... are exactly alike. For this reason, it seems unreasonable to use one form of instructional materials, curriculum delivery, and assessment standards for all students. Educators realize that students learn at different rates and through different avenues. Individualized instruction approaches attempt to make the learning experience suitable for each student in terms of his or her ... programs focus on objectives that are personal for each child. The child is an active partner in decision-making in terms of activities, subject matter, and assessment. Because students learn at different rate...

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... Educators cannot not simply apply old teaching styles to the new tools at hand, they must utilize information technology so that their students can see the results of their work and interact with each other in order to learn from their experiences and become innovative, creative thinkers. This constructivist view applied with technology is evolving the learning environment into a ... more interactive and rewarding experience for students and teachers by improving learned abilities. Information technology can enhance a student's abilities in many ways. By ... ask? Well in many schools, a...

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... . A majority of people learn visually, so visual aids are a must. It is best to teach to all of the first three modalities when introducing a lesson with emphasis on the visual. You can use learning modalities in your teaching by finding out how individual students learn, and letting them know what ... their strongest modes are. They can learn to use this information for themselves, and you can encourage them to strengthen modalities that may be weak. ... do is provide instruction, tools, and an environment that allows them to learn through the channels that work best for them. Teaching ...

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... learning sciences perspective has developed from the behaviourist models into the emergence of interdisciplinary field of cognitive sciences to the rise of computer technology as a platform to help children learn. The chapter also discussed several research findings and theories to include context in understanding learning and development and to provide some ideas for instructional designers to design more effective ... learning environment. I agree with the theory of Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development when students collaborate with more knowledgeable others and distributed expertis...

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... allows people to extract important ideas from stories, and acquire insights into human nature more quickly than they could through first hand experience. It aids students by helping them to make ethical choices, in turn, resulting in a more informed solution. One's inner self develops to a great extent from ... characters throughout their entire lives. Literature gives people examples of other people's motives and feelings, helping them to learn about how the world operates. As they read literature, English students encounter examples of individuals who face choices about what is the rig...

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... eliminate the bias as I was proven to be completely wrong at first sight. All of the students present possessed a desire to want to learn and making this experience a positive one. Sure, some of these students were black, but it wasn't right of me to link these students to the course idea and concept of the "permission to fail," simply because of their ... some of the ideas and concept discussed by Goodman in the new media literacy course. This author describes how all learning begins from your own experience and that students have the ability to learn from one and other. This is actual...

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... cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power."2 Pratt argues that education is negotiated in contact zones where students of diverse backgrounds learn to communicate with one other and with their teachers. Remaining focused on mere academic content, educators lose sight of the issue of cultural difference, thus misreading or ignoring ... range of subjects including psychology, sociology, anthropology, ethnography, science, and history-an interdisciplinary approach corresponding to a 'zone of contact' in literature. Li...

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... overall classroom is run. A teacher with a positive attitude who is stable, responsible, caring and comforting yet professional allows for students to admire and respect this individual. A teacher with the ability to be understanding and patient drives a student to be eager to learn at a pace and technique suitable for them. Judging upon my own personal experience I have found that added humor when ... overall classroom is run. A teacher with a positive attitude who is stable, responsible, caring and comforting yet professional allows for students to admire and respect this individual. A...

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... the notes if he or she misses out something while reading and this process consumes more time. It is undeniable to say that students can learn more in the online environment, but greater efforts are needed to accomplish that learning. According to Clark (2009), the online learners are ... does not offer equity and accessibility to technology. The essential needs of online learning are computer and internet access. Both the teachers and students should have the basic knowledge of handling a computer such as being familiar with the search engines, email and Microsoft tools in order to ... ...

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... or resources in order to help them achieve success. I feel that school is a place where students should learn and interact with other students at no expense. If a student ventures outside the boundaries by proving themselves a distraction or obstacle so other students can not do this, they should not be allowed to return. Harsh punishments need to be put ... situation. Rather than expelling these students, they should be sent to a mandatory alternative situation, such as military or boarding school, with stricter rules and regulations. Students should learn to interact socially with each...

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... skills they need in order to become active citizens in a democratic society and participate in social change (Valdez, 1999). It is imperative that teachers learn how to recognize, honor, and incorporate the personal abilities of students into their teaching strategies (Gay, 2000). If this is done, then school achievement will improve. Multicultural education is a progressive approach for transforming education ... their teaching methods in order to incorporate multi-cultural learning into the classroom environment. Teachers need to be aware of the different ways that students learn and ...

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... a reflective practitioner, I will begin each school year by creating conversations with my classroom revolving around what the students would like to learn, what social problems they are aware of, are a part of, and would like to act on. My role is to lead students toward an awareness of social problems, guide them as they analyze those problems, and model how to act ... on those problems. The students' own interests should determine what they learn, but I must present principles and values, encourage students to examine them in order to choose for themselves. As mentioned before, askin...

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... into the lesson being taught. If the lesson the teacher is teaching has the encouragement to help the students want to participate in the activity or lessons; when the teacher uses an act of motivation on the students and get the students to want to learn more every day they are at school. Once the teacher makes the environment a fun place to work and ... a great place to learn the students will feel better about learning. A humanistic teacher would create a learning environment that can open up a students mind to learn and see how education can be so important in life for their futures...

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... constantly think about where the student is and what he needs, rather than trying to catch him up with the other students. In reality, his parents know he may never be up with the other students his age. He needs to learn things that will make him more independent. Frances Broome teaches first grade in a general education classroom, but with inclusion ... to curriculum and instruction are teacher centered, standardized, deficit driven, and disconnected from students" experiences. Whereas community-referenced curriculum helps students to learn in ways that are meaningful, relevant, activ...

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... about learning process that occurs in every child. Through the psychology of learning, he or she can understand the individual differences among the students. For example, some students may learn better through rote learning or reinforcement while some others may learn by insight where they need to perceive all the relevant parts of a problem before insight or understanding can occur to solve the problems ... may know the idea behind the motivation of each student and think of different activities that may heighten their motivation in learning. The teachers will also learn the factors t...

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... to already solidified and personally meaningful networks of knowledge, thereby allowing students to take in the new information and give it meaning. This proves that the use of manipulatives has a positive effect on students' academic achievement. The study of Crowley's (2005) proved that students will best learn Mathematics if they realize how the concepts are directly applied to ... their lives including their future workplaces. Students appear to benefit from knowing how to execute a strategy, knowing why the ... instruction. In this approach, the teaching and learning paradigm has s...

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... skills, capability and academic excellence. The strongest benefit of study abroad programs is the cultural enrichment it offers. Students are able to learn in a study environment that is completely different from their home due to which they are able to learn new traditional norms, religious beliefs and cultural values. This is essential for the healthy development of personality and character ... priorities in life. They are not aware of the complexities involved in career development nor are they exposed to the obstacles of life. Moving away from home to learn on their own makes studen...

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... education is the notion that each student is a unique individual and must be treated with respect. Keeping to the Socratic idiom, students must not be taught this or that bit of knowledge. Rather, the student must be taught how to learn and how to think. Therefore, education is really little more than a process in which the student learns how to ... of maximizing each student's potential and helps him become a qualified human being. I like the idea of learning community, where students and teachers, in a relaxing environment, help each other and learn from each other. I understand that it...

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... , the less they develop the critical consciousness which would result from their intervention in the world as transformers of that world.(Freire, 2)". Freire believes that students must be able to see that what they learn in the classroom can help them change the world. I completely agree with Freire's argument and believe that education should provide tools and practice in critical thinking ... goes on inside the classroom. Others feel that it should be more of an open relationship, where the students can comfortably learn from the teacher while the teachers can also learn from the stud...

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... ; they demonstrate little or no emotions and anxiety, which helps them to concentrate on their studies (Sobel, Cepeda & Kapler, 2011). Spacing effects to students serve as a control measure to the learner's anxiety and emotions. Spacing effect on their performance gives them a relief; they feel special and encouraged, ... they can manage the situation in order to excel (Jones, 2011). Encouragement of student is another positive effect of spacing effect to students. Students perceive spacing effects as an incentive to good performance, many who perform poorly lay blame on lack of enough s...

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... . Education is no longer restricted to the classroom or confined to the school. The Internet has made it possible for students to learn via online courses at the luxury and comfort of their own room, at their own time. This allows students to be able to access the information that would otherwise only be available in school from anywhere and at any time ... they like. By doing so, anybody can learn according to his or her own schedule, making education flexible. This means more convenience for both the teachers and the students since they do not have to physically meet. Thus, students ca...

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... distinct benefits for their future success in society. However, I totally disagree with this statement. I argue that college students should choose liberal arts education because it is most helpful for them to prepare for future workplaces. It enables students to think and learn across disciplines, liberating or freeing the mind to achieve its fullest potential. Roger William Gilman says, "A liberal ... mathematics along with those fine and performing arts, the humanities, and the social sciences" (8). Through such various fields students can assemble a broad foundation of knowledge that ...

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... control you will find behaviorism and constructivism placed on either end of the broad scope of instructional theories (Orlich & Harder, 2004). Constructivists argue that humans have the capability to learn naturally through a process of discovery and problem-solving, thus we can easily define constructivism as student initiated learning (Snowman & Biehler, 2003). Behavioral theories focus on observable behavior ... to a stimulus (Philips & Soltis, 1998). Just as Pavlov conditioned dogs to salivate with the ringing of a bell without the presence of food, Watson believed that humans can ...

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... life. Personally, my method of studying is a little bit different compared to others. Most often I prefer to study alone and during studying alone not because of being alone helps me learn more, the main reason is that much of the students are not good in group studying also I have to say that Pictures and diagrams help a lot. Another important way to ... not understand then I would refer to a friend or a teacher. One of teaching methods which make me bored and does not help students learn effectively is using the PowerPoint slides, Personally, I think it shows the teacher not paying mu...

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... them. Generally, cognitive styles are more related to theoretical or academic research, while learning styles are more related to practical applications. Learning theories are factors directly affecting students' learning processes. Individual differences observed in the acquisition and processing of information during the learning process can result in style differences in learning (Duman, 2010; Felder, ... student learning. Modern educators should approach teaching within the confines of a biologically driven instructional framework to support this structure and function regarding ho...

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