prospect of receiving something worthwhile for an effort one has exerted causes a person to work even harder towards that certain goal. Some students find that the grades they receive are enough of a reward‚ some students however do not agree. Rewards can also serve as wonderful acknowledgements—ways of congratulating merit and demonstrating appreciation. Student of the week is an examples of such acknowledgements. But notice that these are awarded after the behavior—not as bribes beforehand. As opposed
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Languages English Methodology Student-Centered Activities for Teaching Vocabulary Student: Emilija Georgievska Academic Supervisor: Senior Lecturer Iskra Stamenkoska‚ MA December‚ 2012 Skopje Table of contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….3 Useful Student-Centered Vocabulary Strategies and Activities………………......................4 Applying the Suggested Strategies and Activities at Upper-Intermediate English Class.......9
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In “Brainology: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn‚” by Carol S. Dweck‚ she explains the two types of mindsets students have. The number of studies Dweck has done shows the results of how children behave emotionally and physically with the two mindsets‚ which are growth mindsets and fixed mindsets. The mindset that will construct students for their beneficial benefit in the future is the growth mindset. Growth mindset students manage up their efforts and maintain that effort. As for
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The Benefits of Student-Run Extracurricular Activities Nearly every student today finds school tiresome‚ repetitive‚ and boring‚ which is why they rely on hobbies‚ clubs‚ and each other to stay sane. Can you imagine a world where kids did nothing but go to school‚ go home‚ eat‚ do homework‚ and go to bed every day? In his article for ChiPsych Today‚ child psychologist Dr. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt states that “This type of world would deteriorate fast since students would never learn to function
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(2012). Student motivation for NAPLAN tests. Australian and International Journal of Rural Education‚ 22(2)‚ 1-19 This article describes a study of 2000 students in North Queensland‚ which uses Social Theory and Goal Theory to investigate how motivational and social goals‚ influence the student participation and perceptions of NAPLAN testing. Through pre and post NAPLAN testing surveys the results show that students with a high motivation to do well performed admirably whereas students with
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Many A students may not need homework but what about college applications they are handy there since many good colleges are trying to decide between two students and will look at the homework load. Colleges have huge workloads to see if the student is able to handle they may look at homework. Homework isn’t always neccessary‚ but we should have it. Homework is good because it gives children practice on the subject. Kids can be lazy. If they aren’t doing their homework‚ they most likely aren’t looking
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The students were not active within 45 seconds. The instant activity that we chose needed too much explanation for this age group‚ resulting in the students not actually starting the activity quick enough. Unfortunely‚ this activity needed a lot of instructions for 2nd graders to be able to play the activity adequately. For example‚ the students needed to be able to trade their shark cards‚ then read the card when the music stopped‚ so we had to explain to the students that they were going to start
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Cultural activities are activities where people spend their leisure time attending cultural venues and events. For example‚ cultural activities include going to art galleries‚ museums‚ libraries‚ operas‚ concerts and the cinema. People want to get feelings of well-being and gain more knowledge by participating in cultural activities. Participation in cultural activities influences the development of students in many aspects‚ such as for entertainment and knowledge. The involvement of students in cultural
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Research Activity Constructivism and Student Misconceptions: Why Every Teacher Needs to Know About Them The article I chose to do this research activity on was "Constructivism and Student Misconceptions: Why Every Teacher Needs to Know About Them" by Audrey Sewell (Appendix A). I believe this article addresses a key idea that all teachers should be aware of‚ student misconceptions. For this paper I will start by summarizing the key ideas‚ then I will go on to discuss how they relate to the
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RUNNING HEAD: Motivation Theory and Practice Name University Name Instructor name Course Name Date Motivation Theory and Practice Introduction Motivation is the psychological process which gives the behavior a meaning or a purpose and direction (Kreitner‚ 1995); an internal drive to satisfy the unsatisfied needs (Higgins‚ 1994) and the will to achieve (Bedeian‚1993).The word motivation has a different connotation in Psychology‚ it refers to the initiation‚ direction‚ intensity and persistence
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