Instructions Risk Assessment Article Critique For this assignment, read and reflect on the following article. The article may be located by clicking on the “The CIP Report: September 2014” link on the Past Issues Catalog page: Mueller, J., & Stewart M. G. (2014, September).  A risk Assessment of the FBI's counterterrorism efforts. The CIP Report, 13(2). https://cip.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/146_The-CIP-Report-September-2014_Risk.pdf In this article, the authors lay out a simple, back-of-the-envelope approach for evaluating the costs and benefits of counterterrorism spending that uses only four variables: the consequences of a successful attack, the likelihood of a successful attack, the degree to which the security measure reduces risk, and the cost of the security measure. To illustrate this approach, the authors apply it to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to assess if its counterterrorism effort reduces the terrorism risk enough to justify its cost. In your article critique, identify the article premise and supporting points on whether or not the authors' vulnerability analysis and risk assessment approaches of the FBI's efforts reduced the terrorism risk enough to justify its cost over a period of time. If so, how? If not, why? The article mentions that the Transportation Security Administration body scanner technology costs about $1.2 billion but does not mention any technology that the FBI is spending its budget on. Do you think this was an oversight or intentional? What new technology is the FBI actually employing? The article also does not address how the FBI is using geographical information systems (GIS) in domestic terror risk assessment and vulnerability analysis. Quickly research how the FBI is using GIS; how could the authors incorporate this information into the article? In addition to the content in the article, discuss two additional technology related recommendations that could be integrated into the author's findings. The assignment must be at least 500 words in length. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed Part A-This week in your initial post you will respond to two different, yet related concepts. First, Chapter 2 discussed reinforcing student effort and providing recognition as a means to motivate students and, thus, increasing achievement. Do you agree with this practice? Why or why not? What are other means of providing opportunities for learner motivation and achievement? For the second part of your initial post respond to this concept: Chapter 3 discussed the benefits of cooperative learning. How do you use or want to use cooperative learning in your teaching context? Make sure to provide examples from your teaching or personal learning experiences Part B- Write a professional growth plan that you can use to ...

1. Instructions
Risk Assessment Article Critique
For this assignment, read and reflect on the following article.
The article may be located by clicking on the “The CIP Report:
September 2014” link on the Past Issues Catalog page:
Mueller, J., & Stewart M. G. (2014, September).
A risk Assessment of the FBI's counterterrorism efforts.
The CIP Report, 13(2). https://cip.gmu.edu/wp-
content/uploads/2013/06/146_The-CIP-Report-September-
2014_Risk.pdf
In this article, the authors lay out a simple, back-of-the-
envelope approach for evaluating the costs and benefits of
counterterrorism spending that uses only four variables: the
consequences of a successful attack, the likelihood of a
successful attack, the degree to which the security measure
reduces risk, and the cost of the security measure. To illustrate
this approach, the authors apply it to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) to assess if its counterterrorism effort
reduces the terrorism risk enough to justify its cost.
In your article critique, identify the article premise and
supporting points on whether or not the authors' vulnerability
analysis and risk assessment approaches of the FBI's efforts
reduced the terrorism risk enough to justify its cost over a
period of time. If so, how? If not, why? The article mentions
that the Transportation Security Administration body scanner
technology costs about $1.2 billion but does not mention any
technology that the FBI is spending its budget on. Do you think
this was an oversight or intentional? What new technology is
the FBI actually employing? The article also does not address
how the FBI is using geographical information systems (GIS) in
domestic terror risk assessment and vulnerability analysis.
Quickly research how the FBI is using GIS; how could the
authors incorporate this information into the article? In addition

2. to the content in the article, discuss two additional technology
related recommendations that could be integrated into the
author's findings.
The assignment must be at least 500 words in length. Adhere to
APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text
citations and references for all sources that are used. Please
note that no abstract is needed
Part A-This week in your initial post you will respond to two
different, yet related concepts. First, Chapter 2 discussed
reinforcing student effort and providing recognition as a
means to motivate students and, thus, increasing achievement.
Do you agree with this practice? Why or why not? What are
other means of providing opportunities for learner motivation
and achievement? For the second part of your initial post
respond to this concept: Chapter 3 discussed the benefits of
cooperative learning. How do you use or want to use
cooperative learning in your teaching context? Make
sure to provide examples from your teaching or personal
learning experiences
Part B-
Write a professional growth plan that you can use to
reinforce effort for students that you will work with.
Adhering to APA guidelines, refer to your text or outside
resources in this plan. Be sure to cite your sources in the 500-
to 600- word professional growth plan. Use these questions to
guide your plan:
· How can I help students develop an understanding of the
relationship that exists between how hard they work and their
academic achievements?
· How will I provide recognition to students that are genuine
and specific to the individual?

3. · How can I provide students with examples of effort and stories
about people who have overcome odds and/or worked hard to
succeed or have them share stories of their own?
· How can I develop rubrics to define what effort means in our
class (or group)?
· How can I help students track their own effort?
· How can I help students understand the connections between
feedback, effort, and recognition?
· How will I measure my progress as a teacher and the impact
on student learning?
Part C-
ooperative Learning Lesson Plan
Write a
cooperative learning lesson plan for your students that
aligns with at least 1 standard you chose in
Week 1. Create learning objectives based on the
standards you have chosen. You may use the
Lesson Plan Template and
Lesson Plan Example. Although you may choose an
alternative lesson plan format, make sure to include the
following categories:
· Lesson title and grade level
· Standards alignment
· Lesson objectives (no more than five)
· Learning strategy(ies)
· Lesson activities
· Required materials and resources
At the end of your lesson plan or on a separate page, reflect on
your lesson (300- to 400- words). Adhering to APA guidelines,
refer to your text and 1-3 outside resources for this assignment.
Be sure to cite your sources. Use these questions to guide your
lesson reflection:
· How did I teach students to work together as a team, listen,
negotiate, and lead?
· How did I plan this project with activities that require a group

4. effort?
· How did I provide different roles and responsibilities for each
student that are clear and reasonable and provide each student
with a voice?
· How did I assign students to cooperative learning groups that
are heterogeneous, academically and socially?
· How did I develop rubrics that address the
roles/responsibilities of each student and the overall project?
Remember, you will be writing individual lessons throughout
this course and the
Week 6 final assignment will be a unit of study. It
would be to your benefit to choose standards and lessons that
would fit together in a series of lessons or
unit of study.