This document appears to be a student report card summarizing a student's performance and development across various subject areas. It finds the student is below grade-level expectations in numeracy, writing, and reading based on benchmarks. Support is recommended to help the student improve their skills and meet grade-level standards by the next academic year.
Authentic Literacy and Formative Assessment Using TechnologyAndrew Steinman
This document provides an overview of a presentation on authentic literacy and formative assessment using technology. It introduces the presenter, Andrew Steinman, and defines the goals of the presentation which are to define authentic literacy and formative assessment, simulate an authentic literacy activity incorporating formative assessment, learn how to use technology tools that support authentic literacy and formative assessment, and design an activity around authentic literacy incorporating formative assessment. Various technology tools that could support these goals are discussed such as InfuseLearning, Socrative, Diigo, Google Docs, and Blogger. The presentation guides participants through simulated activities using these tools to achieve the defined goals.
The prototype combines 3 big ideas to address low student achievement:
1) Smaller learning communities to personalize learning and connections.
2) A super-charged school-community partnership to address non-academic factors.
3) Aligning schools and community along a continuum to improve transitions.
The prototype is built on 5 structural elements: electrical system (leadership), roof (community partnerships), framing (organizational design), foundation (school culture), and plumbing (teaching and learning). Teaching and learning focuses on rigorous, relevant, aligned, authentic, place-based and project-based learning to build future leaders through personalized, individualized instruction that motivates all students.
This document provides an outline for a lesson plan on representing and adding 2-digit numbers. The lesson will have students:
1) Explore place value through manipulating place value cards and building 2-digit numbers.
2) Play a game taking turns describing 2-digit numbers in expanded form for their partner to write down.
3) Add the two numbers together using expanded notation and explain their strategies.
The lesson aims to develop students' understanding of place value and addition of 2-digit numbers through concrete and pictorial representations.
This lesson plan focuses on analyzing pictures from the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" to make predictions about events and the overall story. Students will examine the pictures, discuss related vocabulary words, and write what they anticipate the story will be about based on the pictures. The goal is for students to get acquainted with the short story through pre-reading activities like predicting events and discussing the pictures from the text.
This chapter discusses thinking and language. It covers topics such as cognition, concepts, problem solving, algorithms, heuristics, and language development. Cognitive psychologists study mental activities like thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. The chapter provides examples of classic problems used to study problem solving and examples of how language develops in children from babbling to two-word sentences. It also discusses artificial intelligence, animal communication like bee dancing, and the relationship between thought and language.
This document summarizes a presentation about re-examining English language arts standards. It discusses the driving forces behind changing standards, including international assessments and the Common Core State Standards. It also explores challenges in implementing new standards, such as increasing text complexity, emphasizing informational text, and preparing students for college and careers. The presentation advocates for teaching practices like close reading, argumentation, extended writing, and emphasizing literacy across all subjects.
Differentiation is a proactive decision-making process that considers critical student learning differences and the curriculum. Teachers use formative assessment data, research-based strategies, and a positive learning environment to make differentiation decisions. This may involve modifying aspects of the curriculum like content, process, product, or the learning environment. Common differentiation strategies include tiering instruction, choice/alternatives, and flexible grouping.
Authentic Literacy and Formative Assessment Using TechnologyAndrew Steinman
This document provides an overview of a presentation on authentic literacy and formative assessment using technology. It introduces the presenter, Andrew Steinman, and defines the goals of the presentation which are to define authentic literacy and formative assessment, simulate an authentic literacy activity incorporating formative assessment, learn how to use technology tools that support authentic literacy and formative assessment, and design an activity around authentic literacy incorporating formative assessment. Various technology tools that could support these goals are discussed such as InfuseLearning, Socrative, Diigo, Google Docs, and Blogger. The presentation guides participants through simulated activities using these tools to achieve the defined goals.
The prototype combines 3 big ideas to address low student achievement:
1) Smaller learning communities to personalize learning and connections.
2) A super-charged school-community partnership to address non-academic factors.
3) Aligning schools and community along a continuum to improve transitions.
The prototype is built on 5 structural elements: electrical system (leadership), roof (community partnerships), framing (organizational design), foundation (school culture), and plumbing (teaching and learning). Teaching and learning focuses on rigorous, relevant, aligned, authentic, place-based and project-based learning to build future leaders through personalized, individualized instruction that motivates all students.
This document provides an outline for a lesson plan on representing and adding 2-digit numbers. The lesson will have students:
1) Explore place value through manipulating place value cards and building 2-digit numbers.
2) Play a game taking turns describing 2-digit numbers in expanded form for their partner to write down.
3) Add the two numbers together using expanded notation and explain their strategies.
The lesson aims to develop students' understanding of place value and addition of 2-digit numbers through concrete and pictorial representations.
This lesson plan focuses on analyzing pictures from the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" to make predictions about events and the overall story. Students will examine the pictures, discuss related vocabulary words, and write what they anticipate the story will be about based on the pictures. The goal is for students to get acquainted with the short story through pre-reading activities like predicting events and discussing the pictures from the text.
This chapter discusses thinking and language. It covers topics such as cognition, concepts, problem solving, algorithms, heuristics, and language development. Cognitive psychologists study mental activities like thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. The chapter provides examples of classic problems used to study problem solving and examples of how language develops in children from babbling to two-word sentences. It also discusses artificial intelligence, animal communication like bee dancing, and the relationship between thought and language.
This document summarizes a presentation about re-examining English language arts standards. It discusses the driving forces behind changing standards, including international assessments and the Common Core State Standards. It also explores challenges in implementing new standards, such as increasing text complexity, emphasizing informational text, and preparing students for college and careers. The presentation advocates for teaching practices like close reading, argumentation, extended writing, and emphasizing literacy across all subjects.
Differentiation is a proactive decision-making process that considers critical student learning differences and the curriculum. Teachers use formative assessment data, research-based strategies, and a positive learning environment to make differentiation decisions. This may involve modifying aspects of the curriculum like content, process, product, or the learning environment. Common differentiation strategies include tiering instruction, choice/alternatives, and flexible grouping.
The document discusses the California State Standards curriculum and assessment system. It introduces the goals of preparing students to be college and career ready through standards-aligned instruction and assessments. It describes the claims and targets that assessments will measure for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. Sample test questions are provided like multiple choice, multiple select, short constructed response, and extended writing/listening tasks. The assessment will include computer adaptive testing and performance tasks to measure students' mastery of the standards.
This document discusses shifting assessments to higher levels of depth of knowledge (DOK). It explains that past assessments like CST only measured lower DOK levels like recall and basic skills. The new SBAC assessment will measure higher DOK levels like strategic thinking, rationalization, and real-world application to better align with 21st century skills. An example is provided for each DOK level, with level 1 being recall, level 2 being skills/concepts, and levels 3 and 4 requiring strategic and extended reasoning using evidence. Classrooms should develop lessons to build skills at all DOK levels.
This document provides guidance on designing assessments and rubrics aligned to learning outcomes. It discusses criteria for high quality common assessments and effective scoring guides. It also outlines steps to take in collaborative planning sessions to create assessments and matched learning tasks. Sample assessment questions, a scoring guide example, and key elements of effective scoring are also included.
This document provides a curriculum planning template for a thematic unit on social action projects. It includes three assessments with increasing levels of complexity:
1. Students discuss social action project ideas and provide feedback on each other's ideas.
2. Students analyze a short video about poverty and complete a listening comprehension assessment.
3. Students create a public service announcement promoting their own proposed social action project using an online presentation tool.
The template provides information on communication modes, performance assessments, language skills standards, and target proficiency levels for each assessment.
Cognitive ethnography is a methodological approach that assumes cognition is distributed through social interactions, tools, language, and coordinated activities. It views cognition as embodied in artifacts and objects. The approach was developed based on nomological network theory, which uses both deductive and inductive frameworks involving theory, hypotheses, observations, and confirmation. An example application involves using video games to facilitate greater success with printed text by assessing comprehension through gameplay. Measures of comprehension can be applied both within and outside of games.
This document provides guidance on how to complete an assessment task that requires analyzing and evaluating a written text and applying its arguments to relevant visual examples. It discusses understanding the task, question, and how the response will be assessed based on demonstrating comprehension, integrating analysis of text and images, and effective communication. Common issues like making unsupported statements are addressed. Overall, the document aims to help students develop skills in critically engaging with texts and images through this assessment.
Here are the key steps:
1. Identify the operation and isolate the variable on one side of the equation.
2. Apply the inverse operation to both sides of the equation to solve for the variable.
3. Verify the solution by substituting back into the original equation.
The order of operations must be followed to correctly solve the equation. Do not divide by zero at any step. Communicate the steps clearly.
The document discusses disaggregating Common Core standards into Know, Understand, Do (KUD) statements. It provides examples of breaking down a math and English standard into KUD components. Participants will practice identifying KUD statements, develop understandings, and provide feedback on each other's work through a shared Google site. The goal is to fully understand and be able to apply the standards.
This document provides the lesson plan for an ELA teacher for the week of July 23-27, 2012. The objectives for the week include understanding spelling patterns, multiple meaning words, synonyms, and making inferences while reading. Activities include vocabulary practice, guided reading of a selection, modeling comprehension strategies, and independent practice with worksheets. Assessment includes tests, checklists, and teacher observation of students. Differentiation strategies include grouping students by ability and reading level, and addressing different learning styles.
The lesson plan focuses on reviewing the parts of an essay including the main idea and summary. The teacher will give a presentation identifying the main idea and summary in an example. Students will then practice identifying the main idea and summary in guided questions to help them prepare for an upcoming test on essay structure.
This document provides guidance on how to structure an anatomy of a resume. It recommends including contact information at the top, followed by sections for education, work experience, student organizations, internships, independent projects, skills, and interests. For each experience, it suggests including the role, dates, location, and 2-3 bullet points describing accomplishments using action verbs and quantifiable results.
The lesson plan is for a 12th grade class to read and analyze the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". Students will make predictions while reading, then analyze the story by reading it and answering questions. They will appreciate suspense to a new level upon finishing. Assessment will include a summary and group discussion. The goal is for students to understand character development and plot elements in the story.
Thank you for the engaging discussion. To summarize what we covered:
- Bloom's Taxonomy was revised to better describe cognitive processes and types of knowledge.
- The cognitive dimension now includes Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, and Create.
- The knowledge dimension categorizes knowledge as Factual, Conceptual, Procedural, and Metacognitive.
- Learning objectives are written as verbs describing cognition paired with nouns describing knowledge.
- Objectives can then be mapped onto the revised taxonomy to show cognitive complexity and knowledge type.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any other questions!
This document summarizes a professional development session for teachers at Northern Vance High School on February 8, 2012. The purpose of the session was to explore the vertical alignment of instruction and assessments to ensure course expectations are appropriately aligned to Common Core and NC Essential state standards. Teachers participated in activities to build maps of how standards progress across grade levels and to reflect on their courses. They also identified power standards and completed tables correlating their course concepts to the new state standards.
This document appears to be a student report card containing assessments of a student's progress in various subject areas. It includes sections on intellectual development, physical development, social/emotional development, numeracy, writing, and reading. For each subject, the student's performance is rated against expectations and standards for their grade level. Overall, the student is reported to be meeting widely held expectations for their age in most subject areas.
Mrs. Beffa teaches the 7th and 8th grade QUEST course, which uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore real-world topics through investigations, debates, and service learning projects. The first semester focuses on the environment and green energy, while the second semester examines psychology and mental illness. Students are evaluated on their mastery of objectives rather than grades and are expected to perform at a high level to pass.
Using literacy levels to differentiate by readinessJeremy
The document provides guidance on differentiating instruction for students based on their reading readiness levels. It discusses assessing students' literacy levels, placing them into readiness groups, and creating tiered activities tailored to each group's level. Teachers are encouraged to use flexible grouping and provide small group instruction. Examples are given for how to structure tiered assignments and assess students at different levels based on shared learning objectives.
Using literacy levels to differentiate by readiness final editJeremy
The document discusses differentiating instruction for students based on their readiness levels. It defines readiness and explains that differentiation by readiness challenges all learners by making work slightly difficult to promote growth. The document provides strategies for differentiation by readiness, including determining student readiness using assessments, flexible grouping, tiering assignments, and using small group instruction. Teachers are encouraged to use readiness data to match instruction to student needs.
The document provides an overview of effective test construction and evaluation. It discusses principles of test construction, the steps to prepare test questions, and examples of different question formats including multiple choice, true/false, matching, and essay. The presentation emphasizes designing valid and reliable assessments that accurately measure student learning.
This document provides an online module about creatively gifted students that covers their characteristics, identification, and support. It describes common traits like thinking differently, problem solving, and risk taking. The module recommends teachers use flexible rubrics and let students choose how to explore and present on assigned topics to best support creatively gifted learners.
The document discusses the California State Standards curriculum and assessment system. It introduces the goals of preparing students to be college and career ready through standards-aligned instruction and assessments. It describes the claims and targets that assessments will measure for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. Sample test questions are provided like multiple choice, multiple select, short constructed response, and extended writing/listening tasks. The assessment will include computer adaptive testing and performance tasks to measure students' mastery of the standards.
This document discusses shifting assessments to higher levels of depth of knowledge (DOK). It explains that past assessments like CST only measured lower DOK levels like recall and basic skills. The new SBAC assessment will measure higher DOK levels like strategic thinking, rationalization, and real-world application to better align with 21st century skills. An example is provided for each DOK level, with level 1 being recall, level 2 being skills/concepts, and levels 3 and 4 requiring strategic and extended reasoning using evidence. Classrooms should develop lessons to build skills at all DOK levels.
This document provides guidance on designing assessments and rubrics aligned to learning outcomes. It discusses criteria for high quality common assessments and effective scoring guides. It also outlines steps to take in collaborative planning sessions to create assessments and matched learning tasks. Sample assessment questions, a scoring guide example, and key elements of effective scoring are also included.
This document provides a curriculum planning template for a thematic unit on social action projects. It includes three assessments with increasing levels of complexity:
1. Students discuss social action project ideas and provide feedback on each other's ideas.
2. Students analyze a short video about poverty and complete a listening comprehension assessment.
3. Students create a public service announcement promoting their own proposed social action project using an online presentation tool.
The template provides information on communication modes, performance assessments, language skills standards, and target proficiency levels for each assessment.
Cognitive ethnography is a methodological approach that assumes cognition is distributed through social interactions, tools, language, and coordinated activities. It views cognition as embodied in artifacts and objects. The approach was developed based on nomological network theory, which uses both deductive and inductive frameworks involving theory, hypotheses, observations, and confirmation. An example application involves using video games to facilitate greater success with printed text by assessing comprehension through gameplay. Measures of comprehension can be applied both within and outside of games.
This document provides guidance on how to complete an assessment task that requires analyzing and evaluating a written text and applying its arguments to relevant visual examples. It discusses understanding the task, question, and how the response will be assessed based on demonstrating comprehension, integrating analysis of text and images, and effective communication. Common issues like making unsupported statements are addressed. Overall, the document aims to help students develop skills in critically engaging with texts and images through this assessment.
Here are the key steps:
1. Identify the operation and isolate the variable on one side of the equation.
2. Apply the inverse operation to both sides of the equation to solve for the variable.
3. Verify the solution by substituting back into the original equation.
The order of operations must be followed to correctly solve the equation. Do not divide by zero at any step. Communicate the steps clearly.
The document discusses disaggregating Common Core standards into Know, Understand, Do (KUD) statements. It provides examples of breaking down a math and English standard into KUD components. Participants will practice identifying KUD statements, develop understandings, and provide feedback on each other's work through a shared Google site. The goal is to fully understand and be able to apply the standards.
This document provides the lesson plan for an ELA teacher for the week of July 23-27, 2012. The objectives for the week include understanding spelling patterns, multiple meaning words, synonyms, and making inferences while reading. Activities include vocabulary practice, guided reading of a selection, modeling comprehension strategies, and independent practice with worksheets. Assessment includes tests, checklists, and teacher observation of students. Differentiation strategies include grouping students by ability and reading level, and addressing different learning styles.
The lesson plan focuses on reviewing the parts of an essay including the main idea and summary. The teacher will give a presentation identifying the main idea and summary in an example. Students will then practice identifying the main idea and summary in guided questions to help them prepare for an upcoming test on essay structure.
This document provides guidance on how to structure an anatomy of a resume. It recommends including contact information at the top, followed by sections for education, work experience, student organizations, internships, independent projects, skills, and interests. For each experience, it suggests including the role, dates, location, and 2-3 bullet points describing accomplishments using action verbs and quantifiable results.
The lesson plan is for a 12th grade class to read and analyze the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". Students will make predictions while reading, then analyze the story by reading it and answering questions. They will appreciate suspense to a new level upon finishing. Assessment will include a summary and group discussion. The goal is for students to understand character development and plot elements in the story.
Thank you for the engaging discussion. To summarize what we covered:
- Bloom's Taxonomy was revised to better describe cognitive processes and types of knowledge.
- The cognitive dimension now includes Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, and Create.
- The knowledge dimension categorizes knowledge as Factual, Conceptual, Procedural, and Metacognitive.
- Learning objectives are written as verbs describing cognition paired with nouns describing knowledge.
- Objectives can then be mapped onto the revised taxonomy to show cognitive complexity and knowledge type.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any other questions!
This document summarizes a professional development session for teachers at Northern Vance High School on February 8, 2012. The purpose of the session was to explore the vertical alignment of instruction and assessments to ensure course expectations are appropriately aligned to Common Core and NC Essential state standards. Teachers participated in activities to build maps of how standards progress across grade levels and to reflect on their courses. They also identified power standards and completed tables correlating their course concepts to the new state standards.
This document appears to be a student report card containing assessments of a student's progress in various subject areas. It includes sections on intellectual development, physical development, social/emotional development, numeracy, writing, and reading. For each subject, the student's performance is rated against expectations and standards for their grade level. Overall, the student is reported to be meeting widely held expectations for their age in most subject areas.
Mrs. Beffa teaches the 7th and 8th grade QUEST course, which uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore real-world topics through investigations, debates, and service learning projects. The first semester focuses on the environment and green energy, while the second semester examines psychology and mental illness. Students are evaluated on their mastery of objectives rather than grades and are expected to perform at a high level to pass.
Using literacy levels to differentiate by readinessJeremy
The document provides guidance on differentiating instruction for students based on their reading readiness levels. It discusses assessing students' literacy levels, placing them into readiness groups, and creating tiered activities tailored to each group's level. Teachers are encouraged to use flexible grouping and provide small group instruction. Examples are given for how to structure tiered assignments and assess students at different levels based on shared learning objectives.
Using literacy levels to differentiate by readiness final editJeremy
The document discusses differentiating instruction for students based on their readiness levels. It defines readiness and explains that differentiation by readiness challenges all learners by making work slightly difficult to promote growth. The document provides strategies for differentiation by readiness, including determining student readiness using assessments, flexible grouping, tiering assignments, and using small group instruction. Teachers are encouraged to use readiness data to match instruction to student needs.
The document provides an overview of effective test construction and evaluation. It discusses principles of test construction, the steps to prepare test questions, and examples of different question formats including multiple choice, true/false, matching, and essay. The presentation emphasizes designing valid and reliable assessments that accurately measure student learning.
This document provides an online module about creatively gifted students that covers their characteristics, identification, and support. It describes common traits like thinking differently, problem solving, and risk taking. The module recommends teachers use flexible rubrics and let students choose how to explore and present on assigned topics to best support creatively gifted learners.
This document provides an overview of common formative assessments, including their purpose and benefits. It discusses the 10 steps to design quality common assessments, including laying the foundation by identifying standards and "unwrapping" them, then creating the assessment with selected and constructed response items along with scoring rubrics. The goal of common assessments is to inform instructional decision making by providing timely feedback to both teachers and students.
The document discusses the differences between good and emerging rubrics. Good rubrics clearly assess the intended task or skills, have clear and understandable language, and produce consistent results across different evaluators. Emerging rubrics may not fully assess the intended areas, have unclear or ambiguous language, and can produce inconsistent scores. The document provides examples of characteristics and language that distinguish good rubrics from emerging ones. It also discusses best practices for developing, testing, and revising rubrics to ensure they are reliable and valid assessment tools.
Grounded theory is a systematic qualitative research methodology that uses a constant comparative analysis of data to develop a substantive theory grounded in the data itself. The methodology involves four main phases: 1) comparing incidents applicable to each category, 2) integrating categories and their properties, 3) delimiting the theory, and 4) developing a theoretical model. Grounded theory relies on a rigorous coding process involving initial, focused, and theoretical coding to analyze data, identify concepts, and develop categories and theoretical relationships between concepts.
Grounded theory is a systematic qualitative research methodology that uses a constant comparative analysis method to generate theory from data. It involves simultaneous data collection and analysis through coding to categorize data and uncover patterns and concepts. The researcher begins by coding segments of data to develop categories and their properties, which are then grouped to form a theoretical framework that is grounded in the data. Grounded theory uses iterative coding cycles to constantly compare data and refine categories and theory development.
This document outlines the key instructional implications of adopting the Common Core State Standards. In mathematics, it calls for 3 shifts: focusing instruction where the standards focus, coherence across grade levels, and higher rigor requiring fluency and conceptual understanding. In ELA, it requires regular practice with complex texts and building knowledge through nonfiction. It advises teachers to understand the shifts, identify major grade-level work, and review materials to develop text-dependent questions and focus instruction. School districts are advised to align classroom materials, teacher knowledge, student work samples, and assessments to the standards.
This document provides an overview of a professional development session on implementing a holistic rubric for scoring extended responses based on the Common Core State Standards. The session aims to build teacher capacity for literacy instruction across all subjects by exploring the research on the benefits of writing and practicing scoring sample essays using the rubric. Key points include that writing improves learning, common guidelines for writing assignments aid instruction, and the CCSS demand increased literacy skills and critical thinking.
The document discusses an upcoming writing lesson for teacher candidates, including presenting a picture book lesson, connecting writing expectations to current events, participating in professional learning communities, and reviewing an example lesson plan. Teacher candidates will also be given a homework assignment for the following week.
The document proposes a K-12 education plan focused on meeting student needs. It discusses analyzing learning needs, establishing learning objectives, identifying gaps, and determining how to help students progress from their starting point to the desired destination. It also covers adapting instructional plans, monitoring effectiveness, learning styles, comprehensive input/output, language acquisition vs learning, autonomy, integrated evaluation domains, minimum achievements, understanding by design, TESOL standards, cooperative learning, cognitive science, Finland's education success, and quality circles for staff training. The overall goal is to develop a plan to help students improve skills and meet learning goals through an effective instructional approach.
This document provides guidance on using portfolio assessment, self-assessment, open response questions, and short investigations as forms of authentic assessment. It discusses:
1. Portfolio assessment allows students to select work to showcase skills and growth over time. Items may include written work, videos, tests, and self-evaluations. Teachers conference periodically with students.
2. Self-assessment is important for developing independent learners. Students evaluate their own work using clear rubrics or criteria.
3. For open response questions, teachers should model the thinking process, provide examples and practice, and give specific feedback to optimize student performance.
4. Short investigations present students with a stimulus to interpret, describe, explain
The document discusses various learning problems students may have and potential software solutions to address them. It outlines problems with writing, generating ideas, spelling, keyboarding, reading, coordination, math fact recall, comprehension, and telling time. For each issue, it lists software programs that could help by replacing challenging tasks, decreasing frustration, improving skills, and increasing independence, volume of work, and mastery of concepts through practice at the student's own pace. The expected outcomes are improved legibility, complexity of writing, length of assignments, math skills, understanding of content, and independence across various academic areas.
This document contains a rubric for evaluating WebQuests with categories for aesthetics, introduction, task, process, evaluation, conclusion, and credits. Key areas of focus include navigation, clarity of objectives, depth of thinking, connection to curriculum standards, appropriateness for grade level, clear directions, and meaningful resources. Points are assigned on a scale from low to high in each category to assess the overall quality of the WebQuest.
The chapter Lifelines of National Economy in Class 10 Geography focuses on the various modes of transportation and communication that play a vital role in the economic development of a country. These lifelines are crucial for the movement of goods, services, and people, thereby connecting different regions and promoting economic activities.
This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the body’s response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
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Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
Beyond Degrees - Empowering the Workforce in the Context of Skills-First.pptxEduSkills OECD
Iván Bornacelly, Policy Analyst at the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD, presents at the webinar 'Tackling job market gaps with a skills-first approach' on 12 June 2024
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UP
Prosposed final report card
1. School Logo
School Name
Address
School District
Principal:
Vice Principal:
Student Name
Grade :
Date:
Teacher:
Picture of student
Teacher Signatures: _________________________________
Principal Signature:__________________________________
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2. Student Profile for Final Report
Student Comments:
Teacher Comments:
Intellectual Development:
Math Reading Writing
Physical Development Social/Emotional Responsibility Aesthetic & Artistic Development
Next Steps Ways to Support Learning at School Ways to Support Learning at Home
In relation to other children of a similar age range is meeting the expectations of the
Primary Program.
Grade Placement for September 2013: Assigned to
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3. Numeracy
Grade 2 Not Yet Within Meets Expectation Fully Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
B.C. Performance Expectations (Minimal Level)
Standards
Asnapshot of your The student may be Most parts of the In familiar situations, The student completes
child’s progress unable to complete the basictask are correct; the student completes all parts of the
task in a someerrors or omissions. all parts of the basic taskaccurately and
reasonableamount of The student may have task accurately and efficiently and explains
time withoutone-to-one difficulty explaining the can explain the result. the result. May
help. result. May need some Mayneed occasional developan extension
assistance. consultation. oralternative method
Topics Covered This Term
MONEY TASKS CHANCE TASKS DATA ANALYSIS MEASUREMENT OTHER APPLICATIONS
Typical money tasks at this with support, describe contribute questions estimate, measure, OF SHAPE
level involve the likeliness of an modelled on those compare, and order AND SPACE
manipulatives (stampers, outcome and make suggested by the shapes, objects, and describe, compare,
paper cut-outs, or real predictions teacher or containers, using and sort shapesand
coins). when observing or previously investigated standard and non- objects
• skip count replicating simple by class standard units length, construct designs
• use coins and bills to probability experiments suggest attributes or mass, volume time
solve simple use terms such as likely, categories for temperature use basic
money problems unlikely, fair collecting or sorting measurement and
• use dollars and cents chance, probably data collect and comparison terms (e.g.,
signs record first-hand data more than, less than,
using a recording equal, length, width)
format provided by the
teacher sort data
construct bar graphs
and pictographs using
a template provided
In relation to other children of a similar age range your child isbelowthe widely held expectations for numeracy.
Personal Writing
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4. Not Yet Within Meets Expectation Fully Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
Expectations (Minimal Level)
A snapshot of your May attempt to tell a Clearly sets out to tell a The story has a
child’s progress story, but problems with story. Beginning is beginning, middle, and
logic,organization, and usuallystronger than end; easy tofollow.
conventions obscure middle, andending may Includes most elements
meaning. be illogical or (setting,
May be very short. missing. Little story characters,problem,
language. solution) andsome story
language.
In relation to other children of a similar age range your child is belowthe widely held expectations for writing.
Writing to Communicate Ideas and Information
Grade 2 Not Yet Within Meets Expectation Fully Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
B.C. Performance Expectations (Minimal Level)
Standards
A snapshot of your The writing is hard to The writing offers some The writing is clear, The writing is purposeful;
child’s progress understand. The student accurate information mostly in the student’s provides accurate
is unable to provide (usually from class ownwords; provides information with some
clear written discussion); parts are accurate information specific detail on
informationwithout illogical or inaccurate on simpletopics and specific topics and
intensive,ongoing help. and may be difficult to procedures.Includes procedures. Shows
follow. some detail. sense of control.
In relation to other children of a similar age range your child is belowthe widely held expectations for writing.
Writing Stories
Grade 2 Not Yet Within Meets Expectation Fully Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
B.C. Performance Expectations (Minimal Level)
Standards
A snapshot of your May attempt to tell a Clearly sets out to tell a Clearly sets out to tell a The story develops
child’s progress story, but problems with story. Beginning is story. Beginning is logically from a
logic, organization, and usually stronger than usually stronger than problem to a solution.
conventions obscure middle, andending may middle, andending may Consistently uses story
meaning. be illogical ormissing. be illogical ormissing. language and shows a
May be very short. Little storylanguage. Little storylanguage. sense of individuality
and control
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5. In relation to other children of a similar age range your child is belowthe widely held expectations for writing.
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6. Reading Literature
Not Yet Within Meets Expectation Fully Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations
Expectations (Minimal Level)
A snapshot of your The student needs one- The student reads a The student reads a The student reads an
child’s progress to-one support to read variety of short, variety of short, increasing variety of
short, simple stories and simple stories with simple stories with simple stories
to attempt comprehen- understanding if given understanding if given independently and with
sion activities. some support. Work is some support. Work is understanding. Work is
partially accurate. partially accurate. clear accurate and
complete.
Reading for Information
Not Yet Within Meets Expectation Fully Meets Exceeds Expectations
Expectations (Minimal Level) Expectations
A snapshot of your The student needs one- The student is able to The student is able to The student reads an
child’s progress to-one support to read reada variety of short, reada variety of short, increasing variety of
short,simple materials simple materials with simplematerials simple material
and toattempt understanding if given independentlyand with independently and with
comprehensionactivities. somesupport. Work is understanding. understanding. Work is
partiallyaccurate. Work is generally clear accurate and
accurate. complete.
As indicated on the PM Benchmark Reading Assessment your child is independently reading at
level .
Your child is belowthe widely held expectations for reading.
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