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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"professional judgment"”.
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The assessment of undergraduate final year projects : a study of academic professional judgment
The premise of this study is that the assessment of student performance is an interpretive process. This raises a fundamental validity question: on what basis do academic communities evaluate the soundness of their interpretations? The central problem which this study explores is how academic …
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Trends in higher education professionals’ use and perceptions of structured professional judgment instruments for threat assessment purposes
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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Applying systems-thinking to reduce check-the-box decisions in the audit of complex estimates
… as audit regulators push for increased use of professional judgment in the audit of complex financial statement accounts, auditors seem to interpret audit standards as increasingly prescriptive. This leads to mechanical, or check-the-box audit decisions in just those situations in which it is …
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Clinical evaluation tools and AACN essentials in Baccalaureate Nursing Education
… for the nation and all four regions related to professional knowledge, judgment and skill needed to practice responsibly and accountably. The other top four ranking categories related to planning nursing care, assessment and physical examination, education of individuals and groups, and …
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Using GIS and Land Use Data to Select Candidate Reference Sites for Stream Bioassessment
… of streams statewide. Instead of relying on best professional judgment or previous knowledge of a limited number of sites, we performed an objective evaluation of cumulative impact on all catchments using land use data sets. These included road and impoundment data from DLGs and Multi-Resolution …
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Improving Decoding: A Multiple Case Study of Fourth Grade Striving Readers
… intervention, b) reading specialists must use professional judgment to make instructional decisions, c) there are degrees of explicitness needed during instruction, and d) there is a need for continued intervention by an expert reading teacher. Additionally, intrusions that affected …
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Professionalization of physical therapists: Relationships between individual professionalization and selected factors
… occupation of physical therapy were professionalized. According to the literature, for physical therapy to be classified as a profession, physical therapists would be expected to display a moderate to high level of commitment to the essential factors associated with …
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The Effects of Risk Management Programs on Financial Professionals' Judgments
… influence the business decisions of financial professionals?” This study addresses this issue by examining the effects of RMPs on the levels of judgment conservatism and effort exercised by financial professionals. Specifically, in a 2 x 2 between-subjects experiment using experienced financial …
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Enhancing consistency in dyslexia identification : fostering collaboration to reduce noise in multidisciplinary evaluation teams.
… areas of expertise. Individual team members' professional judgment is influenced by individual training, skills, experience, and recent changes in Texas policy, leading to variability and inconsistent conclusions in the identification of dyslexia. This study will investigate the discrepancies …
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Development of the Interview and Interrogation Assessment Instrument
… and each expert uses their own unstructured professional judgment. To address this lack of standardization, we have developed a psychological instrument for evaluating videotaped interrogations: the Interview and Interrogation Assessment InstrumentTM. We begin with a discussion of the …
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Data Acquisition for Enhancing Human-Informed Topology Optimization
… distributing material, but its application in professional environments remains limited due to fabrication constraints and inflexible design workflows. To address this, the Carstensen Group developed HiTop, which integrates optimization algorithms with human experience, allowing engineers to …
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Promoting flexible idea generation in audit planning: the effects of counterfactual mindset and example provision
… of what is sufficient depends largely on professional judgment there is no bright line rule that auditors can apply to know they have completed a satisfactory audit. Using theory from the organizational behavior literature I examine several information gathering stopping rules that may be …
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“I was good when I didn’t have it”: giving the ‘ADHD child’ a voice: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.
… of consistency and substantial reliance upon professional judgment. Even though there is an abundance of multimodal and holistic approaches available for this population, there is still a heavy reliance upon pharmacological treatments without knowing the longterm effects of using such …
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Defeat in victory : organizational learning dysfunction in counterinsurgency
… It argues that a set of closely held, professional beliefs - the military operational code - and bureaucratic preferences distort the organizations' initial response, subsequent adaptation and interwar retention. The military operational code leads militaries to misunderstand …
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EXPERIENCES OF TEACHERS USING AN IEP SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
… that the software allowed them to develop a professional looking IEP document, free of errors and no sections omitted that met the letter of the IDEA (2004) law. Participants also noted tension between compliance and the spirit of the law, for example ensuring IEP goals were individualized …
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You can't always get what you want : managing recreational use in the Middlesex Fells
… mission, existing system-wide policies, staff's professional judgment about the purpose of the property, the agency's understanding of the science, the regulatory framework, and most importantly-perceptions of political feasibility. I argue that the draft Trail System Plan attempts to reconcile …
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Assessing and Mitigating the Social and Emotional Effects of COVID-19
… that teachers relied primarily on observation, professional judgment, and ongoing interactions rather than formalized SEL frameworks to identify student needs. Teachers reported using relationship-building, emotional regulation supports, and flexible routines to promote student adjustment. This …
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Essays on Crime and Law
… increased supervision levels—when tailored by professional judgment—significantly lower recidivism. These findings underscore the importance of strategic oversight in enhancing the effectiveness of parole supervision.</p> <p>The second chapter examines gender discrimination in hiring, using …
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Evaluating Coliform Monitoring Strategies for Contamination Scenarios in a Distribution System Model
… A review of the literature and the use of best professional judgment help to inform the understanding of the primary causes of the occurrence of coliform bacteria in drinking water distribution systems. In this analysis, both contamination scenarios and coliform monitoring approaches are …
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