GU101 Student Success Assignment W7 (100 points) “Civility” This week, we briefly took a look at civility in a TEDtalk video.  Our discussion forum also addressed the issue of civility.  As you go through college, you will encounter a greater variety of people from all kinds of backgrounds.  It is increasingly important in our society today to maintain civility as we interact with others.  What exactly is civility? […]

Part I -In this video clip, a teacher demonstrates how a baseline assessment for fluency is conducted by a teacher with her second-grade reader. While the student reads a short passage, the teacher is looking for fluency, accuracy, and prosody. As you watch the short clip, think about what the teacher is assessing and how you might evaluate this student’s baseline fluency. Video Asset: Baseline […]

This course has three written assignments that build upon one another  and are designed to take you step-by-step through a process of writing a  paper that identifies an ethical question, examines the context,  issues, and arguments surrounding the question, and attempts to defend  an answer to that question using strong moral reasoning. In the Week 1 assignment, “Ethical Question,” you chose an ethical  question, provided […]

  Week 4 – Assignment School-Based Efforts: A Plan to Support At-Risk Youth This assignment is an opportunity for you to apply what you learned from this week’s discussions in a relevant way based on your own preferred area of focus. In this assignment, you will look through the lens of a particular professional role that you either have related experience in or intend to […]

Your final project is a research paper based on the concepts that were originally introduced in Unit IV. Your final project should be a minimum of five pages in length. Include at least three references in APA format, and fully elaborate on the concepts listed below. Identify a piece of critical infrastructure. HLS 4303, Critical Infrastructure Protection 3  Tacoma Public Utilities), or a critical network, […]

Adolescent development is broad and wide-ranging, including physical, socioemotional, and cognitive growth. For this benchmark assignment, consider information learned regarding physical development and integrate it with your understanding of the social/emotional and cognitive changes occurring during adolescence. Write a 1,000-1,250 word essay addressing the following concerns: In what ways do cognitive and social development affect learning? How does individuality, identity development, and personal behavior affect […]

  Week 6 Assignment Application: Ending the Client/Case Manager Relationship Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings.–Jonathan Lockwood Huie As they terminate their relationships with clients, case managers work to transition the focus from empowerment of clients through the use of resources to empowerment through reintegration. Reintegration with family, friends, community, and oneself can be a difficult process for clients. Enlisting clients in long-term services […]

All modules and case studies are available at http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/iris-resource-locator/.  USE THIS LINK FOR 4 MODULES TO ANSWER. The IRIS Center website contains a great deal of relevant resources and materials, so take some time to explore it. Scroll down and click on Reading, Literacy and Language Arts and click on the Modules. At the end of each module, and after you have answered the questions, […]

Hello,    Discussion: Reviewing the Literature Use this week’s Discussion to share resources that you have found during your review of the literature. Additionally, share concerns you have about your project. It may be helpful to discuss roadblocks and problems, finding background material, questions on deliverables, target audience (stakeholders), and possible models or best practices that are germane to your project. Assignment Post a one-sentence […]

From the informational text that you have chosen, select 3-4 vocabulary words to be focused on within the lesson plan that you began in Topic 1. You may use this lesson for your mini-unit that will be due in Topic 6.  Add your vocabulary words under “Key Vocabulary” on the “Academic Language” template.  From the 12 academic language functions in your required reading, select one […]