grammar lessons taught in my English Honors class. I also feel that my vocabulary has developed extensively throughout the course, as well as my structural and organizational skills in my writing pieces. While I have radically improved as a writer throughout the course, there are still particular areas of my writing that I feel still need improvement, such as in-depth sentence level revision and phrasing. I believe that I improved on those aspects throughout the course and that Leslie helped me on
My inspiration came from books that I had read as a child. I remember reading books that talked about the mom or dad of the narrator, but the books were almost always sexually discriminatory. The mom role always worked jobs that a woman would typically work. Some examples are a veterinarian, a florist, a stay at home mom, a secretary, a babysitter and so on. The dad role always worked jobs that a man would typically work. Some examples are a doctor, a fireman, an accountant, a police officer, and
my belief that writing is a fundamental skill that can be inter-connected across all disciplines, that teachers must have a strong knowledge of content to be effective, that metacognition is an important aspect of learning and teaching, and that building self-efficacy is detrimental to the success of learners of all ages. This reflection paper will discuss new knowledge, theories, and strategies discovered thus far, a plan of action for integrating knowledge into teaching writing, issues teachers
I did not have a firm writing philosophy before this semester, but I to some degree I understood the importance writing can have on a situation. Now I understand that writing has two outcomes: gaining support or losing support. When writing an essay it is best if the writing is as specific as possible. This way the audience is hopefully not left with a confused opinion about the topic. Since the beginning of the semester I have put a conscious effort to change my writing style. Instead of the box
Evaluation of Writing Works Cited Missing "We need to recognize that composition is probably going to remain the stepchild of rather unwilling English departments, that research in teaching and learning to write will continue to scrape by on the edges of several disciplines, and that few of those who will teach writing in American schools and universities will get much training or background as part of their regular education." -E. White (Teaching and Assessing Writing) In retrospect,
Writing an Effective Psychological Report "An effective psychological report written for forensic evaluations shares the same requirements for good report writing expected of all other psychological reports and further contains additional requirements unique to its forensic purpose." (From the essay #3 handout). The first topic I will be going over is showing the different way each evaluation can be unique. The second topic I will cover is good report writing in psychological reports. There are
interviewed about their successes, they attributed goal-setting and self-discipline as two of their major keys to success. The ideas of setting goals and attaining them as a form of success on a personal level are tangible. A psychological study conducted in 2007 (Baumeister, R. F., Vohs, K. D., & Tice, D. M.) demonstrated how intrinsic and personal setting and achieving goals are to the “self” which effects self-efficacy, self-image, and personal success. Goal setting, however, is not typically
1. Assessment and Evaluation 1.1. Monitoring the learning progress Nunan & Lamb (1996) refer to monitoring as an integral part of the learning system which is comprised of assessment of student performance and evaluation of the effectiveness of the course design. According to Dudley-Evans & St. John (1998), “Evaluation is a process which begins with determining what information to gather and which ends with bringing about changes in current activities or future ones. It makes use of quantitative
through modes of writing, development, and growth. From creative writing as a middle school student, to research and theory based writing as a graduate student, I have witnessed a growth in how my writing is created, organized, and executed. In the reevaluation and identification of my initial experiences with writing, I identify with my seminal experience in the context of a formal educational setting, which has played a major role in my development as a writer and a teacher of writing. In the assessment
initiated the 360o evaluation system. The following is a summary of the data collected throughout the year from Peer, Manager, Client, and Employee Self-evaluations. Below are the following analyses, (1) analysis of all employees based on their evaluations, (2) Summary and comparison of employee’s Overall Marketing and Customer-service skills, and (3) Employee rankings from highest to lowest by overall value to the company. Analysis of all Employees Based on Their Evaluations Chris has worked for