Rubric

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Assignment Directions:

For this assignment, you will be creating a rubric that you will use to evaluate your staff based on how they are incorporating play into their classroom and how they handle transitions. Before creating your rubric, it is suggested that you read the article, Preview the document to ensure that you understand how to develop an effective rubric. You can create your rubric using a table in a Word document or by using the rubric generator . Your rubric must contain the following:

  • Performance Level Titles (.5 points): Includes four performance levels titles (emerging, progressing, partial mastery, mastery, etc.) to describe each characteristic.
  • Characteristics (.5 points): Includes at least five characteristics (skills, knowledge, or behaviors) to be rated on the rubric. Three of these characteristics must be related to play (see Figure 3.1 of text for ideas), one must be related to transitions, and one must be related to disruptions.
  • Performance Level Descriptors (2 points): Creates a performance level descriptor for each characteristic.

In addition to creating your rubric, address the following:

  • 1. Defend your decision to include the characteristics you did on your rubric. Support your defense with current research. (1 point)
  • 2. Explain how using this rubric will encourage the 21st-century skill of collaboration. Support your explanation with scholarly or credible sources. (1 point)
  • 3. Summarize how you would use this rubric to foster the knowledge and skills of your staff regarding play in the classroom, transitions, and disruptions. Support your summary with scholarly or credible sources.   (1 point)
  • 4. Explain how you might utilize this rubric to encourage self-reflection in your staff and ways in which self-reflection fosters professional growth. Support your explanation with scholarly or credible sources. (1 point

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Anyone who conducts research must engage in scientific inquiry. Scientific inquiry requires engagement with an objective process, which can lead from identification of a problem to the final stages where a researcher draws conclusions about his or her topic. Holistically, this process is known as research. Plano Clark and Creswell (2015) defined research as a method to collect and analyze information in order to increase our understanding of a topic or issue Research consists of three steps:

Posing a question

Collecting data to answer the question

Presenting an answer to the question (p. 4).

 

One of the central tenets of research is the identification of an appropriate research topic based on a problem identified from the current peer-reviewed literature in your field. This can be trickier than it seems. First, you do not want to select a topic that is too broad, or it will lead to irrelevant data. Second, you must consider any time and resource limitations before undertaking a research study. It is important that your topic be something you are passionate about studying that reflects your personal and academic interests. Most importantly, it also should represent an identified gap in the literature for your educational context or the field in general.

 

When a new study is undertaken, the researcher has many options to consider when selecting the best research approach. Quantitative research allows researchers to gather and analyze numerical data to answer research questions. Qualitative research allows researchers to gather and analyze nonnumeric data such as narratives or interviews. The questions that define the studys purpose, closely guide the researcher toward the optimal design for his or her investigation. Once a decision has been made as to whether a qualitative or quantitative approach (or a blend of both called mixed methods) best aligns with the studys purpose and research questions, the researcher must decide which type of qualitative or quantitative designs to employ.  It is helpful to survey the wide variety of design options available to researchers.

 

 

 

For this assignment, you should complete the following:

 

Search for five peer-reviewed articles about a specific problem in your field of study that has not been sufficiently resolved.

Craft a paragraph where you summarize the problem identified in the articles and include citations to the five articles you identified to support your writing.  

Then, summarize the three approaches to research outlined in the Creswell text.

Based on the problem you explored in the peer-reviewed articles, state which research approach is the best choice to study the identified problem and justify your choice.

 

Submit paper of your discussion using points of emphasis above. 3-5 pages. Be sure to use APA formatting with a title and reference page.

Business Strategy WSJ

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Q. Please select a business article focused on Business Strategy from the Wall Street Journal.

Analyze your article using  elements around “Competitive convergence” OR ” Strategic positioning” from Porter’s essay “What is Strategy”  to frame your analysis of your selected WSJ article

Questions that ask What is strategy?
1. Where do we compete?
2. What unique value do we bring?
3. What resources / capacities do we utilize?
4. How do we sustain unique value?

Issues of Sex and Gender in Society Today

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Identify an issue that is facing our society today that is in some way related to sex and/or gender and has opposing sides. Consider a law that was recently put into or taken out of effect or is being debated. You could also look to the statements or actions of a public figure or organization that has generated significant attention from the media. The issue you select should have ample material from which you may pull to gain insight into the details surrounding it. Feel free to email your instructor if you would like to verify that an issue is appropriate or if you would like some suggestions as to what you could cover.
Explore multiple sides of the issue you have selected until you have a good understanding as to why each side believes it is right. Research the historical events that have caused the circumstances of this issue. Engage in discussions with others who have strong feelings about the issue to learn the reasons why they feel they way they do.

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