Your task is to present a final essay on a particular topic in this class to your classmates and professor for consideration and discussion. This essay is a combination of a summary and analysis. You summarize a topic in the history of American popular culture from 1800 to recent times. Also, you analyze the significance of the topic in American culture. In other words, you are going to tell us about the topic, and you are going to tell us why it is important.
You need sources to support the main ideas in your essay. How many sources? This is always a popular question from students. You have at least five paragraphs of main points. You need to support your main points with sources. You need a variety of sources. So, this means you should have at least five different sources in your essay. You might have up to ten sources for a wider variety of viewpoints on a controversial topic, but you should have at least five sources to be sure you have researched your topic adequately.
How long does the essay need to be? This is always a popular question from students. The answer is at least seven paragraphs long. A typical paragraph in college is 100 to 200 words. Let’s say that your introduction and conclusion paragraphs are closer to 100 words, and your main point paragraphs are closer to 200 words. This means that your final essay should be approximately 1200 words. Let’s set the guideline as a range. Please keep your essays to between 1000 and 1400 words. Shorter essays probably mean you didn’t have enough to say about the topic. Longer essays probably mean that you chose a topic that was a bit too large.
Final Essay – Format
The heading of your new thread will be the title of your essay. Your name is already part of that heading because Blackboard already includes your name. Single-space your paragraphs, and put a blank line between each paragraph. Cite your sources as you use them in the main point paragraphs. Then, list your references that you cited at the end of the essay.
So, the format is very similar to what we have been doing throughout this class. This essay simply has more main points and more sources to support those main points.
A heading with the title of your essay.
An introductory paragraph telling us the topic of the essay and your thesis.
At least five paragraphs of main points, with APA-formatted citations whenever you use information from your sources.
A concluding paragraph to sum things up for your reader.
References in APA format listed after the conclusion.
Remember, have at least five sources and 1000 to 1400 words.
They will use Turnitin on the first draft to see if I wrote it
Author: admin
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“The Evolution of American Popular Culture: From 1800 to Present Times”
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Title: Understanding the Pygmalion Effect and Ability Grouping in Education: A Presentation for the School Board Meeting Handout: Introduction: As we discuss the proposal to require an entrance exam for incoming freshmen and the potential implementation of ability grouping
Scenario
You are the superintendent of a high school district engaged in a debate over requiring all incoming freshmen to sit for an entrance exam. Students will be placed in college-preparatory courses (including several advanced placement courses) OR a standard track based on the entrance exam results. Thus, students who perform well on the entrance exam will be grouped with students of similar advanced academic abilities. Many parents and teachers have strong opinions about this proposed policy (both for and against). You have been asked to conduct a presentation for the upcoming school board meeting, at which many parents and teachers will be present.
Directions
First, read the following articles:
“The Pygmalion Effect in Distance Learning: A Case Study at the Hellenic Open University” (Niari et al., 2016).
“Positive Adult Education, Learned Helplessness and the Pygmalion Effect” (Cobos-Sanchiz, 2022).
You may also wish to read the following popular press articles:
“Another last-minute change could come to high school admissions process” (Elsen-Rooney, 2022a).
“’Gifted’ more diverse ; Black, Hispanic students double after test tossed” (Elsen-Rooney, 2022b).
“The Access Trap” (Heller, 2022).
Next, develop a 1-page handout (Microsoft Word) explaining the Pygmalion Effect and the practice of ability grouping. Your audience for this handout should be the school board meeting attendees. Imagine that you have to explain the Pygmalion Effect and ability grouping to them. You must be creative and use images and graphics to help illustrate the principles. You should indicate both the pros and cons of these practices. Please be sure to cite graphics/images properly in APA format as if you were going to publish them in a journal article (see Ch. 7 of the APA manual).
Finally, write a 1–2 -page paper to accompany your handout answering the following questions:
How have you experienced the effects of the Pygmalion effect in educational or organizational settings? What informal practices do educators engage in that illustrate the Pygmalion effect? What are the impacts of these informal practices on educational settings?
What has been your experience with the practice of ability grouping? Is this strategy ethical, or is it unethical? To support your conclusions, evaluate the impact of ability grouping policies on your educational setting using evidence from Niari et al. (2016) and Cobos-Sanchiz et al. (2022).
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Title: Critiquing Development Theories: Examining the Limitations of Modernisation and Dependency Theory
Question 1) How convincing do you find Escobar’s critique of development? Answer with reference to Escobar’s Encountering Development (Chapter 1) and Pieterse’s article.
1000 words
https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Z887lsgjLuwC&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=Escobar%E2%80%99s+Encountering+Development+&ots=bpe8vcAT0p&sig=IoDsg_ZpcKAIWD-QBcGLHy3ZfjY&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Escobar%E2%80%99s%20Encountering%20Development&f=false
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3993415
Around 600 words to show that is is convincing
Around 400 to show why some may disagree
Question 2) With reference to at least two authors in the reading list, what are the limitations of modernisation theory and dependency theory. 1000 words
https://www.rochelleterman.com/ComparativeExam/sites/default/files/Bibliography%20and%20Summaries/Valenzuela%201976.pdf
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08039410.2012.688860?scroll=top&needAccess=true
500 words for the limitation of Modernisation Theory
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“Roasting the Tragic Heroes: A Comedic Take on Literary Characters” Introduction: Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the literary roast of the century! Tonight, we will be roasting some of the most infamous characters from classic literature.
You can choose any character to roast from these stories: The Scarlet Letter, The Yellow Wallpaper, A Doll’s House, and Macbeth.
Be sure to follow instructions and meet all the requirements that are said in the file below since that’s how it’s going to be graded. Other than that, just have fun with this assignment and show your humor. -
“The Impact of Performance, Effort, Social Influence, and Facilitating Conditions on the Adoption of AI-Driven Supply Chain: A Study of Saudi Arabian Firms”
Topic: Antecedents and consequences of the adoption of AI-driven supply chain
Mediator: Adoption of AI-driven SC Exogenous/Independent variable: Performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions
Moderator: Resources readiness
Data collection: From middle to top managers working in Saudi SC firms through Google Forms-enabled virtual survey.
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Title: Exploring the Theme of Identity in Short Stories
In the attached files include the instructions for the assignment and then the supplemental short stories that could be used in the essay. Not all the short stories have to be used only the ones that you believe will best fit with the topic of the essay.
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“AI Advertising: Influencing the Uninformed”
Please use canva to create the satirical poster it has to show satrical techniques one extragrated and paraody based on my topic
Topic: Influences should not be able to advertise AI tech company towards consumers
It has to be a satirical poster
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Socrates: A Philosopher of the Self and Virtue in Plato’s “Meno” and “Apology”
Rewrite this essay as an argumentative 1200 word essay explaining why Socrates didn’t care for someone in the tradional way but instead he cared about the knowledge of the self and virtue as shown in Plato’s texts “Meno” and “Apology”.
When constructing the essay, think of your reader as someone who needs your help; you are your thinker’s representative. Your essay will serve as a tutorial:
Be sure your essay is fully formed, i.e., introductory remarks, summaries, and analyses. When formulating your position, be sure to make your argument clear.
Organize your thoughts so they are expressed on paper as a coherent whole. Given the constraints of the exam format, you’ll probably write a minimum of four, and a maximum of six paragraphs. These should ‘hang together’ in a way that’s easy to follow; there is a clear progression of ideas.
Write intelligibly: sentences must be grammatical and cohesive.
Choose your words carefully. Remember, you’re constructing ideas for your reader.
Orient your essay around a single point you want to make, using your thinker(s) concepts and argument(s) as evidence.
Be sure to present, describe, and explain significant concepts and their relations:
Describe important concepts and lines of reasoning, e.g., ‘He says this, he argues that.’
Explain important concepts and lines of reasoning, e.g., ‘This is what he means by this and that.’
Connect important concepts and lines of reasoning to your thesis, e.g., ‘So, this is why…’
In addition, do not use material from any outside (i.e., secondary) sources other than the sources attached , and do not use quotes from the primary source material longer than several words; I want to read what you have to say about the text. When you do quote the text, however, be sure to enlist the appropriate punctuation.
As a reminder, be sure to construct grammatical sentences that:
introduce and describe important terms or concepts;
summarize the central (or relevant) argument;
explain the important terms or concepts;
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Title: Negotiation Strategies and Observations in Breaking Bad
All of them are “mini-essay” answers (Short answers).
1/ One question is analyzing a scene from Breaking Bad. This is the question: Provide THREE (3) brief observations from the scene that highlight concepts discussed in the class. These don’t have to be full “in-depth” explanations. Simply summarize any tactics/strategies/behaviors that you notice.
2/ When an uninformed person establishes a hard position and seems only to be interested in a distributive, competitive negotiation, the authors of “Getting To Yes” recommend that you employ “Negotiation Jujitsu.”
Briefly explain this concept and how it might be applied to real-world negotiations.
3/Dr. Diller made the following claim during his lecture on relationships: “Some customers (and/or potential partners) will NEVER be worth your time or effort!”
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Title: “Acuity-Based Staffing: A Promising Model for Improving Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes” Acuity-Based Staffing: Definition and Comparison with Formula-Based Model Acuity-based staffing is a model of nurse staffing that
Nursing Leadership Council on Acuity-based Nurse Staffing
Include the following:
Define acuity-based staffing
Explain how this model differs from the formula-based model of nurse patient ratios
Provide a sample tool
Summarize results from the literature about the positive impact of acuity-based staffing
Anticipate barriers to adapting this model
Suggest positive points for use with nursing staff
Provide a reference slide with 3-4 peer reviewed articles