What is assessment and what makes it “good?” Assessment is gathering information to ensure teachers make informed decisions about student progress. Five key components of good assessment are: classroom assessment‚ authenticity‚ formative‚ special needs intervention‚ and benchmarking. These enhance and improve student learning‚ and are outlined below. Good classroom assessment involves ‘of‚ for and as’ of learning. This practice involves teachers using inference and evidence‚ while students
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Task A Present a Speech Prompt: Based on these texts and your own experience‚ make a generalization about how relationships with others help define who you are. Share your ideas in a speech. Interests (“What‚ of This Goldfish‚ Would You Wish?” and Of Mice and Men) Religion (“My So-Called Enemy”) Character Traits Plan Choose three texts from this collection‚ make notes about each relationship‚ think about how the relationships define who the people or characters are‚ and pay attention to specific
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"I want to make them free thinkers" says Mr Keating to Mr McAllister. This essay will define the meaning of "free thinker"‚ its importance to the young men of Mr Keating’s class‚ the meaning of Mr Keating’s statement and finally the different impacts that this new way of thinking has on the boys. A "Freethinker" as defined by The Macquarie Dictionary is "someone who forms their opinions independently of authority or tradition‚ especially in matters of religion". Therefore a free thinker is someone
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Personality: What makes you the way you are? - Science News - The Independent At some point in your life‚ you ’ve probably filled in a personality questionnaire ("Do you see yourself as....?")‚ and wondered as you ticked the boxes if there can really be any validity to such a simplistic way of assessing people. Surely the scores just reflect your mood on the day‚ or what you want the investigator to think. Surely everyone gives the same answer‚ which is "it depends". Or even if the scores measure
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Management. Retrieved November 29‚ 2012‚ from http://www.opm.gov/lmr/glossary/glossaryi.asp OFM | interest arbitration. (n.d.). Office of Financial Management. Retrieved November 29‚ 2012‚ from http://www.ofm.wa.gov/labor/arbitration/interest/about.asp What is rights arbitration? definition and meaning. (n.d.). BusinessDictionary.com - Online Business Dictionary. Retrieved November 29‚ 2012‚ from http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/rights-arbitration.html
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What makes a great civilization? A civilization depends on a number of factors which are important. These factors are the components that make a civilization. The main factors are good government and control‚ good geographical location‚ labour specialisation‚ complex beliefs and a unique writing system. Good control and good government is the most important factor in the development of a civilization. Suppose‚ the geographical location is very good for the civilization; there is easy access to
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What Could Our World Be? What would life be like today if the federal government had absolute control? No freedoms for anyone whatsoever. The government controls when citizens may sleep‚ eat‚ do a job‚ and even control when citizens are allowed to speak. Would life really be worth living? We as readers are able to gain a small taste of what this would be like after reading the classic novel 1984‚ written by George Orwell. In the lonely‚ lifeless setting it is clear that the government has gained
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Inferences and AssumptionsHow to Tell Them Apart CSS 330 September 18th‚ 2003 As you work your way through the decision making process‚ or another activities that are aided by using critical thinking‚ it is important to recognize and challenge your inferences and assumptions. However‚ it is difficult to do that if you do not know the difference between an inference and an assumption. With a solid foundation‚ you can better challenge your assumptions and question your inferences. A good
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the Children that work in them Lisa Marsh Strayer University Business Ethics 290 Professor Tacha Brooks Sweatshops 2 Abstract There are so many children that are being forced and used to work in such poor conditions. I feel this is ethically wrong to basically use children in this fashion in order to mass produce a product. It exploit children in one of the worse kind of ways almost like imprisoning them for pennies and some are actually
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