CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL REPORT ON CANDIDATES’ WORK IN THE CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION MAY/JUNE 2013 SOCIAL STUDIES GENERAL PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION Copyright © 2013 Caribbean Examinations Council St Michael‚ Barbados All rights reserved. -2GENERAL COMMENTS The Social Studies examination is offered to candidates at the June and January administration of the examination. The subject continues to attract over fifty thousand registrants for each June sitting. The
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Assignment 4 – Supporting Learning Activities and Assessment for Learning QUESTION 1 1a) Explain how a learning support practitioner may contribute to the planning‚ delivery and review of learning activities Introduction Helping in activities would be delivery‚ if you pass on ideas‚ observations or suggestions that would be contributing to planning. Do you give feedback to your teacher about how the sessions went? The teacher use s that information to inform their planning‚ so you contribute
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My Philosophy of Learning My philosophy regarding education is based on the belief that an important introduction of education is to provide students with knowledge and skills that they will need to become active‚ confident students. The success of each student including me‚ is based on the knowledge and understanding that is taught to everyone of us . An important part of recognizing that success is by providing students with three requirements: a positive learning environment‚ allowing students
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to discuss the importance of creating a desirable learning environment This essay will discuss the importance of creating a desirable learning environment and the contrast of opinions people have towards them‚ also the relationship between theory and current educational practice. So the question is “How do we learn?” For decades‚ researchers and scientists have been discussing how children come to understand the world we live in and how learning occurs. Theorists such as H.Gardner‚ Paiget‚ Vygotsky
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recognized that the form and content of student assessment strongly influence students’ attitudes to study and quality of learning (Ramsden‚ 1997; Shepard‚ 2000). For most students‚ assessment requirements literally define the curriculum. Current research suggests it is assessment used in the right way‚ as part of teaching to support and enhance learning that has the most significant impact on learning (Elwood and Klenowski‚ 2002). James and his colleagues (2002) argue that carefully designed assessment
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Language Learning Style for Young Learners by Devi Kusumawardani Ertanto Abstract This article suggests that by linking the language learning style in teaching and learning process in the class can help the students in gaining their successful in learning language. It is important to involve the learners’ learning style in order to ease the young learners in understanding the knowledge about language‚ in this case English as a foreign language. However‚ not all the learners realize and aware
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head: LEARNING STYLES OF OUR LIVES Learning Styles of Our Lives Parker‚ Bobby American Military University Learning Styles of Our Lives We are faced with many different learning experiences. Some of these experiences have made a better impact than others. We can attribute this to our learning style. A person’s learning style is the method through which they gain information about their environment. Research is going on all over the world to help explain learning styles
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Pros and Cons of Social Networking sites There are many different pros and cons of social networks. Social networks allow for easier communication and allow people to make new friends. However‚ these sites allow pedophiles to groom kids and allow for bullying. Social Networking sites have allowed easier communication between family and friends. This means that instead of having to meet in a certain place to speak to your friends about school or what they are doing at the weekend‚ you would
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noticing and studying musical patterns and rhythms‚ they are learning how to organize information quantitatively” (Artsedge)‚ which is a common thing in any math class. Music improves the social skills of a child by helping them to communicate with others and be more social as they perform. People can express themselves through music‚ and it is shown when they perform. Music helps prepare students for standardized tests because students are learning how to solve problems with the senses of vision‚ audio
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Learning approach for first year students in university The essay examines the comparison of surface approach and deep approach used in university students. As a fact‚ many first year students‚ regardless of majors‚ adopt surface approaches to learning. However‚ universities encourage students to accept a deep approach to learn rather than surface approach. Therefore‚ many first year students face a challenge to use which approach to achieve high academic grades. The essay presents the two opposite
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