Aims and Objectives
This week I wantd to to my work over several days, because I don’t like to sit infron of the computer for an extended period of time. I also thought that it might help me be more focused.
I decided to try to put more thought and effort into my writings, hoping that I [...]
I chose dementia as my search topic. It’s an area of interest to me especially now that my great grandfather’s health is getting worse. He is suffereing from mini strokes and possibly dementia. His health problems have gotten worse very gradually and the strokes have been very minor, resulting in a few days of confusion [...]
Areas of Interest:
Dementia
Aphasia
Stroke
Conversion Voice Disorder
Traumatic Brain Injury
Apraxia
Stuttering /Fluency Disorders
Autism
Auditory Processing Disorder
Dysphagia
Issues of Importance for Dementia:
Stages/Severity Levels
Etiology
Disgnosis
Question: What is the most common cause of Dementia and how does it affect the brain?
This question fits the characteristics of a good research question because it is researchable, specific, and is an area of interest to a broad community. [...]
When I started this assignment I got a bit carried away. I found ancestry.com and a few other sites andstarted looking for specific people in my family…with no luck! I even looked for myself by giving my first, last, and middle names, and my date of birth, birth state, and birth country. I did not find myself! [...]
The VARK Questionnaire Results
My scores were:
· Visual: 3
· Aural: 5
· Read/Write: 6
· Kinesthetic: 7
By taking the VARK questionnaire I found that I have a multimodal learning preference. According to the VARK inventories, between fifty and seventy percent of any population fits into this group. Multiple preferences give a choice of two or three or four [...]
