

oriented by problem situation, which influencing public administration to deal with real social problems with scientific attitude. The scientific experimental attitude is a willingness to tackle the problem using working hypotheses that guide the collection and interpretation of data or facts. Both theory and methods are viewed as tools to address the problematic…

Problem Statement, Purpose Statement, Research Question In the study “Effectiveness of end-of-life education among community-dwelling older adults” Matsui (2010) addresses the problem that fewer than “50% of severely or terminally ill patients completed an advance directive” (p. 363) which makes it difficult for health care professionals to identify patients’ wishes in situations where end of life is near. This is a significant problem to nursing, as nurses have a responsibility to inform and…

Feminism in Sports Society has always tried to enforce social control in the world. This constant hunt for control in society’s normative compliance has transitioned into the world of sports. Professional sports have been in our country for close to one hundred years; while various sports have progressed at their own pace, industrialization has progressed at even a faster rate. Some of America’s most loved sports such as basketball, football, and boxing have endured the test of stabilization…

how it works. Curriculum Based Assessment and Curriculum Based Measurement is useful to Response to Intervention because it can help identify students who are in need of assistance. A child is considered a responsive learner if they score above a criterion level even if they scored below fellow class students. This study took 60 children from 30 resources classrooms and 20 different schools across the state of Michigan,…

The school district sent a memo to school officials and teachers to inform them that no new referrals will be accepted for special educations services until the beginning of next school year. The school district has a large number of reevaluations that needed to be conducted and the school psychologist would be unable to complete any new evaluations at that time. Many teachers in the school district were upset because they had waited to make special education referrals after they had attempted…

accepted; and esteem needs: to accomplish, be knowledgeable, gain appreciation and recognition. Furthermore, Maslow believed that an individual is ready to focus on their growth when deficiency needs are met. Maslow initial theory consisted of one criterion for growth that was self-actualization. However, Maslow later breaks down the growth needs into different factors such as cognition: to know, to understand and explore; aesthetic: symmetry, organize and beauty; self-actualization: to…

Introduction: This Research problem is aiming to compare and contrast four programming languages according to programming paradigms and the features with the purpose of determining the suitability and applicability of the languages for each criterion, distinguish them with their pros and cons, evaluate and explore the related features on those languages. For this I have selected one language from each programming paradigm (imperative, object-oriented, functional, logic) and compared it with the…

Abstract Purpose: This study was designed to compare the pragmatic abilities of children and adolescents who suffered a traumatic brain injury to their non-injured age matched peers. Methods: Participants were put into four groups (adolescent TBI, adolescent control group, child TBI, and child control group). The TBI groups sustained a moderate head injury between two and four years prior to the study and were no longer receiving speech therapy. Each participant engaged in the conversational…

(1-2). Less common echocardiographic findings of IE include pseudoaneurysm, fistula, or valve perforation. The American Heart Association (AHA) Valvular Heart Disease Guideline and AHA Scientific Statement list new valvular regurgitation as a major criterion (3). Valvular vegetation remains the pathologic hallmark of infective endocarditis. M-mode echocardiography, transthoracic…

second year as the middle school reading specialist, the Title I Reading data collected contains information from the past two years. This information helps determine the instructional program appropriate to implement in the middle school. Data Collection After several discussions with the principal about low reading test scores and its…