Write a well-organized essay explaining your views about online vs. face-to-face instruction. Is online instruction as effective as face-to-face? Do you feel that one is better than the other? Write a 3-5 page argumentative essay with a clear thesis and use at least two sources to support your claim. Be sure to follow MLA formatting guidelines.
Day: August 31, 2020
The Progressive movement has been broadly categorized as a reform impulse designed to check, the power of big business and the lack of opportunity created by wealth concentration. Many thus claim that it was an impulse designed to bring governmental regulation to bear on out of control unfettered capitalism. However, in many ways Progressivism, as a policy and grass roots movement, was a conservative reaction to more radical movements of the day, such as anarchism, socialism, and still simmering Populism. In that sense, Progressivism was an attempt to defend and entrench capitalism, while (at least superficially) satisfying the public’s appetite for reform.” How would you defend, explain, or analyze such a statement?
This essay prompt requires a long-form written response, using complete sentences and appropriate grammar and punctuation. Expect to write 500 to 750 words to fully answer the prompt. This will be scored on a 0-25 scale.
I watched a video over the assignments she is requiring for the course. It doesn’t specify as far as formatting goes. However, in her video she does want citations but advised she wants it more originated as it will be ran through the Turnitin program. Which will check the originality of the paper and she is requesting it to be pretty original. Obviously, quoting sources are going to be expected. She has requested the question/instructions to not be included in the response. She said when quoting try not to go overboard as it will affect how much originality is scored with the paper upon it’s completion.
For this assignment, you are a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who has been consulting with six school districts in your state. You have provided guidance to school psychologists and have conducted Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) and made recommendations to Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams regarding academic and behavior goals.
Recently, your state school board contacted you to thank you for the work you have been doing in the schools and to ask a favor. The members of the state school board recently read a peer reviewed research article about the efficacy of training school teachers to conduct FBAs. The paper was convincing, and the Board would like you to conduct training not only in how to conduct a FBA but also how to implement some basic behavior acquisition and reduction programs based on applied behavior analysis (ABA) principles. You agreed to conduct a two-day workshop and begin preparations for the intensive training.
Create a 10-12 slide narrated PowerPoint Presentation to include the following:
Explain why identifying function is so important to successful behavior intervention programs.
Base this on your Unit 9 reading assignment and present facts supporting the value of conducting Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) in the public-school system and why it is important that teachers have the skills needed to conduct them.
To illustrate the importance of identifying the function of a target behavior before implementing a behavior intervention plan (BIP), provide an example of a target behavior that is being inadvertently reinforced because the function of the behavior has not been identified.
Discuss the two components of the FBA, i.e., the Indirect Assessment and the Direct Descriptive Assessment, and explain how they are carried out. Include the following in your discussion:
Describe two Indirect Assessment approaches/tools.
Describe two Direct Descriptive Assessment approaches/tools.
Detail how the probable function of a target behavior can be hypothesized based upon the results of the FBA.
Define the two broad categories of behavior function.
Acquisition Programs: Shaping and Chaining
Define Shaping and Chaining (Include the three types of chaining procedures in your discussion.)
Create a simple scenario in which a complex behavior can be broken down and trained using one of the chaining methods. Create a task analysis to illustrate the concept.
Using one of the components in the task analysis used for your chaining example, demonstrate how shaping can be used to train that one component.
Reduction Programs: Differential Reinforcement
Describe the methods of Differential Reinforcement of Alternative (DRA) behavior; Differential Reinforcement of Other (DRO) behavior; and Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible (DRI) behavior.
Create a scenario in which you illustrate the use of one of the Differential Reinforcement approaches (DRA; DRO; DRI).
Generalization and Maintenance
Define generalization and maintenance.
Explain the importance of programming for generalization and maintenance.
Present three techniques that can be used to program for generalization.
Provide an explication of Louise Bogan’s “Medusa.” For tips on poetic explication, refer to the chapter “Writing About a Poem.”
For me an explication has some specific elements to it. I look for a paraphrase of the poem in our own words, followed by an analysis of what the poem means by identifying and explaining some of the key features of the poem like tone, imagery, metaphor, personification, etc.
Medusa
BY LOUISE BOGAN
I had come to the house, in a cave of trees,
Facing a sheer sky.
Everything moved,a bell hung ready to strike,
Sun and reflection wheeled by.
When the bare eyes were before me
And the hissing hair,
Held up at a window, seen through a door.
The stiff bald eyes, the serpents on the forehead
Formed in the air.
This is a dead scene forever now.
Nothing will ever stir.
The end will never brighten it more than this,
Nor the rain blur.
The water will always fall, and will not fall,
And the tipped bell make no sound.
The grass will always be growing for hay
Deep on the ground.
And I shall stand here like a shadow
Under the great balanced day,
My eyes on the yellow dust, that was lifting in the wind,
And does not drift away.
Provide an explication of Louise Bogan’s “Medusa.” For tips on poetic explication, refer to the chapter “Writing About a Poem.”
For me an explication has some specific elements to it. I look for a paraphrase of the poem in our own words, followed by an analysis of what the poem means by identifying and explaining some of the key features of the poem like tone, imagery, metaphor, personification, etc.
Medusa
BY LOUISE BOGAN
I had come to the house, in a cave of trees,
Facing a sheer sky.
Everything moved,a bell hung ready to strike,
Sun and reflection wheeled by.
When the bare eyes were before me
And the hissing hair,
Held up at a window, seen through a door.
The stiff bald eyes, the serpents on the forehead
Formed in the air.
This is a dead scene forever now.
Nothing will ever stir.
The end will never brighten it more than this,
Nor the rain blur.
The water will always fall, and will not fall,
And the tipped bell make no sound.
The grass will always be growing for hay
Deep on the ground.
And I shall stand here like a shadow
Under the great balanced day,
My eyes on the yellow dust, that was lifting in the wind,
And does not drift away.
1. Compare the perspectives between the “Columbus Day Comic” and the “Columbus Day Critique.”
https://theoatmeal.com/static/columbus_day.html
https://www.thefeministwire.com/2013/10/christopher-columbus-was-awful-but-this-other-guy-was-not-a-flawed-critique-of-columbus-day-that-omits-indigenous-peoples-in-present-day-and-virtually-ignores-the-enslavement-of/
2.Summarize what was occurring between settlers and Indigenous nations during the early establishment of the United States in “Birth of a Nation.” What was a major example of Native resistance? How did the founding fathers ignore the clan mothers in the establishment of the U.S.?
3.What does the concept “firsting and lasting” mean? First provide the definition, and then provide 2 examples of “firsting” and 2 examples of “lasting.”
4.What argument does NCAI make in the article “Ending the Era of ‘Indian’ Mascots”? What evidence do they provide to support this argument? Lastly, what is the argument in NCAI’s “Proud to Be” commercial?
http://www.ncai.org/proudtobe
Select a company with which you are familiar, preferably one where you have been employed, and consider a process within that company that could be improved. This could be a business process, a manufacturing process, a distribution process, or a service process that you have observed or been involved with during your career.
Your paper should:
*Describe the company and how the selected process fits into the overall framework of the company.
*Create a step-by-step description of the current process incorporating a process flow chart.
*Analyze the current process for inefficiencies.
*Develop a process improvement recommendation including a detailed plan incorporating business process engineering theory and including benchmarking the reengineered process to a close business competitor. The process should be designed to be more efficient, using appropriate tools and methods learned throughout the course, including capacity utilization improvements and statistical quality control models.
*Explain possible challenges in implementing the process changes.
*Assess the expected benefits of the improved process and the potential benefits.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
Must use at least five scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style.
I will provide links that are needed
A Failure to communicate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ox5LhIJSBE
Bevan https://ashford.instructure.com/courses/67030/external_tools/retrieve?display=borderless&;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.ashford.edu%2Flti%3Fbookcode%3DBevan.6245.19.1
Describe two or more instances of miscommunication in the A Failure to Communicate video above
Describe two of the six basic principles of effective interpersonal communication, utilizing Bevan (Section 1.4)
Here are the principles of competent communication: taking responsibility for your behavior, trying to achieve shared meaning, acknowledging multiple views, respecting others and yourself, listening and evaluating the message before responding, and learning and practicing your communication skills.
For further elaboration of these principles, watch one or more of the videos in the Resources box in the top-right corner of this assignment prompt.
Explain how the characters in the video follow or do not follow the two principles identified, utilizing Bevan.
Explain one or more form(s) of noise from Bevan (Section 1.2) and how it caused the miscommunication in the video, utilizing Bevan.
These include physical, physiological, psychological, and semantic noise.
Discuss how this noise can be overcome, based on advice from Bevan.
Must be 500 words (two double-spaced pages) in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Centers APA Style resource.
Must include introduction and conclusion paragraphs.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
You have already completed a basic study about genetics and mutations. For this assignment you will research a specific genetic disorder and create a PowerPoint to explain the disorder by addressing the information outlined below. Potential disorder topics are found in the table. You may also use the link provided below the table to begin your research.
List of possible Genetic Disorders to Research:
Achondroplasia (Dwarfism)
Albinism
Adrenal hyperplasia
Autism/ Asperger syndrome
Cystic Fibrosis
Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
Duchennes Muscular Dystrophy
Familial Dysautonomia
Gardner syndrome (intestinal polyposis)
Gauchers Disease
Hemophilia
Huntingtons Disease
Jacobsen Syndrome
Klinefelters Syndrome
Klippel-Feil Syndrome
Leukodystrophy
Lou Gehrigs Disease (ALS)
Marfan Syndrome
Moebius Syndrome
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Progeria
Proteus syndrome
Retinoblastoma
Retts Syndrome
Sickle cell anemia
Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Tay-Sachs Disease
Tourette Syndrome
Turner Syndrome
Your Guide to Understanding Genetic Conditions. U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved March 16, 2018 from https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition
Topics you should include in your presentation:
Slide 1
Title Slide with Name, Course and Date
Slide 2- Introduction
Name and describe your chosen disorder. What happens to the body as a result of this disorder? What part or parts of the body does the disorder generally affect? How many people are generally affected in the US (or worldwide)?
Slides 3-4
Describe the symptoms of the disorder. What happens in the body to cause the disease? Is it a mutation? How is it inherited? Is it recessive or dominant or sex-linked? Is it triggered by other events? Find 1-2 images to illustrate the symptoms or cause of the disorder.
Slides 5-6
How is the disorder diagnosed? What tests are done? Is genetic counseling an option?
Slide 7
How is the disorder treated? Discuss medications, gene therapy, etc. Include an image to support your research.
Slide 8- Application of research
Summarize new findings about your chosen disorder by researching current articles. What new information did you learn about your chosen disorder? Include the resource(s).
Slide 9 – Conclusion
Summarize your project findings.
Slide 10References
Please provide your sources in APA format.
SLP Assignment Expectations
For this SLP assignment you will develop a PowerPoint Presentation that is approximately 1-10 slides in length and addresses the requirements outlined above. Place the text containing the answers to the questions above in the slide area, summarizing each topic using bullet points (in your own words, you can expand in more detail using the notes area). Use 4-5 bullet points per slide. Avoid using lengthy sentences and paragraphs. Maintain consistent font sizes throughout the presentation.
Be sure to include citations referencing your sources on each slide (use either the slide or notes area). Include a descriptive title for each slide that describes the topic being discussed. Be sure to include a title slide with your name, assignment type (ex. SLP Module 3) and course title. Include a slide summarizing your project findings (Conclusion slide). Your final slide should contain a list of references cited in APA format.
Nursing Profession Research Paper
The nursing profession is rich with various contributors to the profession in the areas of research, education, and practice among other roles. For the purposes of this assignment, the student must select a current or historical leader in the nursing profession to answer the following questions:
What are the title and responsibilities of the nursing leader?
What is the nursing leader’s educational background (school, degree, certifications, etc.)?
What year did the leader enter the nursing profession? How long has the nursing leader been in the profession?
What organization(s) is the nursing leader a part?
What contributions has the leader made to the nursing profession?
Describe the way(s) in which the nurse pioneered in the profession or exemplified extraordinary leadership.
What nursing or non-nursing theory does the leader ascribe to?
How has the identified theory shaped their professional practice?
Do they believe knowledge of theoretical concepts are important for the contemporary nurse? Why or why not?
How does the leader use a concept, theory, conceptual framework, and/or model within their professional role?
Write a 1250-1500 word paper according to the following:
Include an introductory paragraph with the reason(s) for selecting the nursing leader,
In the body of the paper, provide a narrative summary with responses to the questions.
Conclude with a reflective paragraph on the selected professional role in nursing.
