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Why would anyone go through the hassle of translating sentences and arguments into formal logic?

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Instructions: Write 300-400 words (just over one double-spaced page) on the weekly prompt. The journal assignments are meant to guide your reading comprehension, inspire reflection, create a personal connection, and encourage you to have new philosophical experiences. In writing the journal, be sure to respond to all aspects of the prompt.

Why would anyone go through the hassle of translating sentences and arguments into formal logic? In other words, what is the value of clear, formalized reasoning of the sort we’ve discussed this week? Answer in the abstract, and then give a concrete example. Describe a recent conversation when clarity of thinking and reasoning would have been helpful.

Explain how your predominant strengths fit into the “Entrepreneurial Mindset” model.

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In a 1-2 page paper (formatted in APA), including a separate cover page (not one of the 2 pages), explain how your predominant strengths fit into the “Entrepreneurial Mindset” model discussed in Chapter 2 ; or discuss how you would work to develop those Mindset attributes if your predominant strengths aren’t a great fit.

What does it mean for a sentence to be truth-functional?

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Week 3 Study Guide
Answer the following seven questions about the reading and videos for the week. Write out your answers on a computer and then either upload the file or paste into the submission text box. Do not write directly into the text box because it doesn’t save your work. If you upload a file, only use doc, docx, pdf, or jpg.

1. For each of the five main logical operators: list the operator, identify it symbol, use the operator in a sentence. It can be hard to use logical operators online. The easiest way is to copy and paste from this list: (• v ⊃ ≡ -). If that doesn’t work, you can simply draw them out on paper and upload a photo along with the assignment.

2. Translate the following English sentences into formal language. Use the suggested constants to stand for the atomic propositions.
a. Either Bob will mop or Tom will mop. (B = Bob will mop; T = Tom will mop)
b. It is not the case that Bob is a burglar. (B = Bob is a burglar)
c. Either it will not rain on Monday or it will not rain on Tuesday. (M = It will rain on Monday; T = It will rain on Tuesday)
d. Tom does not like cheesecake. (T = Tom likes cheesecake)
e. Bob would like to have both a large cat and a small dog as a pet. (C = Bob would like to have a large cat as a pet; D = Bob would like to have a small dog as a pet)
f. Bob Saget is not actually very funny. (B = Bob Saget is very funny)

3. What does it mean for a sentence to be truth-functional? Why is this important for propositional logic? Give an example of a sentence that is not truth functional.

4. Use truth tables to show whether the following inferences are valid. It can be hard to format truth tables online. The easiest way is to make a table in your word processor. If that doesn’t work, you can simply draw out your answers on paper and upload a photo along with the assignment.

5. Is the following sentence true or false: “Kanye West is a frog; therefore, Kanye is married to Kendrick Lamar”? Translate this sentence into logic and then use a truth table to show your reasoning. What does this tell us about the truth of conditional statements?

6. What are the five valid argument forms discussed in 4.2? Give an example of each.

7. Do you find this type of formal logic interesting? Why or why not?

Write a brief summary of the book – no more than five sentences. What happened, to whom, where, when, how, why?

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11th Grade Summer Reading Personal Response
Student Directions: During the first week or so of class, be prepared to write a TIMED personal response to the book you chose. You may use any notes/dialectical journals and your book to use in completing this assignment. There are a variety of things you may discuss in this response, and many ideas are given below.
Format: Use a complete MLA heading & follow conventional MLA formatting when typing (one-inch margins, double-spaced, 12pt. type, Times New Roman font). Your three response paragraphs should be a total maximum of two-pages. Proofread your response. Check for proper spelling, missing words, incomplete sentences, etc.
Part I. First, write a brief summary of the book – no more than five sentences. What happened, to whom, where, when, how, why? Be sure to include the author and title of the book in your summary.
*Part II. Second, give your response to the book by addressing any one of the following prompts from the choices below*. Spend the most time developing your thoughts for this portion. Use evidence whenever possible and be sure to cite the author’s last name & page number at the end of each quote.
Part III. Finally, explain why you decided to read this particular book? What about the book made it seem interesting without your having read it yet?
*Part II Possible prompts to address:
a) What did the author’s purpose seem to be? Why do you think they might have written it? What were they hoping this text would accomplish? Why do you think so?
b) What is the author’s position on any relevant theme or issue? This will often be a social issue: poverty, love, war, courage, race, etc.
c) Who seems to be the audience? Who wants or needs to know this information? Does there seem to be a specific audience the author is trying to reach? Why do you think so? If not, what makes you think there is not a specific audience?
d) Does the author have credibility to write about this subject or topic? Why or why not? Be specific.
e) What would you change? Choose one important part of this reading that the author could have made a different choice—the structure, organization, purpose, audience, characterization, pacing, supporting details, mood, etc.—then explain how they could have done it differently, and what effect it would have had on the reading.
f) What were the (significant) characters motivated by? What was the protagonist motivated most by? How did this affect their experience in the story? Was their source of motivation something that you could relate to?

Compare how this method may differ between young learners versus adult learners (yourself)?

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Constructivism and Humanism

Justify the learning potential when the learning experience is approached from a human’s potential, rather than from a purely content driven (you need to know this) perspective.

Waldorf Education claims to be a school founded on humanism ideologies. Identify the key variables suggested by Waldorf Education.

Compare how this method may differ between young learners versus adult learners (yourself)?

Describe a personal example of experiential learning that you have experienced and the outcomes you experienced associated with this method.

Justify how motivation and a person’s needs potentially increase effective learning, as suggested by humanistic ideologies.

Illustrate how the variables of organismic integration theory (OIT) reflect the humanistic model.

Your initial post should be between 350 and 400 words. You must support your discussion

 

 

 

Explain social cognitive theory (SCT).

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Disscussion 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmcUlq56yyg&feature=youtu.be

Cognition and Our Environment

Cognition incorporates numerous variables that may affect how we learn. For this discussion address the following:

Explain social cognitive theory (SCT).

Evaluate the applicability of SCT to a real-life experience.

Hint: Is there something you know about or a behavior that you display that was learned from your social environment? Were you modeled this behavior? Did the learned knowledge or behavior have consequences that encouraged you to adopt it?

Evaluate your example by answering the following questions:

How does your learned knowledge or behavior potentially affect your developed schemata?

What if you learned that this knowledge or behavior was not accurate?

How hard would it be to adapt or accommodate?

SCT suggests that the environment affects our knowledge or behaviors. What does reciprocal determinism suggest and why is this important?

Share an example from your own experiences of reciprocal determinism.

Your initial post should be between 350 and 400 words.

 

Describe stability and controllability and how they affect performance attributions

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For this journal, you will reflect on your understanding of attribution theory, as well as apply the concept to your own past behavior(s). As you have learned, attribution theory states that individuals tend to make sense of (logically prescribe) situations by associating them to self, others, thoughts, feelings, or actions. This theory suggests that learners should consider why they do what they do, and what or who they are giving credit for both the victories and the failures. Further, this theory suggests that if a person believes that they are not good at something, they may attribute their unsuccessful outcomes to external factors, rather than to themselves. In contrast, if individuals have success, they more often may attribute their successes to internal factors.

To successfully write this journal,

Discuss your understanding, based on our required content, of attribution theory, including the origins and major premises.

Describe stability and controllability and how they affect performance attributions. Include why these matter in the context of learning.

Identify a time where you feel you have failed and blamed someone or something else when it was not actually, in hindsight, their fault (e.g., the teacher, the friend, a loved one). (Failure could be academic, relational, and/or organizational—loss of a job.)

Elaborate on how blaming the external source(s) preserved your self-image and your self-efficacy?

Based on your new understanding of how to identify your own responsibility in the learning or behavioral process, explain whether you might handle failure, in general, differently now. If so how? If not, why not?

Your journal this week should be 400 to 500 words, limit quoted material, and have an introduction and a conclusion

Discuss how this object represents something about your values, your rituals, your beliefs, your heritage.

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Cultural Identity task 1 : bring an object which you feel represents part of your cultural identity. Talk about it for no less than 2 minutes.

bring an object to class that represents your cultural identity.  It could be one of the following objects: Think carefully about your selection and be prepared to show and discuss how this object represents something about your values, your rituals, your beliefs, your heritage. Relate your talk to some of the cultural concepts we discussed in Jandt Chapter 1.

Cultural Artefact Task 1 :

Some guiding questions to help::

  1. What is the object?”bukhoor”
  2. Why does it represent an aspect of my cultural identity?
  3. Why is it special to me?
  4. How does it relate to the some of the cultural principles we discussed in Chapter 1 of the Jandt text (e.g. symbol, ritual, heroes etc.; or, religion, nationality, gender, class, civilization etc.)

What calculations did you complete? Show calculation with explanation

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Use epidemiologist expert to write this case study
Instructions:
1. Go to http://www.cdc.gov/training/SIC_CaseStudy/page2.html
2. Click “Launch Course.”
3. Complete the case study. work through the entire case study
4. Write 2 pages of case study reflection
Required Components: you must address all section
A/ Reflect on the biostatistical methods used in this case study.
B.1/ What calculations did you complete? Show calculation with explanation
B.2/How were the results of your calculations interpreted in the study? Explain
D/Reflect on the epidemiological findings of this study? Explain
E/Was there any bias noted? Explain
F/Any confounding variables? Explain
G/ Any other factors such as power or attrition that may affect the
1/ validity
2/ reliability
3/ generalizability of the population surveilled?
H/ What did you learn? Explain in detail

Summarize findings and write a short description of a nursing intervention needed for the community of interest

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Assignment 1: Windshield Assessment (5 Points)

Each student will complete a Windshield Assessment of his/her assigned practicum site community. This will assist you in identifying objective data and help to define the community, trends, and other factors that may influence an approach to Assignments 3 and 5.

The Windshield Assessment template is located under the Practicum Forms Module in Canvas. Utilize this form for the assignment. Include the following criteria in this assignment:

  • Complete all sections (A-D)
  • Write a paragraph to summarize the community assessed
  • Cite any epidemiological data
  • Summarize findings and write a short description of a nursing intervention needed for the community of interest
  • Include what you perceive to be a need for this community. (This will help you with Assignments 3 and 5).
  • Please include a title page.
  • This is NOT a narrative, scholarly APA paper. Utilize and complete the template and place the narrative paragraph at the end.
  • Submit by the due date