American society is more diverse than ever before. There is significant increases in our country’s minority populations‚ and this trend will likely to continue. Diverse student learners include students from racially‚ ethnically‚ culturally‚ linguistically diverse families‚ communities of lower socioeconomic status‚ and students with disabilities. These best practices may be categorized into four broad bands of strategies to avoid the achievement gap in diverse leaners include: 1) demonstration
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Kinaesthetic learners are students that prefer not to study in the traditional way (reading and writing). They are physical learners‚ who study most effectively by performing physical actions and activities. They like “doing” instead of merely reading or listening to matters concerning a topic. They prefer to‚ in a sense‚ get their hands dirty. Characteristically‚ kinaesthetic learners prefer to move around to a large degree - they find it difficult to stay still and without movement. Generally‚
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Personal Essay Personal Essay Starting a new beginning can be a very challenging journey and learning how to properly deal with a new goal or achievement is the most important factor. Learning how to evaluate yourself and planning correctly is the biggest aspect of building a strategy for college prep. This essay defines my learner’s style and how using this style will develop me into a great college student pursing a degree to become a dietician. Reasons for pursing my degree‚ are to become financially
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begging of the qualification so the assessor can see if the learner has skills‚ competence and knowledge to complete the qualification. The assessments are on-going throughout the qualification. The assessments give opportunity for the assessor to monitor the progress and performance of the learner and enable them to record achievements. Within the assessments the assessor can identify learner’s needs. If it is identified that the learner is struggling it will give the opportunity to look at other
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This essay will discuss learner motivation in relation to planning for teaching. A brief definition will be outlined along with the importance of motivation in relation to planning‚ teaching and learning. In order to better understand they why’s and the how’s of learner motivation and its importance‚ discussion will be given to intrinsic and extrinsic motivation‚ it will then move on to examine why each of these are important for teachers to understand. Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences theory
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“Visual language is used in art to give meaning to artworks. Discuss with reference to 3 artists” Visual language is used in art to give meaning to artworks. Many artists use signs and symbols to convey many messages or communicate certain ideas or even to express their thoughts and feelings on certain topics‚ whether political or personal. Some artists who used symbolism in their artworks included: Pablo Picasso‚ Frida Kahlo‚ and Gordon Bennett. Pablo Picasso was an artist who often used signs
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The visual impairment activity was very interesting and difficult at the same time. I learned that it takes a lot for a blind person to get around and now having experienced what they go through ‚ and I will be more willing to help them in their time of need. My partner was Rachel Lee‚ and she was a great help in leading me around the campus to retrieve my information. The problem that I encountered the most was walking through the doors and finding where each door was. The reason I had problems
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Interview with a Non-Traditional Adult Learner: An Interpretative Report Introduction Non-traditional students can be identified as students who may have "non-traditional" characteristics which may include being financially independent‚ or delayed enrollment into college (not entering right out of high school)‚ or are returning to college after having "stepped-out" at least once‚ or are working full time or attending college part time‚ or have children‚ are married‚ widowed or divorced‚ or commute
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This historical document is derived from a 1990 APA presidential task force (revised in 1997). LEARNER-CENTERED PSYCHOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES: A Framework for School Reform & Redesign TABLE OF CONTENTS: Background Learner-Centered Principles Prepared by the Learner-Centered Principles Work Group of the American Psychological Association ’s Board of Educational Affairs (BEA)‚ November 1997 BACKGROUND Throughout its history‚ psychology has provided vital information for the design of schooling based
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Personal Essay In the following paragraphs‚ I will be evaluating my learning style‚ discussing the results of the learning style quizzes‚ and also whether or not I agree with those results. Do I still believe I am a visual learner‚ or have my life experiences changed the way I retain information? I will also explain what motivated me to seek a higher education. After taking a 3 year hiatus‚ I have decided to stop procrastinating and take some initiative to further my education and get a degree
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