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  • [ANSWERED] What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of traditional educational research for teachers’.

    What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of
    traditional educational research for teachers’ daily practice?
    a. List one or two examples in which traditional research
    can contribute to your practice or to your students’ learning.
    b. List one or two examples in which traditional research on
    an issue, although important to you, may have no immediate relevancy for your
    practice.

  • [ANSWERED] What brought the family to the attention of your service i.e. refer…

    What brought the family to the attention of your service i.e. referral from another service, self-referral, client/s were assessed as eligible for your service
    The family’s current situation, including living situation/s, nature of family relationships, any concerns the family members have
    A description of the work you have done with the family / individual family members so far i.e. how many times you have met with them, and the focus of your meetings / work so far
    Attachments:
    5597256_1_family-assessment-report-structure.docx

  • [ANSWERED] Recently, the International Accounting Standard…

    Recently, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has issued a new version of Property, Plant and Equipment—Proceeds before Intended Use, which made amendments to IAS 16 (AASB 116) Property, Plant and Equipment. These amendments were finalised after consulting a range of stakeholders. The IASB’s (2018) staff paper “AP12B: Property, Plant and Equipment: Proceeds before Intended Use (Amendments to IAS 16) – Feedback Analysis” provides an overview of stakeholder feedback and staff analysis. The However, a group of investors have approached the IASB expressing their concern over these amendments and have asked the board to review its decision because of the implications these have on extractive and petrochemical industries. In response, the IASB has formed a consultancy group comprising accounting professional bodies and accounting firms to gather expert feedback and opinion on the proposed amendments to Paragraph 17 of IAS 16. The accounting firm for which you work (this is just pretend, most students are not currently working for an accounting firm, use your imagination to make up a name and letterhead for your accounting firm) has also received an invitation to join the IASB’s consultancy group and comment on the proposed amendments to IAS 16 Paragraph 17. Your accounting firm has asked you to undertake rigorous research to explain the issues raised in the IASB’s (2019) staff paper “AP12A: Property, Plant and Equipment: Proceeds before Intended Use (Amendments to IAS 16) – Transition, Effective date and Due process” and advise whether or not your firm should support the proposed amendments to IAS 16 Paragraph 17. Important note: Although the above IASB’s (2019) staff paper covers various aspects of the standard amendment process, the scope of this assignment is limited to Summary of the amendments (paragraphs 5–7) and Transition issues for entities that are already applying IFRS Standards (paragraphs 8–15) onl
    Attachments:
    5597769_1_tracked-changes-acg-36-assignment-sp3-2020.pdf

  • [ANSWERED] There is a need to build a DW to make the analysis of shopping behav…

    There is a need to build a DW to make the analysis of shopping behaviour practical; customers’ transactions from Data Sources (DSs) are required to be reflected in the DW on a daily basis. This process of reflecting the customer data into DW is called Data Integration (DI) as shown in Figure 1. To implement DI we usually need ETL (Extraction, Transformation, and Loading) tools. Since the data generated by customers is not in the format required by DW, it needs to be processed in the transformation layer of ETL. This processing will involve the enriching of transactions data with information from Master Data (MD) as shown in Figure 2
    Attachments:
    5597220_1_assessment-1.pdf

  • [ANSWERED] Counting all the k-mers (substrings of length k) in DNA/RNA sequencing reads…

    Counting all the k-mers (substrings of length k) in DNA/RNA sequencing reads is the preliminary step of many bioinformatics applications. However, state of the art k-mer counting methods require that a large data structure resides in memory. Such structure typically grows with the number of distinct k-mers to count. We present a new streaming algorithm for k-mer counting, called DSK (disk streaming of k-mers), which only requires a fixed, user defined amount of memory and disk space. This approach realizes a memory, time and disk trade-off. The multi-set of all k-mers present in the reads is partitioned and partitions are saved to disk. Then, each partition is separately loaded in memory in a temporary hash table. The k-mer counts are returned by traversing each hash table. Low abundance k-mers are optionally filtered. DSK is the first approach that is able to count all the 27-mers of a human genome dataset using only 4.0 GB of memory and moderate disk space (160 GB), in 17.9 hours. This lab is intended to study variations of hashing. Since the interest is primarily algorithmic efficiency, we will ignore physical device considerations. You will have 2 hashing schemes: mine and yours. Mine has three variations. You will have three collision handling strategies: linear probing, quadratic probing, and chaining. You will have two variations on the table structure: bucket of size one or buckets of size three. The table below shows all the combinations that you need to handle.
    Attachments:
    5597740_1_2-sentence.docx

  • [ANSWERED] ESSAY TITLE: ‘Analyse a contemporary example of ineffective or effe…

    ESSAY TITLE: ‘Analyse a contemporary example of ineffective or effective communication in sport’. Utilizing appropriate communication theories/models/strategies and by demonstrating consideration of the original form of communication outline how the example was representative of effective or ineffective communication. • The chosen contemporary example of ineffective or effective communication in sport can be related to an individual (e.g. coach, athlete, CEO), or to a sporting organisation. • The chosen example can be one that you have been involved with – but you must not write in the first person. • Any form of communication is appropriate to analyse in this essay (e.g. post-match interview, social media post, written statement, conversation) • The analysis of ineffective and effective communication and must be informed by relevant academic literature Task Requirements: • Students are to comply to the word limit, i.e., 1500 words + or – 10% (including in text references but excluding the reference list) • Students must comply to the ACPE style and referencing guides • Submit as a word documen
    Attachments:
    5597123_1_AG-PER2102-Professional-Communication-2020.pdf

  • [ANSWERED] Prepare and submit an argumentative/persuasive academic research essayof 1000 – 1500 words on an…

    Prepare and submit an argumentative/persuasive academic research essayof 1000 – 1500 words on an approved topic (a contemporary issue) using aminimum of six academically credible research sources.In preparing your response you should:?Investigate your contemporary issue then choose your stance andhypothesis;?Plan your essay and use of time;?Select appropriate research sources and extract relevant informationto support your thesis; write your academic argumentative essay,integrating your research ?Apply the specified referencing system?Conference a draft with your teacher ?Adopt appropriate academic writing and presentation conventions
    Topic – Social Media is a bad influence for children.
    Attachments:
    5597735_1_ATPALS002-AT1–TQSW-Essay–2020-Sem.2.docx

  • [ANSWERED] If I was teaching a learning strategy to students with intermediate English proficiency, the…

    If I was teaching a learning strategy to students with intermediate English proficiency, the guidelines I would consider crucial are pacing, clarification, and independence. Students must understand what the strategy is for and to be easy to understand. The best way to ensure students know what the teacher is talking about is to speak slowly and clearly as well as the strategy being easy to recall. When the teacher paces the lesson and doesn’t rush through it, the students can better understand. ELL students take longer to process new information due to the language barrier, so they need more time to learn (Echevarría, & Graves, 2014). Teachers need to ensure the students clearly understand the lesson without confusion so they can recall the learning strategies that are taught. Lastly, students should be able to work on the strategy independently after they have learned them so that they can use the strategies throughout their learning experience and cross over to other subjects. By ensuring students understand the learning strategies, teachers better equip students to succeed. Comment as you see fit. Min 50 words or more.
    Echevarria, J. J., & Graves, A. (2014). Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching English Learners with Diverse Abilities (5 ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson

  • [ANSWERED] Joining the classroom of 25 sixth graders who are proficient in the English language, is…

    Joining the classroom of 25 sixth graders who are proficient in the English language, is definitely going to be challenging and confusing for Josefina. Josefina did not start the school year with the other sixth graders which leaves her to learn and adjust to ways of the classroom after her classmates. To make this transition welcoming and beneficial for her education the teacher will have to make some serious adjustments within the classroom environment and throughout her lessons. The teacher must be the bridge to the unknown school for Josefina. To make changes to the core content so the learning objectives are more accessible for the student the teacher should provide extended wait time, modeling, visuals such as labels and pictures, sentence starters or frames, frequent breaks, and simplified verbal and written directions. In helping Josefina feel comfortable in the already established classroom culture, the teacher should first prepare the students who are already in the classroom for her arrival. This will give them a little background knowledge on their new peer and feel comfortable with a new student as well. According to Penn State College of Education (n.d.), “In addition to helping a new student feel comfortable through pattern and predictability, it is important to help other students to welcome the ELL into the classroom. Reminding them that as a class the main goal is to make her feel the warm welcome they are giving. The teacher can also give her help with establishing a daily routine such as taping a visual schedule of her day on her desk. Appointing a daily buddy to help Josefina get accustomed to the classroom and transitions. Before appointing someone the teacher can make sure to ask discretely if they are comfortable with being a buddy for the day. While helping Josefina become more adjusted to her new classroom the teacher must still continue to make all her students feel equal and welcomed.
    Comment to post as you see fit. Min 50 words or more.
    Reference
    Penn State College of Education. (n.d.). How can I support ELLs in my classroom? Retrieved from https://ed.psu.edu/pds/elementary/intern-resources/esl-handbook/supporting-ells

  • [ANSWERED] When it comes to Josefina starting in the new class in the United states there are a few things…

    When it comes to Josefina starting in the new class in the United states there are a few things that the teacher will have to do to help her learn the language and learn how to communicate. One thing the teacher can do to help the student is to have visual pictures or motions for the student to use to communicate (Teaching Strategies for Students Who Don’t Speak English, 2020 April 21). Another thing the teacher will have to add to the lesson is making sure the student is exposed to the English language (Teaching Strategies for Students Who Don’t Speak English, 2020 April 21). To help Josefina to feel comfortable in the classroom the teacher can let her introduce herself and have her classmates introduce their selves too. Also, to help Josefina feel comfortable the teacher can have things that have to do with Josefina’s culture, so she has some of her culture around. To help the other students be comfortable they can be taught some of Josefina’s language before she starts or when she starts. Also, the class can be told about Josefina before she enters, so they know what to expect before she comes. Comment as you see fit. Min 50 words or more.
    References
    Teaching Strategies for Students Who Don’t Speak English. (2020, April 21). Retrieved November 05, 2020, from https://blog.ixl.com/2015/12/01/teaching-strategies-for-students-who-dont-speak-english/