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A qualitative study, focusing on a case study based research methodological framework, will guide my research on this topic. I hope to

answer the following research questions:
1) How does comprehensible input (CI) affect the motivation of adult English Language Learners (ELLs)?
a) How does CI affect and motivate adult English Language Learners’ ability to listen effectively?
b) How does CI affect and motivate adult English Language Learners’ ability to speak confidently?

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Background: Recognizing employees for their work is an integral part of being a good leader.
Badges can be used to recognize employee excellence, incentivize learning, foster collaboration
and increase motivation. Recent research also shows that gamification in the workplace has
gained momentum and that when designed properly, the use of badges create relevance and
motivation.
Directions:
For this assignment, create a minimum of 5 badges for your organization. See some suggestions
below:
1) Professional Development Badges
2) Employee Recognition Badges (classified and certified)
3) Excellence in Teaching Badges (align with California Standards for the Teaching Profession)
4) Technology Badges
5) Teamwork and Collaboration Badges
6) Family and Community Engagement Badges
Include a brief description regarding the criteria for earning each badge and explain how it is
aligned to specific objectives/outcomes. Also include a brief description of how you plan (or
would plan) to award badges and where the the badges will be hosted.
Where to host them please refer to this Pikto Chart on
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Discussion 2

For this threaded discussion, I want you to briefly answer my questions, to ask your peers a question, and to answer one of your peer’s

questions. You should feel free to do your own research to support your arguments. (Please be sure to post the link to any resources that you

use).

You need to watch CONSTRUCTING PUBLIC OPINION: HOW POLITICIANS & THE MEDIA MISREPRESENT THE PUBLIC, FEATURING JUSTIN LEWIS

You also need to read the lecture and the readings for the topic “Media”
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Then you need to answer Dr. Beznosov’s questions:

1) What “mismatch” does Lewis describe between the politics of large numbers of the people and the politics of their representatives? Why does

Lewis say that the use of polls in the United States is undemocratic? Isn’t this a contradiction? (no more than 300 words)

2) The first rule of journalism school is that reporters should remain objective. What forces get in the way of the objectivity of mainstream

media?? (no more than 300 words)?

You need to reflect on how your understanding of public opinion polls, and the relationship between media and politics.
You need to post your question to your peers that would be relevant to the issues
You need to respond to one of your peers’ questions (no more than 200 words)

APA format paper – The intent of this assignment is for the student to demonstrate
the ability to synthesize readings and write clearly using the APA style. The student can
select a nursing philosophy, a conceptual model, or nursing theory of a nursing theorist.
The body of the paper is not to exceed 6 pages in length, 12 font, double spaced. It
will be graded based on compliance with APA format and ability to present material
through the written word. Students should review the Criteria for grading of the APA
Format Paper located within the syllabus.

Resources:
This paper should reflect the components as outlined in grading rubric below. Review of
professional nursing and health care literature must be reflected in the reference list. A
typical reference list would include three to five journal articles, one or two related web
sites, and any applicable books. A reference list containing only web resources or only
books is not appropriate.
Nursing Philosophies(The nursing philosophy we are using is the one below, this philosophy is to be applied to the 2 patient scenarios):
Adaptation Model of Nursing by Callista Roy
Adaptation Modes
A. Physiologic Mode
1. To what extent is the family able to meet the basic survival needs of its members?
2. Are any family members having difficulty meeting basic survival needs?
B. Self-Concept Mode
1. How does the family view itself in terms of its ability to meet its goals and to assist its members to achieve their goals? To what

extent do they see themselves as self-directed? Other directed?
2. What are the values of the family?
3. Describe the degree of companionship and understanding given to the family members
C. Interdependence Mode
1. To what extent are family members and subsystems within the family allowed to be independent in goal identification and achievement (e.g.,

adolescents)?
2. To what extent are the members supportive of one another?
3. What are the family’s support systems? Significant others?
4. To what extent is the family open to information and assistance from outside the family unit? Willing to assist other families

outside the family unit?
5. Describe the interaction patterns of the family in the community.

Adaptive Mechanisms
A. Regulator: Physical status of the family in terms of health? i.e., nutritional state, physical strength, availability of physical resources
B. Cognator: Educational level, knowledge base of family, source of decision making, power base, degree of openness in the system to input,

ability to process

SCHOLARLY PAPER: Nursing Philosophy or Nursing Conceptual Model ofTheories of Nursing (Nursing Theorist)
Grading Rubric:
Paper Content: Nursing philosophy or Nursing Conceptual Models, or Theories of Nursing.
Introduction and Purpose: 5%
Discuss: Why you selected above: 10%
Provide Overview of your selection: nursing philosophy, or nursing conceptualmodel or Theory of Nursing Selected: 50%
Discuss how this selection impacts professional nursing and contribution to practice: 10%
Provide a descriptive example of how you will incorporate this into 2 patients you have cared for:Provide the nursing diagnosis for each patient

toreinforce this application. May utilize a research article (attach to paper). 20%
• Patient 1:
o Nursing Diagnosis (to be included in the paper) => Fatigue related to overwhelming psychological and emotional demands as evidenced by

patient’s comments.
o Patient Scenario:
A 57-year-old man presented with crusted lesions on his thorax that had developed over a period of 2 months. He had occasional bloody discharge,

without pain, and did not have constitutional or other systemic symptoms. Multiple skin biopsies eventually confirmed the diagnosis of cutaneous

T-cell lymphoma. Computed tomography revealed no lymphadenopathy or metastases. No evidence of bone marrow involvement was found. The patient

received a course of photopheresis, with a good response. Three months later, he presented with ataxia. Imaging revealed infiltration involving

the pons and cerebellum, with new pleuropulmonary nodules. Lung-biopsy findings were consistent with recurrent low-grade T-cell lymphoma. The

patient received photopheresis therapy and then underwent autologous stem-cell transplantation. During his today’s visit, 10 months after

transplantation, he continued to have remission but continues to receive photopheresis treatment.
• Patient 2:
o Nursing Diagnosis (to be included in the paper) =>Anxiety related to social pressures of invasive and life changing surgery of gender

reassignment surgery.
o Patient Scenario:
25-year-old patient is admitted for part 2 of gender reassignment surgery from female to male. Patient expressed cues of anxiety due to the

number of surgeries requires to complete part 2. These surgeries include Hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and a phalloplasty.

The healing process of these multiple surgeries include months of recovery time and physical therapy. Patient will need to focus on the end goal

of this elective surgery and understand the possible complications that can arise. Adaption is key to the new physical and psychological

changes.
Summary: Highlight important points of paper: 5%

Two-Tier Wage Structure
Summarize the pressures to eliminate the two-tier wage structure as well as the pressures to keep it.

Instructions:

In the last decade, much discussion and debate concerning cultural appropriation has occurred in the United States. Cultural appropriation has been

defined as the act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this

culture. Controversy and debate about this topic occurs in many areas of our society, from what constitutes appropriate Halloween costumes and how

to wear jewelry and clothing from cultures not one’s own (if at all) to whether or not elements from one culture can be placed into a different

environment, and so on.

For this assignment you will be conducting research into cultural appropriation and addressing the criteria below in an essay paper. As you conduct

your research, please highlight, underline, or make note of important or persuasive points that you see authors making in their work, as well as

where you see arguments that you think fall short.
-What criteria do you think should be applied to determine whether a person is engaging in an act of cultural appropriation or whether that person

is acting appropriately in her use of taking or using things from another culture?
-For this assignment, you are encouraged to use examples from popular culture, explore references to different public figures and artwork discussed

in the essays you read, and employ other ideas to help you create your list of criteria.

Research Paper Criteria:

-Your writing should be a minimum of 500 words.
-In the first paragraph, please briefly explain your criteria to determine whether someone is using cultural items not their own as appropriate or

not.
-Then, please write two or three body paragraphs to explain each criteria you identify along with any quotations and examples you’d like to use.
-Finally, please offer additional reflections on the idea of cultural appropriation in your concluding paragraph.

 

Economics

explain the central bank’s role as a lender of last resort , reffering to the special case of the great recession

 

Instructions

     Background

• Instructions are process descriptions written to help readers perform a specific task. When you write instructions, you use the same planning, drafting, reviewing, editing, and proofreading process that you use with other kinds of technical documents. In addition, you might perform one other task – usability testing – to ensure that the instructions are accurate and easy to follow.

     Assignment

• Assume you are going to familiarize your colleagues with the process of creating a blog on a blogging platform such as WordPress or Blogger. You are to write a set of instructions that one can use to create a blog, upload a photo with a caption, and write a post with a link to another page. Set up your own blog and create a post that includes a photo with a caption and a link. Then write a clear set of instructions for someone who knows how to operate a computer but has not set up and posted on a blog.

     Content

• Designing a set of instructions is much like designing any other kind of technical document. You want to create a document that is attractive and easy to use. When you design a set of instructions, you need to consider a number of issues related to both document design and page design
  • What are your reader’s expectations?
  • Do you need to create more than one set of instructions for different audiences?
  • What languages should you use?
  • Will readers be anxious about the information?
  • Will the environment in which the instructions are read affect the document design?

     Format

1. Introduction: provides the preliminary information that readers will need to follow the instructions safely and easily. Every set of instructions is unique and therefore calls for a different introduction. Where appropriate, consider answering the following six questions
   1. Who should carry out this task?
   2. Why should the reader carry out this task?
   3. When should the reader carry out this task?
   4. What safety measures or other concerns should the reader understand?
   5. What items will the reader need?
   6. How long will the task take?
2. Step-by-step instructions
   1. Number the instructions; for long, complex instructions, use a two-level numbering system
   2. Present the right amount of information in each step
   3. Use the imperative mood
   4. Do not confuse steps and feedback statements
   5. Include graphics
   6. Do not omit articles (a, an, the) to save space
3. Conclusion: states that the reader has now completed the task; can also end with maintenance tips or a troubleshooting guide (a table) that identifies common problems and explains how to solve them
4. Length: is approximately two pages with headers for this assignment.  Remember that this is just a guideline

Plagiarism

Three common types of plagiarism you need to be aware of as a student:

• Recycling a paper; “double-dipping”; self-plagiarism: Reusing a paper you have written for a previous course
• Copying directly from a source without proper quotations or paraphrasing: When you try to pass something off as your own work
• Not using proper citations

According to the Academic Integrity and Academic Dishonesty Handbook:

Your paper should have at least 80% of your own original thought, not “borrowed, paraphrased [or] quoted” from material pulled from the Internet, articles, journals, books, etc. Your thoughts, not someone else’s!

Please review the Handbook for more examples of plagiarism and how to avoid it.

 

Write 10 facts pertaining to new things that you learned from listening to the lecture on bacterial and fungal skin infections. Submit this information as a Word document.

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Assume that a researcher is interested in developing a measure that can be used with adolescents to estimate their levels of stress due to exposure to traumatic events. Her interest is in using the measure to determine if therapy helps to alleviate stress associated with the experience of traumatic events.

Also assume she creates a measure with 10 items and administers it to a group of adolescents from a single inner city middle school in a high crime area. The measure is given to the same group of students at two time points spaced 12 months apart resulting in the following total scores at each time point:

Student ID Time 1 score Time 2 score
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1 13 18
2 14 20
3 17 14
4 20 22
5 24 25
6 25 13
7 27 34
8 31 36
9 32 25
10 35 27
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Assume that none of the students received therapy or any other type of intervention in between the two test administrations.

Using only the pretest data on the 10 items, the researcher estimates internal consistency reliability using Cronbach’s alpha and finds it to be .77.

Discussion points (REMEMBER to provide a rationale for all of your answers):

A. What type of measurement error does Cronbach’s alpha index? Is the value obtained by the researcher acceptable?

B. In class we talked about two types of reliability requiring two test administrations. For this example, calculate the correct type of reliability (either alternate forms or test-retest) using the time 1 and 2 scores above.

C. Tell what type of measurement error is indexed by the reliability coefficient you calculated for B and tell if the coefficient is at an acceptable level.

D. Based on your estimate of reliability, do you think it would be a good idea for the researcher to use this test to determine if a form of therapy designed to reduce stress is effective?

E. Was the time interval between the researcher’s test administrations reasonable or should it have been longer or shorter? Why?

F. Describe a procedure that the researcher could use to evaluate the construct validity of the test.

G. Describe a method that could be used to demonstrate concurrent validity.