As Alfie Kohn communicated in 'The case against competition', they continue to insist that there is 'healthy competition' and that it could be fun, (Kohn, 1987). ... The test was conducted with two groups of students in mind; one after a heavily competitive session and the other who did not participate in the competition but where equally taught the same thing with the other group of students. Final results showed that students in competitive condition performed better in easy tests than difficult ones, scoring as high as 25 points out of 30 but as low as 2.5 points out o...

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Through assessments of the children's reading and mathematic abilities, I realized that many of the students were performing below their grade levels; this was evident in their low standardized test scores. I was given only three months to help the students improve their test scores and overall abilities. ... And, in order to combat their occasional defiance, I began using fun and creative activities that emphasized the same skills that we were trying to work on. ...

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Also to make physical education a fun learning experience is technology. ... They may still think of physical education as inappropriate PE that incorporate elimination games, choosing sides, fitness tests, and games like dodgeball. ...

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For one period everyday I would face a new challenge in making learning fun and more enjoyable for students with Attention Deficit Disorder and other academic difficulties. ... Children have different strengths and weaknesses in learning and I believe that one's patience would be tested on a daily basis. ...

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A press report claimed that in the 2014 national graduation examinations, where students could pick one out of four subjects to do a obligatory test, there was only one student who picked history out of 600 students at Quang Trung Highschool in Hanoi. ... Imagine what would happen if a famous and highly rated TV show such as The Amazing Race includes historic contents, such as cultural fun facts, historical events happened in a particular site. ...

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THE PROBLEM RATIONALE High performance in every test is one of the major goals of every teacher and every learning institution. ... The researcher had encountered many students who obtained low scores in periodical test. Specifically in grade 7 class of SY 2015-2016, during the first periodical test, out of 89 students 39 got a score of 20 and below from 50-item test. ... Using the mastery exercises, Grade 7 teachers can explore other supplementary exercises in Mathematics for the improvement of test results. ...

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Informal assessment provides a clear picture of the child since they are engaged at a level not seen in formal situations, such as test taking or when asked to do something specific. ... A good teacher does her best to engage family members, members of the community, and members of the school community in the classroom through positive and fun experiences with respect and openness to others cultures, beliefs, feelings and traditions. ...

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Apart from that, test anxiety also occurs among students. ... The students there demonstrated a great interest and level of anxiety decreases when the instructor emphasized the importance of "individual help from teacher, tutor and instructors aids", "peer interaction", "acquiring fun materials such as games to learn English", "creating a welcoming environment", "knowing and understanding students", "remembering the students learn in different rate", and "building confidence". ...

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Devices assist them with everyday classroom tasks such as smart boards, projectors, and software programs for making learning easy and fun. ... According to the National School Boards Association, "Students who are exposed to a high volume of technology perform as well as expected on standardized test, however, technology can potentially do students a disservice if used inappropriately" (Klaus). ...

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At the dinner table, Lee and I started making faces at each other - each successive one more outlandish than the previous (it's a fun exercise to try and visualize this). ... My nephew goes to a suburban, mostly white, primarily middle-class and affluent school that teaches largely to tests while valuing less and less the language of a child's inner world. ...

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Doodle is an passionate, beret-wearing pencil, who bops around the screen as he simplifies the topic at hand in a fun, fast-paced way. ... Large-scale, statewide implementations of educational technology have been associated to gains in standardized test scores ("2000 Research Report-, 1). ...

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