1. “Whether discussing formal or informal assessments, the assessment process must have integrity across an assessment’s development, use, and analysis” (Howard, V. F., & Aiken, E., 2015, p. 93). Before beginning the discussion, make sure you have read section 3.4 of our textbook that discusses the importance of reliability and validity in assessment. Next, watch the following videos on test validity and reliability:

1. Demographic transition correlates with changes in consumption of resources, especially energy. From a resourcemanagement perspective, does it, therefore, mean that higher Total Fertility Rate is desirable?ORThe population pyramids for “Erehwon” are provided below. Based ONLY on the data provided in the graphics,which are for years 2000 and 2050, what can you infer about the trends in fertility and birth rates? At what stageof the […]

For the weekly and final writing assignments, you will need to pick one of the regions (and continue with this region throughout the course) outlined in the text to pursue further study. These include: Europe, Russia, the Middle East & North Africa, South and East Asia, Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the United States and Canada. NOTE: you cannot pick a region that you […]

The first discussion assignment for this course will focus on Globalization, a topic discussed in the introduction chapter.  I recognize that this assignment is a bit more challenging and perhaps more time consuming than other discussions that follow, but globalization is such an important organizing principle for World Regional Geography that I feel we should spend some time considering this concept.  Moreover, many of you are education […]

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Your goal is to write up your findings as a walking field guide, a text that any person could pick up and use to understand the evolving urban landscape seen on foot. It will chronologically describe the historical development of this urban landscape via that trajectory, while still offering observations about current trends. For example, you might start your walking tour at the historic core […]

Consider and discuss some group relationship that you have from an Actor-Network Theory (ANT) perspective.  In class we discussed how this perspective argues that in addition to humans, non-humans and objects also have agency (or in other words, make things happen).  It also argues that to understand a group (cultural or otherwise), one must recognize and take account of the significance of ALL of the […]

We have read in chapter 3 of the textbook about the composition of the modern atmospheric gases of the Earth.  Current discussions about “global climate change” or “global warming” revolve primarily around the issue of human caused emissions of the greenhouse gas Carbon Dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere.  Present levels of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere are about 401 parts per million or at 0.04% of the Earth’s atmospheric gases.  First, explain how if Carbon Dioxide (CO2), which is such a tiny […]

The social standing of the various racial/ethnic groups within the U.S. vary greatly, from the stereotypes of some as lazy and others as overachievers.Select a U.S. state and, in the areas of education, income, occupation/employment, and housing, use the internet to find the latest information on the following questions:  1) Which minority group has come the closest to equality with the dominant group in your […]

Look up news articles about the Affordable Care Act (both for and against the legislation), and have them note the language used to describe this Act (e.g., “Obamacare”).  Then answer the following questions: 1) What does the language imply? (For example, is it a positive or negative connotation?) 2) Who is using the language? (For example, a Republican or Democrat?) 3) How are certain buzzwords […]