Lifelong Learning Baxter and Tight (1994) noted in their research that in many countries, people are being encouraged to be "lifelong learners," people who return to school again and again throughout their lives, rather than looking at education as Continue Reading...
Thus for students to reap the maximum benefit from the distance education more particularly over the cultural obstacles, these elements are to be taken into account prior to designing of the courses. (Global Distance Education Initiative: Principles Continue Reading...
Computers on Learning Educator Richard Clark once argued that "The best current evidence is that media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers our groceries causes ch Continue Reading...
Diabetes and Learning Diabetes is a chronic disease, which induces learning disabilities and cognitive disorders. Proactive care and Symptomatic management are critical aspects of diabetes control. Successful intervention involves a collaborative ef Continue Reading...
Productive Teaching Social Constructivism and the School Literacy Learning of Students of Diverse Backgrounds The article by Kathryn H. Au examines the reasons for the existing gap between the school literacy achievement of students of diverse back Continue Reading...
Male Teacher Retention in Early Childhood Programs: Why They Stay. quick glance into any elementary, preschool or child care center quickly reveals that very few men work with young children. This cursory observation is solidly supported by the fact Continue Reading...
Choosing what assignments to focus upon will depend upon the needs of the class. Although no child can eschew learning the basics of reading and grammar, using the child's natural inclinations can be ways of making the potentially frightening seem f Continue Reading...
NCLB stance on teacher certification for special education and its impact in New Jersey. And, what students right do you feel is most important to uphold? NCLB is, in other words, the 'No Child Left behind Act' that was passed by the President of t Continue Reading...
Biological and Psychological Basis of Learning and Memory: The human brain is the core of each function of the body that controls operational learning and memory and the interdependence of each of the concepts. The way with which the brain functions Continue Reading...
Dispositional and Learning Theory The objective of this study is to describe the role of personality in affecting situational behavior and examine the personality characteristics attributed to each of the theories. This work will additionally explai Continue Reading...
They are also learning new ideologies that transform their perspectives and broaden their viewpoints to gain a greater sense of understanding and awareness of the values of their jobs and how they subsequently change them as people -- which is the v Continue Reading...
Each day I will work with the group of students using activities that is designed to improve writing fluency. By working in groups to evaluate one another's writing, students will learn to recognize mistakes on their own. By me giving them feedback, Continue Reading...
Verbal learning is defined as the acquisition of verbal information. Verbal learning is generally classified into three basic categories. The first is serial learning, or "learning to reproduce the items in a list in their original order (for example Continue Reading...
VARK Questionnaire and Learning Style There are many different methods and styles of learning that individuals use with varying degrees of preference and efficacy, and many different frameworks for identifying and understanding these different learn Continue Reading...
Self-Directed Learning Assumptions, Andragogy Self-Directed Learning Assumptions Andragogy Self-Directed Learning What do you think about self-directed learning in what and how we learn? Self-directed learning is extremely beneficial in situation Continue Reading...
Professional Learning Community within an Educational Context Peter Senge's learning community is one where all of the team members work together within in a fluid, supportive atmosphere that is future based and oriented around critical, open think Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Practice Motor Learning The purpose of this paper is to discuss current theories, concepts and research involving Motor Learning. The research provides evidence-based information discussing how humans utilize motor-learning throughou Continue Reading...
Forming Self-Regulated Learning Perceptions: The Influence of Internal and External Comparisons." One needs to discuss learning because a link has occurred between motivation as well as achievement in any given school setting. The studies question w Continue Reading...
Qualitative Study. The existence, if any, performance difference between students in online and traditional learning environments has yet to be conclusively determined; though several studies have found no significant difference in performance, th Continue Reading...
The author did not limit his study to researchers who supported one side of an argument but included both, those for and against any idea, bringing more understanding to the reader. The article is further strengthened by the fact that the author id Continue Reading...
So, self-directed learning is not ideal for people who are high on anxiety. Similarly, people who are high on extroversion tend to be less successful in self-directed learning because their gregarious nature requires them to be in a group and intera Continue Reading...
If the items used as stimulus words in a PA task are too similar, discrimination ability decreases, leading to errors in recall. Another difficulty may occur with learning of response items, i.e. meaningful responses are learned easier than non-mean Continue Reading...
"Mere" exposure means that the stimulus is presented without any external motivators such as rewards or difficulties connected to it (Terry, 2006, p.42). Interestingly, it has been found that the preference affect is not connected to a conscious mem Continue Reading...
Program planners can select among these objectives carefully to find their learning objectives. In addition to selecting well, program planners can be sure that the learning objectives are stated clearly, making sure they "say what you want them to Continue Reading...
15). The policy implications of adopting such a model are profound, given that they suggest that merely removing barriers such as childcare demands or providing transportation may not be enough to deter individuals from their psychological motivati Continue Reading...
Grades encourage most students to learn because they have pride in their accomplishment when they score good grades, and they have the urge to try harder when they do not. Grades encourage higher learning, as well. As students grow older, they ofte Continue Reading...
The importance in training and development with regard to understanding how adult learning works provides the ability to develop effective programs for adult learners in field of employment, education and interests. When these two articles are ble Continue Reading...
(1996) that do not this particular element as a deciding factor in the procedures (e.g., Meltzoff, 1988). Research Question will explore the dimension and effect of vicarious learning and its importance in today's world at a very early stage of a p Continue Reading...
Lighting, temperature and other environmental factors were indistinguishable among the rooms. Subjects in T1 were allowed to play with toys for forty-five minutes before the vocabulary lesson began. Subjects in T2 and T3 were given forty-five minut Continue Reading...
Social Learning Theory emphasizes the importance of observing and modeling the behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions of others. Albert Bandura (1925- Canadian born Stanford psychologist, is the leading proponent of the theory, which is also Continue Reading...
Animal Learning Comparative cognition is a psychological approach to learning that studies how animals process information. S.T. Boysen (1998) in his article presents the summary and review of different issues concerning this approach specifically i Continue Reading...
Pedagogical and Andragogical Learning Approaches in Adult Learners There are a number of fundamental differences between pedagogical and andragogical approaches to both instruction and learning. However, the principle point of distinction between t Continue Reading...
Volunteerism, Community Engagement, And Service Learning The current world has a mild of non-governmental organizations, as well as some governmental organizations formed for the purpose of providing support to those in need. Millions of people put Continue Reading...
Lessons Learned Learning Lessons as a Team Success, failure, blame, mistakes and effectiveness are amongst some of the words which are usually associated with projects. Vic Passion and Gina Gotsill also incorporate many of such key words while disc Continue Reading...
A threat to construct would mean that there was a failure in the way that constructs -- or thoughts -- were formed. In the case of e-learning, if we were to show that e-learners are more open to not just non-traditional learning, but they are more Continue Reading...
This is similar to how subjects may use mental shorthand to remember unrelated word or number pairs in an experiment by making sentences or personal associations that link the stimulus and response. In general, creating such associations makes it mu Continue Reading...
Language Culturally-Based Cognitive Apprenticeship (Teaching African-American High School Students Skills in Literary Interpretation) by Carol D. Lee The author observes that there is a distinct need for implementation of special strategies pertai Continue Reading...
Online Learning Study Park, J., & Choi, H.J. (2009). Factors influencing adult learners' decision to drop out or persist in online learning. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 12(4), 207-n/a. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.c Continue Reading...
g., you like Mountain Dew just a tiny bit more), for another person who listed those soft drinks in the same order, the preference could be great (they would rather drink water than Pepsi if there weren't any Mountain Dew). That being said, ordinal s Continue Reading...
