Sunday, November 11, 2018

Astronomy: Presentation, Spectroscopy explained (for MQuni)

 The task to is produce a 90-120 second video clip demonstrating understanding of an interesting physical process that is directly related to ASTR 178.  The idea is to communicate the basics of how the physical process works and why it is so. The target audience is a well-educated but non-science audience, for example an undergraduate group such as ASTR 178 students.  The ideas should be presented in a logical and creative way so that the viewer is left with an intuitive idea of how the process works. 

grade: 95%




Academic Writing: lntegrative Summary, Critical Annotations, Persuasive Essay (for MQuni – Credit)

linguistics degree


Matthew, An interesting approach.
You demonstrate substantial understanding of your sources and have thought critically about them. You have followed the appropriate text structure and have organised your points coherently, both at the macro and micro levels. You have a clear thesis, largely developed through the paragraphs, deploying comparative strategies. All voice types are adequately represented.
Perhaps you should prioritise the issues relating to the successful preservation of the endangered languages above the survey methodologies in your discussion. Revise APA style for further improvement on your reference citation skills. Generally, this is an impressive assignment. Well done

Saturday, November 03, 2018

Friday, November 02, 2018

Astronomy: Concept Video Assessment Task (for MQuni)

grade: 95%

Produce a 90-120 second video clip demonstrating understanding of an interesting physical process that is directly related to Astronomy 178.  The idea is to communicate the basics of how the physical process works and why it is so. The target audience is a well-educated but non-science audience, for example an undergraduate group such as ASTR 178 students.  The ideas should be presented in a logical and creative way so that the viewer is left with an intuitive idea of how the process works. 

Examples of suitable topics: Tidal heating; Orbits; Resonances; Formation of the Moon; Formation of something else; The solar wind; Solar sails; Planetary differentiation; Radioactive dating; Heating by gravitational contraction; Electric propulsion; Gravitational slingshot; Cloud layers on giant planets; Shepherd moons; Origin of Saturn's rings; Chaos; Cometary tails; Formation of gas giants; Formation of ice giants; Formation of terrestrial giants; Jupiter's bands and belts.

 
Focus on how the subject material is introduced to the audience and then explaining the mechanism.   That takes care of Content, Clarity and Length and a fair fraction of the Approach mark.  Full marks for Approach require a little inventiveness in demonstrating or illustrating the points.
1. Content
5                                              
5 / 5

2. Clarity of exposition
5                                              
5 / 5

3. Approach
5                                              
4 / 5

4. Length 
5                                              
3 / 5             -2 late submission


17.00 / 20.00

Friday, October 05, 2018

Language, Its Structure and Use: Morphological analysis assignment (for MQuni; unit grade – Credit)

linguistics degree


inflectional morpheme: changes the grammatical form of the stem and morphosyntactic category and property (categoryi.e.tense, number, personcomparison; property, i.e., past, present participle, plural, 3rd pers, comparative, superlative, etc.), e.g., win, won, wins, winning.
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derivational morpheme (affix: prefixsuffix [or circumfienlighten interfix speed-o-meterinfix absobloodylutely] and dupilfix money~shmoney): contribute to the meaning of the lexeme (word), e.g., cute-ish.