Essays on Student Learning

EDU-225

Introduction In this day and age, living within the Internet of Things it would be unwise to ignore the benefits technology can provide in the classroom. When used appropriately it can enhance learning experience for children of all ages; the unprecedented interactivity it provides allows for achieving greater level of involvement in the learning process. This plan makes an attempt to outline some practical uses for technology in kindergarten for improving the learning experience and communication between teacher, parents and children.

Section One: Mission and Vision Statement

Vision: technology will enhance the knowledge of children in kindergarten and help them as they strive for excellence ...

EDU 100: Issues in Education

Choosing a major is very difficult. In many cases, it determines the activity that a person will do for the rest of his or her life. Students have to consider some important aspects when deciding what the emphasis of their college studies and further career will be. This is problematic in many respects. In this sense, Koeppel (2004) affirms that the main factor that influences the decision-making on a college major is the age of students. He states that, since young adults are in the midst of self-discovery, making such an important decision puts an incredibly heavy pressure on ...

I have chosen to pursue a career as a preschool teacher in a public school setting. A public school setting offers many resources and trainings that might not otherwise be present at private institutions. I feel like preschool teaching is a good fit for me due to my prior experience working with children as a substitute teacher. I witnessed firsthand excellent classroom techniques and strategies that I would be excited to implement in my classroom. The foundation to a successful academic career begins in preschool. I personally feel I have the experience to help equip students with the necessary ...

Introduction

Using Evidence of Student Learning to Improve Higher Education, written by accomplished and known scholars, highlights the fact that students can acquire effective and useful learning only when educational institutions across the United States focus on transferring knowledge to students, rather than administer instruction with the sole objective of complying with state and donor funding regulations (Kuh et al., 2014). To this end, this paper focuses on the pivotal role of teachers in ensuring that their students are actively engaged in the pursuit of real knowledge that will help them in their career and future studies, as opposed to ...

English 1312.04

Carrera-Carrillo, Lore. "“Some of us are learning Spanish and some of us are learning English”: A comparison of second language programs in Texas." Thesis. 2003. Carrera-Carrillo observes how dual language programs are gaining popularity throughout the United States and targeting both the minority language students as well as the majority language students. Studies have revealed that there are many advantages which are associated with the learning of the English language. The native language enables students acquire content with better insight and can relate more to these concepts later in the English language. Not all facilities which have embraced ...

ABSTRACT

Education is very important in every aspect. Some people say that the school is a second home for the students and it is very likely to be true. Students and teachers spend many hours together, while parents seem to make just a small contribution to what the teaching-learning process intends. The very mere principle of the symbiotic relationship between the teacher and students may be found in. This essay will try to explain the merging point that goes beyond the classroom, where students get what they learnt at school and apply it to real life situations. There are many ...

Critical understanding of selected key concepts and theories related to core areas of academic practice.

There are many different approaches to designing educational courses, and the use of online technologies offers more flexibility in this area than ever before. There needs to be a strong link between educational intentions and the course content, of course, but the material also needs to be presented in such a way that it is accessible to the individual and suits the learning style of the student and the teaching style of the educator (Morgan & Houton, 2011). One such theory that places the learner at the central point of his or her own education is the constructivist approach. This ...

Video Games Negatively Impact College Students’ Performance in School

Introduction For college students, a high rate of academic performance during school years is strongly associated with future career success. With this objective in mind, college experience supplies students with an environment where they have an opportunity to gain relevant knowledge and acquire related skills, which are likely to contribute to their future career paths. Recent technological advances have changed the way young individuals obtain new information and communicate with their families and peers. In this case changes in their social development are dependent on facilitating access to information, sharing personal data, and promoting communication via the Internet (Lepp ...

I. Introduction EBooks are not effective in the learning process of students for it distracts their attention. When reading that statement, many people will think differently. Some would argue that each person has their own method of learning. By the adjustment of their preferred method, they would learn something easier. I would think the same too at first. After conducting research, I would later find out a different outcome. Some people prefer to read printed books for studying. In this argumentative research paper, I will show how eBook is actually not effective for student because of various factors involved ...

An Assignment Submitted by

An Outline Curriculum. Curriculum is develop in compliance with the national standards and created together by the vice principle and approved the head of the school. The subjects taught in the educational facility are standard as well, as the school does not specialize on any specific subjects. Leadership. The management of the school uses the traditional supervision techniques that usually resemble authoritarian leadership, as initiative is often overlooked and the communication is hierarchal rather than mutually benefitting. In order to improve student learning, the educators supposed to use motivation and pressure, which often resemble operant conditioning methods. Development. Professional ...

Academic performance is influenced by many factors such as the number of hours attending lecture, doing homework, working and so on. However, in the age of modern life, technology is believed to have certain impact on student learning. Some researches propose that technology can help to improve academic performance . However, the question is that does technology has the same effect on academic performance of female and male students. The purpose of this study is to investigate how technology affect academic performance between male and female students? In this paper, 2x2 design model is applied. It means independent variables not ...

Part 1

General Information There are approximately 900 students in the Mudgeeraba State School (The State of Queensland: Department of Education and Training, 2016). They are all from the Prep level to year 6. There are many cultural and sporting events that all school’s attendees as well as staff are extremely proud of (The State of Queensland: Department of Education and Training, 2016). The partnership among community, school and home is cherished and considered extremely important for the children’s development. In order to apply to the school, the following process is conducted:

Filling in of the enrolment form downloaded from the website

Local students are given priority, so residence ...

Problem Statement

Understanding the impact of culture on student learning is very critical to the provision of good quality education to learners. The global population is made of people with different cultures. In learning institutions, it is common to find a class made up of students and instructors from different communities with different cultural perspectives. Culture defines people’s way of life and comprises beliefs, knowledge, symbols, values, and behaviors. In a learning environment, there is a student’s culture, instructor’s culture, and the culture of people in the surrounding environment. Culture in such a case can be homogenous (where ...

Executive Summary

With the growing demand of the competition, the companies have started taking the best skilled people from around the world. This has increased the diversity in the organization thereby adding the challenge to the managers. To enhance the effectiveness of the organization, the companies have growing tendency of increasing the diversity in their workforce. However, with this increasing diversity in the workforce, the people have started to feel the discrimination within the organization. This paper is the result of an attempt to analyze the diversity in the workforce. The paper proceeds with a candle light brightness about the need ...

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Introduction Poor student development has been established to stem from the inability of teachers to effectively manage classroom behaviour, also stemming from ineffective instructional strategies. As teachers show a diminished capacity to support and respond to students’ needs, student rates of misbehaviour and poor academic performance will continue. The unproductive, unengaged environment of classrooms run by teachers without adequate classroom management skills results in a need to examine the efficacy of classroom management as a practice in addressing these problems. The following literature review examines the existing literature related to classroom management, providing a definition of classroom management, determining its effectiveness, and ...

Abstract

The INTASC Standards provides a framework for teaching that entails eight principles for the professional educator. The focus of this paper centers on Principle Six: “The educator understands and uses formal and informal strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the learner.” This paper asserts that this is the most important principle for the professional educator to demonstrate proficiency in. This paper also discusses the importance and benefits of student evaluation in the improvement of academic programs.

Introduction

This paper aims to address the requirements of Assignment 2.2 in Walden University’s EDAD ...

Portfolios are defined as a collection of evidence that attest the attainment and personal/ professional development of students through critical analysis as well as reflection of their contents (Plaza et al., 2007). The role of faculty in the development of student portfolios is to identify and define standards and competencies, define what constitutes appropriate evidence of achievement of identified competencies, and determination of guidelines and timelines for evaluation (Plaza et al., 2007). The role of students, on the other hand, is to select, assemble, present and justify above cited evidence through critical reflection ...

Abstract

The INTASC Standards provides a framework for teaching that entails eight principles for the professional educator. The focus of this paper centers on Principle Six: “The educator understands and uses formal and informal strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the learner.” This paper asserts that this is the most important principle for the professional educator to demonstrate proficiency. This paper also discusses the importance and benefits of student evaluation in the improvement of academic programs.

Introduction

This paper aims to address the requirements of Assignment 2.2 in Walden University’s EDAD 7200-8040 ...

At present, there is various issues that need to be enhanced the extent that academics and different exercises are concerned. I have attained a considerable measure in education, games and social exercises largely. In addition, I have enhanced my open aptitudes. Notwithstanding, regardless I need to focus on my principle objective, which is to acquire straight A's in all the courses I take every semester, and in the meantime, attain different objectives in different exercises separated from training.

At present, there are sure inner variables that are influencing me in various ways, both decidedly and contrarily. For instance, when ...

Introduction

Cross-cultural decision making skills have been recognized to be increasingly vital to military and defense operations (Johnson & Friedland, 2009). The day-to-day operations of international military forces, in their interaction with different cultures as they work overseas, require intercultural competence to make decisions that are both appropriate and culturally sensitive (Johnson & Friedland, 2009). Cross cultural competency (3C) is accomplished through three unique steps: Cultural self-awareness, suspension of judgments and biases, and the development of skills that fit within domains of a new culture (Selmeski, 2009). Already, educational measures are being implemented by military colleges to promote 3C in military ...

Education Standards in the State of Florida

It is no secret that good teachers are important. However, the meaning of teacher competition has transformed throughout the nation. The Educator’s Accomplished Practices has to be demonstrated in the state of Florida, and this is why the teaching practices and programs are being transformed by teachers/educators. Instead of perpetrating an outdated model and seeking to codify statewide expectations, a standards-based model was elected in the state. Although there are several education standards-based documents that are followed in the state of Florida, three documents that have been analyzed and will be discussed here are:

1. Florida Early Learning And ...

Cross-cultural decision making skills have been recognized to be increasingly vital to military and defense operations (Johnson &Friedland, 2009). The day-to-day operations of international military forces, in their interaction with different cultures as they work overseas, require intercultural competence to make decisions that are both appropriate and culturally sensitive (Johnson & Friedland, 2009). Cross cultural competency (3C) is accomplished through three unique steps: Cultural self-awareness, suspension of judgments and biases, and the development of skills that fit within domains of a new culture (Selmeski, 2009). Already, educational measures are being implemented by military colleges to promote 3C in military ...

Heath offers insights for use in the dissertation study for investigating any difficulties in the area of Americans learning Arabic. This study specifically addresses the learner and his/her creativity in Arabic communicative competence as it applies toward competently completing both the DLI course and the OPI (Heath, 1987).

Alptekin (2002) discusses the notion of communicative competence that suggests that native-speaker competence is the metric by which communicative competence is decided. Alptekin argues that this particular norm creates an unrealistic and utopian model for language learning that makes it impossible for SLA to be considered complete or sufficient. Native speakership ...

Assessing of student in a classroom is a continuous process of determining students learning and performance in a classroom .conventionally the process entails setting criteria, standards and quality expected to be met by students, learners and teachers then a systematic gathering of information, analysis and interpretation of the gathered data and information is done to determine the attainment of the specified standards and expectations (David 15). The information is then used to make decision on areas to improve in order to attain better performance. The process of assessment is a crucial process in any institution of learning and it requires close monitoring and management ( ...

Curriculum assessment refers to measurement of academic content of past, proposed and evaluated curriculum. Curriculum assessment also measures the similarities and variations of all three curriculums. At state and district level teachers conduct student learning test to measure the performance and learning’s of students. These tests known as achievement tests and the curriculum used to teach students known as assessed curriculum. A student learning does not depend upon the curriculum and its content. A student may learn more things than what provided in curriculum or may be less depending upon the circumstances, intelligence level and other influential factors.

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Abstract

This research proposal will employ a longitudinal experimental design to investigate student learning using Project-based learning for middle school literature classrooms within the same school. The results will be measured by IOWA testing every term over a 3 year time period and compared to the results of the students from traditional classroom setting. Assessment scores will be the dependent variables. The literature review of six peer-reviewed articles is included. The purpose of the study, hypotheses, methodology, participants, procedure, instruments and data analysis will be described.

Introduction

Schools have the responsibility to prepare students for the future by exploring and discovering the best ...

Chapter One

Despite the fact that in 1996, Supreme Court Justice Scalia called single-sex education in public schools “functionally dead,” Single-sex education has become an increasingly popular model in schools since the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 was passed. This federal legislation promoted innovative programs for states to implement that included single-sex classrooms and schools (U.S. Department of Education, 2006). Within any educational setting there were many factors that impacted student achievement that related to boys’ and girls’ physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs. A single-sex environment provided boys and girls with a setting that promoted specific gender related ...

Body Image: Influence of the Society and Media

Abstract This paper describes the effects of media and society to the way people see their body image, particularly to adolescents. The research method used is meta-analysis, where the synthesis of results from three different studies was used to determine the average impact of the similarity in results across the studies. The results obtained that the media and society has a huge influence on the adolescent’s (age group 12-19 years old) body image. The influence is highly to be more negative than positive, which often results to body dissatisfaction, leading to eating disorders, and worse, depression. Keywords: ...

Introduction

The rapid growth of technology worldwide baffles many; every sector of the society, workplace, and even schools depict the influence of technological advancements. Schools have not been left behind either; the use of computers and other technological devices incorporated into the learners’ learning experiences. With focus on the incorporation of technology in schools, it is needed to question whether the technology is indeed beneficial to learners. Technology rapidly changes the way the students of all abilities and ages learn and live. For instance, in the USA, many K-12 schools incorporate computer hardware and software in the curriculum (Saba, 2009). ...

Quick facts of Assessment

Formative assessment is an assessment implemented to examine the students’ learning progress during instruction. Summative assessment aims at estimating students’ achievement at the end of the learning process. It provides achievement after its comparison against particular set or scale (Borich and Tom, 2010). We need clarity of educational objectives, instructional designing and what, why and when learner is supposed to examine are important assessment. We have to identify proofs which conclude the students’ learning. We have to keep proper allotment of time, focus on a specific area, avoiding vague or irrelevant queries in mind. The level of learners is ...

The Department of education would this financial year like to make the connectED Initiative the core focus of our department. The mission of the Department of Education continues to be promoting student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. American students need to be adequately equipped with skills that enable them to compete with students from all over the world (Adam, 58). This can only be done through increasing interactive and individualized learning experiences driven by new technology which uses platforms such as digital textbooks that assists students to visualize complex concepts ...

Instructional leader

Abstract This essay will discuss tools, which will assist the educational leader in promoting the learning outcome and assessment of students by guiding, encouraging, motivating and supporting the school culture and offering instructional programs in the area of mathematics, which are conducive to student learning and the professional growth of staff members. Mathematical tools are measured and structured to assist teachers who can examine distinct or various approaches to improve the mathematics performance of students in middle school. Students that are in elementary grades 3 through 9 accept the challenge and the desire to succeed. According to research, ...

Application of Visual Art Standards and Obstacles Facing Visual Arts Teachers in Independent Schools

Much of the research available on the topic of changing standards in education is clear on one point: people do not like to change. As a result, teachers—who are, of course, people—also dislike changing the ways that they teach in the classroom. As the researchers investigated further the literature on teacher change, the sentiment that was found to be expressed repeatedly is the sentiment that teachers do not change; that change hurts and that is why people do not change, and that teachers are recalcitrant (e.g., Duffy & Roehler, 1986; Fullan, 1991). The literature suggests that teachers resist doing ...

The perspective of college Students & Faculty members in department of art education Regarding the Usage of Technology in Constructivist Learning Environment

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Literature Review

Constructivism is a teaching and learning philosophy which states that humans acquire knowledge from their experiences. Using constructivism as a tool in education helps the students to develop and explore their views and ideas (Juniu, 2006). Understanding the way constructivism works, and the benefits it offers to the classroom can help teachers implement the theories into their teaching styles. Incorporating technology with constructivism advances the application of knowledge and the involvement of students, and offers them larger potential for ...

Akmansoy, Vesile & Kartal, Sadik (2014). Chaos Theory and its Application to Education: Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Case. Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 14[2], 510–518. This study surveyed thirty professors from different faculties at a university in Turkey on their opinions about wether certain aspects of chaos theory could be applied to education. It was a qualitative study, using a standardized set of open-ended questions posed in the same way and same order the the participants. In analyzing the data, two researchers independently coded the themes, and then compared results. Their percentage of agreement was sufficient for statistical validity. The ...

Chapter 1: Introduction

In general, the purpose of the study is to identify the relationship between classroom management and effective teaching techniques to improve student learning development. In particular, the research will address the benefits of technology and teaching to improve academic learning. Specifically, the frame of study will explore the phases of learning by focusing on past and present learning experiences of middle-school level students in an academic year through the development phases of understanding the key concepts and skill development in Math and Reading. For the most part, the direction of the study will include effective teaching principles of a diverse ...

Dissertation Proposal: Classroom Management: Effective Teachers and Instructional Practices in Public Schools

Introduction In general, the purpose of the study is to identify the relationship between classroom management and effective teaching techniques to improve student learning development. In particular, the research will address the benefits of technology and teaching to improve academic learning. Specifically, the frame of study will explore the phases of learning by focusing on past and present learning experiences of middle-school level students in an academic year through the development phases of understanding the key concepts and skill development in Math and Reading. For the most part, the direction of the proposed study will include effective teaching ...

Building Relations in Higher Education Leadership Introduction The contemporary society is quite dynamic and highly interconnected. Consequently, there has been an increased need for interdependence and collaboration and every level of leadership. One individual cannot solve all the challenges facing an institution or an organization. Accordingly, an effective leader is one who promotes collaborative decision making rather than the individual intuition approach. One of the major characteristics of an effective leader is the ability to maintain collaborative relationships with all stakeholders. Collaboration comes with overwhelming benefits such as being a warranty of success. School leaders of higher education institutions are ...

Argumentative Essay – The use of cell phones should be banned in schools

The information technology revolution has taken over the world. In our daily lives it is almost impossible for us to carry out our daily activities without some form of technology. The development of mobile cell phones is widespread and is essential both at home and in the workplace. For students, the use of the cell phone especially in school has become a highly talked about issue. Some persons feel that its use in the classroom should be banned while others feel that the use of it should be allowed. For me, the issue is two-fold – the use of cell phones ...

Question 1: Parameters of the research

Social media refer to the collection of online channels of communication that is devoted to community-based input, collaboration, content sharing and interaction. The applications and websites devoted to the social curation that includes social bookmarking, social networking, micro-blogging, forums and wikis. Other examples of social media also include podcasts, pictures or photographs, rating and video (Wigmore 2014). Social media have a positive impact on the student learning if it is used in a constructive way; however, it has a drastic impact if it is used for entertainment purpose only. However, more commonly, the negative effects of the social media are more ...

Management Plan

Introduction The study caters to the management plan of classroom and addresses kindergarten grade level. The classroom management plan refers to the arrangement done by the teachers to organize a time, space and materials for students. The classroom arrangements are conducted so that the student learning and instructions can take place in an effective manner. The further study also demonstrates the ability to create better and conducive learning process for the students (Marshall, 2008). The plan also establishes the high expectations for student learning and behavior and further study concentrates on various aspects of classroom management.

The goal of ...

Educators Face The Problem On How To Improve Education For Latch Key Kids

Yes, students in schools in the United States perform above average compared to other countries (Strauss 2013). The biggest problem facing education today for schools that teach kindergarten to twelfth grade is how best to help students after the final bell rings at the close of the school day. It is a problem educators face today because it is now known that it is not only the current school day that helps student to learn, but it is those crucial hours after school that prove to be an important area of whether or not a student succeeds. Now that many students ...

and its Relation to Student Learning Improvement

ABSTRACT

What constitutes a good teaching process? Being that education is an important aspect of one’s lifetime, it is assumed that teaching is also an important process to give attention to. In this discussion, a focus on teacher-efficacy and how it could be developed as well as how it affects student learning procedures shall be given attention to. This review of literature entails to use recent references and studies that pertain to the topic mentioned.

Background of the Problem

Efficiency of work performance is always a great part of what makes a good worker in any particular field of operation. ...

Introduction

Information Technology has transformed major areas of human life. Technology has made it easier for humans to communicate and interact with each other. Infusing classrooms with digital learning materials such as computers, hand held devices and the internet increases student-to-student interaction as well as student-teacher interaction (Bitner & Bitner, 2002). Interaction forms the basis of learning as through it students get to discuss educational materials with each other (Sharma & Barrett, 2011). Students also tend to initiate discussions with the teachers, therefore, understanding of the course’s contents. Information technology makes this educational interaction faster than it is without technology whereby ...

Abstract

The main objective of this residential education trip is to encourage and motivate students so that they may appreciate the marketing concepts and techniques that they have been learning in class. It is meant to have them view a real application of these concepts in real organizations. Therefore, this field trip program has been conducted by a visit to a number of organizations in Glasgow, Scotland. They include; The Glasgow Science Center, Celtic Football Club, New Lanark, Burrell Collection Arts Center and Commonwealth House. Over this 8 day period, there were direct interactions through visits to each of these organizations in order ...

Technology is very important to education. Technology is not only related to computers, but it involves all the tools, equipment, techniques, resources and methods that are used to pass on instruction and learning. Technology includes the methods of planning, teaching and learning and therefore educators should select the necessary gadgets that can support and enhance those goals that are set. Educational Technology places the importance on communication skills and methods to learning and teaching through the practical use and the blending of different media. Technology enhanced learning (TEL) is a technology that is integrated into the classroom for the purpose ...

In recent times, it has become more generally acknowledged that cultural diversity in the backgrounds of communicators contributes to differences in the patterns of communication behavior. People in different parts of the world exhibit various cultural differences. They portray unique interaction patterns depending on the nature of their national culture. As a result, several studies have been conducted by researchers to ascertain the impact of differences in cross-border culture. These differences have a great influence on the various aspects of the social-cultural dimensions of the peoples’ lives. Cross-cultural communication symbolizes a bridge between interpersonal and cultural dimensions of communication systems. Social interaction ...

Introduction: An Overview

Cognition is a mental process used in acquiring knowledge, and how this knowledge is used. This encompasses features like judging, memory, sensation, and thinking. Hence, it shows how human beings get information, apply it in their daily living, and transform their lives accordingly. Cognition and the mind are closely interrelated since the mind processes information and how such information is used. Cognition can be classified into two types: conscious or unconscious; and natural or artificial (Lovett, 2013). Since time immemorial, it has been considered an abstract characteristic of living organisms and over the years been studied as a property of the ...

Introduction

The rapid growth of technology worldwide baffles many; every sector of the society, workplace, and even schools depict the influence of technological advancements. Schools have not been left behind either; the use of computers and other technological devices incorporated into the learners’ learning experiences. With focus on the incorporation of technology in schools, it is needed to question whether the technology is indeed beneficial to learners. Technology rapidly changes the way the students of all abilities and ages learn and live. For instance, in the USA, many K-12 schools incorporate computer hardware and software in the curriculum (Saba, 2009). ...

Validation of Principal Efficacy Survey– Rationale for Adding New Questions to the

ABSTRACT In the process of validating principal self-efficacy connected to the corroborated Megan Tschannen-Moran Survey, important gaps in the questionnaire exist. The academic work presented here provides the essential and missing questions needing asked by principals in assessing the efficacy of his/her performance as an administrator, innovator, and advocate for quality educational practices in the 21st century. These suggested questions look at principal management abilities, consider the diversity of the demographics of public school learners and their families, professional development necessary for instructors' ability for enhancing teaching, and the critical acknowledgement educational technology. Key Words: principal, self-efficacy, ...

Introduction

Online social networking has become very popular in recent years. The number of social networking sites has increased tremendously and more and more people have started using these sites to interact with their peers, friends and family. Most of the users of these social networking sites are young people who are aged below the age of 29. In fact, research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project has found that about 83% of people aged between 18 and 29 years are frequent users of social media while the rate of social media users in the 12 to 18 ...

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1.0 Introduction4 2.0 Background5 3.0 Use of feedback in Higher Education.6 3.1Making feedback count 3.2 Asking students to provide feedback 3.3 Giving students time to absorb the new ideas 4.0 Benefits of use of feedback in Higher Education..7 4.1Feedback is a guide towards good results 4.2 Feedback as encouragement 4.3 Feedback as a means of participation and interaction in the learning process 4.4 Feedback as a regulator and a means of reducing anxiety 4.5 Feedback as a regulator and a means of reducing anxiety 4.6 Feedback as a caring expression 4.7 Feedback as a ...

Introduction

Motivation is an incredibly important factor in education; it plays a critical role in student learning. This motivation can be intrinsic; namely, the motivation comes from a student’s own desire to learn. However, two other major motivating factors for students include extrinsic motivation from parents and teachers. These outside forces place a great deal of pressure on these students, placing expectations on them to perform in a certain way. However, these expectations may have unknown effects on these students. Students from ages 5 to 7 are in the early stages of education, and so trends and expectations established here can carry through ...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools (CMS) were established in 1969 and are located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The schools serve the city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. CMS has a total of 159 schools with over 135, 600 students enrolled. This makes it the second largest school district in North Carolina and the 18th largest in the United States according to the ministry of education records. The school enrolls students from diverse ethnic backgrounds with the largest population being of African Americans, followed by whites, Hispanics, Asians and lastly multi racial students. Diversity in CMS is clearly outstanding as statistics indicate that the ...

Introduction

There exists an instructional supervision dilemma, which is essentially a self-created crisis that is caused by absence of definition, exercise, and legitimate understanding of current social dissatisfaction with the schooling and the schools. Instructional supervision thus has been closely considered as a performer or teacher observation by a commonly-agreed-to- be- exceptional performer or simply a supervisor. Thus, a supervisor’s excellence rests upon him or her proving his or her teaching ability and the mastery of content. In Instructional supervision, formative evaluation refers to an assessment that is used to monitor the student learning so as to provide the ongoing feedback, which can ...

Globalisation and Technology, these are two very familiar phenomena of modern world. Together, these have leaded us to such an era of luxuries and comfort that now, no one can imagine life without these technological gadgets which have made our lives much relieved. What started as only a blurred vision in the start of previous century has now became a necessity for all mankind. Leaving the inventions of radio, telephone cables, television far behind; today is the modern era of computer technology, optical fibers and the integrated electronic circuits or silicon chips which are embedded in all electronic devices. This sudden ...

Video games culture is ineffective, waste of time, and a harmful medium which teaches children to kill, are some of the common findings presented by several existing researches. Scholars have highlighted these perceptions on the basis of analyzing video games in relation to human behavior and psychology. Recently, studies have shifted their objective towards examining the good side of video games because of the major potential residing in them. Regardless of the evidence about the resulting in violent, aggressive and high risk behaviors among children, video games are proven to foster language and reading skills, along with benefiting cognitive and ...

Importance of professional organizations

Professional organizations have been proposed to be important in individual or corporate realization of lifelong learning1. Membership to professional organizations depends on career for instance professional organizations for nurses. The organization serves to highlight problems in the industry, communicate on emerging developments in the field and provide opportunity for consultation2. Through professional organizations, members are able to network with peers, learn current trends in industry, and participate actively in discussions which promote active learning. Professional organizations benefit members through opportunities for attending seminars where members can network and grow businesses and careers; which implies that professional organizations provide opportunities ...

The purpose and primary goal of this campaign is to improve communication, engagement, and ultimately learning with students through the use of social media platforms. Young people today are very familiar with social media and use these platforms as a primary form of communication. Teachers are able to utilize social media in order to gain their students engagement and interest within the classroom. By creating a classroom page on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, the teacher would be able to post daily reminders for homework and assignments. Students are so engaged and immersed in social media, so by ...

Holistic assessment refers to a global approach in the assessment of a student learning outcome. According to Sadler (2009), in holistic assessment the teacher or the assessor has to develop complex mental responses to a student’s work. Consequently, this will include how the assessor appreciates the work from the student regarding the quality of the work. When grading the students work, the assessor provides a grade and supports it with a valid justification for assigning the grade. The rationale may include a summary of the work or comments highlighting the main point in the student’s work. Meyers and Nulty (2009) suggest that ...