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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Students must deal with their own unique backgrounds, especially their language practices, in classrooms that demand standard academic practices. ... I believe that by using the contact-zone theory, educators can develop a more reflective and productive educational practice. ... And Bengali being a tonal language possesses different patterns from those of English. ...

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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 theory of multiple intelligence suggests that everyone possesses all seven, however each is only developed to an adequate level of functioning (McClain, 1996). ... Metalanguage - are aspects of language, grammar and technical vocabulary being fore grounded? ...

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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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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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