A group approach is considered beneficial as teachers "need to rethink their traditional teaching roles and expand their repertoire of teaching skills to include techniques that help students enhance their comprehension" and students who receive ind Continue Reading...
However the effects of style on performance are contingent on the nature of the task. For example visual learners are likely to perform better on pictorially-based tasks than on verbal-based tasks. There is no significant correlation between intelli Continue Reading...
If I had been in the instructor's position, I fear that I would not have handled the disciplinary issues quite as well, as I had not thought of all of the considerations mentioned by the instructor during the interview, especially the issue of the Continue Reading...
teacher & student relationship between Dante and Virgil in Dante's Inferno This paper presents a detailed examination of the relationship between Dante and Virgil in Dante's Inferno. The writer uses examples and character analysis to present the Continue Reading...
Everywhere we look, individuals use body language and non-verbal signals. We've seen evidence of politicians and the media using signals to improve their veracity (or the contrary), but non-verbal clues have even been studied by anthropologists as a Continue Reading...
In this regard, one general officer states, "Military ethics based upon 'me-ism' or 'egotism' cannot function. Military ethics is about knowing whom and what we owe. That is exactly what is meant by 'service before self' (in the Air Force), 'selfles Continue Reading...
Children in this stage lack conceptions of size, volume, and mass so teaching a child about something like portion sizes of food in a discussion of nutrition would be ineffectual at this stage. Concrete Operational Stage (ages 7-11) During this st Continue Reading...
This instructor has learned to proactively educate his Navajo students about the need to reveal certain information they normally keep among themselves, such as burial grounds, because federal law now protects them from violation -- but only if thei Continue Reading...
Intervention within normal curriculum can be understood as "giving contingent, specific, and credible praise and feedback; motivating students to learn; and judging the extent of pupil attainment of instructional outcomes," (American Federation of T Continue Reading...
Learning Organizations A great deal of research has been undertaken regarding the concept of learning organizations. The 2001 article with the title "The learning organization in health-care services: Theory and practice" by Leda Vassalou was publi Continue Reading...
Impressions of Teaching as a Profession and the Reality The teaching profession is one of the oldest ones and has experienced growth over the years as a result of its dynamic nature of the teacher's role in the education system. Teachers are assumi Continue Reading...
As the teacher circulates, he/she also keeps the students on task rather than daydreaming or talking with one another. This is an efficient approach, since no time is lost handing out papers or assisting a student. It is important to note that this Continue Reading...
Specialized Instructional Strategies for Teaching Reading The objective of this study is to examine two studies relating to development of literacy in preschoolers in view of the National Reading Project. Toward this end this study will examine the Continue Reading...
A main goal of both scaffolding and the multiple intelligence curricula is to improve self-esteem that goes hand-in-hand with low achievement. Similarly, the diversity and respect for differences emphasis, is meant to make low achieving students (fo Continue Reading...
Vavrus, M. (2002). Transforming the multicultural education of teachers: Theory, research, and practice. New York: Teachers College Press Weiner, L. (2000). Research in the 90s: implications for urban teacher preparation. Review of Educational Res Continue Reading...
Sampling Plan Before discussing a sampling plan, there has to be clear and unambiguous definitions of what a sample and sampling are. Despite diversity in the definition of a sample, the best meaning is that a sample could be considered as a subset Continue Reading...
Lesson Plan In response to a learning needs assessment at the Samaritan Medical Center, this lesson plan focuses on an educational opportunity for the highest identified opportunity in terms of education needs among the nursing staff at the Center. Continue Reading...
Thus, efforts aimed at helping teachers to avoid harmful stereotyping of students often begin with activities designed to raise teachers' awareness of their unconscious biases." (1989) Cotton goes on the relate that there are specific ways in which Continue Reading...
This is often complemented with anger and job depression. There is also the challenge of extreme mental and physical fatigue. This fatigue does not have an identifiable physiological source. The individual may have a good diet and may sleep well bu Continue Reading...
One teaching model that seems to be very effective within the portfolio framework is the "Process Model." The process model is, at its most simple, a method of writing in which the "process" of writing and revision is emphasized. Perhaps one of the Continue Reading...
Repeated Reading Instruction a Powerful and Effective Alternative Teaching Strategy for Students with Learning Disabilities? This paper discusses how repeated reading instruction is a powerful and effective alternative for teaching reading to stude Continue Reading...
Aboriginal Perceptions are basically how a person looks at the world and the how the knowledge about things around him is constructed. An individual's background such as social, cultural, and linguistic influences affect the personal perceptions. Ne Continue Reading...
English as a Second Language - Background Knowledge KNOWLEDGE Shirley Adams established in her research that "Along with vocabulary, a reader's background knowledge has been shown to be an important component of reading comprehension. The backgroun Continue Reading...
Components of a Good Syllabus It takes time, careful consideration and intensive planning to create a good syllabus, and for good reason. This basic document is the essential road map for a given course that the student receives. The document tells Continue Reading...
Counselors Their Personal Characteristics, Their Value Conflicts, and Pertinent Literature The objective of this research paper is to discuss the personal attributes that are required in a physically and emotionally healthy counselor. A healthy co Continue Reading...
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: One of the major tasks that teachers must undertake during teaching is identifying students who demonstrate high or low motivation in some learning activities. Generally, motivated students are involved in learnin Continue Reading...
To be modest and be known for personal humility means the person is "never boastful" and acts with "calm determination" (Collins, 142). Those who know the teaching and learning environments can fully appreciate how this personality type would be a g Continue Reading...
Planning and Reflection During my student teaching experiences I kept a journal, which greatly helped me to organize my thoughts and clarify the areas in which I most needed to improve. My mentor also pointed out for me the key areas that need impro Continue Reading...
Learning Disabled During the course of a child's school years they will learn to define themselves as a person and shape their personality, sense of self-concept and perception of their potential for achievement for life (Persaud, 2000). Thus the ea Continue Reading...
The more that your questions are descriptive or explanatory the more that the case study method will be relevant; How should I select the case to be studied?": According to Yin: "you need sufficient access to the potential data, whether involving p Continue Reading...
Failure? At one point or another in everyone's lives, they have probably felt like a failure. However, not everyone deals with failure in the same way. Some people take failure so harshly that they become suicidal. Others become isolated or depress Continue Reading...
Learning Organization is defined as an organization with an ingrained philosophy for anticipating, reacting and responding to change, complexity and uncertainty. It is an organization where you cannot not learned because learning is interwoven into t Continue Reading...
Confucianism Describe the unique characteristics of Chinese worldviews and discuss the significance or the implications of these characteristics in relation to the worldviews of other traditions such as the Jewish, the Christian or the modern scient Continue Reading...
Autism is a developmental disorder as it is marked with pervasive and severe impairment revolving around areas of development such as communication, imagination, reciprocal interaction and behavior. The diagnostic criteria for autism as incorporated Continue Reading...
Lisa was a sophomore and while in the Alternative school, as was the case in the regular high school, she had been a student who had been in trouble frequently for talking back to and swearing at teachers, skipping class, not doing homework, hanging Continue Reading...
client is a four-year-old, Caucasian female, currently in kindergarten. She is living with her father, and great-grandfather, and next door to her father's parents. The client is currently living with her father and great-grandfather due to her pare Continue Reading...
Christianity Persecution has been a component of the Christian experience since the time of Christ. The Roman government periodically led formal persecution campaigns that were significant for the development of Christian identity and consciousness. Continue Reading...
Greece, a south-eastern European country, is also officially known as the Hellenic Republic. The country "occupies the southernmost part of the Balkan Peninsula and borders on the Ionian Sea in the west, on the Mediterranean Sea in the south, on the Continue Reading...
Dysfunctions of a Team Teamwork is an aspect that is not only necessary but also quite efficient in ensuring that the objectives and goals of an organization come to pass. It entails a lot that must be rev0iewed to build a cohesive framework which Continue Reading...
