Games activity can provide the division of able and less able pupils to be in the appropriate environment with peers suited to their ability level. ... However, factors such as gender or body compositional issues act as constraints, whereby pupils are less willing to partake due to self-esteem issues or feeling inferior to other peers. ... In addition, peer tutoring (Lou et al., 1996) and mentoring to help balance sporting and academic commitments (Rogers, 2002) are further examples of G&T endorsements received. ... Furthermore, peer tutoring can promote isolation, in some cases provoking soc...

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Many educators believe that a student's biological age is more important than his or her intellectual age, and that students should develop among peers that exhibit similar social, emotional, and physical development. ... (Tassel-Baska) If this requirement is fulfilled, students will enjoy personal, social, and academic rewards: students will find increased opportunity for academic growth, higher levels of self-confidence, opportunities for scholarships, higher grades, and respect from peers. ...

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The Dream Yet to be Realized. Almost fifty years have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court declared, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that laws separating the races in school are unconstitutional. Hundreds of lawsuits later, black and white students were bused back and forth to desegregated schools in cities across the United States. ...

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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 years, and almost all of those teachers say that the reason behind them leaving is because of problems with classroom management. Basically, a great classroom management system means a happier teaching experience. In an ineffective, poorly-managed classroom, trouble becomes the norm as students are...

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Remedial education or basic skills is education designed to help students gain academic skills, needed to be placed at a college level. Providing students with remedial education has always been a widespread problem. In 1849, the University of Wisconsin was the first school to offer remedial educat...

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