I loved working with the different accounting methods and found I was good at what I did. ... I still wanted to work with accounting, but I found myself in a career that was in an office and was doing nothing that had to do with accounting. ... After doing some research, I found that I could attend college on the internet and still be able to pursue other career options. ... As my children are now teenagers, I have found that working full-time in my place of employment was affecting my family life. ... I liked doing this and found that I was good at what I did and that I could understand the t...

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Having experienced the "banking education" system in France, I found Freire's approach revolutionary and the cornerstone on which a more enlightened and effective education system could be founded. ... It is only with the force of a group that they will achieve their goals, be noticed, and in turn benefit from the new found awareness society will have. ... People do not change as easily as we would like. ...

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These are just the impairments I found in which the individuals who possess this impairment have benefitted from switch usage. ... Through my research, I have found that the creators and manufactures of most of the switches used to assist students with disabilities, are designed in a way that they are discreet. ... I have found that a number of switches that would provide an extreme aid to student that need them, are fairly inexpensive. ... I was able to see for the first time, the look on a child's face as they were able to easily communicate their feelings to me through the use of a sw...

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Arriving there we got to approach our teacher Fernando Salinas, which is in charge of the Go-Center, and easily got to work on the project. ... I hate it when people easily stereotype about students in the valley on how they say students don't want to go to college. ... A Pew Hispanic Center (2009) report found that "all Hispanics ages 16 and older are more likely than the overall U.S. population ages 16 and older to agree that a college degree is important for getting ahead in life-88% versus 74%" (p. 50) They understand that getting a college education is the way to make it in...

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Consequently, negative and significant linkage were found between job satisfaction and education level. ... Education level and job satisfaction Previous studies have found that education increase job satisfaction of industrial workers and there is a positive linkage between the education and job satisfaction. ... Recent studies have found evidence that when job conditions don't correspond with the mentioned informal or formal educational attainment, the net effect of education on levels of workers satisfaction is negative. ... The questionnaire comprises one of the most popular m...

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I found that at times, the banking style was more appropriate then problem posing just in the very nature of the subject matter. When doing math, I found that constant drilling by the teacher was essential because I"m almost positive they would not have been able to explain why numbers acted the way they did and why two plus two always equals four. ... Classes posed more problems to students forcing them to interact with each other not only to get the required solution, but also to learn how to interact with people in a manner such that the task would easily be accomplished. ... This same y...

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During a two-year study to determine if iPods can facilitate language acquisition and content learning, researchers found that they provide support and content for learning, as well as differentiated instructional support, for ELL students. Researchers also found that by allowing students to travel back and forth between school and their home with the iPod, their learning time increased because it was continued at home. ... The study, by Behjat et al, found that wikis were more useful for those learning a second language as they allowed for a deeper reading comprehension and the ability to cli...

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One reason is that the young children are a very easily influenced audience. ... Jaffree found out that three of the six of his children were being given biblical scriptures to read and prayers to perform that influenced, against the belief their father had chosen to teach them, that God is "the Creator and Supreme Judge of the world." He also found out that his children were laughed at, were called racial slurs, and were physically harassed by the other students. ...

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As readers, we're easily able to see that Rodriguez is not the only person who has struggled with loss, confusion, loneliness, and nostalgia, but is actually just one boy in a sea of many "scholarship boys. " During his last year as a graduate student, Rodriguez traveled to London, and was with many other scholars. When he finally feels as if he has found a community that he belongs to, he realizes that he has joined a "lonely community " (530), filled with "the faces of young men and women worn by long study" (530). ... Rather, he was putting effort into getting a deeper understanding ...

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Roberts (nd) found that although it was expected that mathematics be taught for this reason in English, rather than Pintjantjatjara, the community did not generally discuss it's mathematical discussions in English. ... They found poorer mathematical performers most vulnerable to lexical ambiguities and cite Mason et al (1979) who found more error patterns in younger children. ... Joffe and Foxman (1989, in Gibbs & Orton, 1994) found that it is more common for mathematicians to work alone. ...

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The assignments were normally just answering the questions at the end of each chapter, which we could easily find the answers, simply some dates, names and locations of each events, in the book because they were usually in bold. ... We then found out that the more we were challenged under the problem-posing education, the more they would want to respond to it because it helped us not only to be open with our opinions but also to be able to relate one question to another, and in the end to practice the creativity inside of us. ...

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I found however that if I could understand some of the theories and ideas I would be able to apply them to myself and my job. ... From the discussions we have had in relation to the text we have read I believe these four factors of motivation could easily apply in one way or another to all of us in the group. ...

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Many years ago, we couldn't imagine that computer technology could enhance educational options. Men and women bought newspapers and watched the news to learn about major topics in the economy and society. Students spent all evening in libraries writing reports, projects or academic papers. Today inf...

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Not only by using pre-packed ingredients but through experimentation and flexibility of other ingredients and recipes so as to create an exceptional product, that may very rarely be found. ... Allowing students to make discoveries and construct their own meaning from information found gives the students the opportunity to better understand the lesson being taught. ...

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His father found him reading in the closet. His mother found him reading when he was supposed to be asleep or playing outside. ... The best example here is the article he found in a newspaper ("hundred most important books of Western Civilization") where the professor told the reporter that those books were the very bases of his education. ... "The Achievement of Desire" could easily be regarded as bildungsroman. ...

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By making software knowledge and terminology very general and broad, students will learn more easily and be able to use their knowledge to the highest level (Hiltz, S., 1994). ... On the other hand, Patterson and Gojdycz (2000) have found in their research that communication anxieties and CMC have no relationship to each other. ...

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Through my research I have found that there are general consistencies among these students, and many do fall under these basic categories. ... The Instructor suggests that these students are easily frustrated in their quest for perfection, and that they often tend to seek approval and reassurance. ...

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My primary thinking style according to the inventory is that I am perfectionist. This means that I am a person with very high standards, I want everything to be just right at all the times. At first when I saw highest score in this style I was surprised as all the time in my thought process I try ...

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They simply illustrate how easily classroom practices can be improved, thus increasing the chance that your students will succeed. ... In education, it has been found that students learn better when the directions given them have a similar flexibility so that they can put some of their own creativity--some of themselves--into the assignment. ...

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According to the article, "Getting Latino Youth through High School: Aspirations and Family Support Can Offset Obstacles" an education program founded in, Houston, Project GRAD now serves low income students and poor schools across the nation. ... A study of a afterschool program found that nearly all of the participating students, graduated from high school and went on to college (Rivera and Berkeley 8). ... The programs are helpful to students who do not speak English easily. ...

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A task not easily met with an ever increasing class size where privacy is hard to come by. ... Their progress can be found almost instantaneously with accurate reports being made to the teacher on a day to day basis. ...

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Introduction The topic for my research paper is parent involvement and homework. This is a subject that affects all of us in education. I have taught elementary and now I am teaching high school intervention and homework has always been a problem. Homework is meant to be beneficial but many see it a...

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In a discussion held with the teacher later, it was found that the problems encountered by the teacher's class was as a result of poor planning by the teacher as he was trying to teach a concept in mathematics whereby the students were having trouble seeing the relationship with the skill being taught and how it can be related to a real life situation. ... Restructuring needs to take place because there are times when the student is sent to the principals office and he/she is let off quite easily thus leaving the teacher powerless. ...

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The Potential Benefits and Negative Aspects of the Practice of Looping The Practice of Looping Looping, also known as multi-year grouping or teacher-student progression is a process whereby a single teacher stays with the same group of students for two or more consecutive years. Looping is n...

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He also states teenagers with work experience may adapt more easily to new jobs and changing work environments later in life (Rothstein). ... The Third International Mathematics and Science Survey found that 55 percent of American high school seniors work three hours or more during their school week. ...

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