Good Teacher Good Enough? By Ester J. de Jong & Candace A. Harper Introduction More and more teachers find themselves teaching students from increasingly diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. In a recent report (National Center for Education Statistics‚ 2002)‚ 42% of the teachers surveyed indicated that they had English Language Learners (ELLs) in their classroom‚ but only 12.5% of these teachers had received more than eight hours of professional development specifically related to ELLs (NCES
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ASSIGNMENT: Ethics in Statistics There are a number of possible ways in which unethical behavior can arise in statistics and researchers should steer clear of these. It is relatively simple to manipulate and hide data‚ projecting only what one desires and not what the numbers actually speak‚ thus giving birth to the famous phrase “Lies‚ damned lies and statistics”. However‚ this doesn’t happen all the time and there is no reason not to believe in the conclusions of a statistical analysis (Siddharth
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INTRODUCTION Statistics is the study of the collection‚ analysis‚ interpretation‚ presentation‚ and organization of data. Pie Chart- a type of graph in which a circle is divided into sectors that each represent a proportion of the whole. A Bar Graph (also called Bar Chart) is a graphical display of data using bars of different heights. This report essentially highlights the average earning‚ median value and a graphical representation of the actor Aamir Khan’s box office earnings in the last 10
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age of thirteen.” This quote is said by Madison in the novel Damned. She says this to contrast the differences between her life and the lives of other thirteen year olds. Madison believes that Earth contains people that are cruel and selfish.The puritans would exile the novel Damned due to the lack of religious beliefs‚ law breaking characters were present‚ and the characters lead sinful lives. The puritans would oppose the novel Damned because of the lack of religious beliefs. Madison’s parents
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In “The Future is Now‚” Joel Achenbach exposes our inability to foresee the next big thing in science and technology. Achenbach refers to the internet as being an entity that was not foreseen. Within a relatively short period of time the internet has forever changed the way in which we live our lives. We buy‚ shop‚ learn‚ and enjoy entertainment differently since the inception of the internet. Achenbach uses the fact that the internet was not predicted to support his stance by explaining the origins
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Lies of silence Moore‚ Brian Summary Chapter 1 Michael Dillon is the manager of the Clarence Hotel in Belfast‚ Northern Ireland. He is preparing the arrangements for the day - the graduation week and an Orange Order congress. Later Dillon phones his mistress‚ Andrea‚ because he wants to take a walk with her. He picks her up and they take a romantic walk in the Lover’s lane. They talk about their past history‚ moving to London‚ Dillon’s up-coming divorce and the first time Dillon met Moira
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φ WINNER Best non-fiction Screenplayη Writer’s Guild of America (East and West) 2008 φ WINNER 20‚000 Euro ‘Cult’ Prize η Rome Film Festival 2007 φ WINNER Golden Gate Awards Special Jury Prize η 2008 San Francisco International Film Festival φ WINNER Golden Award – long form documentaryη 2008 Al Jazeera International Documentary Festival φ WINNER Best Film Scriptη 2008 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards φ WINNER 2 Australian Film Institute Awards η Best Documentary Feature
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WaypointHR WaypointHR is an Open Source human database. It provides organizations with a free‚ immediate and flexible Human Resource Management System (HRIS). WaypointHR is software that: * Fully editable employee records * Retain similar information on all employees * Create company records on staff data * Instant search facility for employees by name * View historical employee data * Create company report on staff data * Provide comprehensive employee
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each year are among young people aged 15–24 years. More than 400‚000 teen girls aged 15–19 years gave birth in 2009(CDC‚ 2009) 47.4% had ever had sexual intercourse 33.7% had had sexual intercourse during the previous 3 months‚ and‚ of these 39.8% did not use a condom the last time they had sex 76.7% did not use birth control pills or Depo-Provera to prevent pregnancy the last time they had sex 5.3% had had sex with four or more people during their life 12%) teens has had oral
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Chapter Self Review page 3 3-4 71 The monthly sales for a sample of HiTec Electronic supply stores were organized into a frequency distribution. The mean of weekly sales was computed to be $ 3‚219‚360‚ the median $3‚192‚000‚ and the mode $3‚176‚800. a. Sketch the sales in the form of a smoothed frequency polygon. Note the location of the mean‚ median‚ and mode on the x-axis. - Mode 3‚176‚800 < Median 3‚192‚000 < Mean 3‚219‚360 Therefore‚ b. Is the distribution symmetrical
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