... high place which Plato assigns to art & specially to music as means of education. He found in literature the main instrument of education i.e, studying the standard literature of his country; knowledge of some art, rudiments of the science of numbers & figures. The second instrument of education was gymnastics. He adopted these agencies as instruments of education & gave them a new & deeper significance. He conceived that in early life the main instruments ... is to be nearly savage; & to be merely a musician is to be "melted & softened beyond what is good". Thus Education up to the age...

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• Grade Level: High School

... and contrast. Students are taught to participate civilly and productively in-group discussions. Students are taught to analyze and interpret literature for effects on listener. Students are taught to use idioms, analogies, metaphors, and similes and to infer literature for effects on listeners. Students are taught to evaluate structural elements of the plot, its development, and how conflicts are addressed. Students are taught how ... literature reflects the heritage, traditions, attitudes, and beliefs of authors. Students are taught to revise writing for word choice, appropriate organi...

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• Grade Level: High School

... . So different interpretations on independent learning are justified. There are two main components of the self-regulated learning. The first is to emphasize independent learning as a valuable concept in university and the second one to promote the study of the main elements, those which surely develop beyond our understanding of this self-centered study (Cassidy, 2011, p990). This is the reason why ... learners have to expand their skills in order to be successful in this course of action. Also, in order for independent learning to be developed , it ... teaching the skills required for ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School