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Points Main of the Class: 1. We've had 25 years of school reform and things aren't getting any better. 2. Schools exist in a political environment, so many "reforms" have more of a symbolic value than substantive. Also, because of clashes of values an interests of stakeholders that produce conflict, many promising reforms are lost in necessary compromises. 3. Reforms rarely penetrate the core of...
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UCLA - EDUC - 456
Preface The purpose of this section is to reflect upon the in-class exercise we facilitated at the mid-point of the ELP Online project. Our research group was interested in gaining feedback about the students' experiences halfway through the project.
UCLA - EDUC - 456
Recommended Electronic Teaching Strategies 1. Electronic Discussion Forum Using an Internet based program such as "Yahoo Groups", allows the facilitator and students to post reactions to assigned reading and professor prompts. The application keeps t
UCLA - EDUC - 456
ELP On-line Action Research Project Phone Interview: Saadia Lagarde Researcher: Steven Mercer Thursday, May 24, 2001 9:00pm 1. Tell us briefly about your previous experience with on-line courses prior to the ELP program. I have no prior experience. B
UCLA - EDUC - 456
Educational Leadership Program On-line (ELPO) Survey Dear Cohort 8: In an effort to guide us in the planning and implementation of our ELP Action Research project we are asking that you complete this questionnaire. Thank you for your cooperation. Mar
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Physics 217ChaosFall 2003Problem Set 21. Consider the chemical reaction A+X 2X. (1)This is an example of an autocatalytic reaction: the presence of product X enables the conversion of A to X. Since collisions between A and X are necessary f
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UGA - CLAS - 4040
CLAS: 4040/6040Death & Burial of Philip IIProf. Naomi J. NormanBefore Philip, 359 BCEDuring Philip, 348 BCE356 BCE: Philip assumes kingship from Amyntas & begins to consolidate kingdom which is accomplished by 338 at the Battle of Chaironei
UGA - CLAS - 4040
Karen Marks For this workshop, the class analyzed a series of Hellenistic votive reliefs dating from the late 4 century to the early 1st century. Because of their nature as votive offerings, all the reliefs show some depiction of the god(s) to whom t
UGA - CLAS - 4040
Courtney Canada The Life and Death in Alexandria Workshop sparks intriguing questions such as How is the city of Alexandria organized? Why do Egyptian elements appear in cemeteries in Alexandria? What themes and motifs are appropriate in funerary mon
UGA - CLAS - 4040
Karen Marks The data for this workshop were all pieces of evidence from or concerning Alexandria. To begin discussion, we asked several questions, namely about the plan of the city as it fit into the traditional conceptualization of a Greek polis, an
UGA - CLAS - 4040
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UGA - CLAS - 4040
Tessa Cierny This week=s workshop was particularly stimulating in that all of the images provided for discussion evoked an emotional response from the viewer. Although there were some disagreements on the message being sent by the artist, pain and de
UGA - CLAS - 4040
Holly Jordan The "Attalid Dedications in Pergamon & Athens" workshop gave students an insight into the design of and purposes of war memorials within the Hellenistic world. Some key questions asked by students included: 1) Why is there so much death
UGA - CLAS - 4040
Christina Westpheling The workshop on Monday examined the Attalid dedications at Pergamon and Athens. It is believed that Attalos I commissioned these two large sculpture groups to commemorate his victory over the Gauls. Both statue groups feature st
Iowa State - STAT - 341
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ASTR3002 GALAXY DYNAMICSK.C. Freeman, RSAAIntroductionGalaxies are collections of stars, gas, dust and dark matter Masses are between about 106 and 1012 solar masses. The Milky Way is near the upper end of the mass range. Two main kinds of galaxi
Allan Hancock College - A - 3002
Now take = ezMore on integrals of the motionA function F(r,v,t) that remains constant along a stellar orbit is called an integral of the motion. eg in a steady-state conservative system = (r), the total energy of a star is an integral. Integral
Allan Hancock College - A - 3002
Fitting computed rotation curvesobserved VcVc=9=4=1Rcomputed Vc for diskSurface BrightnessHI Rotation Curve (out to 11 scale lengths) Dark matter is important here
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Elliptical GalaxiesK.C. Freeman October 6, 20051Introduction and GoalsGalaxies fall into two main classes: the disks, supported primarily by rotation, and the ellipticals, supported mainly by the random motions of their stars. Dissipation is a
Allan Hancock College - ENVS - 1001
Thinking about droughtDrought in Australia What is it?Dr Linda Botterill Director National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia 26 May 2009 Is `drought' a useful concept in Australia? Understanding or control?National Drought Policy 1
Iowa State - STAT - 341
Iowa State - STAT - 341
Iowa State - STAT - 341
Iowa State - STAT - 341
Exam 3 Review Continuous Univariate Normal Distribution1. Let X N ormal( = 15, 2 = 25). For the values of X = 10 and X = 37, calculate how many standard deviations X is from the mean, and the probability of getting an X that is larger. 2. Find the
Iowa State - STAT - 341
Exam 3 Review Continuous Univariate Gamma DistributionEvaluate the following without integrating. 1. 2. 0 0y 4 ey/6 dy x1 ex dx1Exam 3 Review Continuous Univariate Gamma Distribution - Answers1. 0y 4 ey/6 dyThis looks like the kernel o
Iowa State - STAT - 341
Exam 3 Review Continuous Univariate Beta DistributionEvaluate the following without integrating. 1. 2.1 0 1 0y 4 (1 y)4 dy x2 (1 x)6 dx1Exam 3 Review Continuous Univariate Beta Distribution - Answers1.1 0y 4 (1 y)4 dyThis is the kern
Iowa State - STAT - 341
Exam 3 Review Continuous Bivariate Conditional Probabilities1 Consider the probability density function given by f (x, y) = 6 (x + y), with the domain of 0 x 1, 0 y 3. The marginal probability functions are 1 fx (x) = x + 3 and fy (y) = y + 12 .
Iowa State - STAT - 341
18.05 Spring 2005 Lecture Notes 18.05 Lecture 1 February 2, 2005Required Textbook - DeGroot & Schervish, "Probability and Statistics," Third Edition Recommended Introduction to Probability Text - Feller, Vol. 11.2-1.4. Probability, Set Operations
Iowa State - STAT - 341
18.05 Lecture 10 February 25, 2005x y In the continuous case: F (x, y) = P(X x, T y) = - - f (x, y)dxdy. Marginal Distributions Given the joint distribution of (X, Y), the individual distributions of X, Y are marginal distributions. Discrete (X
Iowa State - STAT - 341
18.05 Lecture 11 February 28, 2005A pair (X, Y) of random variables: f(x, y) joint p.f. (discrete), joint p.d.f. (continuous) Marginal Distributions: f (x) = y f (x, y) - p.f. of X (discrete) f (x) = f (x, y)dy - p.d.f. of X (continuous) Condi
Iowa State - STAT - 341
18.05 Lecture 15 March 9, 2005Review for Exam 1 Practice Test 1: 1. In the set of all green envelopes, only 1 card can be green. Similarly, in the set of red envelopes, only 1 card can be red. Sample Space = 10! ways to put cards into envelopes,
Allan Hancock College - ENVS - 1001
ENVS1001 Resources, Environment & Society People & bushfire in AustraliaPeter Kanowski, Fenner School: peter.kanowski@anu.edu.au Geoff Cary, Fenner School: geoffrey.cary@anu.edu.au Tom Griffiths, Research School of Social Sciences: tom.griffiths@anu
Allan Hancock College - ENVS - 1001
People & bushfire in Australia: todays programWhats it like to be in a bushfire under extreme conditions? - video from 7 February 2009www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTA3hwyEXnI www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgHId_RJezwENVS1001 Resources, Environment & Society
Allan Hancock College - ENVS - 1001
People and BushfiresGeoff CaryENVS1001/6101SE Victoria Sentinel hotspot map 1/2/2009 to 1/3/ 2009Integrated Model of Bushfire Risk D = I . S . E . G . HD = probability of an adverse outcome I = probability of ignition in the landscape S =
Iowa State - STAT - 341
18.05 Lecture 18 March 18, 2005Law of Large Numbers. X1 , ., Xn - i.i.d. (independent, identically distributed) X1 + . + Xn as n , EX1 n Can be used for functions of random variables as well: Consider Yi = r(X1 ) - i.i.d. x= r(X1 ) + . + r(Xn
Iowa State - STAT - 341
18.05 Lecture 19 March 28, 2005Covariance and Correlation Consider 2 random variables X, Y 2 2 x = Var(X), y = Var(Y ) Definition 1: Covariance of X and Y is defined as: Cov(X, Y ) = E(X - EX)(Y - EY ) Positive when both high or low in deviation.
Iowa State - STAT - 341
18.05 Lecture 20 March 30, 20055.4 Poisson Distribution (), parameter > 0, random variable takes values: {0, 1, 2, .} p.f.: f (x) = P(X = x) = Moment generating function: (t) = Ee-tX = etX x - - x = e- e = 1 e ;e x! x!x0x0EX k = k (0)