Edgar Dale's description of what an ideal student should be. ... In the process of describing the ideal student, Dr. Dale also describes many ways that educators should help to cultivate "the good mind" in students: looking for a balance between concrete experiences and abstract representations, seeking a variety of approaches to teaching, and providing an environment that encourages creativity and independent thinking. ... Dale not only describes the ideal student, he is talking about how a person should live their life. ... In other words, it's a great idea and someth...

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Educators need to encourage the children to put there thinking caps on, and make them think for themselves. ... I believe that the best way to solve this question is to make the children write essays that encourages their thinking. ... Another way to encourage thinking is by giving them worksheets to complete themselves. If they have a question, let the student figure it out the question, and for the educator to guide the student to the answer, but not give the student the answer. ... All students are not the same each year. ...

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I was not sure if I was capable of being successful, but my sister encouraged me to take the challenge: I did. ... Chills ran up my body as we were introduced as the smartest students on campus. ... Prosser, the AP coordinator, saying, "AP classes are challenging and sometimes tend to be harder than students think.... Going from having no interest in college to transforming myself as a student is the quality that makes me who I am. ...

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Keating, encouraged you boys to organize this club and to use it as a source of inspiration for reckless and self-indulgent behaviour. ... Keating, both in and out of the classroom, encouraged Neil Perry to follow his obsession with acting when he knew all along it was against the explicit order of Neil's parents. ... In this film the students slowly conform to Mr Keating's ideas. ... The students start to show individuality and learn to make a difference in their life. ...

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"While you are a student, start scoping out the men you might consider marrying.... I see her as a woman with low self esteem and regret from her past with old fashioned views who needs to wake up and realize that just because her life didn't work out how she wanted it to, doesn't mean that she should be trying to "encourage" young women into giving up their young life and get married when they don't even know who they are yet. ... College students, men and women, aren't in college thinking about settling down. ... Spring Break for college students has gott...

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Because we (the students) do all these things on our own free will, and because we pay for the funding, the school isn't actually promoting them. ... Specifically, in Biology when students asked about the "Big Bang Theory," the teachers had to give scientific answers only. ... In fact, often, it seemed as though the spirituality of the students, and faculty for that matter, was more important than our academic progress. ... But I"d like to think, as a Christian, that posting the Ten Commandments or following the Pledge of Allegiance with a prayer would encourage young students to at ...

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A student may have fought whether to do this paper over the weekend or do this the night before the due date. The want for most students would be to do the paper the night before. ... The monster compared himself to Satan by saying, "Satan has his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and detested" (Shelley 170) Even though he isn't human, the Monster still feels human emotions, wants, and needs. ...

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Keeping opinion out of writing hinders a student's ability to write. If a student isn't interested in what he or she is writing, it is likely that the quality of the writing will not be up to standard if they are not allowed to use their opinion. ... So recently I went to my hometown of Paris, AR to visit with her and ask her about my troubling question: "Does a student always have to stay objective for their work to be considered good?... Therefore, if a student doesn't stay completely objective, it is okay. ... I think it is contradicting that they can encourage creativit...

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Mr Ross creates this motto because he wants to prove to his students that discipline and community can create powers. ... Ross finds out less thinking are behind the answers of the students. ... Students are always asked to give succinct answers which do not encourage deep thinking. ... In The Wave, an anonymous letter from a junior student is sent to Laurie. ... The senior student has already been brainwashed and his mind is occupied by the Wave. ...

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Hopefully those students who have felt the finals week to be overbearing have use this technique. ... I really didn't start doing it for the health reasons, but now that I know that meditation helps with that it encourages me even more. ...

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How to Mind Map [Graphic taken from http://www.tld.jcu.edu.au/netshare/learn/mindmap/howto.html] James Cook University (JCU) in Australia describes the steps of mind mapping as related to use by students; however, these steps can easily be translated into use in a business setting. ... The idea of using capitals is to encourage you to get down only the key points. ... Some students do this when they revisit the mind map at a later date while others write in such things as assessment criteria in this way. 4. ... Most students find it useful to turn their page on the side and do a mind m...

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A student researching for his English paper may have multiple pages open skimming through articles to find what he needs. ... "But middle school and high school students the end to be willing to provide personal information online with no safeguards, and college students seem uninterested in violations of privacy and in the increased governmental and commercial surveillance." (Turkle 327) The internet encourages us to share all of our personal information out there for the world to see. ...

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For him, liberal arts education succeeds when it is able to help students to learn about what to think (199). ... After saying this, he mentions that he knows how hard it is to do what he was encouraging them to do (206). ... This way what he is encouraging them to do looks less arduous and becomes more appealing. ...

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As a result, the student knew that he or she would have to try harder and actually study more next time, so they could be more prepared next time. ... For example, a good memory makes us feel happy and encourages us to live life more happily. ...

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Steven Pinker makes claims at this in his article "Mind Over Mass Media"; "To encourage intellectual depth, don't rail at PowerPoint or Google. ... Envision teachers instructing students based off of pre-planned curriculum they found online. ...

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