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A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim BY: Walt Whitman (1819-1892) A SIGHT in camp in the day-break grey and dim, As from my tent I emerge so early, sleepless, As slow I walk in the cool fresh air, the path near by the hospital tent, Three forms I see on stretchers lying, brought out there, untended lying, Over each the blanket spread, ample brownish woollen blanket, Grey and heavy blanket, folding, covering all. Curious, I halt, and silent stand; Then with light fingers I from the face of the nearest, the first, just lift the blanket: Who are you, elderly man so gaunt and grim, with well-grey’d hair, and flesh all sunken about the eyes? Who are you, my dear comrade? Then to the second I step–And who are you, my child and darling? Who are you, sweet boy, with cheeks yet blooming? Then to the third–a face nor child, nor old, very calm, as of beautiful yellow-white ivory; Young man, I think I know you–I think this face of yours is the face of the Christ himself; Dead and divine, and brother of all, and here again he lies.
Analyze two points from the above poem.

What is true about composing a title page? Select an answer: You should never exceed eight words. You should alway ask and answer the relevant journalistic questions. To establish variety you should compose a different title for the title fly and the title page. You should compose the title before writing the report since the reader sees the title first.

Item 1
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
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The way the U.S. judicial system works, a defendant is first found to be innocent or guilty. The punishment sentence is determined only after a defendant has been found guilty. It might seem that this is a relatively minor procedural issue. Yet, the order of this decision-making can mean the difference between life and death, or even between conviction and acquittal.
References:
Dixit, A. K., & Nalebuff, B. J. (1991).
Thinking strategically: The competitive edge in business, politics, and everyday life.
New York, NY: Norton.
Innocent or guilty courtroom decisions are often high-stakes. However, the precise consequences of the verdict is unknown in U.S. judicial systems when the guilt versus innocence decision is being made. Dixit and Nalebuff (1991) explain that this order of decision-making “can mean the difference between life and death, or even between conviction and acquittal” (p. 270).
References:
Dixit, A. K., & Nalebuff, B. J. (1991).
Thinking strategically: The competitive edge in business, politics, and everyday life.
New York, NY: Norton.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
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This is not plagiarism
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Item 2
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
Original Source Material
Student Version
The philosophical position known as constructivism views knowledge as a human construction. The various perspectives within constructivism are based on the premise that knowledge is not part of an objective, external reality that is separate from the individual. Instead, human knowledge, whether the bodies of content in public disciplines (such as mathematics or sociology) or knowledge of the individual learner, is a human construction.
References:
Gredler, M. E. (2001).
Learning and instruction: Theory into practice
(4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
People have asked me about my philosophy of teaching and learning. I would associate myself with the philosophical stance called constructivism that sees knowledge as something constructed by people. Constructivism is founded on the idea that knowledge and truth does not come from an external reality that is objective and that exists apart from a person. I tried explaining constructivism to my brother and he thought the idea was crazy.
References:
Gredler, M. E. (2001).
Learning and instruction: Theory into practice
(4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
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This is not plagiarism
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Item 3
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
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Overall findings revealed that the technology skills of preservice teachers participating in this study were relatively low, while providing a basis upon which to identify prerequisite skills and instructional objectives for teaching technology skills and integration practices. In planning experiences for technology-rich teacher education programs, curriculum designers could consider some skills as prerequisite, such as word processing, basic computer operation skills, e-mail, and skills associated with the World Wide Web.
References:
Brush, T., Glazewski, K. D., & Hew, K. F. (2008). Development of an instrument to measure preservice teachers’ technology skills, technology beliefs, and technology barriers.
Computers in the Schools, 25
(1), 112-125.
Companies looking to hire new employees could consider some skills as prerequisite, such as word processing, basic computer operation skills, e-mail, and skills associated with the World Wide Web. Surveys of technology skills in other fields, such as Education (e.g., Brush et al., 2008), suggest that technology skills can be quite low.
References:
Brush, T., Glazewski, K. D., & Hew, K. F. (2008). Development of an instrument to measure preservice teachers’ technology skills, technology beliefs, and technology barriers.
Computers in the Schools, 25
(1), 112-125.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
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This is not plagiarism
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Item 4
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
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But what are reasonable outcomes of the influence of global processes on education? While the question of how global processes influence all aspects of education (and who controls these forces) is multidimensional and not completely testable, there appear to be some theories of globalization as it relates to education that can be empirically examined.
References:
Rutkowski, L., & Rutkowski, D. (2009). Trends in TIMSS responses over time: Evidence of global forces in education?
Educational Research and Evaluation, 15
(2), 137-152.
The authors are not alone in asking “what are reasonable outcomes of the influence of global processes on education” (p.138). In fact, this same question provides the basis for the discussion that follows.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
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Item 5
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The new paradigm of education requires the student, teacher, and parents to be informed of what the student has actually learned at any point in time, to assure that progress is continuous and personalized, and to make good decisions about what to learn next. The recordkeeping tool of an information-age LMS will replace the current report card.
References:
Reigeluth, C. M., Watson, W. R., Watson, S. L., Dutta, P., Chen, Z. C., & Powell, N. D. P. (2008). Roles for technology in the information-age paradigm of education: Learning management systems.
Educational Technology, 48
(6), 32-39.
Some have suggested approaches for replacing the current report card. For example, Reigeluth and colleagues (2008) suggest a recording-keeping tool that could inform key stake holders of the current state of a student’s knowledge to facilitate good decision-making about what a student should study next.
References:
Reigeluth, C. M., Watson, W. R., Watson, S. L., Dutta, P., Chen, Z. C., & Powell, N. D. P. (2008). Roles for technology in the information-age paradigm of education: Learning management systems.
Educational Technology, 48
(6), 32-39.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
Word-for-Word plagiarism
Paraphrasing plagiarism
This is not plagiarism
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Item 6
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It should be apparent that technology will play a crucial role in the success of the information-age paradigm of education. It will enable a quantum improvement in student learning, and likely at a lower cost per student per year than in the current industrial-age paradigm. Just as the electronic spreadsheet made the accountant’s job quicker, easier, and less expensive, the kind of LMS described here will make the teacher’s job quicker, easier, and less expensive.
References:
Reigeluth, C. M., Watson, W. R., Watson, S. L., Dutta, P., Chen, Z. C., & Powell, N. D. P. (2008). Roles for technology in the information-age paradigm of education: Learning management systems.
Educational Technology, 48
(6), 32-39.
Introducing technology into the workplace does not automatically improve job performance. While managers may dream of lower costs, the introduction of technology may increase costs (especially in the short term) if using/learning the technology makes the individual’s job harder.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
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Item 7
In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. Determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
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Student Version (written in 2002)
To return to the primeval soup, it must have become populated by stable varieties of molecule; stable in that either the individual molecules lasted a long time, or they replicated rapidly, or they replicated accurately. Evolutionary trends toward these three kinds of stability took place in the following sense: if you had sampled the soup at two different times, the later sample would have contained a higher proportion of varieties with high longevity/fecundity/copying-fidelity.
References:
Dawkins, R. (1989).
The selfish gene
(3rd ed.). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
The “primeval soup…must have become populated by stable varies of molecule” and over time would contain “a higher proportion of varieties with high longevity/fecundity/copying-fidelity” (Dawkins, 1989, p. 18).
References:
Dawkins, R. (1989).
The selfish gene
(3rd ed.). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
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This is not plagiarism
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Item 8
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In the 1986 soccer World Cup final, the Argentine star Diego Maradona did not score a goal but his passes through a ring of West German defenders led to two Argentine goals. The value of a star cannot be assessed only by looking at his scoring performance; his contributions to his teammates’ performance is crucial, and assist statistics help measure this contribution.
References:
Dixit, A. K., & Nalebuff, B. J. (1991).
Thinking strategically: The competitive edge in business, politics, and everyday life.
New York, NY: Norton.
Trying to decide who is the best hockey player currently playing is not easy. The measure of a star cannot be assessed only by looking at his scoring performance. Other contributions, both on and off the ice, have to be factored in. Some contributions, such as assists, are easy to measure and others, like leadership ability, are difficult.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
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Item 9
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There is a desperate need for theorists and researchers to generate and refine a new breed of learning-focused instructional design theories that help educators and trainers to meet those needs, (i.e., that focus on learning and that foster development of initiative, teamwork, thinking skills, and diversity). The health of instructional-design theory also depends on its ability to involve stakeholders in the design process.
Reference 1:
Reigeluth, C. M. (1999). What is instructional-design theory and how is it changing? In C. M. Reigeluth (Ed.),
Instructional-design theories and models: A new paradigm of instructional theory
(Vol. II, pp. 5-29). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Original Source Material 2
By instruction I mean any deliberate arrangement of events to facilitate a learner’s acquisition of some goal. The goal can range from knowledge to skills to strategies to attitudes, and so on.
Reference 2
Driscoll, M. P. (2000).
Psychology of learning for instruction
(2nd ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Driscoll (2000) defines instruction broadly as “any deliberate arrangement of events to facilitate a learner’s acquisition of some goal” (p. 25). In order to increase the effectiveness of instruction, there is a critical need for the creation and refinement of instructional design theories to aid those who seek to promote learning. According to Reigeluth (1999), “The health of instructional-design theory also depends on its ability to involve stakeholders in the design process” (p. 27).
References:
Driscoll, M. P. (2000).
Psychology of learning for instruction
(2nd ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Reigeluth, C. M. (1999). What is instructional-design theory and how is it changing? In C. M. Reigeluth (Ed.),
Instructional-design theories and models: A new paradigm of instructional theory
(Vol. II, pp. 5-29). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
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This is not plagiarism
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Item 10
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It should be apparent that technology will play a crucial role in the success of the information-age paradigm of education. It will enable a quantum improvement in student learning, and likely at a lower cost per student per year than in the current industrial-age paradigm. Just as the electronic spreadsheet made the accountant’s job quicker, easier, and less expensive, the kind of LMS described here will make the teacher’s job quicker, easier, and less expensive.
References:
Reigeluth, C. M., Watson, W. R., Watson, S. L., Dutta, P., Chen, Z. C., & Powell, N. D. P. (2008). Roles for technology in the information-age paradigm of education: Learning management systems.
Educational Technology, 48
(6), 32-39.
It should be clear that teachers’ jobs will change in several crucial ways in the near future. Increasing use of technology will hopefully make the teacher’s job quicker, easier, and less expensive and lead to improved student learning (Reigeluth et al., 2008).
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?
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This is not plagiarism

2. What is John Proctor’s tragic flaw?
Topic sentence: John Proctor’s tragic flaw is…(finish sentence)
Context of Quote
Concrete detail:
Analysis:
Analysis:
Concluding sentence:

Answer it True or False
History concerns only about the past.
?      TRUE
?      FALSE
You can do historical method without historiography.
?      TRUE
?      FALSE
History is not bias.
?      TRUE
?      FALSE
Historians are the only credible source of history.
?      TRUE
?      FALSE
The history that we know at present is not complete  and comprehensive.
?      TRUE
?      FALSE
You can relive the past by studying history.
?      TRUE
?      FALSE
Truth is relative in history, it should not be based only in hearsay and rumors.
?      TRUE
?      FALSE
You can also test your moral sense thru history.
?      TRUE
?      FALSE
The Father of Filipino nationalist historiography is Teodoro Alcantara.
?      TRUE
?      FALSE
History tells only the story of hero and villain.
?      TRUE
?      FALSE

LINK: https://www.e-ir.info/2014/07/16/religion-and-globalization-new-possibilities-furthering-challenges/
In Daniel Globiewski’s “Religion and Globalization: New Possibilities, Furthering Challenges”. Fill the chart below:
Introduction (identify the work)
Thesis Statement
Part 1 (explanation and details)
Part 2 (explanation and details)
Part 3 (explanation and details)
Part 4 (explanation and details)
Conclusion

?      How do you define modernist literature and how does it relate to one of the readings this week? “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin
?      How do you define dystopian fiction and how does it relate to one of the readings this week?”The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin
?      How do you relate our society to the dystopian author’s view of what would come of the 21st century?”The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin
?      Dystopian and modernist authors often portrayed a bleak future for humanity. Do you think these concerns are relevant today? Why or Why not?”The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin

1.Draw tree structures for the following words.
?      Imperfection:
?      Unfortunately:
2. Draw tree diagrams for the following English sentences.
?      Wallace wondered whether Gromit swallowed the goldfish:
?      Gromit put the goldfish in the bowl on the mantel:
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Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Second Virginia Convention” discussion questions
1/ In the beginning of his speech, how does Patrick Henry immediately establish ethos?
2/ He states “This is no time for ceremony” (147). How does this line establish the overall tone?
3/ Defend your opinion of whether or not Henry commits a logical fallacy when he states “For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery” (148)
4/ Henry illustrates his points with allusions to mythology and the Bible. Locate and explain two allusions he uses on page 148
5/”I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience” explain how this is an example of ethos
6/ How does Henry establish logos with his reference to the presence of the British army in the colonies?
7/ Connotation: Rather than calling military action “war”. Henry calls it a “struggle for liberty”. What is the effect of Henry utilizing connotative language in his speech?
8/ According to Patrick Henry, what have the colonists done to maintain good ties with the British?
9/ Henry urges the colonists to fight. How does he appeal to his audience on an emotional level or pathos?
10/ Explain what Henry implies with the five rhetorical questions he asks his audience
11/ Consider the following statement “Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of the means which the God of nature hath placed in our power”. What means is Henry referring to?
Write short answer. Thank you