text: Hello all, Sorry if this is in the wrong place but I just wanted to add my experiences and advice for all those preparing to attend AOSB briefing. I received some very good advice in regards of what to expect but also some conflicting advice as to some of the finer details. The first day begins, after some presentations, with the MAP test. There are some examples of these which can be found on the army website. The actual tests are much more difficult, especially the Numerical reasoning test. In the given time for the tests I only managed to complete the Verbal Reasoning test. These tests are do-able but just be aware of your time management. Dont panic if you think you did badly, my entire group felt they performed poorly here. The groups are then sent to individual rooms for the introduction and the current affairs discussion. The introduction is quite straight forward, talk for two minutes on yourself. I had prepared this at home and timed myself and it was roughly two minutes long. Just be aware that you will tend to talk faster while presenting and you may run out of things to say. I was told in my debriefing interview that I hesitated towards the end introduction which I should try and avoid. The current affairs discussion is also quite straight forward, they pick two or three topics for you to discuss, then each member of the group is asked for a topic and one of these is selected for discussion. If you have valid points make sure to add them but try not to cut anyone off or interrupt anyone, this is often difficult if you in a group of strong candidates. In preparation for this I had been reading the economist and some daily newspapers. I was told my depth of knowledge was good but I needed a broader range of current affairs knowledge. I live in Ireland so I dont have access to English newspapers and I think this showed. Next is the Plan-Ex tutorial, Listen very closely to the officer giving the tutorial and take as many notes as possible. The Plan-Exs are very long and difficult and the procedure they give is a very good one. What they are looking for here is a good level of deductive reasoning, common sense and a workable plan. I think here a simple plan done well is better than a complicated one done badly. When the tutorial is finished each person must complete an individual Plan-Ex. Go through the procedure here step by step and again be aware of time management. We were advised here that it is better to have each part 75% completed rather than have one part 100% completed and the rest left blank. Individual Interviews are held then. Some questions I received in mine were: What rank would you be on leaving Sandhurst? How many men would you command? What are the day to day duties of a young officer? What makes a good officer? They also asked some questions from the CV form. Nothing too difficult here although I was told I was poor at keeping eye contact. Day two begins with the MSFT. I absolutely think this is the most important part of the two days. If you fail here it not only shows lack of fitness but also lack of preparation and ultimately lack of commitment. Dont underestimate how much more difficult it is when wearing the overalls. It was about 20 degrees when I was completing mine so that added some extra difficulty. I would highly recommend practising the Bleep test before attending. There is a free app on the android store called Bleep Fitness Test which I used for my preparation. This test is not best effort; it is stopped at level 10.2. Next comes the obstacle course. There are five obstacles: Hurdles These are approx 1meter high and there are two of them. Before I went I heard some people had difficulty with them so I set up one in my garden and practised it until I had the technique sorted. I think the general consensus is that the best technique is to jump them with both legs tucked in by your chest rather than attempting to hurdle them like running track hurdles. Long Jump I didnt make this on any of my three attempts. The rest of my group managed it fine but I found it very difficult and landed about six inches sort each time. I would definitely advise practising this at home. Steps This consists of three horizontal bars which increase in height, you must walk up them while carrying a very light log. This is very easy and I cant see anyone struggling with this, just remember to put the log back where you found it when you have completed the obstacle. Wall I would estimate that the wall is about seven or eight feet high. I would recommend doing some pull-ups as practise for this. I struggled getting any grip on the surface of the wall with my feet so ended up just dragging myself over it using purely upper body strength. Rope Swing You have to climb on top of a platform about 3 feet high, jump and grab a rope and then release the rope at the right moment and land without hitting a horizontal rope which is about 3 feet high and approx the same distance from the rope on one side as the platform is on the other. Again nothing very difficult here, just jump hard and aim to grasp the rope quite high and you should sail through it. You only have to go around the obstacle course once and you get three chances at each obstacle. It is timed so really go for it. There are some tutorials next about knots and cantilevers, make sure to really listen and take on board what you are told. You must then complete 2 command tasks using what you have just learned. These are quite straight forward but just remember they really stress to you before you start to try the simplest solution first before going on to the more complicated ones. They will often throw in some extra equipment for you to use but remember you dont have to use it all. Again here it is better to do something simple well than something complicated badly. Try and add valid points in the planning before the tasks, dont be loud or add points for the sake of being heard. There is a final presentation then and after comes the debriefing interview where you are given your results. Use this opportunity to ask any questions you may have. I received a cat two with a three month delay in order to work on my agility. A few other notes: The NCOs seem quite intimidating to begin with but after a few hours they can offer some really useful advice and ask them any question you may have or any details you are unsure of and they will do their best to help you. Make sure to shave each day, a member of my group was told off in his debrief interview for looking scruffy, seems quite obvious but dont underestimate the small details. Hands go behind your back, not in your pockets, on your hips or folded. The briefing is quite difficult and if you feel that you have done badly on some of the tasks dont dwell on them move on to the next one with a clear head and give it your all. I think on the whole people tend to go to briefing feeling quite confident and the purpose of the briefing is not only for them to assess you but also for you to have a good think about whether the army is really for you. Most people I talked to felt that it hadnt gone as well as they had hoped. Remember they have been assessing candidates in Westbury for a long time and the people there are extremely good at their jobs and if you have what it takes they will see it and you will pass, but dont take this as to mean you dont need to prepare. This forum is a goldmine of information. If you have any other questions feel free to ask, I'm no expert but Ill try my best to help. Good Luck and remember to enjoy your time in Westbury.


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On 28th June 2003 at 17:48 Anonymous 102 wrote...
By Kaya
"It'll be really funny and everyone will forgive our recording foibles if we call our demo 'Poorly Produced Demo' upfront - hey it's irony man!" Umm, well it isn't funny and it should really have been called 'Poorly Mastered Demo' lacking as it does in EQ or volume. In fact it's a disservice to producer (our very own) James Stringer who does a fair job of mixing and balancing levels on 3 rather straight pop/rock songs.
Unfortunately for Kaya the dynamics are not only missing from the flat sound but also from the flat song writing. "Dead to the world" offers the most of the 3 offerings but its Eurovision level chorus melody doesn't stick and things get a little long winded with a lack of editing. Proficient slap bass is not enough to rescue the charmingly named "Fat Motherfunker" and "Puppy Dog" is a forgettable closer despite a momentary highlight where the band stumble on to an AC/DC riff.
Kaya are not with out ideas and in time they will undoubtedly formulate these into material worthy of such titles as "The Really Good Demo".
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On 28th June 2003 at 17:48 Anonymous 102 wrote...
Yeh, we are quite shit I guess.
On 2nd July 2003 at 22:20 Anonymous 251 wrote...
How many times? A review is one person's opinion. Why bother asking for or reading reviews if you are only interested in hearing what you want to hear?
On 3rd July 2003 at 00:21 Anonymous 102 wrote...
angry kaya fan. just keep your mouth shut please. i know you mean well but that's not the way to go about it.
some guy doesn't like us, that's something that i'm just going to have to live with.
i would actually like people to go to www.kayaonline.co.uk and download the full songs and give me some feedback of your own here, because there wasn't really anything worth thinking about in the review.
telling us we're not funny and our songs are forgettable doesnt really explain to me what's wrong with them.
P.S. coming soon, kaya's review of richard garnett. KIDDING!
On 3rd July 2003 at 10:40 Anonymous 30 wrote...
Oh dear I've rattled some cages again or are those bars just the ones on your cot? People seem to think that by writing a review that doesn't agree with them I must be Satan! It doesn't do much justice to the other bands I have reviewed and said were good does it? Maybe they would like a word with you, or even better go and listen to them yourselves and see why they are so highly regarded. May I also say it isn't my place to say why a song isn't good in extended detail. If you want that then sit down with a panel of producers and songwriters and have workshop on the merits of your material. And another thing before I rant any longer - I have written a lot of songs and released 4 albums. It's not my place to say whether they are better or not but 10 years gigging across the nation to many happy fans has taught me my opinion in these matters is worth just as much as anyone else's. It just happens that I take the time to put something back into the local scene.
On 3rd July 2003 at 15:27 Anonymous 102 wrote...
richard, i didn't post the 'angry kaya fan' message, i assume the 'cot' comment was aimed at that.
i haven't disagreed with your opinion, i just couldn't find much in the review in the way of helpful criticism or advice. fair enough if you don't want to provide that, i'm not going to bug you about it.
i've no idea who posted that message but they've certainly made us look pretty childish.
On 4th July 2003 at 10:17 Anonymous 30 wrote...
It wasn't aimed at you David, I was defending myself against the ignorant attack from AKF. Good luck with the band and hopefully this puts an end to another Hang Rick Garnett campaign.
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If you imagine for one moment that this over, THINK AGAIN Garnett!
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Hiring a Professional Genealogist Part Two17 February
Thinking about hiring a professional genealogist? There is a lot to consider.
Obviously, if you consider hiring a professional I do hope you consider Global Genealogists, but the most important thing to me is just that you hire someone who is good—who has the skills, background, and record access to perform your research accurately and well. This doesn't mean that they will always find the answers you seek immediately, of course, since the findings always depend on what the records have to say, but it does mean that they will adhere to industry standards and best practices. You should consider the following areas when choosing a professional.
Credentials. It can be very helpful to ask where the genealogist learned his or her skills. Did their only training come from watching a few free online lessons, or did they complete an in-depth, serious course of study? As in other professions, serious professional genealogists usually spend years honing their craft and knowledge in order to provide their clients the best possible service, often in formal education. In the genealogy field, such professionals are often part of professional organizations, have degrees in genealogy and family history, and may be active in genealogy education.
Perhaps surprisingly, the number of years that a person has been doing genealogy is not always a good indicator of their skill level. The extremely fragmented nature of genealogy records, and the many different areas of search and strategy, mean that training in each area is extremely helpful for obtaining pertinent experience. Many years of experience does suggest some skill, of course, but the skill levels vary widely among those with much experience, from extremely good to very poor. Some of the best professional genealogists in the world never got a degree in genealogy and learned everything hands-on; other researchers with decades of experience may barely be able to get past the census records.
Price and value. With genealogy, as in many other areas of life, you often get what you pay for. I have had many clients hire me after initially hiring someone else on the basis of price alone, only to find that the reason the work was so cheap was that the person had little skill or record access and could not produce any intelligent research.
Undoubtedly, a random person in China who doesn't speak English will happily perform a Google search for your ancestor for ten dollars per hour, but this is not going to give you any useful information, nor will the presentation of the research be helpful or solid. This does not, of course, mean that price is unimportant, simply that there is often a reason the cheapest are the cheapest. I recommend considering the full value proposition of the genealogist: what they provide for the amount they charge.
Past clients. Does the genealogist have a number of past clients providing referrals or testimonials? If he or she does not have past satisfied clients, you may want to carefully consider why.
Personal service. No one wants to hire a faceless company, especially for something as personal as genealogy and family history. It is important that you know who is in charge of your case work, ideally by interacting with them directly.
Overall, professionals can be extremely helpful if used properly and if you make an informed decision on who to hire and how to have the work done. If you have further questions, you can contact us through email or phone via our website, www.globalgenealogists.com, and we will be happy to assist you.
Hiring a Professional Genealogist Part One15 January
When to hire a genealogist? Many genealogical researchers reach a point where they are simply stuck—on certain lines, or with their overall history. Others become concerned about the validity of the research they have or have access to, especially if obtained online. Still others are very interested in the story of their family, but cannot or do not want to try to do the research themselves. And people often seek services, such as large printed family trees or professionally written and bound archive-quality family history books, that they cannot do themselves. Whatever the reason, people around the world hire professionals to help them in all aspects of genealogy and family history.
When my clients hire me, some of the main reasons I have noticed are my training and experience, access to good records, and expertise in implementing basic and advanced methodologies in finding ancestor information. Full documentation and professionally researched and written reports also play a role.
It can, of course, be expensive to hire a professional genealogist. Perhaps surprisingly, then, one of the most important reasons to hire a professional is that doing so can save money and time. If you have little access to the record sources you need, especially to a top archive, your choices are to try to do the research yourself by traveling to the archives, by ordering the records you need, or by hiring someone there.
Travel, however, is both expensive and time consuming. Ordering the records can be helpful and is often cheaper than a plane ticket, but in addition to taking weeks or months to complete a single research step, many records are unavailable. By contrast, the right professional can perform the work you need quickly, thoroughly, and with no hassle to you. It is important, though, that you carefully consider who you hire.
How much information is online?4 October
I came upon a review for Ancestry.com this week that sparked my interest. The review, found here on the PC Magazine website, talks mainly about how Ancestry.com can be used to build family trees and store your data. There are a few lines from it that drew my attention. As the reviewer closed her story she stated, "There's no need to dig around libraries and county halls anymore because Ancestry.com puts centuries of documents at your fingertips."
So, is there still a need for the records at libraries and county halls? Yes!
Do the resources at Ancestry.com and other internet archives provide valuable resources that greatly help in researching your family? Yes!
Both the internet and physical libraries and archives are needed to find your family.
One of the first thing I try to teach people about doing research is that there are a wealth of records about their ancestors and most of them aren't online. I always start researching my own family by looking at records online. These records are easily available and save my time at the archive. My basic search when doing online research, or my preliminary research, follows these steps:
1. Search public trees on Ancestry to see if other people are researching the same people. There is no need to start from scratch, but there is a great need to verify information.
2. Make sure I have census records for every available census year. Many of these are available for free at www.familysearch.org.
3. Do a google search for my ancestor. I include the name and either a birth, marriage, or death date. I'm amazed at what I can find by doing this simple search, and it will often gather information from Rootsweb.
4. Search any other applicable databases on FamilySearch or Ancestry.com. Every family is different so the databases are different each time.
The important thing to remember is to verify information published online. Good research always goes back to the original source. That is why my online research is only my preliminary research. The research that solves my brick walls usually happens in archives in original documents. More and more original documents are being put online, and it is a most valuable tool. Just remember that there is more waiting to be searched than can be found through your computer.
Writing Your Own Family History: Part 130 September
One of my favorite client requests is to create a family history book. It is fun to look past the dates and places and search for the stories that make the people come to life. Everyone wants to have a family history on their family, but the project is often too daunting a task to start. I am going to posting a series of tips and steps to help you write your own family history.
Where to begin? Most people who want to write a family history have already started gathering names, dates, and places. Many people already have this information in a genealogy program. If you don't already, organize your information with one of the many genealogy programs. It doesn't matter which one you use. Just find which one works best for you.
My next tip will cover why it is so important and how you can use any one of these programs to give you a jump start on writing your book.
Here are my top four programs.
PAF: Personal Ancestral File is a free program provided by FamilySearch. It is a great program for the beginner. Free downloads can be found here.
RootsMagic. This is usually my program of choice. It is similar to PAF, so there isn't a steep learning curve if you are familiar with PAF. It has extra features that helps me stay organized better. There is also a free download for RootsMagic Essentials here. It has the core features of the full RootsMagic program.
Family Tree Maker. Produced by Ancestry.com, it's biggest feature is that it syncs with Ancestry.com and it is easy to go back and forth from researching on Ancestry.com to imputing data into your tree. There isn't a free download, but you can view more features here.
Legacy. I have the least experience with Legacy, mostly because I was introduced to it after the others. I have used it and it is a great program. It is the program of choice for many of my colleagues in the genealogy community, due to it's advanced features. There is a free download of the standard version here.
So pick your program and start entering all of the research you have been gathering!
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Backup!17 July
This last week I had my reminder to back everything up. My main computer is a laptop and has worked great without any problems for three years. Last week the motherboard blew. The computer is completely dead and I can't even turn it on.
Thankfully I had everything backed up in the cloud. Whenever I save anything to my cloud it gets backed up online. About 90% of all my files were backed up automatically. Many of my important files were backed up onto CD's as well.
The important thing is to find a backup system that works well for you, and then use it. Finding what works best for you can take some time with dozens of cloud computing options available. Here are two review that I found helpful. First this one from USA Today just covers three of the top cloud storage options. The second one from Computer World covers five other services.
Whatever you chose, backup your information so if your computer fails you don't lose everything.
Welcome Back!12 July
I took a brief break in posting the past few months. we moved houses and that is an adventure in itself. I love the first part of the summer with the great weather. Now that we are enjoying 100+ weather, I'm happy to stay inside at my computer.
London24 February
I'm in London, doing client research and attending/working at the "Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE!" genealogy conference. It has been phenomenal. As many of you may know, London is one of the best cities in the world for genealogy research. As one of the world's capital cities and top transit hubs for the past thousand years, many of the people in dozens of countries around the world have had ancestors come through here and can trace records through here—even when those ancestors had nothing to do with the British Isles. One of our clients from Bolivia had ancestors from Spain, who we found by tracing their ship through London.
The records here are also phenomenal. As a major superpower for hundreds of years, Britain had a bureaucracy to match, and records exist here in profusion. Our London office can get to these records, many available nowhere else, and we like nothing better than to help our clients find their family members who came from or through this misty northern island.
Source Quality: Do Your Sources Hold Water?8 December
Have you ever played the children's game "Telephone?" It is played by a large group of people. The first person whispers a phrase into the ear of a second person, who whispers it to a third person, and so on. The last person then speaks the phrase out loud. Invariably, after twenty or thirty people, the phrase and its meaning have changed dramatically or even beyond recognition—just in the process of a few minutes. The story of the game is from the trenches of World War I: a message sent down the trench line, "Send reinforcements, we're going to advance" became "Send three and fourpence, we're going to a dance."
Like the game "Telephone," historical information can become unreliable very quickly. Thus, one of the most important concepts in genealogy research is that of source quality: how reliable is the information you find? As discussed earlier, source quality is critical for any genealogist who wants to know that his or her family tree is more than just fiction. To back up the names, dates, and other information you have or find, you should always seek to have real documents, tight logical reasoning, waterproof critical analysis, and solid, trustworthy sources. Without this background foundation, your research may be completely wrong no matter how much effort you spend.
Researchers distinguish between different qualities of sources and records, depending on how trustworthy the source of the record is. Since sources can provide conflicting information, it is important to be clear on what the different sources are and how much weight to give to any source.
Firsthand accounts by people who experienced events or facts and wrote them down immediately are, in general, clearly the best, since these are from people who have actual knowledge. As the source becomes removed from the actual event or facts, either in time or people, the information becomes less trustworthy. The two most important and trustworthy levels are primary and secondary sources.
Primary sources.
Primary sources are eyewitness accounts created during the time period that you are searching. Naturally, these aren't foolproof—like modern eyewitness accounts, the source and his or her perspective may be biased, incomplete, uncertain, wrong, or lying. Just think about witness testimonies given on any courtroom television show. Do the witnesses always know and tell the pure, unvarnished truth? Historical witnesses can be the same.
It is thus important to always consider whether and how primary source material may have it wrong. Despite these limitations, primary sources are the best thing we have to go on for facts and events from long ago.
Primary sources can be found in many different types of record types, such as legal documents, census records, journals, and newspapers, among many others. Books can also be primary sources if they were firsthand accounts written during the time of the book's study.
Secondary sources.
A secondary source is created by someone who did not have firsthand knowledge. The author did not experience the events or facts in question. Thus, for example, most history books are secondary sources, as they are typically written long after the facts have transpired and by historians who were born much later.
Source types together.
Primary and secondary sources can both be found in the same document, depending on which information is referred to. For example, a death certificate typically provides information about the person who died—the decedent—and his or her parents. This information is often provided by someone who knew the decedent personally but did not personally know the decedent's parents. Thus, the information about the decedent would be primary source material, but information about the parents, such as their names and places of birth, would be secondary. The information about the person who died is very likely to be correct, but the information about the parents would need to be considered carefully to determine how likely it is to be correct, since the information was given by someone who did not have firsthand knowledge.
Get Organized, Get Started8 December
"First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination."
-Napoleon Hill
I though I was going to go crazy. What else could I do?
My research was almost complete. I had nearly finished the book I was writing, and it was on the verge of academic publication. I had found fantastic amounts of information on the paternal line, the goal of the project. My family had never before been able to get much on this fifth-great-grandfather, but I had been able to find the right town records that showed he was born in 1743 in Connecticut. He fought in the Revolutionary war, and helped found the town. The information surrounding his life was the capstone of my research and the detailed and lengthy family history book I was planning to publish.
Now all I had to do was check a couple of facts in the story and edit the references, and it would be ready to go. But that would be easy, because I already had found that information. All I had to do was get it and insert it.
But when I went to look for it, the information I had previously found was not on my flash drive or in my online storage folders, where I keep copies of everything. I looked on my computer, where I keep backups of nearly all of my data. Nothing. I looked through my backup CDs, other computers, my paper files for the research. I reviewed my old flash drives and even moved back into floppy disks. I knew that I had saved it somewhere. I checked again. And again. And again.
Ultimately, I never did find that data. I had to go back and redo the research, and find it all again.
If only my story was unique.
This has only happened to me once, but it has also happened to every researcher I know. The more experienced researchers reading this are nodding their heads and smiling ruefully, having learned this lesson the hard way. If this hasn't happened to you yet, it will, and it will cause untold hours and days of headaches and hassles, with the possibility of permanently losing information that may not be re-found or re-researched, even in original sources. But you can avoid it all, and make your research far more efficient to boot, if you will just read and apply this chapter. You will have to think about your needs and preferences—how you like to set things up—but I can promise this small investment of time and energy will save you far more later on.
The problem is easy to avoid, and with technology, it is getting easier. All you need to do is spend a few minutes at the beginning starting intelligently and planning how you will get organized.
First, consider your needs. You probably will need to be able to share your research with family members and others that might find it to be of interest. You need to be able to quickly access your findings and conclusions. Just as important, you need to be able to quickly go back and see what areas your research has already covered, even if you didn't find anything. Otherwise, you are likely to redo the work time and again.


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Seth: To futher this point, take a look at this website: http://www.ncees.org/licensure/licensing_requirements/2003_survey_results/e_17.pdf (you may have to piece meal paste into your browser...the link ends in ".../e_17.pdf") The link is a PDF document containing responses from the various state boards to a question from NCEES on a survey. The question: If a comity applicant took the PE exam in another jurisdiction before obtaining the experience required in your jurisdiction, would your statutes require that the applicant retake the PE exam, even if the applicant had the experience required by your jurisdiction at teh time of comity application? Most states responded with a "no", but states responded with a "yes" (Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin). Thus, if you think for even a moment that you might want your license in any of those five states (or Guam), then getting your license in CA (i.e. before 4 years of experience) would mean that you would have to retake the PE exam to get licensed in one of those states. Thus, I would advise waiting til you have your 4 years of experience. Besides, from my experience getting your PE license does not really result in much of a raise...but that could just be my local area's treatment of structural engineers (can you say 'dirt'). HTH, Scott Ypsilanti, MI On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Scott Maxwell wrote: > Seth, > > The one thing to be at least a little careful is that some state are REAL > sticklers about getting the WHOLE 4 years before you take the PE exam. I > remeber someone telling about an instance where they got their license in > Minnesota. The state board let them take the exam with something like 3 > years 10 months. They passed and got their PE license. Some 10+ years > later, this person needed to get their license by reciprocity in North > Dakota (if I recall correctly), but ND said that this person had to > re-take the PE exam because they did not have the FULL four years of > experience when they took it the first time. > > So, if you run into a state licensing board that thinks along those lines, > then taking the PE exam in CA could cause some problems if want > reciprocity. I would suspect that in most cases it would not be a problem > once you did have your 4 years of experience, but I would likely play it > safe. While the PE exam is not too terribly difficult, I personally would > rather not have to take it again. > > As to your question, I don't really know. I would assume that you just go > back and take the particular exam that you failed. This would make sense > as I doubt they will make me take the PE exam again along with the > surveying and seismic exam when I apply. > > As to PE review courses, also look to your local NSPE chapters and SEAW. > They might offer PE review courses. I am pretty sure that SEAW offers > review courses for the Struct exams for the SE license. > > Regards, > > Scott > Ypsilanti, MI > > > On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Seth W. Cutler wrote: > > > That does bring up an interesting question. I don't think you can sit for > > the CA structural without the 5 hr add'l exam. Even if you do take the > > Struct. II and Struct. III up here in WA I think you still have to take the > > surveying portion down in CA to get commity/reciprocity. Maybe someone > > else has that info. > > > > Now, on my original question, I was asking if you could pass the CA Civil > > PE in parts. Between the NCEES exam and the add'l tests. I'm trying to > > figure out my risk in going down to CA to take the exam and pass the NCEES > > exam but don't pass the surveying in particular. Would I have to fly back > > to take just the serveying portion or all of it. Or could I just wait till > > I was qualified in WA and submit my score from the NCEES exam I took in CA. > > > > Thank you, Tom and Jack for your insight so far. I've been thinking about > > this on and off for a year now and I'm finally down to making a decision in > > the next month. > > > > If any of you have heard, does anyone besides ASCE offer review courses for > > Civil PE? Preferably up here in WA. > > > > Thanks again, > > Seth > > > > At 11:59 AM 11/7/2003, you wrote: > > >Seth: If you can sit for the civil in WA next October, you can sit for the > > >CA civil this spring (if they still offer it twice a year). This way you > > >can hit your boss up for a raise sooner. I have both WA and CA structural > > >licenses. Most of my work is out of state. The CA license is accepted > > >most places, the WA is not so recognized. The main issue should be can > > >you sit for the CA structural with a WA civil. > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: <mailto:seth(--nospam--at)rlmorrisonengr.com>Seth W. Cutler > > >To: <mailto:seaint(--nospam--at)seaint.org>seaint(--nospam--at)seaint.org > > >Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 11:06 AM > > >Subject: CA PE with regards to WA PE > > > > > >ok, after all this talk about the license exams I have a question. I'm > > >currently an EIT up here in WA and will qualify to sit up here for my PE > > >next October. I have been debating whether I should take the CA PE in > > >April and then get comity or equiv. up here in WA. > > > > > >One issue that came up is to get the CA Civil PE license I would have to > > >take the NCEES 8-hour Civil PE exam plus the addional 5 hrs for > > >seismic/surveying. In WA I would only need to take the NCEES 8-hour Civil > > >PE exam. > > > > > >Is the CA Civil PE license Pass/Fail including the seismic/surveying? Is > > >it possilbe to pass the NCEES exam and not the following exams. Could I > > >then take the results from the NCEES exam and use that to get my WA PE license? > > > > > >Just trying to look at all the angles. One concern I have up here is that > > >they keep changing the exam requirments up here in WA and I'm getting sick > > >of the changes. I'm also concerned they're going to change to the IBC for > > >code stuff instead of the UBC which would really annoy me. Or if the CA > > >one switches to NFPA. > > > > > >Thanks, > > >Seth > > > > ******* ****** ******* ******** ******* ******* ******* *** * Read list FAQ at: http://www.seaint.org/list_FAQ.asp * * This email was sent to you via Structural Engineers * Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) server. 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CALL webinar: US Legislation for Canadian Legal Researchers (Part One)Submitted by Susannah Tredwell on February 15, 2017 - 9:04am.
March 2, 2017
Summary: This webinar will cover the legislative branch of government in the US - its structure, its law-making powers, and its legal publications. Emphasizing the differences between Canadian and US legislative publications, this session will focus primarily on free websites which provide access to federal legislative work.
Bio: Professor Penny A. Hazelton
Penny Hazelton has been working as a law librarian for over 44 years at the University of Washington, the US Supreme Court Library, and the University of Maine. She has enjoyed teaching legal research to law students, lawyers, judges, prisoners, librarians, and members of the public. She is the editor of Specialized Legal Research and co-author of the Washington Legal Researcher's Deskbook.
*Please note that this is part one of a 2 part series. Part 2 will be available on June 22, 2017.
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QP LegalEze to be discontinued April 29, 2016Submitted by Susannah Tredwell on April 12, 2016 - 9:46am.
QP LegalEze sent out the following email this morning:
We are pleased to announce Queen's Printer has now completed the content migration from QP LegalEze to BC Laws (www.bclaws.ca), as originally announced in March 2014 once this content migration was completed QP LegalEze would be discontinued.
Please note: QP LegalEze service will be discontinued effective April 29, 2016. Our distribution list consists of our account administrators and we ask you to please share this notice within your office to all users. A notice has also been posted on the QP LegalEze website.
We thank you for your support over the years and during this transition phase.
If you have any further questions please contact us.
Thank you,
Saturday, May 14 workshop on "Webinars: Doing It Right"Submitted by Susannah Tredwell on April 11, 2016 - 1:48pm.
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries is offering VALL members a chance to attend its May 14 workshop on "Webinars: Doing It Right".
Webinars: Doing It Right
You've planned a great training session, but people just aren't able to make it into your library. Don't abandon all hope! Webinars are a low cost, high value way to provide training and build your community, wherever it happens to be. And as we all know, good libraries build services, but great libraries build communities. This session will help you write a compelling webinar, deliver it professionally, and troubleshoot common technical difficulties. It's suited to any and all types of libraries.
Instructors: Shannon McLeod and Alex McNeur, Courthouse Libraries BC
Date: May 14, 2016 from 8:30 am to noon
Cost: $225 (for CALL, SLA, VALL and BCLMA members); $275 (everyone else)
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New content on BC LawsSubmitted by Susannah Tredwell on December 14, 2015 - 3:46pm.
The following content is now available on the BC Laws site:
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BC Laws adds historical Supreme Court RulesSubmitted by Susannah Tredwell on July 20, 2015 - 10:28am.
BC Laws has added some historical Supreme Court Rules to its collection. The rules are:
- B.C. Reg. 310/76, as originally enacted
- B.C. Reg. 221/90, as originally enacted
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Legal Librarian (Vancouver)Submitted by Susannah Tredwell on June 26, 2015 - 10:38am.
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Sessions of interest at the 2015 SLA conferenceSubmitted by Susannah Tredwell on June 12, 2015 - 8:39am.
The Special Libraries Association has uploaded a number of presentations and handouts for their upcoming conference. The following may be of interest to VALL members:
Petition to Re-Instate the Ontario E-Laws Detailed Legislative History TablesSubmitted by Susannah Tredwell on May 20, 2015 - 12:46pm.
Email from Annette Demers, Acting Law Librarian and Sessional Lecturer Paul Martin Law Library:
As you may have heard, during the recent E-Laws website migration, the decision was taken to discontinue producing the Detailed Legislative History Tables.
As you may know, in 2002, Ontario stopped publishing the Table of Public Statutes in the Statutes of Ontario. Instead the SO directed users to E-Laws for these tables moving forward.
The Table of Public Statutes has been published since 1877 as an important historical legal research tool.
Now the tables have been discontinued outright, however the E-Laws team has not yet devised a solution to take its place.
Accordingly, I have prepared a letter and petition to the Ontario Minister of Justice requesting that these tables be re-instated, at least as long as a suitable replacement tool can be devised.
To sign the petition, please click here. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/elaws
To review the full letter, please see attached.
Please circulate this petition widely. I hope to deliver it to the Ministry by June 15.
Thank you!
SFU's Annual GovInfo Day scheduled for April 24Submitted by Susannah Tredwell on March 24, 2015 - 9:55am.
On behalf of Simon Fraser University Library, and the BCLA Information Policy Committee, I am pleased to invite you to the Annual GovInfo Day, on Friday, April 24th,
at Simon Fraser University in downtown Vancouver (details below).
This event is free but registration is required. To register for this event, please send an email with your name and library affiliation to me [firstname.lastname@example.com] by April 17th, 2015. Please note seating is limited and reservations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.
SCC announces more case information on its websiteSubmitted by Susannah Tredwell on March 17, 2015 - 9:19am.
OTTAWA – The Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada has posted on its website a revised Policy for Access to Supreme Court of Canada Court Records. The revisions to the Policy reflect the changes in the Court's practice since 2009 when the Policy first came into effect.
With the implementation of the revised Policy, the Court will provide more case information on its website. In addition to the hearing schedules, docket information, party information, case summaries, webcasts of appeal hearings and factums on appeal, the Court will begin to post memorandums of argument on applications for leave to appeal after they are granted.
The revised Policy for Access to Supreme Court of Canada Records introduces a Registered Access process for frequent users. A new Request for Registered Access to Court Records and additional information can be found on the Court's Website.


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I collect cookbooks from all over the world and use them to create new dishes. These smooth caramels have a scrumptious macadamia-coconut flavor. —Sharon Delaney-Chronis, South Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1 teaspoon plus 1/2 cup butter, divided
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1. Line an 8-in. square baking dish with foil and grease the foil with 1 teaspoon butter; set aside.
- 2. In a large heavy saucepan, combine the brown sugar, corn syrup, cream of tartar and remaining butter; bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until a candy thermometer reads 244° (firm-ball stage).
- 3. Remove from the heat; stir in remaining ingredients. Pour into prepared dish. Refrigerate until set, at least 2 hours.
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Wed, 28 September 2011
Han Yuzhen, hand balancer from Cirque du Soleil's Dralion, visits the Orlando Public Library to give a demonstration of her incredible talent. (3:00)
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In this retelling of a Native American folktale, Squirrel learns that it is good to be right, but never good to tease those who are wrong. And Bear, he learns that no one can do everything. (3:52)
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Castro reaches 2,000-victory plateau
ALBANY, Calif. - Veteran rider Joe Castro earned the 2,000th victory of his career at Golden Gate Fields on Friday, guiding Aerial Hawk to a one-half length victory over favored Hot Fudge Sundae in a 1 1/16-mile $32,000 maiden claimer on the turf.
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There are "re-write" stories all over the history of Hollywood, fascinating and grisly. Better yet, as far as I can judge, they are but modest versions of the insanity that actually prevails. So you can trust anything and everything: from the writer who went off to Miami with his signature money and holed up in the Fontainebleau Hotel with a couple of Cuban hookers doing his first draft, because he was saving his ideas for the second draft; to Sidney Howard, dragged out to Hollywood to do re-writes on his first draft of Gone With the Wind by producer David O Selznick.
Only Selznick is too busy shooting The Prisoner of Zenda to meet and talk Wind. But he doesn't want to waste Howard, who is on salary, so he asks him to do some re-writes on Zenda scenes. Howard is willing; he wants to be used. So Selznick asks for a re-write on the big ballroom scene. OK, says Howard, what's wrong with the version you've got? "I don't know," says Selznick. "I haven't read it yet."
(Re-write: maybe "Havana hooker" is better - or he could have gone to Vegas with the hookers and a plan to beat the casino system at roulette. Play with it - just off the top of my head.)
If only to be nearer the heart of the dark joke, you have to know that The Prisoner of Zenda has credits as follows: "Screenplay by John L Balderston, adapted by Wells Root from the novel by Anthony Hope." No Howard. Whereas, Howard gets the full and sole credit for writing Gone With the Wind, no matter that maybe another 30 or 40 writers had a go at it and a word in edgeways. They stopped shooting that movie after about 10 days, ostensibly to fire the director, George Cukor. But it was really because Sidney Howard's script - a diligent, faithful but wise editing down of the novel - had been steadily ignored, abused and "improved" by a dynasty of writers, and by their boss, Selznick.
When the shooting stopped, Ben Hecht was brought in - one of the great characters in Hollywood history, and a sure sign of imminent disaster. Only the undertaker came after Hecht. Selznick admitted that the script was a ragged rainbow (because re-write drafts then were literally done on different coloured paper). Hecht said he had no time to read what they had written - like all true script experts, he read as little as possible. "Just tell me the goddamn story," he begged. They tried - Selznick and the new director, Victor Fleming. Hecht despaired; he couldn't make head or tail of it. How did this book ever sell? he wanted to know. So he searched in the files and he found Sidney Howard's script. The original. He read that, if only to shut Selznick up. He liked it. He could understand it. Do you realise what you have here? he asked Selznick. This is it! Oh that, said the producer. Well, sure, that was great a year ago. But we started refining it. It's still great, said Hecht. Re-write it like that, asked the eternally hopeful Selznick.
Ben Hecht had been around in pictures since silent days. He had come out to the coast, from Chicago and New York - serious places, where there was winter and literacy - just to make some fast money so he could be free to concentrate on the real things, the things he and posterity cared about, his novels and plays. Turned out he had a knack for photoplays; he could write snappy dialogue; he understood picture construction; he could swap insults with the producers; and he could cash the terrific checks while feeling superior.
Then he turned sour. He was prostituting himself, a thing no potential genius likes to do. He was doing garbage for idiots for the ridiculous money, when it was his calling, his destiny, to be writing masterpieces. He lost his self-respect, a thing only more crazy money can appease. He became famous as a bitter cynic. Tourists were shown him and exposed to his lacerating jokes, all at the expense of the business and himself for being part of it. So he made a point of writing only for the money: pay me by the week, he said, or the day - just leave the $5,000 on the bed at five o'clock and never mention my name in polite society. Forget the credit. Grant me obscurity and I'll save your worthless picture. Just tell me I was beautiful. Hecht was good enough, and entertaining enough, to get away with it. Selznick was only one of several producers who liked to keep him up their sleeves to "doctor" a script.
This isn't a pretty or a sane story, but screenwriters have to learn the value of their own insignificance early. They may have the first idea for a movie - the germ, the hook, the trick that makes magic. But they have always been treated like expensive dirt, gourmet manure. Moguls and producers feel they can get themselves new writers - like new wives. Except that wives in Hollywood are protected by community property laws. A wife can claim half of the loot accrued (and it can be crude) in her administration. Whereas, a writer ...
A writer has no rights. Decent lawyers won't even see writers - it's a waste of time. A writer has to do whatever it takes to get an assignment. That can be anything from having a knockout idea in the league of Shakespeare and O Henry, to being polite to the boss's dog. Remember in Sunset Boulevard how hack writer Joe Gillis is pitching a story at Paramount - about a rookie shortstop who is pressured to throw the big game. Bases Loaded, Gillis wants to call it: it would be great for Alan Ladd. The producer muses - he is horizontal, on the couch, the posture in which he is prone to attacks of genius. Make it Betty Hutton? he wonders, a girls' softball team, throw in a few songs ...
If a writer gets a deal he can live for a while - he's back on health insurance, so he can even afford to die. Today he'll get anything from $50,000 to $3 million for a script (though for the $3 million he needs to be as bad as Joe Eszterhas). But he never has the copyright. In most other lines of the writing trade, writers are raised to do it for nothing maybe, but never to sign away the copyright. Without his copyright, the writer is rootless: money is his only reason for being there, as well as a screen credit that may make more money. Because if you have your name on one well-known failure, you have a chance at others; and well- known failures are the product here. So he goes along with the request for dumb changes, and he waits for the dread news that he's going to be let go. "We thought it would be good to get a new writer on it - a fresh approach."
In the old days, when studios had whole floors and buildings - like prisons - of small offices loaded with writers and typewriters, it was sometimes the case that at lunch a guy would sit down with a stranger, get talking, and discover they were both assigned to the same project. It was a reason for drinking your lunch alone in the office. No one had bothered to tell them - hell, that might upset their concentration. In other words, re- writing was institutional; and the writers learnt to love their institution. To make a picture, it was said - and it is still said, and the "they" that say it are right - you only need something that plays on screen. Movie-making isn't publishing. The script is always open territory, and in the era of the word-processor the changes are easier to make. Actors "improve" their lines; directors interfere; and then, later, in the editing room, you find that entire golden scenes have to go, because the picture's running too long, because they've got to keep the Acapulco sequence because that's the one where the producer's "friend" is posing in the background. The only real script is what you can put down on paper after the picture is shot, cut, post-produced, and locked. That's why published scripts are so misleading - they're just like the movie!
Pictures have never had very reliable credits as far as writers are concerned. But the great advantage of being the first writer - even if your script was lousy and abandoned - is that, by industry conventions and Writers' Guild credit arbitration, you're likely to get some kind of credit. On Ben-Hur, for instance (this was a big movie once), Karl Tunberg got the credit, and an Oscar nomination, even though his script was jettisoned and used for packing long before further work by Gore Vidal and Christopher Fry (the professional screenwriter always risks competition from celebrity poets, etc). Very often those re-writers are urged - for the sake of their future, and even a bonus - to make as little noise and trouble as possible over credits. Such loyal and effective doctors get asked back. They become famous for their discretion and their magic remedies - some of them administered overnight.
The role of the script doctor was defined in modern times by Robert Towne. He had done nothing very remarkable by 1966 except become the specially trusted friend of a very suspicious mastermind, Warren Beatty. When Beatty took the crucial step in his career - producing and acting in Bonnie and Clyde - he asked Towne to accompany the unit to its Texas locations. Bonnie and Clyde had a famously brilliant and innovative script, by Robert Benton and David Newman. They had written it with Francois Truffaut in mind. But that romance never came to fruition. Beatty bought the rights, hired Arthur Penn and enlisted his skilled but essentially obedient re-write man. In Texas, Towne was re-writing every night so the others could film the next day. When the movie came out, he had a remarkable credit: "Special Consultant." It was better than "Witch Doctor".
His reputation flourished when he "rescued" The Godfather by re-doing a scene - the final conversation between Vito and Michael that no one else could lick. Thereafter, Towne got his own writing jobs, but he was always there, secretly, for friends, giving a quick polish, re-working a star's dialogue, or putting in a new scene that changed the tone. Behind the scenes, Towne had great prestige and glamour, and a certain fragile power. But only that. When he wrote Chinatown, for Roman Polanski, Jack Nicholson and producer Robert Evans, he could not prevent Polanski's drastic changes to his ending. ("Robert, this is not your picture. This is our picture. Which sort of means it is mine.") Towne had wanted the Faye Dunaway character to escape; he wanted a gentler, happier ending. Polanski said that was a crime against Towne's own vision - and I think Polanski was right. At any event, the film worked, done the way the producer and the director wanted. Chinatown won an Oscar for Towne. It was his peak, and the start of his decline: after that he tried to be a director; he gradually lost his great friends; and now sometimes his own scripts are doctored by younger surgeons.
Still, the new generation owe their position to Towne. He cultivated not just the rare kind of work, but the cultish secrecy - the insider knowledge - that a doctor was in the house. On Disclosure, for instance, Barry Levinson couldn't get a workable version of the big seduction scene between Demi Moore and Michael Douglas. And anyone could see that this was the scene that sold the movie: they needed it for the trailer as much as for the picture. Levinson called in a friend, James Toback, who wrote a lot of dialogue, with moans and gasps, some of which got used. ("Jim says that is his moan, but my version was big into moaning a year ago.") That doesn't make it Toback's scene. After all, Levinson was in charge, and the rather preposterous set-up depends upon the actors, the cutting, the music, and the general power of our dirty minds.
Re-writing is a dog's life (that's why producers like their writers to get acquainted with their dogs), even if sometimes people get $500,000 a week for it. No amount of money, or freedom from public blame, will ever get away from the fact that film works on the screen and scripts are just one among many things that constitute the weather that can aid or provoke the moving thing. Some say there's never any real writing on movies - it's always re-writing, the state of mind that fears and avoids decision and one certain text, but thrives on the crazy liberty that believes everything could be better. Re-writing is like gambling or screwing around: it helps persuade the people in charge of movies that they're alive and in control, and that the magic never ends.
(Re-write: Well, OK, I think I like it. I really think I like it. But just for something to do while we're waiting, can we get Steve or Elaine to give it a fresh look? I mean, I would value their point of view. What do we lose if we have brilliant people like Steve and Elaine share their thoughts with us? Right, so we get their thoughts, then we kick it around a little. Meanwhile, I think I like it. That Hecht stuff, I love. Is he alive still? Does he work?)
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Professor Mary Ratcliffe Associate Director, National Science Learning Centre University of York, UK firstname.lastname@example.com Use of research evidence by teachers of science
Outline Exploration of how teachers of science view research evidence Example of trying evidence-based practice
Research Network: Evidence-based Practice in Science Education (EPSE) Professor Robin Millar (York) (Co-ordinator) Professor John Leach (Leeds) Professor Jonathan Osborne (King's College London) Professor Mary Ratcliffe (Southampton).
EPSE Understanding the researcher-user interface Project team Mary Ratcliffe Vicky Hames Robin Millar University of Southampton University of York Hannah Bartholomew Jonathan Osborne King's College, London Andy Hind John Leach University of Leeds
Rationale Calls for evidence-based practice (EBP) raise issues about what is 'evidence'. A simple view of EBP is that specific research outcomes that are accepted as rigorously derived and widely validated should, and can, be acted upon in modifying professional practice. In contrast, professional knowledge is often tacit, and its supporting evidence 'invisible'. Such evidence is communicated through established practices, curricula and resources. Given the different evidential bases on which professionals might implicitly or explicitly draw, how significant, is research evidence?
Aims To obtain a better understanding of the extent to which teachers, and other user groups, recognise and make use of research findings in the course of their normal practice; To explore the factors which promote and inhibit the impact of research in science education on practice.
Whose practice? Teachers of science: 21 with no formal experience of research (10 primary, 11 secondary) - interviews 20 with experience of research (8 primary, 11 secondary) - interviews 18 primary, 18 secondary in 6 focus groups Other science education practitioners 21 – including curriculum policy makers (QCA, OfSTED, DfES), textbook authors, curriculum developers, initial and in-service providers, examiners.
How did we explore perceptions? Interviews Perceptions of: the nature of research in science education the influence of research on current practice any contribution of research to improving and evaluating practice
What do we mean by research? Plausible scenarios - are they research?
Focus groups Vignettes of real science education research Have you heard of these research findings? To what extent are the research summaries convincing? Why? In what way(s) would it influence your practice?
Vignettes 1.New science lessons improve pupils' grades in science, maths and English GCSE grades in 9 schools were compared between 12 'test' classes, who experienced 30 'Thinking Science' lessons, and their matched 'control' classes in the same school. The 'test' classes consistently performed better. Source: Adey, P. and Shayer, M. (1994) Really raising standards: cognitive intervention and academic achievement. London: Routledge
Data Analysis All interviews and focus groups transcribed Coded for major and emerging themes by four researchers Qualitative software package used to assist in mechanics of coding and exploration of major themes
What constitutes research? No single common view – purpose and systematic methods dominate Large-scale, controls, comparisons, sample size No mention of conceptual or theoretical basis Tendency towards a 'natural science' model
Does research have an influence on practice? Perceived as beneficial, both actual and potential – extent of influence varies For many a 'background' or 'hidden' role I'd say relatively minor. I'm unaware of things that I might use that I've found out from research. I may absorb things from staff or training days or courses that have been found out or are based on research, but I'm not really aware [Sally: S1]
How does research impact on practice? Direct – a few examples where direct use of research findings was cited Mediated and Indirect – Transformation of research findings by people or materials Colleagues; In-service; ASE; Curriculum materials
Does research have an influence on policy? Policy documents seen as a huge influence on practice Primary – trust research influences policy Secondary – more sceptical Others – through interaction with research community
Will convincing research change practice? Research of quality – rigorous methods, validated findings I suppose for me it was CASE because I have already got pre-conceived ideas of how successful it is. So it's hard to separate that knowledge from just looking at this piece of paper. [secondary focus group] Convincing research has to resonate with professional judgement.
Evaluating a change in practice I don't think we analyse enough our results to quantify any changes we've made to see whether they've been successful, I think we measure our success generally through responses of the children and the feeling that we have after completing the new approach so it's very woolly, really, [Rob: S1] Professional judgement, pupils' feedback – the 'feel' rather than specific evidence systematically collected against pre-determined criteria
Towards evidence-based practice Research culture – supporting and enhancing professional networks Research tools – providing teachers with understanding of social science research processes and diagnostic tools Translation of convincing research findings into practical strategies that 'fit' with professional experience
Impact on practice For research findings to make an impact on classroom practice, they should have: convincing findings – i.e. from studies with clear, rigorous methods which seem likely to generalise to other contexts; which resonate with, or acknowledge, teachers' professional experience; and have been, or can easily be, translated into practical activities and strategies for classroom use; which are then widely disseminated through respected professional networks.
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