Essays on Guilford

1. Balanced literacy is a comprehensive approach that focuses on phonics, otherwise referred to as word study, reading and writing. The fundamental goal of this program is to include the strongest aspects of each. The balanced reading strategy includes the following major elements: independent reading and writing, guided reading and writing, shared reading and writing, reading and writing aloud, modeled reading and writing, interactive reading and writing as well as word study and reading and writing workshops. According to Policastro and McTague (2015), the paramount goal of a balanced literacy strategy is "to teach reading not as a skill ...

One of the relevant observations noted from the readings is the disparity within which groups and group work are developed. From the first chapter written by Toseland & Rivas (2012), group work development was noted to undergo six (6) stages from planning, beginning, assessment, middle, evaluation, ending. However, from the book written by Toseland, Jones, & Gelles, Group dynamics (2004), the more popular group development process was revealed to have been conceptualized by Tuckman as the forming, storming, norming, and performing stages. While in the same book, another group development model was noted to have been popularized by Garland, Jones, and ...

According to Gulanick and Myers (2013), the nursing process has been identified as the most appropriate strategy which can be employed in trying to ensure that the most suitable care is provided to a particular individual. Ensuring that the patient gets the best out of the Caregiving process should form the primary objective of any nursing undertaking. Addition studies (de Oliveira et al. 2012; Weber and Kelley, 2013), show carrying out a thorough assessment of a patient is a significant step as it forms the basis of a care plan. Studies by (Papathanasiou et al., 2013; Morrissey, 2016) showed ...

Biological factors that might account for Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is ranked as one of the most severe mental ailments in different parts of the world. A person in 100 individuals develops the illness over a life span. It can develop any time but commonly shows up in the late teens to mid-20s. In addition, it is common in both males and females. Physicians are now embracing that, its results are dimensional across interlinked areas of signs; severity, functional or social disability, medication, employment and management factors. To describe and diagnose the philosophy of this disorder, numerous modern strategies have been suggested, since the prototype explanation by Kraepelin. ...

Introduction

Thesis: Unhealthy lifestyle habits are the main reason for the increasing rates of cardiovascular disease. Research question: What are the causes of the increasing rates of cardiovascular disease? Research aim: The aim of the research is to provide solutions to reduce the rates of cardiovascular disease. Research objectives: The first research objective is to examine the risk factors for the occurrence of cardiovascular disease. The second research objective is to evaluate the impact of the increasing rates of cardiovascular disease on society.

Literature review

The literature review involves examining the perspectives of different scholars regarding cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease refers to ...

Abstract

Hurricane Katrina touched ground in Louisiana in August 2005. The resulting lack of coordination in a catastrophe of this size by federal agencies led to large numbers of evaluations, reports, and recommendations for improvement. Particularly under fire was the FEMA organization tasked with management of the disaster operations. The inability to coordinate local, state, and federal resources lead to billions of dollars in waste and additional loss of life secondary to lack of food, water, and shelter. Government policies and restrictions in addition to complicated definitions of responsibility delayed relief for the stricken areas by as much as a ...