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    Theoretical Application Assignment EDUC 181 50 points possible Your Name: Sara Sparks ________________________________________ Instructions: You should spend approximately one hour observing a child ages 3-10 years. Take notes during your observation!!!! You must use this format for your final paper! Just answer the questions below. You should cite your text for this assignment. You will only earn full credit if you correctly answer every question & cite multiple theorists or textbook

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    appeared to be positioned at closer proximities to each other expressed the color blue, and sections of the skin where the iridophores were positioned further apart expressed the color red (usually when males are excited). After disproving the initial hypothesis, the experimenters quickly formulated another cause and effect relationship between the role of the s-iridophores and color change. The researchers hypothesized, for a second time, that chameleons modify/move their guanine reflective crystals to

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    J.D Gregorio and J. Lee published “Education and Income Inequality: New Evidence from Cross-Country Data” in the early 2000s (Gregorio & Lee, 2002). This paper looks at empirical evidence on how educational factors, like higher educational attainment and equal distribution of education, play a significant role in income distribution. The authors Gregorio and Lee state that many other literature pieces emphasize education as one of the major factors affecting the degree of income inequality (Gregorio

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    Introduction This experimental study was carried out to examine “the effects of enhanced personal responsibility and choice” on a group of residents who were living a decision-free nursing home environment. The experiment consisted of two groups; the experimental group was given effective communication with emphasis on their personal responsibility, while the communication given to the second group stressed the responsibilities of the institutional staff toward them. Furthermore, the experimental

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    Observation child paper Purpose "Ever since I was a child, I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one 's potential"(Bruce Lee). I think this quote pertains greatly to how children grow up. The Assignment purpose was to observe a child between the ages of 2 and 16. Human Development is important because it shows what you can identify. For example, if there is anything wrong with your

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    Usage of different recording methods to observe children’s learning and development Observing children in their natural environments (home, classroom, and outdoors) and recording their observations are considered important strategies that teachers need to do in order to follow up children 's learning progress and development at the Foundation Stage (Forman, and Hall, 2005). The observation, which is defined as “the process of watching a child at work or play without interfering in the activity”

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    Paramecium Experiment Introduction The purpose of the paramecium experiment was to observe competition or allelopathy between two different species of paramecium in the laboratory. Allelopathy is a way organisms inhibit or affect other organisms when developing in nature. This insures the survival of one organism against another organism. For instance in plants, some can release a chemical that enters the environment and inhibits the growth and development of surrounding plants. Another example

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    Data Collection The method that will be used to collect data will be non-participant observation. The non-participant observation is the most appropriate because I will be able to observe, without interrupting the class, how the participants conduct their mathematics, science, and social studies lessons. I will also observe whether or not they incorporate literacy into their lessons, and if so how it impacts them. Non-participant observation will show how these participants handle the emphasis on

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    effect on the achievement of students. However I was unable to find a study comparing the accuracy and speed of participants in a study, and so I will have to make a few assumptions of my own based on previous knowledge in order to form a hypothesis. Hypothesis: If people are given positive reinforcement on a timed multiplication test, then their overall speed will increase, while their overall accuracy will decrease. Materials: Pen, Pencil, Eraser, and Marking Pen/Marker Stopwatch (Including those

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    solvent. Diffusion is where molecules go from an area of low concentration to high concentration until molecules are evenly spread out. Plastic is semipermeable and iodine is smaller than the pores in plastic while cornstarch and water are bigger. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that the iodine will go from the plastic baggie to the cornstarch then back until it evens out as the iodine is smaller than the plastic baggies membranes , so it will fit through and go from the high concentration to low concentration

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