Johnson et al, in their publication, described a cooperative condition as one in which, "an individual can attain his goal if and only if the individual with whom he is linked can attain his.... As enumerated earlier, students see their colleagues as hindrances to their success and rather than cooperating to achieve a goal, they tend to be divided between themselves. ... Great minds with similar goals and passions could be identified to achieve greater and more qualified common goal because, "students succeed in spite of competition, not because of it," (Kohn, 1987)....

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Various techniques have been developed to assist people achieve knowledge management. ... Communities of Practice came up from the need to achieve information sharing as part of knowledge management. ... People become motivated to achieve more when they have the necessary skills to carry out their tasks. ... Also, it is a learning theory that is focused on achieving knowledge development and information transfer. ... In businesses, the Communities of Practice can be in the form of workgroups or teams that work together towards achieving a particular goal (Schenkel & Teigland, 2008). ...

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Before a Learning Organisations can be implemented , a solid foundation should be laid and this can be achieved by taking into account some certain factors: Firstly, awareness. ... Individuals do not have a comprehensive picture of the whole organisation and its goals. ... Companies can learn to achieve these aims in Learning Labs. ... With learning organisation greater motivation is also achieved. ... It has been long observed in several consulting works that far fewer organisations achieve synergy than as...

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The class is a small group of adults who have one goal in common, obtain a bachelors degree in Organizational Leadership. ... My original goal in this class was to get through it with my sanity intact so that I could get on with finishing my degree. ... This is the outer ring "Goals and Purposes for Learning". ... We come to education with specific goals in mind and believe that we are taking the first step in achieving these goals. My main goal is to finish a degree that was started twenty years ago and interrupted for a period of seventeen years. ...

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There are seven goals of early childhood special education programs (Bailey and Wolery, 1992). They go as follows: To support families in achieving their own goals. ... These goals apply to all students with severe disabilities, and they are what make up the structure of the intervention programs. ... Curriculum-based assessment measures are used to determine a child's current abilities, derive instructional goals, and track a child's progress along a continuum of objectives. ... Early interventionists find that a valuable tool in determining educational goals and evaluatin...

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Communication takes the verbal and non-verbal form and I have observed that effective communication allows the teacher to express goals, intended outcomes, and expectations clearly and effectively and this has a direct impact on motivation. ... Capel et al, (2003: p 116) suggests that the key to achieving this rests in the quality of my classroom management skills. ... Rogers, (1982) emphasises this importance because pupils perform according to the expectations of them and I have observed that the implications of low expectations is that pupils are not motivated, achieve little and b...

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This adaptability is extremely appealing in a field with a wide variety of program types, content objectives, instructional settings, and learner needs and goals. At the classroom or individual learning level, new technologies present opportunities to accomplish multiple instructional goals; i.e. - integrated language skills, critical thinking, cooperative and interpersonal skills. ... Matching technology applications to the instructional needs and goals of the program is another challenge. Factors such as financial limitations or fascination with a high-end technology application can lead to ...

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In order to have an effective learning environment for children, goals must be set, families must be involved, curriculum must be hands on and child directed, appropriate assessment and documentation must be conducted in order to further the curriculum and the learning in the classroom. A classroom designed for the highest level of engagement and effectiveness is one in which the children are a part of the designing, one that is neat and well organized for optimal learning, and one in which children and families feel comfortable enough to achieve the highest level of learning possible. ... M...

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He talks of how those who are poor, or plagued by oppression, should band together, since unity will help them achieve a sense of empowerment faster than their individual voices. ... It is only with the force of a group that they will achieve their goals, be noticed, and in turn benefit from the new found awareness society will have. ... Education is viewed by most people as being very important as a means to achieving a good job in society. ...

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These were all essential in order to achieve the assessment. ... Now that the problem is defined, client and therapist must work together to formulate a goal to work toward. Once this common goal is established a treatment plan can be created and the intervention carried out. ... If the goal has been reached then the client can be discharged (Marcil, 2007). If the goal has not been reached then the therapist may need to return to the problem identification stage. ...

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The article began by offering a stance on what the ultimate goal of education is. ... If your goal is to convince someone of the importance of something it is imperative that you make that person understand how qualitative natures are just as important as quantitative natures. ...

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With these leadership behaviors, I have the ability to gain the conviction, respect and support of my students and the ability to inspire to achieve shared goals. I may also gain the ability to reassess both ways of working and the values of the organization, and the ability to allow my students develop in order to meet new challenges and goals (Sawbridge, 2001) Differentiation Another article grabbed my interest in which Renzulli (1997) and Tomlinson (2000) define differentiation as "an attempt to address the variations among learners in the classroom through multiple approaches that mo...

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In sense of metacognitive awareness, "monitor" means monitoring the whole process of learning, to see if anything needs to be revised in order to meet the learner's goal or monitoring what the learner's weak points of language proficiency are, and then try other strategies to make up for this weak point... Researches conducted on second language learning in recent years indicate that most successful learners are active thinkers, decision-makers and good problem-solvers, and they also have great control over themselves and the whole learning process, including goals setting, strategie...

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Is it not the goal of EAP programs to develop in a student their proficiency and articulation of the academic English language, including skills in research that will aid their participation at a tertiary level? ...

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Edwin Abbot Abbot's goal was to teach people to examine things from a new perspective, and not just go through life with tunnel vision. ... Through the reading of Flatland, and the activities that go along with it, such as the observation of two neighborhoods and the participation of the ESL students in talking about their experiences similar to Flatland experiences, students will learn that they have the power to achieve and make a difference. ...

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While some problems regarding special education have been addressed throughout the years, however, currently there are many pressing issues limiting the access disabled children have to achieve their educational goals. Education is the single most important aspect of achieving freedom and future achievement for children with disabilities, yet not enough importance is placed on granting these marginalized children the programs and services they need. ...

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A recipient is required to place a handicapped child in the regular educational environment unless it is demonstrated by the recipient that the education in the regular environment with the use of supplementary aides and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily (Office for Civil Rights, 2006, June). ... Students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms show academic gains in a number of areas, including improved performance on standardized tests, mastery of IEP goals, grades, on-task behavior and motivation to learn. ...

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I was amazed that the assessment criteria the children came up with closely resembled achieved objectives described in the appropriate curriculum documents. ... Taxonomy of educational objectives: The classification of educational goals: Handbook I, cognitive domain. ...

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So, the goal of using educational technology in the classroom is to keep all students learning in the same pace successfully. ... Therefore, teachers should plan out an appropriate method and classroom environment in teaching using educational technology in order to let students learn through computers and other educational technologies so that they are better at achieving higher academic performance in school. ...

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Brain Based Education considered how the brain learns best and encouraged educators to take this information into consideration as they planned teaching strategies with the goal of more effectively motivating of all types of learners (Kaur, 2013). ... Brain-based learning involves accepting the rules of how the brain processes, and then organizing instruction bearing these rules in mind to achieve meaningful learning (Duman, 2010; Caine and Caine, 1994). ...

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Animation and Technology in Education Education has appeared in many forms. Major thinkers have always recognized the value of intellectual exploration and experimentation. Teachers, too, have always worked to shape desired convictions, knowledge, and behavior. Animation can used to provide ...

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