They are still tested on their progress and need to provide credible representation of what they have learned. ... Students check out textbooks, study the chapters, take a test and return the book. ... Rachel scored high enough test scores to gain admittance to Harvard. ... He describes a young girl who loves to build structures out of Lego's. ... Many children who are unschooled surpass the educational abilities and test scores of public schools. ...

• Word Count: 2307
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Theorist Albert Bandura states that, "If parental love is truly present that caring attitude will translate into concrete expressions of love at home, and will have a positive effect on the child's learning" (p. 752). ... There were five successful approaches and they included: (1) a program explicitly designed to teach comprehension skill, (2) teaching strategies that enable students to learn how to learn, (3) step-by-step instructions for teachers, (4) field tested and revised to suit school/district issues, and (5) motivates success for future learning. The idea was that suc...

• Word Count: 1544
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He loved to write, but he hated the compositions that he had to write in class. ... One of the books was called "The Giver "; it was a long book with very small print, but I managed to understand it, and passed the AR test with flying colors. ... I loved to sing, and at the time I was an Avril Lavinge fanatic. ... I loved my role, and the younger kids that were in the hall I patrolled liked me as well. ... She reminds me of the teacher from the movie "Freedom Writers "; a person who loved her students and whose students loved her back. ...

• Word Count: 1603
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Students must be tested on the basics of reading and math each year and those results posted, by their school, or on the Internet. ... The children of today, he says, "Must learn how to make a living and what to love. ... Teen pregency and violence is going down and that is part of the program called "True Love Waits". He thinks this is what the good children of the USA should or are, and he thinks to help the children in need of it or not they should get or deserve our love and encouragement. ...

• Word Count: 1670
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Reznicek, my junior year World Faiths professor, who first helped spark my love to learn, and helped me to grasp my interest in different cultures and different world views. ... We were never forced to memorize static information, and our intelligence was never quantified through our ability to "be filled" with the teachers knowledge through testing. ...

• Word Count: 1453
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Yet, they loved living there because they didn't pay rent, or share the yard with others, or need to be quiet. ... Meanwhile, he continued testing out the rockets and figuring out how he could make the rocket go higher. ...

• Word Count: 1943
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School