Proponents of the unschooling method frown upon regimented curriculum's and stress-inducing examination systems. ... This presents a fundamental problem with today's traditional schooling system. ... The process becomes quite different when students are forced to learn through processes that stifle their creativity and love of learning by inducing unnecessary stress into the equation. ... In a recent interview, she described listening in on her students as they strategized how the three of them would pool their money to purchase a video game system. ... People were learning to read ...

• Word Count: 1282
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

From the data of 128 college men and women enrolled in the first quarter of principles of accounting, Larsen (40) developed four multiple-regression equations, using the following as predictive factors: age; sex; veteran status; size of high school attended; rank in high school class; size of senior class; cumulative high school average; previous study of bookkeeping; grade point average during first quarter in college; grades in college freshmen composition, business mathematics, and introduction to business; and college entrance test scores. The equations were then applied to a group of 10...

• Word Count: 3268
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Long term memory is the structure in human cognition where information can be transferred and stored permanently and encoding is the processes of moving this information between the memory systems from sensory and working memory into long- term memory. ... It is this type of knowledge we use to memorize theories, facts, equations, rules and formulas. ...

• Word Count: 1956
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Individualized instruction begins with a system to diagnose student strengths and weaknesses. ... Fractions are used in geometry for understanding geometric equations such as the area of a triangle (A= ½ b*h) and in determining ratios between various geometric objects or shapes. ... However, a teacher must be careful when deciding on a system for grouping students. ...

• Word Count: 4145
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: Undergraduate