If after sixty lessons, the child has not achieved the reading level of his or her classmates, the child is released from the Reading Recovery Program. The program's long term goal is to have children continue to progress through their regular classroom instruction and independent reading, after their intervention is discontinued. ... Most students need between twelve to sixteen weeks of help before they are discontinued form the program whose goal is to bring students up to the level of peers and to give students assistance they need to develop independent reading strategies. ...

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THE PROBLEM RATIONALE High performance in every test is one of the major goals of every teacher and every learning institution. But most of the mathematics teachers, especially the researcher, failed to achieve these goals. ... The main purpose of this study is to develop additional exercises in Mathematics to achieve higher performance in the subject. ... With the mastery exercises, it can help Secondary schools to achieve higher performance in Mathematics 7. ... Using the mastery exercises, the students will have a lot of exercises to work on for them to achieve mastery in the least mastered...

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Suppose you are compiling a battery of psychological assessment measures for selection of students at a South African tertiary institution. You decide to include a group test of intelligence (based on the psychometric approach) but given the multicultural context in which you are working, you also administer a test that measures learning potential (using dynamic assessment). Your assignment is to write an essay in which you discuss the theories underlying each of these two types of tests, indicating the value of each approach given the context. Provide an example of a group test of intellige...

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Central to this belief is the convinction that when all members of an organization fully develop and exercise their essential human capacities, the resulting congruence between personal and organizational visions, goals and objectives will release this potential. ... In his book "Notes on Continuous Learning, Culture and Organization-, Bob Mingie defines the Learning Organization as "an enterprise that focuses on the continuous improvement of its processes, products and service; that facilitates the learning of its members, both individually/independently and as groups/teams; that continuous...

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Through this, condition games can be manifested in the correct way to maximise enjoyment as well as developing pupils at the correct degree which allows themselves, as well as teachers, to witness the progression being achieved. ... This could be overcome by teachers splitting ability groups, having separate sessions goals based on ability so all abilities have the aim for realistic achievement or finally G&T pupils can teach less able pupils themselves, allowing them to re-confirm their knowledge whilst progressing others. ...

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Some educators with high expectations forget to commend their students along the way as they gradually achieve the desired goal. ... This may be difficult for a teacher to accomplish in a classroom with physical, emotional, behavioral and/or learning disabled children, but it is imperative that every teacher discovers the appropriate strategies in order to achieve this by getting to know your students. ... Children are proud of the tokens they receive, and repeat actions that won them tangible rewards to achieve more goodies for the work they have done and efforts they have brought forth. ...

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Northern Caribbean University College of Education and Religion Department of Education MTED 201: Primary Mathematics Methods Factors that influence how children learn Psychological influences Professional influences Technological influences Language influences Societal influences Research influences Psychological influences: The essence of this theory is students construct their own understanding of math ideas (by interacting with physical models of these ideas). Professional influences: Its emphasis is back to the basics, the 3 R's were emphasized (reading, wr...

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Classroom Management Classroom management is important, especially for beginner teachers, because it helps make those first few years of teaching easier when there is an effective classroom management system in place. Nearly one third of new teachers leave their teaching jobs within the first two ...

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Central to this belief is the convinction that when all members of an organization fully develop and exercise their essential human capacities, the resulting congruence between personal and organizational visions, goals and objectives will release this potential. ... In his book "Notes on Continuous Learning, Culture and Organization-, Bob Mingie defines the Learning Organization as "an enterprise that focuses on the continuous improvement of its processes, products and service; that facilitates the learning of its members, both individually/independently and as groups/teams; that continuous...

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Learning Theories in Practice Philosophical Position on Adult learning Table of Contents Introduction p 3 Identifying my philosophical orientation . ...... p 4 Beliefs and aspects that shape my teaching practice .. p 6 1. In order to learn, individual need to have motivation to learn p 6 2. Learners are all different . p 8 3. ...

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Self–efficacy can be described as a social construct to organize and execute courses of action required for attaining design types of behavior (Bandura 1989). It serves to assess individual's capacity to influence their own decisions making and actions. Albert Bandura provided much of what we know...

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Four planes: Idea of "education" becomes an "aid to life" - a natural process all children undertake spontaneously, guided through ever evolving stages of development. Montessori had a profound respect for the child. She marveled at the constructive possibilities within the child, and hope for humankind that resided within each little person. She regarded children as fellow human beings, not as inferiors, and this freed her from the typical adult prejudices towards young children still commonly held today. Eventually, this open-minded and humble attitude allowed her to d...

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• Grade Level: High School