Instructions: This problem set covers Chapter 2 in our textbook. Prepare a report that answers (and explains your answer where necessary) each question/part. If calculations are required for the solution, you must show/include the steps in your work. Graphs may be done either by hand or electronically.

The network restrictions surrounding the web authentication service is one layer of defense. As was noted, this component is too valuable to trust to a single defense. Furthermore, authentication requests are tendered by the least-trusted component in the architecture. That component, HTTP termination, resides on the least-trusted network. What additional steps can be taken?

Overview

This Assessment constitutes a Performance Task in which you are asked to evaluate various sources of information related to a topic in the early childhood field. You will choose a topic from the options below, evaluate the credibility of both scholarly and Internet sources, analyze ethical guidelines, and synthesize your findings.

Access the following to complete this Assessment:

• University of British Columbia. (n.d.). Evaluating information sources. Retrieved from http://help.library.ubc.ca/evaluating-and-citing-sources/evaluating-information-sources/
• University of California Berkeley Library. (2012). Evaluating web pages: Techniques to apply and questions to ask. Retrieved from http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
• Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). (2007). Ethical standards in research. Retrieved from http://www.srcd.org/about-us/ethical-standards-research
• Performance Task Submission Template

You will evaluate research related to your chosen topic and write a 5- to 7-page response using the template provided.

Topic Options:

• The use of technology in early childhood programs
• Dual language instruction in early childhood programs
• Inclusion within the early childhood environment
• Childhood obesity prevention strategies

Your response to this Assessment should:

• Reflect the criteria provided in the Rubric, which provides information on how the Assessment will be evaluated.
• Adhere to the required assignment length.
• Use the Performance Task Submission Template.
• All submissions must follow the conventions of scholarly writing. Properly formatted APA citations and references must be provided where appropriate.

Professional Skills: Written Communication and Information Literacy are assessed in this Competency. You are strongly encouraged to use the Writing Checklist and to review the Rubric prior to submitting.

This Assessment requires submission of one (1) document: a completed Performance Task Submission Template. Save this file as RC003_firstinitial_lastname (for example, RC003_J_Smith). When you are ready to upload your completed Assessment, use the Assessment tab on the top navigation menu.

Instructions

Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric. This is the same rubric the assessor will use to evaluate your submission and it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the Competency. Many students find that understanding the requirements of the Assessment and the rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use their time most productively.

Rubric

This assessment has four-parts. Click each of the items below to complete this assessment.

Part I: Evaluating Credible Scholarly Sources

Select three peer-reviewed journal articles that relate to your chosen topic, at least one of which contains a research study. The research study must include children as the research participants. For each article you select, enter the following information in the template:

• APA citation
• Summary of each Internet source, a description of the topic and an overview of the information presented (1 paragraph)
• Evaluation regarding the validity and credibility of the source, explain how to the strategies you used to determine whether the source is valid and credible (1 paragraph)

Part II: Evaluating Credible Internet Sources

Select two Internet sources that relate to your chosen topic. For each Internet source you select, enter the following information in the template:

• APA citation
• Summary of each Internet source, a description of the topic and an overview of the information presented (1 paragraph)
• Evaluation regarding the validity and credibility of the source, explain how to the strategies you used to determine whether the source is valid and credible (1 paragraph)

Part III: Adhering to Ethical Guidelines

In 1–2 pages, describe the ethical guidelines for conducting research studies in early childhood, as evidenced in the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) “Ethical Standards in Research” article. Then, choose one of the research studies you selected in Part I (that uses children as participants), and explain how the methodology in the article adheres to the ethical guidelines for conducting early childhood research studies.

Part IV: Synthesizing Sources of Information

Provide a 2- to 3-page synthesis of the sources you evaluated that provides an overview of the most current findings related to your topic. Explain why credibility, validity, ethical guidelines, and accuracy are all important in regard to your research topic and to any research within the early childhood field.

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Social marketing (not to be confused with social media marketing) is a process that utilizes marketing principles and techniques to influence the target audience to adopt positive voluntary behavioral changes.

For this assignment, you will be looking at aspects of social marketing in greater depth to draw connections between this approach and continuous quality improvement in health care. Identify an aspect of patient care in need of quality improvement and error reduction at the health care facility where you work or at one with which you are familiar (e.g., medical error reduction, surgical error reduction, appropriate utilization, pharmaceutical accuracy).

Create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation (not including a reference slide), with detailed speaker notes, that addresses the following components of your social marketing approach to continuous quality improvement (CQI):

1. Describe the problem and present your proposal for a quality-improvement-based solution.
2. Conduct a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis on your proposal for improvement.
3. Describe the target audience whose behavior you are aiming to positively influence. Be specific.
4. Present specific objectives and goals you would like to achieve. Draw connections between the implementation of quality improvement strategies and error reduction.
5. Identify factors surrounding the implementation of your improvement proposal that could positively or negatively sway the target audience’s behavior. These could be motivating reasons for the target audience to adopt your recommendations or potential barriers to implementation that may discourage or dissuade them from complying.
6. Describe how you intend to strategically market your proposal to the target audience.
7. Describe how you plan to monitor and evaluate the success of your quality improvement strategies.
8. Describe what type of financial backing you will need in order to implement your proposal and any budgetary restraints that could present an obstacle to the execution of your improvement strategies.
9. Present an implementation plan to put your proposal into action.

Cite at least three references

e. What is your assessment of GoPro’s financial performance? (Hint: use financial rations in completing the analysis.)

h. After reading the article on Teaching SWOT and looking at the SWOT Generic strategy chart, which quadrant is GoPro in? (Hint: Turnaround, Aggressive, Defensive or Diversification quadrant)

1. Teaching SWOT: determine the S.W.O.T. quadrant Amazon is in and should be in. (SWOT Strategy Model).

Example:

a. Turnaround quadrant: firm has many internal weaknesses and many external opportunities. Strategies include: Horizontal integration, Vertical integration, Turnaround or Corporate combinations

b. Defensive quadrant: firm has many internal weaknesses and many external threats. Strategies include: Divesture, Liquidation, or Bankruptcy

c. Aggressive quadrant: firm has many internal strengths and many external opportunities. Strategies include: Concentrated growth, Market development, Product development or Innovation

d. Diversification quadrant: firm has many internal strengths and many external threats. Strategies include: Concentric diversification, Conglomerate diversification or Corporate combinations.