Pedagogic Model for Teaching of Technology to Special Education Students Almost thirty years ago, the American federal government passed an act mandating the availability of a free and appropriate public education for all handicapped children. In 19 Continue Reading...
10-year-old boy, Alec. The child has had pervasive relocations in his life, beginning at age 2 and endured a challenging separation between his parents. Since the separation he first experienced 50% split parenting, living with his mother one week t Continue Reading...
Kinesthetic Learners Achievement Levels in Technology Rich Classrooms Hypothesis With Operational Definitions Computers and Kinesthetic Learning Existing Research The Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project Collaborative Visualization (CoVis) Project Continue Reading...
Public Awareness Campaign: Child Exploitation on the Internet Growing up in an era where the internet and video games take up more than 25% of a child's time made me realize just how integral technology has become to children's lives, and how vital Continue Reading...
Aggression and Violence In this day and age, just about everything is rated. From movies to television shows and even video games, forms of media are given ratings to depict who they are approved for and what type of content the viewer or user can e Continue Reading...
Are more encouraged by praise that is delivered physically rather than verbally -- such as by a handshake or a pat on the back rather than by a verbal "good job." Kinesthetic learners also tend to absorb information when given a great deal of tact Continue Reading...
Knowles stated "The richest resources for learning reside in the adult learners themselves" (p. 66). An instructional strategy like gaming may help to facilitate tapping into the adult learner's experience. Through collaboration during the play of a Continue Reading...
Mass Media Affects of Mass Media on Children Mass media can be defined as those channels of communication through which the messages are reached to a wider audience simultaneously (Kundanis, 2003, p. 5). The mass media plays a distinguishing and un Continue Reading...
Question Describe which resources need to be available to plan these physical experiences for children 0-8 years. (You are strongly encouraged to give practical examples from your own professional experience.) Financial resources and time are two Continue Reading...
lab! she said smiling. "No wonder your grades are so awesome!" Ann said hardly a word to me all year. Although she was in at least two of my classes each semester since I started at UTSA, I think that maybe Ann felt a little intimidated by me. Ann Continue Reading...
Gerontology The interview subject is from Germantown, Pennsylvania, the third of seven children. For the purposes of this report and to preserve her anonymity, we will call her Ms. S. Ms. S's mother did everything she could to keep her family togeth Continue Reading...
processed foods and diet has had a negative effect upon many populations, particularly contributing to obesity and potential Type-II diabetes and a host of other problems. Medical doctors, scholars, researchers are all in agreement that there is a c Continue Reading...
Genetics: How the American Lifestyle Contributes to Obesity ? Obesity in America is a continuing crisis that is approaching epic proportions. According to recent studied by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly Continue Reading...
While the subject's rationale for blaming his most recent victim for dressing provocatively may reflect "normal" (Macionis 2002) social conditioning (particularly among adolescent males), his complete lack of empathy (as distinct from responsibility Continue Reading...
causes of teen violence, "Missing the Mark" by Jackson Katz and Sur Jhally, and "Stop Blaming Kids and TV" by Mike Males. Katz and Jhally argue that teen violence is a male-centric occurrence caused by socialization that promotes violent masculinity Continue Reading...
Consumers Buying Behavior Consumer Buying Behavior Marketing of Two Brands based on Consumer Buying Behavior Models Marketing of Two Brands based on Consumer Buying Behavior Models The report on Case Performance expectancy Effort Expectancy So Continue Reading...
In the historical world, there seemed to be fewer choices in life for many, and roles as adults were more stringent -- and defined as adult meaning very structured cultural templates. There must then be a bit of a Catch-22 when it comes to the advan Continue Reading...
Obesity in America Many think of obesity as a disease that may need medication to retract, may be genetic in origin and, thus, not the fault of the individual, and, therefore, may be biologically rather than culturally deteremined. However, as this Continue Reading...
The most important technological tool that I missed the most during the aftermath of Gustav was my computer. It did not take long for me to miss. I was not able to go to the news right away and I could not communicate with anyone. Because of the cir Continue Reading...
Waldo? Is a series of children's book created by Martin Handford. Essentially, the books consist o a series of detailed double-page illustrations that show dozens of individuals doing amusing activities in certain locations. The challenge is to find Continue Reading...
The country of the individual must also adapt to the changing culture. Currently, the world's cultures, in regard to the information environment-shaping capabilities, continually change at an accelerating pace. Based on the rate of the increase of Continue Reading...
Thus, an instructor and his or her assistants may actually spend more time with an online class, and it seems many instructors and administrators simply do not understand that concept before they begin designing and programming an online class. I b Continue Reading...
Farris (1990) cites Glasser's Control Theory as a foundation for developing activities to motivate adolescent learners. Briefly this theory asserts humans have five basic needs: the need for survival, belonging, power, freedom and fun. Effective te Continue Reading...
To keep my friends at Stanford entertained, I found a list of Web sites devoted to the Rubik's Cube and together we would work on the cube. I even gave my club members "homework" assignments so that we could all practice the Rubik's Cube in our own Continue Reading...
Students would undertake self-directed research projects, guided or led by teachers at their request. Agency would enable students to play a few hours of sports instead of read, or to read instead of play the piano. Teachers expressing their agency Continue Reading...
Demise of Guys Psychologist Philip Zimbardo shares some startling statistics about boys: they are 30% more likely than girls to drop out of school, they are outperformed academically by girls at every level from kindergarten to graduate school, they Continue Reading...
Education In the wake of the recent globalization, education has emerged as one of the most necessary tools for the field. For globalization to be realized on a large scale, the public has to be well conversant in matters concerning education. Howev Continue Reading...
David preferred the freedom of traveling by train. Coordination: Suzanne liked the control that driving her own car gave her, and David preferred the freedom of traveling by train. Subordination: Suzanne liked control, which driving her own car ga Continue Reading...
SURFING & MINING THE WAVE OF BIG DATA Management What used to consider a simple annoyance or frustration has now become a respected field of inquiry. Consumer information has transformed into Big Data. As with many things that are vast, Big Dat Continue Reading...
While it is beneficial for foreign students studying in the U.S. To understand the domestic culture, it is as important that the domestic classroom setting incorporates sufficient cultural studies in lessons. This implementation provides a level of Continue Reading...
Computer games have lamentably been kept to such niche, and exist under a false essence as being immature and a waste of time. While, beyond any doubt, there are in fact whimsical/childish computer games out there, that doesn't imply that there aren' Continue Reading...
hired a company create advertising campaign a Massive Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG). The company recently formed previous advertising strategies place. Promote company game targeting gaming demographic. As Kurtz (2010) mentions, the target market Continue Reading...
Gaming, particularly as a form of entertainment has evolved throughout time. Over the past centuries gaming has taken many shapes and forms. Usually, the more popular games of the past required strategy and opponent anticipation. As society now moves Continue Reading...
validity, and for school administrators Goldstein's points should be discussed and debated. Goldstein suggests that without violating students' privacy rights, instructors / teachers nationwide need to be far more alert to weirdness, aggressiveness, Continue Reading...
" (Dietz, 1998). Obese children are often taller than their non-overweight peers, and are apt to be viewed as more mature. This is an inappropriate expectation that may result in adverse effects on their socialization. (Dietz, 1998). Overweight child Continue Reading...
block and the response to intervention (RTI) tiered approaches to education. Block education can best be defined as a method of manipulating the time available for teaching in the daily curriculum in a high school environment in a comprehensive and Continue Reading...
Effects of Screen Time on ChildrenIntroductionWhat do we know about the effects of screen time use of smartphones, tablets and game consoles, among children ages 10 to 15 and academic achievement? This literature review intends to answer that questio Continue Reading...
Regardless, he has no idea what others are talking about but is willing to admit it (Cohn, 2011). Hawk views everything as amazing in regards to how his life turned out. He wonders how he got there with moments like this at times. Tony learned of s Continue Reading...
Nairn sees these Barbies as being tortured to destroy the doll's perfection, but the same children (I have noticed from observing female relatives) may demand a new Barbie, even after treating the old one carelessly. Additionally, not all Barbies a Continue Reading...
