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    Humanity currently lives in a digital society. Over the past century, humans have grown accustomed to observing the world through screens. However, as Marshall McLuhan points out in “The Gadget Lover”, there is a dissonance between a person's existence onscreen and a person's existence in reality. People become attached to mere representations of reality rather than reality itself, much like how the character of Narcissus falls in love with his own reflection in Greek mythology. McLuhan implies that

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    longitudinal study is needed in order to ascertain whether the use of language within formal feedback or challenge activities are beneficial to students. Haimovitz (2016) makes another suggestion, related to the limited impact we can truly have on pupils whilst they are in school by stating that children’s mindsets were more related to their parents attitudes to failure than their attitudes to intelligence. Are pupils more influenced by external factors, than what we, as educators can do in the

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    Analysis Observation studies are those studies where individuals are observed or certain outcomes are measured (Science, 2017). In addition, there are no attempts to affect the outcome of the study. Furthermore, establishing cause and effect are difficult in observation studies. However, among variables, associations and predictabilities can be investigated (Science, 2017). This document will overview an observation study of gift buying by males for Mother’s Day. Designing an Observation Study The

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    room. The director had no problem with it. The mother also agreed to it, but she did ask to obtain a copy of the paper before submitting it just so she could read it, and make sure everything looked good. • Step 3: Procedure. • The place of observation took place at my work, before I clocked in for the day. I work at Oakwood Methodist Preschool/Daycare. I went in to the daycare at about 9:00, which is just free play/ breakfast time in the infant room. The infant room I observed in was a little

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    Duckweed Experiment

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    What is duckweed? The was the first question that went through my mind when this lab was assigned. This resulted in pre-lab research. The first thing I learned was that duckweed, is a tiny aquatic flowering plant that floats in large quantities on still water, often forming an apparently continuous green layer on the surface. When my group was tasked with choosing our manipulative factor we decided on temperature manipulation. Based on the basic information we all had on duckweed due to our pre-lab

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    Ben's Bells Observation

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    Since observing Ben Bells I have also developed a sense pride in the Tucson community. I see that Ben Bells makes a difference in Tucson because I (Jayda) always see Ben Bells stickers everywhere I (Jayda) go. I am super excited to continue my observation of this community to learn new things and take the back to my community in Long Beach, California. What i found most interesting about this community is how they aim to achieve their goal of promoting happiness in the community. If you just randomly

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    II. BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION Setting One: Home First Meeting: Indirect Functional Assessment The B A.T. clinical team met Oscar’s mother, Mariciela, his sister Giselle on August 8, 2016. Giselle acted as translator for her mother. On this date the B.A.T. team conducted an indirect functional assessment, which consisted of a parent interview and review of ABA services in relation to Oscar. The clinical team gathered information regarding Oscar’s history (as outlined in the above section) and inquired

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    place in Miami Beach, Florida. I decided to focus my observations on the pool deck of the Riu Hotel. I chose the pool because it was the most central location, which had a very large and diverse group of subjects. As directed I spent thirty minutes observing the pool deck. My first observation was from 8:50 a.m. to 9:20 a.m., it was 77 degrees, partly cloudy and I sat in the back right hand corner of the pool deck facing the beach. My second observation took place from 8:43p.m. to 9:13 p.m., it was 73

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    Our group has decided to do a naturalistic observation, observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation, and a survey, a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, project. For naturalistic observation we decided to observe the amount of people that when in a restaurant decide to get on their phones instead of talking to one another. Our theory, an explanation using an integrated

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    On October 26th I observed at Park Elementary in Munhall, Pa. The school is from kindergarten to 4th grade. Park Elementary was the same Elementary school I attended and the second-grade classroom I chose to observe was the same classroom that I sat in ten years ago taught by the same teacher. I chose to observe Park Elementary because the school and the teachers are who inspired me to become an elementary school teacher. The classroom was very colorful and organized. The walls were covered with

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