Gender gaps in academic achievement

Task 1: Analysis of Legal or Ethical Issue Related to Educational Equity
Assignment/Performance Task #1: Research Report on Legal or Ethical Issue Related to Educational Issue
Given appropriate readings, class discussions, and prior field experiences, you will select a legal or ethical issue
associated with educational equity. It may be an issue that you observed in the school or one that interests you. You will write a research-based report of about 3 pages discussing the selected topic. You must cite at least 3 scholarly sources. The paper must follow APA format. It should have (1) an introduction which states and defines the problem, and discusses the extent, discusses its historical roots, and explains how it is a good subject for future action research (2) a brief review of the literature, including strategies for addressing the issue (3) a discussion as to why this topic is important for teachers to understand, including how it relates to educational equity and (4) a conclusion about how the selected topic will guide and/or affect the candidate’s future teaching. Please discuss how this research might help you to become a more effective and equitable teacher. Be sure to include a References page with your scholarly sources.
Topic for essay:
Gender gaps in academic achievement
Your entire paper should be 3 pages long. Use APA format to cite sources, quotations, and references. Make sure to have a title on your paper which includes your name, the course number and section, the date, and the topic about which you are writing. Make sure to have a reference list at the end of the paper. Double space your paper and use size 12 font (Times New Roman or Arial only).

Why is this considered to be “the greatest war novel of all time?” What message does the book convey and how? (Patriotic idealism, horrors of war, camaraderie, effects on soldiers’ mentality, etc…)

Write an answer of 3 to 5 complete sentences to each of the following questions. You must answer all the questions.
Why is this considered to be “the greatest war novel of all time?” What message does the book convey and how? (Patriotic idealism, horrors of war, camaraderie, effects on soldiers’ mentality, etc…)
Choose your favorite/not-so-favorite character(s) from the book and discuss their characteristics.
What new technologies were introduced in World War I and how did they alter traditional warfare? Be specific in mentioning the type of weapons used and their effects.
What role does the author suggest that women occupied in the war? (The girls in the poster, Paul’s French brunette, Paul’s mother and sister, Lewandowski’s wife, etc.)
How does Baumer’s opinion of war evolve from enlistment to when things become quiet on the western front? How does Baümer feel when he gets back home? In the scene of Baümer and the enemy soldier, how does Baümer’s state of mind change?

Romanticism unit

Your essay will be typed, double-spaced, 12 Times New Roman font, and MLA format.
Your paper should be a minimum of one page long and a maximum of two (Single spaced).
You must have at least 4, but no more than 5, paragraphs in the essay.
The entire essay must have at least 3 quotes from at least 2 different texts from the unit.
You will not use first-person or second-person point of view (no “I,” “me,” “you,” “we,” etc.)
Essay Topics
Romantic writers are well known for their use of imagery. Pick two of the texts that we have read and discuss how the author(s) use of imagery affects the mood and/or tone of the story/poem/essay.
Pick one of the elements of Romanticism (ex: love of nature, the supernatural, the importance of emotion, rebellion against society) and explain how the author or authors use it in his/her story/poem/essay to develop a theme.
Identify a similar theme in two of the pieces we have read. Discuss how the author/authors developed said theme using literary elements to include figurative language and rhetoric.
Basic Outline.
4-6 sentences
Sentence 1 = hook sentence.
Sentence2 2-4 = brief summary of the story/stories/essay/poem. Brief information about the author(s).
Last sentence = thesis statement. This is a sentence that basically says what the essay will be about, but it does NOT go “This essay will be about…”
Body Paragraph #1. You must have at least 2, no more than 3 body paragraphs.
Topic sentence. Each topic sentence will be a statement that helps support your thesis statement.
Each topic sentence should have at least 2 supporting details – sentences that help support your topic, help show that your topic sentence (main idea) is true.
You must also include at least one embedded quote in each body paragraph. The quote will help to support your topic.
End each body paragraph with a statement that will lead or flow into the next paragraph.
Body Paragraph #2. If you only have 2 body paragraphs, skip body paragraphs #3 and #4, and go on to the conclusion.
Body Paragraph #3. If you only have 3 body paragraphs, skip body paragraph #4 and go on to the conclusion.
Body paragraph #4.
Conclusion – This will be your final paragraph. 3-5 sentences.
Restate your thesis statement (reword it; don’t copy and paste)
Summarize the main points in your essay
“Wrap it up” – add a concluding thought that will make the reader think more about your topic, or that might call the reader to action to read more of these works.
Rubric
All aspects of MLA are present and correct. -Title is reflective of thesis. -Heading is correct order and spacing. -Last name & page number is in top right hand corner of each page. -Quotes are correctly cited in text. -Works Cited Page is correct.

Diction (wording) is excellent, vivid and of a high school level. Transition Words are used throughout the essay.

What do you think would be important to consider about this population prior to meeting with them?

part 1
Faith Groups and Healthy Aging
You and your colleagues work for a community health center and want to deliver a presentation to a group of adult men and women at a local mosque because they are underrepresented within your agency. The topic of focus is successful aging; however, you all also want to remind the group about the organization and the services that are offered. In your post, address the following:
What do you think would be important to consider about this population prior to meeting with them?
Support your position with resources and appropriate APA formatting and citations.
part 2
An Alternative to Smoking?
Vaping has become the new “smokers alternative” due to the unfounded belief that it is a safer habit. Consider the scenario from the American Family Public Outreach presentation in which Alicia is developing a public health campaign to counter the rising use of vape pens as an alternative to smoking. Discuss some of the obstacles Alicia is encountering. How do you think that this “myth” started and what strategy do you feel Alicia can use as an effective health promotion tool to change this perception?
Note: Remember to adhere to the requirements listed in the Faculty Expectations Message for unit discussion posts and peer responses.

part 3 Social Media and Community Partnerships
In the American Family Public Outreach presentation, Alicia has selected Instagram and Twitter as the two main social media resources to use for her health promotion campaign.
What other venues should she include and why?
How could a partnership with her community teen center help her efforts?
Note: Remember to adhere to the requirements listed in the Faculty Expectations Message for unit discussion posts and peer responses.

Write and edit so that your messages are clear, concise and precise

The topic will be adding more online couse to the temple university system

Learning objectives:
1. Write and edit so that your messages are clear, concise and precise
2. Apply critical thinking skills and increase your ability to interpret, analyze, evaluate, conclude
and explain. Your specific topic must be approved by your instructor.
You cannot submit any subsequent assignments without submitting a topic
proposal and getting approval from your instructor. As such, ensure
that there is enough information in your submission for your instructor
to fully understand and approve your idea; not doing so will delay your
ability to move forward with the assignment.
Your topic proposal will address the following questions:
What are you proposing?
Short explanation

2. To whom are you proposing it?
–
Must include a specific name and title. You must find at least one
source that helps you identify or understand your audience. You should
cite the source (in text) and document the source (reference list at
end) in APA
What need or problem does the proposal address?
–
You must should find at least one source that helps you identify the
problem. You should cite the source (in text) and document the source
(reference list at end) in APA
What are other companies/organizations/schools doing in relation to your topic?
You must find at least one source that helps you identify what
other organization are doing related to your need / solution. You
should cite the source (in text) and document the source (reference list
at end) in APA

Other Requirements:
· No more than one page ( if reference list starts a new page – that is OK)
· Use 1-inch margins and 11 or 12-point font
· Use brevity tools such as bulleted lists and bolding – should be easy to read

Here are some ideas that you may use to come up with a topic ( but you are not limited to )
· Propose an internship program to an existing company
· If you are already in an internship, identify a problem at your company and propose a solution
· Propose a new student service not already offered at Temple
o For example, we now have Cherry Pantry to give students that need it access to healthy
food
· Propose a conference for the Fox School to host
· Propose a new Living Learning Community for a Temple residence hall
· Propose a service-learning project for one of the majors within Fox
· Propose a student-run sustainability program for campus
· Propose a post-college life skills seminar (different from the services that CSPD already
provides) – this could be a one-credit course or a special badge on Suitable

Systemic racism and gender gap

Systemic Racism & Gender Gap Questions
Read over the pamphlet -Systemic Racism & Gender Gap
Respond to the following questions:
Some questions will be simple to respond to (yes/no), but others will need a more detailed response. Be sure to write several sentences to a
paragraph to respond.
Copy & paste the questions & respond – or make sure the question numbers are visible in
your response
1. Were you aware of the gender pay gap before reading this article? If so when were you first made aware of this
problem?
2. Did you know that this also included issues of race?
3. In reading about the historical background with wage inequality, name two things that stood out to you the most with
this issue. What about these issues stood out or surprised you?
4. Have you or anyone that you know discovered that they were making less than a co-worker- based on gender?
5. Discuss why is it important to correct pay equity gaps for all women?
6. How do we persuade top management and those in charge that gender pay equity is important and needs to be
fixed?
7. There are several areas listed at the end of the document that point to areas where work still needs to be done.
Discuss an area mentioned here that you think will have the most impact and also come up with another area that is not
mentioned that you think will help to combat the problem.

Business Intelligence Systems

Please review the following discussion questions and provide several sentences per question. The more detailed you are, the more points you will receive. Go above and beyond the minimum requirements. Further, please respond to at least two other students and provide them constructive feedback, parts of their answer that you enjoyed, and/or new ideas in where they can look into.
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CogniToys uses IBM’s Watson to power its Dino toy. Dino answers questions children (or grown-ups) ask it but in a customized way. It remembers the age of the person asking the questions and gives more complex answers to older children. It also plays games, tells jokes, and keeps track of the child’s progress in a variety of subjects. Parents can access online reports to see how well their child is progressing. Describe how IBM’s Watson could change formal education. How might Watson be used to help educate children in developing countries? 3-
Thought leaders like Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and the late Stephen Hawking have expressed concerns about the potential harm that could come from AI. For example, Stephen Hawking warned that AI could evolve beyond the control of humans and cause the end of mankind. Describe some of the potential harmful effects that could come from advanced AI (superintelligence). If AI-powered robots could do 95 percent of current human jobs, what will humans do?
Discussion Directions:
After you type your initial post, read through the other entries and reply directly to at least two classmates; otherwise, you will only get partial credit. When you reply, please type the name of the classmate you are responding to, provide a welcome message to that person, and type your name at the bottom of the message. Make sure to use proper grammar, capitalization, (I instead of i) and punctuation in this college level course in all correspondence. Please avoid “text” or “twitter speak” when corresponding. For further guidance and rules on posting to the discussion board, please visit the Online Class Discussion page.

The importance of the control function in a manufacturing business

Purpose
In this project, you will understand the importance of the control function in a manufacturing business. You will compare actual performance with desired production standards, measure progress toward company goals, and address deviations in performance through corrective action.
Outcome Met by Completing This Assignment
Develop measures and assess outcomes against plans and standards to improve organizational effectiveness.

Scenario
The following chart displays the results of the first year’s production of the, Lacks Tracks Cycles, an electric-powered chopper-style motorcycle produced by Lacks Tracks Cycles to compete with Harley-Davidson’s Electra Glide. The metrics table below was created from data supplied by Lacks Tracks Cycles five (5) plants. The purpose of the table is to provide data for management to decide what controls and actions are needed to increase production efficiency.
You recently joined the Lacks Tracks Cycles’ headquarters staff as a quality assurance associate. Your manager has requested you to analyze the first year’s motorcycle production results. This information will be used by management to evaluate and improve overall production efficiency.
Lacks Tracks Cycles is known for producing high-quality products at reasonable prices. They plan to compete against Harley’s top-end model by developing superior production efficiency that will allow them to price significantly below Harley Davidson’s Electra Glide model.
The chart below lists the desired production standards and the actual production metrics for each stage of the electric motorcycle’s manufacturing process that must be completed to determine the overall production efficiency at each of Lacks Tracks Cycles’ five (5) production facilities.
A comparison of the production standard to the actual production outcomes using all the relevant metrics allows management to determine which of its facilities is the most efficient producer of the electric motorcycle. This knowledge will help Lacks Tracks Cycles’ management team to determine what controls need to be put into place at their various production plants to match the production efficiency of their most efficient plant. More efficiency means higher production at lower per unit (cycle) costs.
Metrics Standard Maryland Delaware New Jersey Texas Alaska
Total Cost to Manufacture (per unit) 13,500 15,250 14,100 12,750 16,000 14,250
Manufacturing Cycle Time (time to complete a single vehicle – in hours) 15 18 16 12 12 14
Yield (percentage of cars produced to specifications first time without rework) 98% 99% 97% 96.50% 97.50% 95.15%
Defective Rate/Recall Rate 2% 1% 3% 3.50% 2.50% 4.85%
Scrap Rate 2% 3% 4% 2.50% 2% 1.90%
Average Production Downtime 0.50% 1% 1.50% 0.75% 0.50% 0.75%
Training Time (hours per month) 8 6 3 5 7 4
Shipping Problems/Damage (per 10,000 units) 1 2 4 2 1 3
Safety Incident per Employee 1.50% 2.25% 0.75% 3% 2% 1.90%
Number of units manufactured per year 45,000 43,000 27,000 42,500 48,000 45,500
Utilization Rate (Capacity rate facility is utilizing during available production time) 81.82% 78.18% 49.09% 77.27% 87.27% 82.73%
Use only the BOLDED centered and left-justified headings to write your paper.
Introduction
Write an Introduction paragraph. The introduction paragraph is the first paragraph of the paper and will describe to the reader the intent of the paper, explaining the main points covered in the paper. This intent should be understood before reading the remainder of the paper so the reader knows exactly what is being covered in the paper. The introduction is often written after the paper is completed. (Use in-text citations, as needed, and include the references in the Reference section.)
The body of the paper will cover the following:
Controls
Explain what control means in a business setting. (Use headings below and in-text citations as required.)
Explain why Lacks Tracks must be concerned with the actual production metrics at its plants. (Use headings below and in-text citations as required.)
Control Defined
Importance of Lacks Tracks Production Metrics
Standard Specifications
Compare the metrics table standards to the actual performance outcomes at each of the five (5) plants and explain your findings for each plant. (Use headings below and in-text citations, as appropriate.)
Identify the four (4) most important and common deviations from the standards among the plants and explain why this data is important to Lacks Tracks management. (Use headings below and in-text citations, as appropriate.)
Using course materials, identify and explain two (2) types of controls that could be used by Lacks Tracks management to attempt to correct the deviations from standards at its plants. (Use headings below and in-text citations, as appropriate.)
Metrics Table Plant Performance Comparisons
Four Most Significant Deviations
Two Recommended Controls
Total Quality Management
Explain why implementing a Total Quality Management (TQM) program could improve operational efficiency at Lacks Tracks. (Use in-text citations, as appropriate.)
Conclusion
Create a concluding paragraph. The conclusion paragraph highlights the major findings covered in the paper. (Use in-text citations, as appropriate.)
References

***** CLASS RESOURCES:

Control in the Business Setting

The Control Process

Levels and Types of Control

The Need for a Balanced Scorecard

Financial and Nonfinancial Controls

Putting It Together: Control

AP Psychology High School Course Work

This AP Psychology course is a high school advanced placement class that consists of small assignments, discussions, dialectic journals, and activity assignments. Most tasks are simple, and some are a bit complex but the hardness level of these assignments are intermediate not extreme.

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