Communication Arts incorporates logical competencies and wholesome attitudes and values that penetrate in the language trend. ... In communication arts there are five macro skills which are virtually the most significant skills in teaching a peculiar language. ... Moreover, the acquisition of language facility is one of the most interesting but puzzling phenomena in learning. ... Of all these macro-skills in language, reading is believed as a great source of knowledge. ... Reading approach is also based on the doctrine and theories concerning the meaning, nature, and structure of reading. ...

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PSYCHOMETRIC THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE 3 2.1 Early Theorists 4 2.1.1 The Galton-Cattell Approach 4 2.1.2 Binet's Idea of Intelligence 4 2.2 Spearman's 2 Factor Theory 5 2.3 Multiple Factor Theories 5 2.4 Hierarchical Theories 7 3. ... PSYCHOMETRIC THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE Psychometric theories of intelligence entail the study of individual differences in performance on tests, which are observable and manifest and that are designed to measure intelligence, which is a latent and not directly observable trait. ... These results are used to support or adapt theories about the str...

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Northern Caribbean University College of Education and Religion Department of Education MTED 201: Primary Mathematics Methods Factors that influence how children learn Psychological influences Professional influences Technological influences Language influences Societal influences Research influences Psychological influences: The essence of this theory is students construct their own understanding of math ideas (by interacting with physical models of these ideas). ... Language influences: Language is a part of the whole thinking process. ... Cognitivist/constructivi...

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Through these social interactions, games activity can allow ego identity, a key beneficial factor mentioned by Erikson (1959) within the Psycho-social theory. ... Educational Learning theories adopted for pupils to learn include; Social Constructivist learning theory (Vygotsky, 1978) (see appendix 6) and behaviourist learning theory (Skinner, 1976) (see appendix 7) to name a few. ... In contrast, Skinner's behaviourist theory focuses on a teacher-centred viewpoint whereby selection, pacing and evaluation of learning are ordained by the teacher. This learning theory lends itself to teachin...

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Her belief was that younger children need a different use of language to that of older children. Therefore, the adult must be aware that a young child requires a different approach to language. ... This curriculum is based upon a range of psychological, educational, and sociological theories. The underpinning psychological theory owes much to Piaget: that children learn best from active involvement with their environment. ... The key areas are: Active learning (E.Wood, J.Attfield 1996) Language Representation ...

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Research was quantitative, it involved a research design (often control-experimental group or correlational), and it was done to support a particular theory (Willis, Jost, and Wright, 1999). ... We argue that there are three predominant research paradigms in the field today: (a) empiricism, (b) critical theory, and (c) interpretivism (see Guba & Lincoln, 1994, for a discussion of a similar framework). ... Although empirical-research reports are typically quantitative in nature, and critical-theory and interpretive reports tend to be qualitative, researchers in all three paradigms can use eithe...

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Classroom Management Classroom management is important, especially for beginner teachers, because it helps make those first few years of teaching easier when there is an effective classroom management system in place. Nearly one third of new teachers leave their teaching jobs within the first two years, and almost all of those teachers say that the reason behind them leaving is because of problems with classroom management. Basically, a great classroom management system means a happier teaching experience. In an ineffective, poorly-managed classroom, trouble becomes the norm as students are...

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In the process of my late educational endeavor here at Ashford University as well as my ongoing and life-long job of first and fore-most being a mother, I've had the pleasure of raising and still raising three wonderful children. My oldest child is 22 years old at this time, athletic, a hands-on le...

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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. But most of the mathematics teachers, especially the researcher, failed to achieve these goals. During the seminar, the researcher had an informal interview with the other mathematics teacher, teaching Grade 7, in the district. Based on the interview, the researcher found that most of the students, especially those who belong to lower section, perform slowly and poorly in mathematics. Students do not have mastery even in fundamental operations. ...

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Theories and research focus on neurochemical, anatomical, neuroanotomical, and genetic factors (Riccio, Hynd, Cohen, & Gonzolez, 1993). ... The finding that the incidence of ADD in adopted children is higher than for biological children supports the genetic theory of ADD. ... Twin studies also support the genetic theory of ADD. ...

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Among other important findings he concluded that bookkeeping duties of nonbookkeepers were easily learning, and he isolated routines in which knowledge of bookkeeping principles and theory were not required. ...

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