Learning online is a great way to be actively involved in a responsive 'classroom'. Being able to lead our own learning with everyone bringing different skills, ideas and opinions to the discussions (senoritasophs13, 2013) helps create a more social constructive environment. ... This approach has been associated with deeper learning, an increase in critical thinking skills and an increase in confidence within each individual. ... Cognitive strategies are used to help achieve a particular goal while metacognitive strategies are used to ensure that the goal has been reached (Livingsto...

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Learning is also not an automatic process. ... One major thing that I have discovered about learning: motivation always determines what drives a learner to learn something new and striving daily to accomplish set of goals while staying focused to the tasks. ... It empowers me to survive daily struggle, handle challenges and accomplish goals. ... Alongside motivation, overcoming obstacles or challenges is another vital step of learning process to fulfilling goals. If achieving goals were easy, everyone would do it quickly and without difficulties. ...

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High school students can be motivated to complete their classes successfully by placing more value on evaluation of learning goals rather performance goal (grades). ... Students can be motivated by either setting performance goals or learning goals. ... These goals will foster learning that will encourage a would-be high school dropout because there is always a learning opportunity, and this prevents boredom. ... Learning goal positions the students to learn more skills but performance goal, according to Reilly (2007), only tests what the student already knows. ... " Setting learning goa...

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I have a goal to learn. ... Learning in general will make me a better person. Learning will benefit me in both my professional life and my personal life. ... By continuing my education and learning new skills I will be able to make our business stronger and more successful. I have a goal to make more money. ...

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Adult Learning Theories Using Theorist Knowles & Dewey John Dewey: The later works 1938 "1939, Vol. 13 (pp. 1 "62). ... But the purpose for learning does not lie only in the future; skills, knowledge, and experiences must have meaning in the present, too. ... This also means that adult learners, themselves, contribute rich resources to the learning process, Knowles (1970), in his theory of adult learning, differentiates the way adults learn from the way children learn. These differences are stated as follows: • Adults are autonomous and self-directed; • Adults are ...

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Felder and Silverman (1988, p. 71) described that in the Tactile/Kinaesthetic Learning Style, "Learning comes through touching and physical sensation. ... To be successful student and gain good grades I had to improve on my learning style thus, I adopted Kolb's Experiential Learning Model. ... This learning style defines four kinds of learners-activists, reflectors, theorists, pragmatics. ... It is this working with experience that is important in learning. ... According to Path-goal contingency theory the willingness I have to simplify the path and help my followers in the achievement o...

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While participating in basketball, they are learning valuable life lessons such as being team, task, and goal-oriented. ... Learning to focus and direct attention towards the matter at hand is another life-long skill. ... Of course, that goal is to become the best he can be at the sport with the ultimate goal being that the team wins. ... He then takes that goal and applies action. ... The beauty of basketball is that at almost any age a person can enjoy the healthy exercise involved, while easily learning lifetime skills. ...

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It is important to make self-assessment as a useful tools into students' learning process in the classroom that can enhance their understanding of they are doing. ... Normally a goal setting will give a chance to students to agree on a starting point and then set a goal for themselves. ... Follow by progressively monitor and guidance to assist students to achieve their goals. ... Subsequently, teacher can challenge students to hit higher goal setting. ... Self-assessment also enables students to look at their learning objective in more concrete terms. ...

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Driving Stick Learning something new can be a scary experience. ... What I did not realize was that learning to drive a stick would also make me a more confident person. ... After learning all the steps it was now time for me to put what I learned to the test. ... I felt that I had finally accomplished the first step in my goal, which was to drive a manual car. ... It was a wonderful, free feeling when I achieved the goal that I set for myself. ...

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Over the previous two weeks, the students and staff at our learning camp have been actively involved with curriculum and instruction using the materials and strategies provided by MECCA. ... I have observed lessons that allow students to clap, snap, and stomp in conjunction with learning a skill. ... My personal goal is to inspire co-educators, staff, parents, and students to be enthusiastic throughout the entire school year. ...

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Weaknesses should be overcome in order to get you closer to your goal and avoid slowing others down when you are part of a team. ... This is a strength I bring into my learning team. ... My biggest weakness is the inability to express myself more at home, work, and with my learning team. ... In our textbook Peak Learning, it discusses the advantages of critical thinking. ... In order to acquire this skill I plan to ask more questions about what I am learning. ...

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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. ... As a member on our student council I have had the opportunity to assume roles both as a leader and collaborator to ensure that our goals are reached. ... Children have different strengths and weaknesses in learning and I believe that one's patience would be tested on a daily basis. ... One must be able to identify with their students to ensure that each child is receiving the type of teaching that is benefici...

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My main objective and goal for this internship was to learn all about computers, however, to do so I had to ask many questions. ... I would happily recommend this internship to the students that are associated with Computer Technology, because it is a good learning experience that will help prepare them for the career field that they were taking up. Through my experience I found that everything about the internship was interesting and a good learning experience. ...

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The Peace Corps aims to promote personal leadership and global peace, and with the help and commitment of great volunteers, the goal is reached over and over again. The Peace Corps mission has three simple goals: helping countries meet the demand for trained men and women to assist in bettering the overall well-being of the individual country and promoting a better and more accurate view of Americans. ... Reaching these goals will be evident in whatever area you choose to serve; if you work in field of education, you'll introduce "innovative teaching methodologies and encourage cri...

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The major advantages of having college sports on campus are psychological, and sociological benefits to student Psychological benefits are maximizes student's esteem self-confidence, goal setting, and self-discipline. ... Moreover, experiences gain from college sports" competition, can help student to develop their mental toughness by learning how to win or lose with grace, and set a goal. ...

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According to Verderber, if you haven't presented the information in ways that the audience can understand, or are unable to get the audience to care about the problem, then you have little chance of achieving your goal (4). ... Learning to react to the response by relaying the message differently can make the public speaker and the speech more effective. ... Overcoming fears and learning to trust your abilities will help you to develop the proper skills to become a good speaker. ... Seeing the importance of good public speaking will help build your interest in learning the skill. ...

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A leader is capable of influencing and inspiring the people around him or her to voluntarily commit towards accomplishing a certain goal. ... As being drum major/section leader, it will become my pride, delight, and ultimate goal to reach out to my peers and inspire them to love what they do and always tackle the day with hard work and determination. ... I have always had a heart to service others and help them grasp their full potential because learning simply ends with life. ...

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These experiences have taught me the importance of learning from others and the importance of establishing a commitment with others to reach a common goal. ... My long-term goal is to seek advancement in a leadership role and lead a team that is focused on delivering innovative solutions that change the way a business delivers service to their end customers. That goal can be achieved through a number of positions within a variety of organizations. ...

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In order for any business to be successful there must be a leader that drives the business towards its goals. ... Business people can learn from his experience by learning from prior mistakes and becoming ready to accept responsibility when it comes to taking important decisions. ... Undoubtedly, learning about leadership will help one not only in business, but also in all aspects of life....

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Where there is division in vision, focus, goals or objectives, success becomes elusive. ... Clear and Concise Communication of Goals, Objectives, and Vision To be an effective leader, one must possess the ability to communicate clearly and concisely for the purpose of delivering corporate visions, goals and objectives. ... He suggest charismatic leaders should demonstrate among other behaviors, the ability to articulate an ideology that enhances goal clarity, task focus, and value congruence. ... The best communicators are not only skilled at learning and gathering information while communicat...

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The love to be the center of attention so much, that they prevent the listener from learning information, and it can damage the relationship between the interrupter and the speaker. ... Finally, critical listening is something that is extremely helpful when the goal is to investigate an issue, because, at their best, critical listeners apply the tools of analytical listening to see whether an idea holds up under careful scrutiny. ... Recently, my schoolmates and I underwent a learning exercise. ... So this was just another piece of the learning process. ...

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I plan on accomplishing this goal by asking for help when I am not sure about what to do, and looking at past writings to see what I need to improve on. ... I am very excited and can't wait to start learning! ...

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