How to Write an A+ Research Paper This Chapter outlines the logical steps to writing a good research paper. To achieve supreme excellence or perfection in anything you do, you need more than just the knowledge. Like the Olympic athlete aiming for the gold medal, you must have a positive attitude and the belief that you have the ability to achieve it. Choose a topic which interests and challenges you. Focus on a limited aspect, e.g. narrow it down from "Religion" to "World Religion" to "Buddhism". Select a subject you can manage. Surf the Net. For general or background information, check out useful URLs, general information online, almanacs or encyclopedias online such as Britannica. Pay attention to domain name extensions, e.g., .edu (educational institution), .gov (government), or .org (non-profit organization). The recent arrival of a variety of domain name extensions such as .biz (commercial businesses), .pro, .info (info on products / organizations), .name, .ws (WebSite), .cc (Cocos Island) or .sh (St. I. I. 1. 1.
wrapping up 2007 (28 December 2007, Interconnected) Wrapping up 2007: As Borges wrote reviews of non-existent books, I have notes for essays I'll never write. Here I've collected what's been on my mind the last couple of months. The common theme of Web 2.0 Expo Berlin was surfaces, which I picked up primarily from a talk on microformats as nanotech by Jeremy Keith and a conversation with Terry Jones. In short: the surface of the Web is currently pages - these are the atoms - which are interlinked (Tom Coates talks about how to be native to the Web of data). What microformats and other forms of structure do is increase the resolution of the Web: each page becomes a complex surface of many kinds of wrinkles, and by looking at many pages next to each other it becomes apparent that certain of these wrinkles are repeated patterns. So what does phenotropics mean for the Web? The technological future of the Web is in micro and macro structure. The macro investigation is like chemistry. You know, seeing is just like predicting the future.
Choose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Writing Experience Overview Featured Resources From Theory to Practice In this unit, students meet in literature circles to read an adventure story, and then combine both reading and writing skills to write an original “choose your own adventure” story. back to top ReadWriteThink Webbing Tool: Students use this online tool to create a variety of free-form graphic organizers including cluster, hierarchy, and cause and effect webs. This lesson combines reading and writing in a collaborative, small-group learning experience. Further Reading Wilhelm, Jeffrey D., and Paul D. Dale, Helen. 1997. Gruber, Sibylle, ed. 2000.
scienceNOW | Mirror Neurons Mirror Neurons PBS air date: January 25, 2005 ROBERT KRULWICH: Hello again. Gaze into a mirror, and what do you see? We humans are really good at reading faces and bodies. Ask yourself, "Why do people get so involved, so deeply, deeply involved, with such anguish, such pain, such nail biting tension over football?" COMMENTATOR: The Cleveland Browns are gambling on defense. ROBERT KRULWICH: Why are we such suckers for sports? Well, as it happens, scientists have an explanation for this strange ability to connect. DANIEL GLASER: It had never been found on a cellular level before. ROBERT KRULWICH: A set of brain cells, found on either side of the head, among all the billions of long branching cells in our brain, these so-called "mirror neurons," have surprising power. DANIEL GLASER: What we've found is the mechanism that underlies something which is absolutely fundamental to the way that we see other people in the world. (NEURON FIRING): Clack, clack, clack. First you look... DONNA: Ready? V.S.
Great Source iwrite - Students: Grammar Handbook State-of-the-Art Science Program Grades K–8 Science Program Combining interactive write-in texts, hands-on activities, and a full digital curriculum, ScienceFusion provides multimodal learning options to build inquiry and STEM skills, preparing students for success in future science courses and careers.
High Achiever, Gifted Learner, CreativeThinker Identification of gifted students is clouded when concerned adults misinterpret high achievement as giftedness. High-achieving students are noticed for their on-time, neat, well-developed, and correct learning products. Adults comment on these students' consistent high grades and note how well they acclimate to class procedures and discussions. Some adults assume these students are gifted because their school-appropriate behaviors and products surface above the typical responses of grade-level students. Educators with expertise in gifted education are frustrated trying to help other educators and parents understand that while high achievers are valuable participants whose high-level modeling is welcomed in classes, they learn differently from gifted learners. In 1989, Janice Szabos published a comparison of the bright child and the gifted learner. Later, in the second cartoon, the teacher poses a question to the class. Szabos, J. (1989).
Trading Hours For Dollars « John Chow dot Com There are many ways to make money in this world. By far the most common is trading hours for dollar, also known as a job. Maybe it’s the fact that I have never held a job for more than a year of my entire life, but I just can’t understand why people would choose to make their income this way. Trading hours for the dollar is like the worst possible method of earning a living one can make. Here’s why. You Are Taxed The Most If you trade hours for dollars, congratulation! You Have The Fewest Tax Breaks Not only are you taxed the most but you have the fewest tax breaks available. You Only Earn Dollars When You’re Trading Trading hours for dollar creates no residual or passive income – if you’re not trading, you’re not making any money. There Are Only 24 Hours In A Day It doesn’t matter how many dollars you trade your hours for, you are limited to 24 hours just like everyone else. Eventually a time will come when you can no longer trade hours for dollars. Did you enjoy this post?
Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal: The Pattern of Growth in Income Inequality Greg Mankiw notes: Greg Mankiw's Blog: Lazear vs Krugman: NY Times columnist Paul Krugman yesterday: There's a persistent myth, perpetuated by economists who should know better -- like Edward Lazear, the chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers -- that rising inequality in the United States is mainly a matter of a rising gap between those with a lot of education and those without... And he questions why economist Paul Krugman, a high-ranking candidate for this year's Nobel Prize, writes this. The reason, I think, is contained in this graph: from Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez (2006), The Evolution of Top Incomes: A Historical and International Perspective (Cambridge: NBER Working Paper No. 11955, January 2006). The big rise in inequality in the U.S. since 1980 has been overwhelmingly concentrated among the top 1% of income earners: their share has risen from 8% in 1980 to 16% in 2004. Something else is going on.
Richistan: A Journey Through the ... Review: New Community Rules by Tamar Weinberg If you read just one book this season about the hot-hot-hot topic of social media, make sure it’s Tamar Weinberg’s “The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web.” If you are trying to get your arms around social media and how you or your business can participate, this book is a superb overview. By reading this book you will learn how to use social media in business — whether you are employed in a large business, manage a small business, or are a solo entrepreneur. This book is a great place for newbies to start. There are so many things about this book to recommend it. How to Use Social Media to Market a Business — The first few chapters explain what social media is and how it has changed the face of marketing today. Wide Number of Sites Covered — I love the way this book covers so many useful social media sites. But it also covers sites such as Mahalo, showing you how to participate there. There are thousands of social sites today. I expect a book to tell me: