Learning Styles The theory of Honey and Mumford, describes the styles and learning strategies. It incorporates much of the theory of Kolb's learning cycle, making it more intelligible. It is important to discuss these strategies with students. (Ma Continue Reading...
One result is that in spite of being told how to record a journal in the context of an independent format, most students used a format preferred by the teacher which demonstrates a possible "lack of proficiency with reflective writing" (2002, p. 343 Continue Reading...
Students can be asked to research and bring in newspaper articles pertaining to their country of origin and hang them on a class bulletin board. This reinforces the idea that reading can help students better understand the world around them. Student Continue Reading...
Reading Skills Motivation and Background Building: Pre-Reading Phase Appropriate activities may include the following: Vocabulary instruction Prior knowledge connection Skill Development (may be done throughout) Establish purpose for reading Continue Reading...
Learning How the Previous Experiences, Interests and Thought Processes of Students Influence the Learning of Current Content Area Concepts The objective of this study is to examine how the previous experiences, interests, and thought processes of Continue Reading...
learning can be categorized into three distinct groups: behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism. Behaviorism refers to the student's interaction with the environment and focuses on the external aspects of learning and on that which encourages l Continue Reading...
learning experience related to end of life care surrounded two particular issues: communication with the patient and family members and the concept of caregiver grief. This internal grief fits well with the communication issue because communication Continue Reading...
Learn, and Gladly Would He Teach -- Teaching Values to Students in the Classroom Today This quotation from The Canterbury Tales in many ways presents the image of the ideal teacher. (Chaucer, 1981, 17) According to the classical ideal, a teacher te Continue Reading...
Most significantly, too, the library runs a free service and a book mobile to reach those who are unable for various reasons (such as being handicapped, ill, or elderly) to use the library. The book mobile has its own selection of books, toys, and Continue Reading...
Motivation for Reading: In one reading survey, as reported by Sharon Pitcher and her associates in the article "Assessing Adolescents' Motivation to Read," the investigators found that children will be more motivated to read if it is material in whi Continue Reading...
Rise of Technology-Mediated Learning Systems to Increase Revenue in Higher Learning THE RISE OF TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED LEARNING SYSTEMS T. Barriers to Increase Revenue in Higher Learning The Capital Labor Issue with Increase Revenue in Higher Learnin Continue Reading...
If teachers fail to design connected scaffolds than the class will develop only limited capabilities. He explains that this can be done by choosing only those scaffolding tools which have similar structures, assignment objectives, and interactive s Continue Reading...
ADHD and Learning Disabilities in School Aged Children The article by Czamara, Tiesler, Kohlbock et al. (2013) focuses on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia as the most common neuro-behavioral childhood disorders. 5% of sch Continue Reading...
This way of thinking and taking action has been evolving over many decades, but it reached its widest audience with the 1990 publication of 'The Fifth Discipline' by Peter Senge." (2003) The Charter school has a unique opportunity to implement the Continue Reading...
Evolution of RTI and Its Purpose The response to intervention (RTI) initiative is a multi-tiered program that is designed to facilitate the early identification of students with special educational and behavioral needs (What is RTI?, 2016). The purp Continue Reading...
Sometimes it can be difficult for a writer to understand whether he or she is plagiarizing and by performing a plagiarism quiz the respective individual can understand more about his or her original ideas. People are not born with knowledge and it Continue Reading...
Summary/synthesis of what I learned The goal of the probation program is to help offenders to change for the better and to maintain that change. The probation program also works to ensure communities remain safe even while offenders are given a chanc Continue Reading...
There are advantages and disadvantages to the theory of constructivism. On the positive side, it means that children are ferocious learners because they have the innate neural tools in place to properly absorb and classify information. Piaget would Continue Reading...
(Singer, 2003, p. 36) Education should be a constructive process. Palinscar states that the teacher must assume an active and directive role by establishing the pace, content, and goals of the lesson. (Palincsar, 1998) Byra also described such a pro Continue Reading...
Learning to Work Together," presents a number of positive and helpful ideas and policies for use in an academic setting. This paper references two of those aspects from Chapter 6. Starting a Team: Getting a team started is one very important part o Continue Reading...
Learning Journals in Higher and Continuing Education The study by Langer (2002) exploring the use of learning journals in higher and continuing education presents new data that may challenge the existing paradigm in the area. This critique focuses Continue Reading...
learn about historical atrocities that were committed in the name of progress, moral righteousness, or simple commerce, but it is quite another to be confronted with a personal account of the horrors as they were committed and the people that commit Continue Reading...
learn how the law works by memorizing a set of rules or theorems. A misconception lies in the commonly asked question, "What is the law?" -- since it presupposes that it's all laid out somewhere on great stone tablets. The truth is that the answer o Continue Reading...
Supervision of instruction [...] Collegial Relationship Possible Between Supervisors and Teachers? Yes, by Barbara Nelson Pavan, and support the author's point-of-view. SUPERVISION OF INSTRUCTION The author opens her article by stating, "Unless su Continue Reading...
My Motivation My major motivation to pursue my college degree is my personal growth and development goals. Since childhood, I have always desired to excel in my career and help in changing the lives of others. I believe that pursuing a college degre Continue Reading...
Foundations Do you think this student might have a learning disability? Why or why not? learning disability is referred to as affecting acquisition, organization, retention, and understanding of information, both verbal and nonverbal, as gauged fro Continue Reading...
personal reflection giving past experiences used in selecting an assessment method to evaluate learning. It further outlines how assessment can be used for both individual learner mastery and continuous quality improvement of the instruction. Moreov Continue Reading...
The categories are: Written feedback on work from academic staff; Lecture, seminar and small group activities; Individual study time, reading; and, Personal reflection upon performance. Though all four categories have a large bearing upon my de Continue Reading...
Reading Comprehension: Strategies and ActivitiesIntroductionThe primary objective of reading is to comprehend and reconstruct the writers mental world. Skilled readers experience a sense of ease and natural flow in their comprehension, although this Continue Reading...
The study discusses break rooms and tea rooms, and how they are "hot spots" for discussion and everyday learning, and this makes sense. People are less inhibited in these areas, and they are engaging in a more social atmosphere, and so, they are mor Continue Reading...
The natural environment provides students with a calm and quiet place to unwind from the noises of the classroom. It nurtures and supports animal-life all year round. This is critical for areas where commercial and residential development is reducin Continue Reading...
Memory A learning culture is an organizational practice, system and values that encourage and support individuals and organizations to increase performance levels, competence and knowledge. It promotes continuous support and improvement for an achiev Continue Reading...
Changes at the District Level Please read Chapter 11 of The Kids Left Behind. As you read, fill in the graphic organizer on the next two pages, outlining how each structural change to school policies can help improve educational and personal outcome Continue Reading...
This was powerful stuff for a young person and these readings helped fuel my interest in pursuing other outside and more formal research into these areas. There was a certain attraction to real-life people that intrigued me as well. For example, sup Continue Reading...
Accuracy Words Correct Per Minute The process for calculating words correct per minute (WCPM) and reading accuracy begins with the selection of three passages from a grade level basal text. Students are required to read each passage for exactly on Continue Reading...
Community Colleges in America In 1983 and 1984, a dozen major reports on the United States' schools were published. All stressed the need for "excellence" in education. These reports are the subject of: Excellence in Education: Perspectives on Polic Continue Reading...
Classroom Management Learning environment and students' behavior The issue of behavior and environment has been a topic of discussion for a longtime and behaviorists have over time tried to give explanations that tend to kill the argument of nature Continue Reading...
Teaching Methods In this question, I am using a task of assembling a several different kinds of components of a shelf that I recently purchased from Ikea. Inside the package, I found a chart with instructions for assembling different components of t Continue Reading...
growing recognition of the changing educational needs of college students, particularly those attending community colleges. In response to this awareness, reform efforts have been implemented in order to meet the needs of students. As reform efforts Continue Reading...
