Identify the state or national problem/challenging factor you have selected for each group.

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Consider one state or national problem/challenging factor you might encounter when working with the Latino/a American population, and one you may encounter when working with Arab/Muslim American populations.

You may select a problem/challenging factor that impacts both groups. Consider challenges with immigration, discrimination, poverty and lack of resources, language barriers, and accumulative stresses.

Respond to the following:

Identify the state or national problem/challenging factor you have selected for each group. If choosing a state challenge, include the state you have selected.

Discuss how the problem/challenging factor impacts the cross-cultural group.

Why is addressing this problem/challenging factor important in the cross-cultural work you will do with this population?

Select two of the following cultural values: family, religion, acculturation, gender expectations, roles, or education.

Explain the implications of addressing these cultural values in your cross-cultural work with clients from either a Latino/a or an Arab/Muslim population.

Which scanning protocol (specify the CT study name e.g head, c-spine, Facial bones, etc)would you use and how will you prepare and position the patient for this study?

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Which scanning protocol (specify the CT study name e.g head, c-spine, Facial bones, etc)would you use and how will you prepare and position the patient for this study?

Provide the area of scan (what anatomy to what anatomy), slice thickness, and windowing methods used for this study?

Find a CT image (from the internet or other resources with citation) for this diagnosis and attach it to the category.

What is a technological support you might provide to help them (could involve a computer, computer program, phone, iPad, etc.)?

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Visual report

Post a visual support (develop on your own or find an existing support on the web) that might help a high school student with these challenges (you can choose behavior or communication challenges) to participate in an IEP meeting. Think critically to discuss how it will be used, how it is socially appropriate, and which IEP steps it would support them through.

What is a technological support you might provide to help them (could involve a computer, computer program, phone, iPad, etc.)? Think critically to identify how it will be used, how it is socially appropriate, and which IEP steps it would support them through.

Describe how you have already made an impact on your home (or adopted) country or the broader international or scientific community.

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Scientific community

[1] Describe how you have already made an impact on your home (or adopted) country or the broader international or scientific community.

(2) How you will continue to do so after your education is completed.

(3) How your education will directly contribute to your ability to effect these goals.

Are humans part of the natural world, or do we have dominion over it? Which is “stronger”: Human Nature or our intelligence? Is Nature a calming, peaceful place or one of mystery and danger?

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Multi-page essay

Start with how you think about the world in which we all live. Are humans part of the natural world, or do we have dominion over it? Which is “stronger”: Human Nature or our intelligence? Is Nature a calming, peaceful place or one of mystery and danger?

 

Where Do Social Studies and Special Education Intersect what Makes Partnership Teaching Special.

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Where Do Social Studies and Special Education Intersect

The essay must cover research on:

-Collaboration & Co-Teaching Social Studies.

-Gaining Support for Partnership Teaching

-What Makes Partnership Teaching Special

-The importance of planning, teaching, and assessing

opportunities to promote self-determination for students with disabilities.

This essay must be written in the first person and must conclude with a personal interpretation of what was written in the essay.

Identify the higher education department you will study to complete the SLP assignments.

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Higher Education Administration EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION

The Session Long Project (SLP) for this course will require the completion of a case study of a higher education department. Each SLP assignment will require the completion of a step in the process:

1: Identify and describe the department.

2: Conduct a brief organizational study to identify a current organizational problem.

3: Propose a related theory or conceptual framework to address the problem.

4: Apply the related theory or conceptual framework to the problem.

5: Project presentation

It is recommended that you carefully review the SLP assignment prompts before completing the SLP 1 assignment. This will allow you to plan ahead and select an appropriate department.

Identify the higher education department you will study to complete the SLP assignments. Briefly discuss the context of the department by addressing the following:

Institutional characteristics

• Use the Education Trust: College Result Online to describe the following:
o Sector
o Carnegie classification
o Size
• Institution Mission (located on the university website)
• Institution Demographics (students, staff, and faculty; the information may be available on the university Institutional Research page)
Department characteristics
• Department mission
• Organizational chart

Evaluate how you might help your learners overcome this obstacle. What teaching strategies can you research to develop technology competences for your learners?

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Many of our learners come to use with a variety of skill levels with technology. You will be working with various ages, ability levels, learning styles, special needs, diversity, and ELLs.

Start thinking about how you will develop technology skills and competencies in all your learners regardless of their skill level.

As an emerging distance education leader, one must be aware of the potential obstacle that may occur.

Barriers and challenges can develop at any time and can affect the success of the distance-learning program.

In a study conducted by Santilli and Beck (2005), graduate faculty were surveyed and asked to pinpoint specific obstacles to effective communication in distance learning courses. The surveyed data by Santilli and Beck (2005) revealed what the educators thought to be student deficiencies in an online delivery format:

65% of faculty consider students’ lack of technology skills to be a major obstacle to effective online communication. The second major finding is that 23% of faculty consider timeliness of student responses to be a problem.

However, 15% of faculty indicated they had encountered no barriers to effective communication with students

Faculty must be trained in effective communication strategies so that student interactions within online structures remain fluid and unhampered.

Based on the research stated above, evaluate how you might overcome your obstacles with technology?

Evaluate how you might help your learners overcome this obstacle. What teaching strategies can you research to develop technology competences for your learners?

What are the advantages and limitations of using data from the following stakeholders to demonstrate that standards have been met?

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Members of the evaluation team will collect data from classroom observations and data collected from teachers during mathematics activities or tests.

The evaluation team will review the data and propose solutions on how to improve in the areas that are being measured in regards to mathematics.

What are the advantages and limitations of using data from the following stakeholders to demonstrate that standards have been met? Include a response for each stakeholder:

Does it employ a comprehensive search strategy and rigorous appraisal method? If this study includes research, nonresearch, and experiential evidence, it is an integrative review (see Appendix F). Yes

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1. Was there manipulation of an independent variable? Yes No

2. Was there a control group? Yes No

3. Were study participants randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups? Yes No
If Yes to questions 1, 2, and 3, this is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) or experimental study. LEVEL I

If Yes to questions 1 and 2 and No to question 3 or Yes to question 1 and No to questions 2 and 3, this is quasi-experimental.
Question

Section I: Quantitative (continued)
1. Does it employ a comprehensive search strategy and rigorous appraisal method?
If this study includes research, nonresearch, and experiential evidence, it is an integrative review (see Appendix F). Yes

Use Appendix F
2. For systematic reviews and systematic reviews with meta-analysis:

Are the studies a combination of RCTs and quasi-experimental, or quasi-experimental only?

Are the studies a combination of RCTs, quasi-experimental, and nonexperimental, or non- experimental only?

A systematic review employs a search strategy and a rigorous appraisal method, but does not generate an effect size.

A meta-analysis, or systematic review with meta-analysis, combines and analyzes results from studies to generate a new statistic: the effect size.

Appraisal of Quantitative Research Studies
Does the researcher identify what is known and not known about the problem and how the study will address any gaps in knowledge? Yes No

Was the purpose of the study clearly presented? Yes No

Was the literature review current (most sources within the past five years or a seminal study)? Yes No

Was sample size sufficient based on study design and rationale? Yes No

Were the characteristics and/or demographics similar in both the control and intervention groups? Yes No

Multiple databases searched and identified Yes No

Inclusion and exclusion criteria stated Yes No
Was there a flow diagram that included the number of studies eliminated at each level of review? Yes No

Were details of included studies presented (design, sample, methods, results, outcomes, strengths, and limitations)? Yes No

Were methods for appraising the strength of evidence (level and quality) described? Yes No

Were conclusions based on results? Yes No

Conclusions flowed logically from the interpretation and systematic review question Yes No

Did the systematic review include a section addressing limitations and how they were addressed? Yes No
Complete the Quality Rating for Quantitative Studies section

Quality Rating for Quantitative Studies
Circle the appropriate quality rating below:

A High quality: Consistent, generalizable results; sufficient sample size for the study design; adequate control; definitive conclusions; consistent recommendations based on comprehensive literature review that includes thorough reference to scientific evidence.

B Good quality: Reasonably consistent results; sufficient sample size for the study design; some control, and fairly definitive conclusions; reasonably consistent recommendations based on fairly comprehensive literature review that includes some reference to scientific evidence.

C Low quality or major flaws: Little evidence with inconsistent results; insufficient sample size for the study design; conclusions cannot be drawn.