Based on Stanovich and Stanovich’s (2003) framework for evidence-based practice in education‚ Memory Tutor and Wordle have markedly different evidence bases linked directly to their relative effectiveness‚ as well as the strength of the theoretical foundations upon which the techniques are based. The three factors upon which a teacher should found their evaluations of an educational practice can be reduced to the following: publication of findings in peer-reviewed‚ refereed journals; replication
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What is social exclusion‚ why is it relevant to social work and how have attempts to address the issues associated with it influenced social work practice and its value base? The idea of citizenship conferring rights and privileges and defining boundaries can be traced back to Diogenes of Sinope in 3rd century B.C. Greece (Navia‚L‚ 2005). However‚ the term ‘social exclusion’ is a comparatively new one‚ first utilised in France in the 1970’s. It was used to describe the marginalized population
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T H E HEAT O F NEUTRALIZATION O F STRONG ACIDS AND BASES IN H I G H L Y DILUTE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS] Can. J. Chem. Downloaded from www.nrcresearchpress.com by 86.145.230.179 on 01/15/13 For personal use only. ABSTRACT Heats of neutralization of sulphuric and hydrochloric acids by sodium hydroxide have been determined‚ using a microcalorimeter of the Tian-Calvet type. The range of concentrations employed was 5x10-" N to 3x10-* N‚which is sufficiently low to permit an accurate extrapolation to be
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Plutonium and internet start-up company which was founded at the beginning of the technology boom was developing the technological systems necessary to support the rapidly expanding user base. Plutonium purchased an expensive and complex billing system to automate the billing of internet accounts using a credit card to integrate its system. Jonathan‚ the manager of operations department‚ was given the phony credit card to help fix corrupted accounts created by the launch and integration. Chris
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“Stalin won because Trotsky lacked a power base”: How far does this statement explain why Stalin‚ rather than Trotsky‚ succeeded Lenin as leader of the Soviet State? A power base is the source of a person’s organisation power or influence. The statement “Stalin won because Trotsky lacked a power base” does not explain the actual reasons as to why Trotsky did not succeed Lenin as the leader of the Soviet state. Trotsky had the most powerful power base in Russia at the time which was that he had control
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MZUMBE UNIVERSITY (MU) SCHOOL OF BUSINESS COURSE: Msc ENTR SUBJECT: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT SUBJECT CODE: BUS 5021 TASK: TERM PAPER SUBMITTED TO: Prof. ELISANTE OLE GABRIEL NAME: VICENT TURUKA REG/NO: 009/T.11 SUBMITION DATE: 9th January 2012 Question Using an industry of your choice‚ discuss various challenges facing business operators in Tanzania and which strategies could you suggest to address the challenges. How could those challenges be converted to opportunities
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Knowledge Systems in Organizations IN-2028-01 - AD-2014 Collaborative Activity 202 – Models of information systems for decision making Objectives: • • • Investigate about the main characteristics of what a model of information systems for decision making are. To know what is business intelligence‚ its capabilities and business analysis. Also‚ investigate about the types of information systems that focus in the decision making. Instructions: In group‚ you will investigate in the textbook
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John Bowlby was a mid-twentieth-century English psychologist who was known all over the world for putting a scientific label to motherly love and its importance to a child. He called his evidences Attachment Theory. Bowlby’s thesis was that the success of all relationships in life is dependent on the success of the first one‚ specifically the bond between the infant or small child and his mother or primary guardian. As unemotional as the sound of the word “attachment” may sound‚ it defines a phenomenon
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particularly long-term relationships including those between a parent and child and between romantic partners. Attachment is an emotional bond to another person. Psychologist John Bowlby (1969‚ 1988) was the first attachment theorist‚ describing attachment as a "lasting psychological connectedness between human beings." Bowlby believed that the earliest bonds formed by children with their caregivers have a tremendous impact that continues throughout life. He suggested attachment also serves to keep the
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Osborne What is Attachment? Attachment is an emotional bond to another person. Psychologist John Bowlby was the first attachment theorist‚ describing attachment as a "lasting psychological connectedness between human beings" (Bowlby‚ 1969‚ p. 194). Bowlby believed that the earliest bonds formed by children with their caregivers have a tremendous impact that continues throughout life. According to Bowlby‚ attachment also serves to keep the infant close to the mother‚ thus improving the child’s chances
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