Upon evaluation, the journal article “ Mental Health in Deployed and Non-deployed Veteran Men and Women in Comparison With their Civilian Counterparts” by Mark W. Hoglund and Rebecca M. Schwartz published by Military Medicine in Volume 19 proves to be a moderately reliable source due to the academic presentation which includes data, personal interviews, qualified sources and a balanced argument that have points that support their argument. Mark W. Hoglund was a project manager for Family Health services
Source Evaluation on Evacuation To some, evacuation was seen as a happy, adventurous time for children during World War Two, but in fact, children and their parents suffered from being apart and for many, evacuation was a painful and unforgettable experience. The photograph (Source B) shows us a picture of children and some adults on their way to a station in London in September of 1939. We can not be sure how accurate source B is and it is difficult to comment on as it is hard to interpret
Evaluation of Sources Addressing Sleep and Performance Sleep loss and shifting sleep patterns are known to be widespread across college campuses throughout the United States and the world at large. Yet, while many studies exist relating sleep to performance, a much smaller amount of studies focus on the Through analysis of these sources as they would prove useful when researching and writing upon the idea of sleep and its correlation to academic performance it was found that a paper titled “Sleep-Wake
Title of Primary Source: ACCOUNT OF THE SLAVE TRADE ON THE COAST OF AFRICA by ALEXANDER FALCONBRIDGE The book was published in 1788 -- substantially after the events described took place. The time gap did not seriously affect the main content of the material because the events he describes were very serious and unforgettable ones. He wrote the material at the time he had already been a member of the Anti- Slavery Society leaving room for a little suspicion of his tendency to exaggerate some descriptions
There is a purpose in doing performance evaluations, in which it helps management make general human resource decisions. Performance evaluations provide input to help make important decisions such as promotions, transfers and even terminations. Also, could help to identify training and developments they need, as well help develop programs and providing feedback to employees on how they performed on their review. Performance evaluation can help to see who will get merit pay increases and other
better results. I will also explore the stressful environment performance evaluation creates and suggest ideas to enhance the experience to achieve positive results. The company I am part of is a financial technology solution company. Organizational Analysis The organization I am part of utilizes SMART as a guide for performance evaluations. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time bound. Evaluations are performed every six months. The employees and their direct manager
been associated with an increased incidence of obesity and diabetes among the migrants. (2). This study looks at the information nutrition needs of African and Pacific Islander communities in Logan. Stakeholders includes anyone with a “stake” in an evaluation or study (3). In this study, relevant stakeholders were the migrant communities mainly the African and Pacific Islanders. Other stakeholders included the local council officials in health and social services, organizations working within the government
1. Introduction Teacher evaluation can be divided into two steps. First step is documenting the quality of teacher performance, while the second step is helping teacher to improve herhis performance in teaching (ref). Teacher evaluations seem can be beneficial for both the teacher and the evaluator(ref). Thus, the evaluators' role is to make the evaluation process a meaningful experience through giving useful feedback on classroom needs and the opportunity to learn new teaching techniques in order
are worried about the new rules concerning fundraising that view raffles as gambling. All in all, they all have legitimate concerns. The new teacher evaluation system, however, seems to be the most relevant, pressing concern. The state’s new evaluation system was in response to administrators who produced, “superficial and capricious teacher evaluation systems that often don't even directly address the quality of instruction, much less measure students' learning” (Toch, 2008). Too often, the “good-ol-boy”
Introduction: Organization is a group of people brought to gather to achieve specific goals. Goals can be achieved if team member are performing well. Performance is the results of activities given to the employees in an organization to be achieved within specific period of time. Evaluating the current performance of employees against past performances and organizational standards is known as Performance Appraisal (Dessler, 2005). Furthermore performance appraisal helps the company know how individual
ensuring compatibility with the stated mission and goals statements of the employing agency or funding source (class powerpoint week 8, chapter 7).” In addition, to determining the actual focus of outcome monitoring of program participants. It includes the continuous gathering of qualitative data, which required to understand the needs of stakeholders and the requirements of its funding source. “However, quantified data do not reveal very much about the day-to-day operation of a program (Posavac
objectives and the expected results of an employee in the course of their next evaluation period. By transposing higher goals into the form of concrete actions, these actions will lead to the success of the organization. These concrete actions should then be discussed between the employee and his manager to develop a plan of action that will serve as a reference throughout their work. In this perspective, performance evaluations are the key to ensure the quality and survival of the organization. As stated
Different concepts and strategies are used to evaluate health promotion programs. Program evaluation is an important procedure which helps to measure the programs pre-set goals. In order to conduct an effective program evaluation, health promoters look for information about the program which is needed for accountability and program improvement, process evaluation and outcomes. During this process health promoters use different steps which lay out various activities which help
has developed in my thought process around performing accurate assessments. It will further explore the many aspects that are involved and influence an assessment: such as professional and ethical behaviour; integrating a multitude of information sources; and reflecting on learning experiences to understand how I approach, conduct and understand assessments. Overall this paper will demonstrate how my understanding of an accurate assessment from the beginning of this year has been altered
Introduction Leadership is an important aspect for every individual as it improves confidence, gives a better identity and enables better management of people. This paper deals with analysis of my leadership style and its effectiveness with relevant categories. This self - analysis paper will certainly help to plan things in a better way and also to identify weakness and convert them into strengths to utilize leadership in the best manner. The paper will also comprise of varied examples from my personal
2011, from http://www.sedl.org/change/issues/issues61.html Hord, S. M. (2009). Professional learning communities. The Journal of the National Staff Development Council, 30(1), 40-43. Killion, J. (2003). Eight smooth steps: Solid footwork makes evaluation of staff development programs a song. The Journal of the National Staff Development Council, 24(4), 14-23. Rantz, L. (2011, November 9). Using the survey data to implement PLC. Lecture presented at Developing Professional Learning Communities in
communication process. Rubric gives criteria and standards that should be followed in the evaluation of learning objectives, performance and the process of task execution (Goodrich, 1996, p. 15). Rubrics are only applied in a class but also in work sites; in a work site, a rubric gives standards and completion grades, which help in evaluating the site (Goodrich, 1996, p. 15). This paper introduces three sources of rubrics and further analyzes them to verify whether they are task-specific, hyper general
Self Evaluation Motivates Performance To demonstrate that the potential for self-evaluation can motivate performance, the potential for evaluation by external sources must be eliminated. As Bandura (1986) writes, "When environmental constraints are reduced, the influence of self-evaluative motivators becomes most self-evident" (p. 479). Thus, to determine whether the self-evaluative concerns suggested by social comparison theory motivate performance, one must ensure that people feel that they
words that have multiple meanings, but for this purpose, it is a process that evaluates what the learner knows, understand and how they utilized the obtained knowledge. Assessment can be formative or summative. Formative assessments are those evaluations that are administered at the beginning or during the program. However, this form of testing allows for the monitoring of learning progress during instruction. Summative, on the other hand, is of a comprehensive nature and is given at the end of
interpersonal interactions. The experiment explained in the article used 20 students in an introductory interpersonal communications class and recorded the interactions between the students. First, the students were given a test to see if by standard evaluations they would be considered either shy or self-confident. Two students were placed in an observation room, both of same sex and same orientation, meaning both either shy or self-confident. This procedure was followed ten more times to look at all 20