Compare and contrast the travel narratives of The Travels by Marco Polo, The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe, and The Travels of Ibn Battuta by Ibn Battuta.

Compare and contrast the travel narratives of The Travels by Marco Polo, The Book of
Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe, and The Travels of Ibn Battuta by Ibn Battuta. What
motivated these three authors to set out on their journeys, and how did their backgrounds
and points of view affect what they found interesting and worthy of comment in the
narratives they produced upon their return? What aspects of the cultures they encountered
proved most fascinating to them, and why? How did they shape their narrative to make an
impression on their audience, and who do you think their intended audience was? How did
their reactions to other cultures reflect the attitudes of their own, and the comparisons they
made between their travels and their own experience? Finally, imagine if a visitor from
another country or culture wrote a similar narrative about the United States today. What
elements of current American life do you think they would find worthy of discussion and
critique, and why? How might such a modern approach compare and contrast with that
presented by Polo, Kempe, and Battuta?

Write a research the topic of trauma in early childhood and its effects on children in the classroom.

Write a research the topic of trauma in early childhood and its effects on children in the classroom. Based on your findings, prepare a letter to the school board presenting a case to create professional development opportunities for teachers to become informed and knowledgeable on how to deal with trauma and stressors in their classrooms. This is for a Pre-K-3rd Grade only. Just pick a grade and do the letter on that grade level. Just one grade level is needed.

Include the following:

1. Examples of trauma and stressors early childhood students experience

2. Effects of early childhood trauma and stressors on child development and classroom behavior

3. Rationale for training educators to deal with trauma in the classroom, considering the needs of both the students and the teacher

4. A minimum of two research-based strategies that assist educators in dealing with trauma and stressors in students

Support your findings with a minimum of three scholarly resources.

Write two sociological research questions and hypotheses based on the literature review and variables available for analysis in your dataset.

Soc 393
Research Project
DUE: May 20th 2022 by midnight, on iLearn
The objective of this final project is to apply the concepts and skills you are learning in 393 and analyze a sociological topic of your choice using public use, quantitative data.

I. The steps involved in this project are as follows:
1. Select a public use dataset (we will review options in class);
2. Review the research methods used to collect the data you will be analyzing;
3. Conduct a brief literature review to identify what research is already published on the topic you have chosen to analyze;
4. Write two sociological research questions and hypotheses based on the literature review and variables available for analysis in your dataset;
5. Apply your growing body of quantitative analysis skills to conduct describe and inferential statistics;
6. Summarize and present your results using tables, figures and written explanations, and finally;
7. Interpret the results and answer your research questions in a discussion section.
II. Overall, the paper should contain several sections:
a. Abstract
i. An abstract is a summary of the paper
ii. 200-word limit
b. Introduction (2 pages)
i. Introduce the reader to your paper topic from a sociological perspective
1. Describe the topic and its sociological importance.
2. Why should the reader care?
ii. Please summarize at least 4 peer-reviewed journal articles in your introduction as examples of previous empirical research on your topic.
iii. Present your research questions and hypotheses at the end of the Introduction.
c. Methods (2 pages)
i. What dataset are you analyzing?
ii. How was the data collected?
1. What is the unit of analysis?
2. What sampling strategy was used to collect the data?
3. What is the sample size?
4. Where was the data collected?
5. During what time period was the data collected?
6. How have your variables of interest operationalized (e.g. how do the researchers operationalize bullying)?
7. What type of variables are you analyzing (e.g. dichotomous, ordinal, interval-ratio).
d. Analysis (1 page)
i. What types of descriptive and inferential statistics are you using to answer your research question and why?
1. Descriptive (means, medians, modes, standard deviations, IQR, visualizations)
2. Inferential (chi-squares, correlation coefficients, t-tests and accompanying tests of statistical significance)
e. Results (3-4 pages)
i. You MUST include both descriptive and inferential statistics in this section.
ii. You MUST have two data visualizations generated in R or SPSS. These are included as an Appendix and do not count toward the page limit.
f. Discussion (1-2 pages)
i. Please revisit your research questions in this section.
1. Do your findings support your hypotheses?
2. Were your findings unexpected or expected?
ii. As a sociologist, what is your interpretation of the statistical results?
g. Bibliography
i. Please use APA style for your bibliography.
ii. Use Zotero
III. Page Length:
a. Page 1 is a cover page that includes only your name and our class details.
b. Page 2 includes the abstract only.
c. The body of the paper begins on page 3 and should be a minimum of 10 pages and a maximum of 12 pages (double spaced, Times New Roman font, 12-point, 1-inch margins) from the start of the introduction to the end of the discussion section.
d. The two data visualizations should be included with a label (Figure 1., Table. 1.) and a title at the end of the paper, after the bibliography.
e. Don’t forget to number your pages.
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“What are the norms portrayed by health app discourses, and how do they relate to neoliberal ideologies in data fetishism?”

Research Question:
“What are the norms portrayed by health app discourses, and how do they relate to neoliberal ideologies in data fetishism?”

The goal of my essay:
Discourse and content analysis of how MyFitnessPal app users relate to neoliberalism and data fetishism.
– I will provide my findings (user comments); please do an analysis of them (eg. how do the comments reflect neoliberalism? do users rely on the community of the app? By reading through the comments, what do you observe? How does the usage promote date fetishism? etc)
– The findings are in my incomplete draft, please feel free to edit them

Has college writing allowed you to explore (or define) your identity in any way?

Directions: Write a 4-page, MLA formatted essay that responds to the following:
Has college writing allowed you to explore (or define) your identity in any way? Why or why not?
Technical Requirements:
Please use MLA Format (Times New Roman, 12-point font, double spaced, Works Cited page, etc.).
Your essay should be at least 4 pages in length (Please note: the Works Cited page doesn’t count as an essay page).
Please use at least 3 quotes (from at least 2 different literary and/or academic sources) to help discuss your ideas.
For additional guidance on MLA Format, this is a great resource: MLA Purdue O.W.L. (Online Writing Lab)

Write a novel with at least 10 characters.

Write a novel with at least 10 characters. You are free to choose any name but the protagonist has to be a nun, Sr. Magdalene. ( She teaches computer science, creative writing, and Theology 2- sacraments )
The setting should be in a Catholic High school ( Lulume High school ) in 2021 during the covid pandemic ( Some of the students will be online while others will be in class)
Her seating arrangement for those in class is U shaped
In the class, there are three students who used to be overachievers but they were failing and so had no future because they thought they were going to die. This nun Sr. Magdalene works hard using differentiation, peer-to-peer tutoring, and podcasting to build a rapport with students and she ensures that these students don’t drop out and help them get their grades up teaches them prayers, and even helps them have a better relationship with their parents. In the end, these students graduate in May 2022 and are excited to join the university.

Note: don’t include any offensive word choices and chose word choices or terminologies related to education, Catholicism, and computer science

Describe the issue or topic that the article provides information on. Summarize the article’s findings on the identified problem.

Includes your thesis sentence, and
Identifies the one scholarly article you have chosen to explore on a topic problem in your current profession or programmatic field of study.
Additionally, your body paragraphs will be expected to address these ideas:

Describe the issue or topic that the article provides information on.
Summarize the article’s findings on the identified problem.
Interpret the information in your chosen article.
Comment on why the article is useful and should be read, including how it contributes to a deeper understanding of the problem discussed.
Consider how the article illuminates the effects on the profession or professionals within the discipline as well as potential short-term and/or long-term impacts the problem is having on the profession or field of study.
Your conclusion paragraph should

Summarize your professional response, highlighting any major takeaways on the underlying topic.
You will be uploading this Source Critique Essay to your ePortfolio. You will have the opportunity to share this essay or another assignment you have uploaded to Folio in the Week 4 Revision Strategies and Folio discussion forum. See the following resources for assistance in this process:

Setting Up and Using Folio
Getting a Link to a Project in Folio
For assistance with your assignment on writing a quality thesis statement, see the following resources developed by the Writing Center:

Understanding Your Assignment
Writing a Paper
Writing a Thesis Statement
Introduction to APA

The Source Critique Essay,

Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
Student’s name
Name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Due date
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice resource for additional guidance.
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.
For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions and Writing a Thesis Statement, refer to the Writing Center resources.
Must use at least one credible source in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view Quick and Easy Library Research tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. e the APA: Formatting Your References List