1. Please provide additional information (up to 250 words) that will help us better understand your academic performance. You may also use this space to explain any chronological gaps in your academic history (e.g. a period of time after high school graduation before applying to college). I was always very intrigued by the law of physics and its implication since childhood. Physics challenges our imagination and leads to great discoveries like computers and lasers that have completely changed our
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do not constitute plagiarism. (Dames‚ K‚ June 2007 p.24 (4). The word originated from the Latin word plagiarius that is an abductor and plagiare‚ which means to steal. The subject of Plagiarism is an ethical topic that has affected many areas of academic life. It can include limited borrowing without sufficient detail to the source. Plagiarism is breached when one uses another persons work and does not acknowledge that the work is not their own. Plagiarism is an extremely serious offence and is considered
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Curriculum Planning History The foundation of any school is it’s curriculum‚ and it can be delivered in a large variety of methods for the benefit of all students. Administrators of today face the unique challenge of matching the curriculum being delivered to the national core standards‚ and ensuring it is being delivered in each classroom‚ to each unique student‚ in way that increases chances of those students to becoming proficient. Danielson notes that curriculum helps to focus teachers on
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It is certainly tempting to unthinkingly agree that it’s best for all students to study the same curriculum prior to more career focused training in college‚ but there are many reasons to support diversity in early education. National curriculums are by necessity unchallenging‚ uncustomized and sacrifice for conformity. The first task that a national curriculum fails to address is that of differing student ability. The large variation in general learning ability means that gifted students will
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Mental illness is defined as any of various conditions characterized by impairment of an individual’s normal cognitive‚ emotional‚ or behavioral functioning‚ and caused by social‚ psychological‚ biochemical‚ genetic‚ or other factors‚ such as infection or head trauma. Within the different mental illnesses there are four groups of emotionally disturbed people. It is believed that a majority of the people that negotiators have to deal with have mental illnesses or are emotionally disturbed. Fuselier
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Academic Success A lot of students think that learning is only in class. If students use two extra steps‚ most students will not forget what they learned in class. To achieve effective learning‚ students needed to follow two extra steps in the three strategic learning processes. The key to success is by following these three strategies. Review is essential to student success. Unless content is reviewed by students shortly after it is learned‚ it will soon be forgotten. To avoid forgetting what
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Choose a topic (objective) from one of the strand units in the Primary Science Curriculum (DES‚ 1999) and describe how you would assess it in a way that ensures that the assessment is integrated seamlessly in teaching and learning science. Indicate what the focus of the assessment is in terms of the science concept AND skill(s). The topic chosen must not be a task included in Hands-on Science. Indicate what the focus for the assessment is in terms of science concept and skills. In your answer refer
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TOOLS TO ASSESS CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES - Assessment strategies are the structures through which students’ knowledge and skills are assessed. A. PAPER-AND-PENCIL STRATEGY Essay - is a pencil-and-paper assessment where a student constructs response to a question‚ or brief statement. Select response - is pencil-and-paper assessment in which the student is to identify the correct answer. B. PERFORMANCE-BASED STRATEGY - is an assessment which requires students to demonstrate a skill
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classic gothic novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ has been on and off the banned book list for years ever since it was first published in 1960 in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement. To Kill A Mockingbird should remain in the high school curriculum because it teaches lessons to the reader. In a town that is “diseased” with racism‚ Atticus tries to make the all white male jury understand that Tom Robinson is innocent and should be let go. He explains to them that it is clear who had hurt mayella
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and culture as Australian curriculum must be relevant to everyone and must address the present-day issues that young people face. With this intention and the goals mentioned in Melbourne Declaration‚ Australian curriculum gave special attention to Cross-curriculum priority. One of the major priorities was to ensure that all young Australian must understand the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture‚ and their significance for Australia. Cross-curriculum priority has been given continuum
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