Model Annotated Bibliographies Samples For Students

- Mayes, R., & Koballa, Jr. R., T. (Dec 2012), Exploring the Science Framework, Retrieved from the website http://nstahosted.org/pdfs/ngss/resources/201212_Framework-MayesKoballa.pdf

Mayes and Koballa, Jr. (2012), say, “It is clear that for today’s students to become a part of the literate society tomorrow, they must be able to use their educational experiences to become proficient on mathematics.” For many Americans, mathematical proficiency is being able to calculate or apply algorithms, but the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) believes that mathematically proficient students “can use their learning to solve problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace.” This means that these mathematically proficient students can use their logical thinking to solve common problems that come across in their ...

1. Website

The website Healthy Place gives a greater insight on the relationship between father and son in the article “The Connection between Father and Son”. The main purpose of the article is to remind fathers that they can use crisis situation as an opportunity to get close to their son. The page has quoted an example of Sean and his father relationship where the two have built a close tie as a result of a crisis (Healthy Place). Besides the said article on website of Healthy Place, all other articles and information on the parenting community are important to gather useful ...

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Reed, P.A. (2004) ‘Paradigm Shift: Biomimicry’ The Technology Teacher, The Technology Teacher, Vol. 63, No. 4 Pp. 23-27.

The article “Paradigm Shift: Biomimicry” that was written by Reed, P.A. in December/January 2004, discusses biomimicry background and three areas of biomimicry. It explains that in prehistoric period, people lived with nature since it was an important aspect for one to survive in. it was useful in acquiring food, shelter and clothing. In nature, people grew crops and domesticated cattle. In case of illness, medicine was provided by nature.

With time, science evolved where philosophers came up with ideas ...

Greenberger, Dennis (1 Oct 2012). Mind Over Moods — Treating Coexisting Depression and Anxiety [podcast]. Anxiety and Depression Association of America. Retrieved from http://www.adaa.org/resources-professionals/podcasts/mind-over-moods

This podcast describes symptoms of depression, suggests when to get help, and outlines the basic treatment course expected by patients. This podcast relates to the assignment because it offers answers to frequently asked questions about depression. The scope of the research relies on Greenberger’s expertise as a psychiatric professional, because he is the only one who discusses answers to the questions posed about depression. Greenberger discusses the similarities and differences between anxiety and depression. The reason it is important to understand these similarities and differences is because anxiety occurs alone with 50-60% of major depressive or dysthymic disorders (Greenberger ...

Question 1: Primary Claim and Evidence

The main claim by the authors is that they have developed an ideal contextual model for negotiation that provides a general strategy for negotiations between Western and Asian negotiators, which creates value while at the same time, protects relationships. As evidence of the need for such a model, the authors review the application of the MGA approach to negotiations involving negotiators from South Korea, China and Japan. By highlighting the variations in the approaches usually taken by negotiators from the different countries, while at the same time highlighting the differences, the authors reaffirm the need for a flexible approach to negotiation. This ...

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Earthquake and Volcano Forecasting

James, H., Kazuyoshi, N., & Donald, T. (2005). Earthquake forecasting and its verification. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0508476v1.pdf
This was a manuscript presented in 2005 in the University of California. According to the researchers, Earthquakes are comparatively more dangerous than hurricanes and volcanoes as floods increase gradually and the hurricanes can also be predicted. Earthquakes can occur anytime and they are hard to predict. The Authors have adopted a relatively different approach on the basis of pattern informatics method. This method quantifies temporal variations. Specific areas on seismogenic region have been identified where earthquakes ...

MacDonald, M. & Bourgeault, I. (2009). The Ontario Midwifery Model of Care. In Davis-Floyd, R., Barclay, L., Davis, B., & Tritten, J. (Ed.), Birth Models that Work (pp. 89 - 118). Carlifornia: University of California Press.

Canadian Midwifery as a profession was not formally recognized until 1994, when it developed into an autonomous profession for many midwives in Canada. Margaret and Ivy set out to study “Practicing Midwives” in Ontario and the successful integration of midwifery in the province of Ontario from its days as a grassroots social movement to its present status as a full profession. This midwifery model is devoted ...

Annotated Bibliography: Organizational Development

Aubry, M., Hobbs, B., & Thuillier, D. (2009). The contribution of the project management office to organizational performance. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 2(1), 141-148.

The objective of this article is to be able to summarize and defend some scientific results on in regards to a recent Organizational Development phenomenon, the Project Management Office (PMO), in a location where most of the literature is currently coming from advisers. The emphasis of this research article shows how important the project manager is when it comes to the PMO transformation process rather than on the clarification of their great diversity. ...

Introduction

Over the last 50 years, explanations related to recreational behaviour have grown complex and sophisticated. More information about this topic has come to light as experts engage in comprehensive research about various issues associated with the topic. Having been a fan of human sciences for a long time, I have also decided to conduct my own research on the topic particularly focusing on one aspect and this is the educational and psychological theories that drive recreation behavior. I chose to concentrate on three theories and these are the Flow theory, The Self Determination Theory and the Individual Experience Paradigm. To do ...

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Jurisevic, M. (2012). Students’ Motivational Patterns to Learn. Studia Psychologica
54(3): 221-236

Jurisevic (2012) focuses on the identification of motivational structures responsible for influencing the learning patterns of students. Jurisevic (2012) identifies learning as complex pedagogical-psychological phenomenon that is undertaken using different structures. The author cites academic motivation to being a key ingredient in facilitating the learning process among students. By citing several research studies, Jurisevic (2012) confirmed that it was possible to link motivation to student’s learning and subsequently their academic achievements. In this study, the author states that improving academic achievement among students calls ...

Introduction

Transmission and containment of hepatitis A, B and C is vital dealing with the menace. However, for one to be able to deal comprehensively with the challenges, it is necessary for one to understand the causative agents as well as environments that may aid in propagation of the virus. It is also necessary to demystify myths from the truth as regards to causation of hepatitis A, B & C, in addition to HIV. For example, according to Stein and Nyamathi (2010), unprotected sexual behavior, prison history and needle sharing are to blame for the propagation of Hepatitis virus.
Center ...

Blattberg, R.C. & Deighton, J. (1996) Manage marketing by the customer equity test. Harvard
Business Review, July-August: 136-144.

Blattberg and Deighton (1996), in their article, emphasize the importance of keeping track of high value customers in their marketing campaign. In a marketing campaign, the goal is not to sell items, but to make sure that existing customers continue to shop at your business. Emphasizing retention spending is said to be the most important factor in a marketing campaign, as you monitor your customer's retainability and brand your products towards them. The authors make a very good point about retaining customers, though ...

IT Organizational and Key Manager Assessment and Analysis

Dube, L., Bernier, C., & Roy, V. (2009). Taking on the challenge of IT management in a global business context: The Alcan case – Part A. International Journal of Case Studies in Management. 7(2), 1-10.
This journal explores the IT governance model or methods at Alcan. The document is based on the perspective of Robert Ouellette, hired as the Vice-President of CIT at Alcan. An overview is given to the corporate IT functions. The overview covers the hierarchy in IT governance and Alcan’s strategies at that time. It continues to describing how the IT department relates with the ...

Avena, N., Rada, P. and Hoebel, B. G. (2008). Evidence for Sugar Addiction: Behavioral and Neurochemical Effects of Intermittent, Excessive Sugar Intake. Neuroscience Biobehavioral Review, 32(1): 20-39.

The nervous system evolves to motivate and reinforces an individual to subconsciously eat sweet foods and other foods that may trigger such addictive behavior similar to that of alcohol addiction. In this research, Avena and colleagues attempt to find whether or not sugar should be included in the ranks of heroin and cocaine that could also lead to a natural form of addiction. Avena and colleagues contend that food addiction may be a plausible explanation to explain how the brain pathways evolved in response to natural reinforcements that are activated in the same vein that pathways for narcotics are also activated. ...

Canadian Feed the Children. Education: the basic building block of every society. 2014. Web. http://www.canadianfeedthechildren.ca/what/education

In this article, the importance of education in economic and social growth in any country is discussed. The Canadian Feed the Children Organization, which is the writer of the article, helped the readers to understand how the education helps people. It shows how the education can improve the economic stability of the nation. It also suggests that education has a large factor for the food security of every family. The article also focused on what are the main problems in education and how could everyone help in ensuring proper education for every children.

In this website, the main issues for ...

1. EDUCATIONAL THEORY

Introduction to Brain Based Learning & Eric P. Jensen

Principals of Brain Based Learning
Eric P. Jensen’s home page is entitled Game Changers on other connected pages he offers Principals of Brain Based Learning, some of the principals he views as most important and other tools that might be important to someone looking into his theories on brain based learning. Jensen also has several pages devoted to his workshops books, and other presentation materials. It is primarily addressed to the general public, instructors and policy makers.

Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Revised 2nd Edition

Eric P. Jensen was considered a pioneer in brain based learning when he released the First Edition of ...

Rehabilitation Issues within the Criminal Justice System

This research investigates the importance of rehabiliation as a central theme in criminal justice systems. Specifically, the research adrresses the question about whether rehabiliation is important in the first place, and the issues that prevent delivery of timely rehabiliation services to offenders. The research notes that while it is important to keep the public safe from offenders, it is also of critical importance to ensure that the offenders get a fair treatment within the confines of prison and come out of prison with the right mindset without slipping back to doing the crimes they used to commit. This research opinines that ...

Carroll, K. M., Ball, S. A., Nich, C., Martino, S., & Frankforter, T. (2006). Motivational interviewing to improve treatment engagement and outcome in individuals seeking treatment for substance abuse: A multisite effectiveness study. Drug and Alcohol Dependency, 81(3), 301-312.

This study examines the hypothesis that manual-guided behavioral therapies have the ability to improve outcomes to substance abuse treatment. A multisite randomized clinical trial was conducted wherein motivational interviewing (MI) techniques were integrated into normal clinical practice of substance abuse treatment. The participants who went through the MI intervention had better retention ratings given the 28 day follow up ...

Introduction

Automobile technology has managed to come a long way. A few decades ago, automobile makers were boasting about airbags being the latest state-of-the-art technology in car safety. Warning systems and collision avoidance have been the latest developments for car technology. Though it is not a new technology, reverse cameras are available with the cross-traffic warning systems for preventing drivers from reversing from their parking spot into the oncoming traffic. Again, the vehicle sensor technology has been used for detection and prevention from all-too-common dangerous situations. These technologies are perfect for ensuring individuals and families are kept safe. Also, technology has helped ...

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Atkinson, R. C., & Shiffrin, R. M. (1971). The control processes of short-term memory. Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences, Stanford University.

It is a theoretical study mainly a review of laboratory results about memory. The author explains the difference between long term and short term memory. It further explains how short term memory works. In this regard, the authors examine how short term memory make decisions, keeps and passes on information and how as part of the overall brain controls and regulates learning and forgetting. With the help of scientific data, the authors explain the concept and reality ...

Ekins, P. (1997). Clean Business Policy: Practice and Economic Implications. Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 335 (1728), 1449-1465.

The author of this article feels that businesses have a prominent role in helping solve the current environmental problems facing the world. The way that they can do this is by creating sustainable models that help lessen the problems, rather than exasperate them. The author first develops a model of wealth creation that can be applied to businesses and the economy as a whole and argues that from this model one can derive principles aimed at sustainability. The author recommends that businesses adopt new environmental reporting and accounting systems. From this, they can start to quantify the toll of the environment into ...

A well-regulated militia, being necessary to a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Winkler, A. 2007. Scrutinizing the Second Amendment. Michigan Law Review, 105.

Winkler analyzed the individual-rights view to gun ownership and its challenge in court citing the Second Amendment and surmised that the individual-rights view would survive challenges in most states. There are forty-two states that recognize the right of its citizens to bear arms and when their laws are challenged in court they rely on the reasonable regulation ...

How it is produced, maintained and challenged by particular people in a hospital.

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Anderson, Cameron & Brown, Courtney E. (2010). The functions and dysfunctions of hierarchy. Research in Organizational Behavior. Retrieved from www.ScienceDirect.com with doi: 10.1016/j.riob.2010.08.002. (Published online but not yet in print)

This paper used a literature review methodology to address the hierarchy in power of many organizations with respect to functionalist organization. It offers a better understanding of five variables that determine the effectiveness of moderation on the strength of hierarchal-powerful obstacles: (a) the type of a group’s work, (b) if the choice of group leader is appropriate, (c) how a leader’s ...

Abstract
The majority of the articles included deal with the subject of organizational change. Several of them explore organizational change from a theoretical viewpoint and offer ideas for research, while other articles offer more practical information for management with examples of change, elements affecting change, and concrete examples of organizations’ implementation of change. Several of the articles focus on leadership. Again, some approach from a theoretical perspective, while others offer concrete examples of styles of leadership that can be utilized on a practical level. Altogether, the articles provide a diverse picture of theories and practices behind leadership and organizational change. This diversity ...

Karpetis, George. "How experienced social workers apply recovery-oriented mental health policies in everyday practice." European Journal of Social Work 23.1 (2020): 106-117.

Social workers are the first line helpers to people who have recently suffered stress, trauma, and crisis events. They go through various training to handle these individuals because each individual has a different perspective and crisis or trauma that they may have undergone, and each one of them requires a different kind of attention. Most of these techniques that social workers use include offering psychological first aid, listening to the victim, and offering them a temporary ...

Cohen, Eli B. Growing Information, Part I. Santa Rosa, Calif: Informing Science Institute, 2009. Print.

Cohen in this peer reviewed article has given an insight on a well researched paper. Cohen gives the essential components of a well researched and articulated work through giving the best research problem statement. The article provides practical example for new comers into the world of research (Cohen, 2009). The elements of scholarly research are also a basic component of the article. This article is essential for a starter due to the fact that, it provides insights on how to create a research statement in order to obtain a ...

Blackburn, M., Busser, R. & Nauman A. (2001). Removing Requirement Defects and Automating Test. Software Productivity Consortium NFP

This article underscores the problems that impede operations and growth. In this regard, the article discusses model based approaches to reducing defects in the production process. The article discusses the use of model-based approaches in order to reduce defects, reworks and rejects in order to increase scheduled savings and reduce costs. Automation of development and tests is important in the production process. According to the authors of the article, automation in this way helps reduce resources and time in an attempt to develop high quality production systems. This article is important for this topic as it gives a different perspective ...

This article examines the difference between communication strategies in Japan and in the United States. The author’s goal is to assess the difference when people from Japan and people from the United States want to create friendships and marriages. Topic choice was determined to be of importance to both cultures.
The conclusion of the study will be useful in my research because it reveals that when both parties are better informed about the differences between topic choices in the United States versus Japan then the parties are able to make better communication strategy choices.
Richmond, V. ...

This project will identify the similarities and differences between Constantinople in the 6th century and the Baby Boomer Generation of Nashville in the 1960s.
Both cities, although separate in terms of geography and time, represent key events in their respective periods. The discussion of these events as manifested in their arts, music, and literature would be interesting subjects of study.

This project will compare Constantinople in the Dark Ages and Nashville in the 1960s and focus on their arts, music, and literature. The inhabitants of these cities will also be described. In Constantinople, the Christians resided, as the ...

W, W. Plush and unusual punishment. 28 07 2011. 08 12 2013 <http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/07/norwegian-v-american-justice>.

The article talks about the relative comforts of Norway’s Halden prion, which is considered to be the “world’s most human prison”. It states that Americans in general are appalled at the thought of Anders Brevik, a serial killer, spending time in its comforts. Even the American media is bogged down that a prison can be anything but an overcrowded place like theirs’. The article raises an ethical question about Norwegian justice system, which offers a maximum life sentence if 21ys for criminal like Mr. Breivik. And on top of that that such a criminal spends time in comforts typically not ...

Whalen, Ryan. "The U.S. Government as an Interagency Network." Inter-Agency Journal (2013): 70-80.

In this article, Ryan approaches the issues of inter-agency cooperation through a two threaded approach. One perspective evaluates the structure of the US government and the other perspective evaluating the methodological issues, which are relevant to inter-agency issues and inter-organizational network analysis. This study adopted the use of online data available in regard to inter-agency relations and inter-organizational analysis. There has been numerous studies in the recent past in regard to inter-organizational network studies based on the availability of data on the relations of organizations with each other. This article explores the inter-agency issues from the perspective of the government ...

Annotated Bibliography for Leveraging Technology

Griffy-Brown, C., Chun, M., & Koeppel, H. (2011). Using customer-facing technology to create new business value: Insight from the public and private sector into the changing value equation. Journal of Technology Management for Growing Economies, 2(2), 21-33.

The research article focuses on the need of creating value for customers to retain them as such and build their loyalty in future. It explores the adoption of self-service technology for customer based services that enable a new level of convenience and self control, and provide value to the organization and the customer. The study provides a detailed description of the Technology Acceptance ...

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Chilingar, G. et al.Greenhouse Gases and Greenhouse Effect. Environmental Geology, Vol. 58
No. 6 (Sep2009) p1207-1213. Web 05 July 2013.

The source is a journal article about environmental geology that seeks to give different views on the relationship that exists between the greenhouse effect and global warming. In this source, Chilingar et al argue that increased levels of greenhouse gases within the atmosphere does not lead to global warming. However, their argument is limited to one greenhouse gas that easily condenses on cooling. They fail to consider the effects of carbon dioxide on average temperatures of the earth, and ...

Description of the issue

The provision of quality healthcare is an integral part in the management of all progressive societies. Unlike in the ancient days when most societies were largely dominated by solitary cultures, the modern societies are extensively multicultural. Hosting significant populations of all nationalities in the world, the US is a classic melting point of nearly all cultures in the world. The intermarriages between these cultures have only served to create a complex multicultural society. The uniqueness of each culture in such a society presents challenges to governments and non-governmental agencies in the provision of services such as healthcare and education. In spite of ...

Statement of the Problem

Varieties of studies on leadership have been studied, but not many of them have concentrated on the field of servant leadership. The main aim of this study is to investigate the various ways in which the servant leadership is affected by various attributes of the people in the society. The problem to be investigated in this study is how the concept of servant leadership came to be. The historical origins of the servant leadership will also be put through the microscope. To enable the study to be successfully examined, various works will be looked and critical examination of the ...

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Geubauer, (2010). Wal-Mart manager explains ways his employees
(associates) are a great idea factory. Biztrain. HRmadeEasy. e-Newsletter

According to Gebauer (2010), associates are great idea for the company. Wal-Mart employees or staff are regarded as 'associates' since it is believed that they all work together to make the company remain at the top. These associates are tremendous resources of experience and knowledge which are the ideal resources to keep the business moving. Some do come up with great ideas which after putting to test help improve on the company's profit stand. The reason for this relates to ...

MacCann , C., Fogarty, G.J., Roberts, R.D., (2012) . Strategies for success in education: Time management is more important for part-time than full-time community college students. Learning and Individual Differences. 22, 618–623.

Summary

The article assesses the relationship between time management, big five personality factors and grade point average. The assessment is done on 556 students from community colleges. The study uses a path model to control for vocabulary, demographic covariates and gender. The path model showed that time management mediates between the relationships between students’ achievements at eh community colleges and conscientiousness. The use of separate modeling for full-time and part-time ...

Browne, L. L., Mehra, S. S., Rattan, R. R., & Thomas, G. G. (2004). Comparing lecture and e-learning as pedagogies for new and experienced professionals in dentistry. British Dental Journal, 197(2), 95-97. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4811484
Objective: To evaluate the relative effectiveness of e-learning versus lecture learning in VDPs and trainers. Design: Experimental comparison of two groups'learning retention. Setting: VDPs and trainers from two regions were assessed by independent researchers.Method: One region's VDPs and trainers received e-learning; another's received a traditional one hour lecture. Retention and understanding were tested and compared. Personal preference was assessed in group interviews. Results: Significantly greater retention ...