I feel this can be done through observations, informal checklists, running records and documented through portfolios or journals. ... I am this great teacher, who is engaging and motivating and finds something to learn in everything my students do. ... I am prepared to rise to the challenges of teaching and promise to try and provide an honest, well-rounded education to every student I encounter....

• Word Count: 1285
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Dempster (1981) indicated that the first recorded experiments on memory span were conducted by Ebbinghaus in 1885 and published in 1913. ... The more I learn about learning, cognition, memory, and the factors that affect each, the more certain I am that my ultimate goal is to assist students in order to help them be successful learners. ... Fast forward several decades and I am the parent of a gifted student who has similar struggles, but in a more constrained atmosphere. ... Armed with the knowledge of individual differences in learning, I am in a better position to advocate for all student...

• Word Count: 1510
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Self–efficacy can be described as a social construct to organize and execute courses of action required for attaining design types of behavior (Bandura 1989). It serves to assess individual's capacity to influence their own decisions making and actions. Albert Bandura provided much of what we know about self – efficacy constructs (Flett 2007 pp524). He first proposed a strong sense of efficacy enhances human accomplishments and personal well-being. He States "People with high assurances of their capabilities approach difficult tasks as challenges to be mastered rather t...

• Word Count: 3820
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate