Some people never learn effective study habits in high school. ... A student should set his or her alarm to wake him or her up with the annoying "beep, beep, beep" sound rather than the sound of soothing music; he or she must also resist the urge to hit the snooze button, which could cause him or her to be late for class if he or she hits it too many times. ... One should keep in mind that planning ahead is not as bad as it sounds. ... Some students could really benefit from having a "study buddy" (someone to study with). ... Since most people would not create the exact sa...

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These studies have also shown that newborns respond to human voices and to music. ... Eventually, the child is able to produce language sounds. He begins to use these sounds and symbols in a way that indicates meaning. ... Words are made up of letters and the sounds these letters make allows us to read the words. ... However, one of the most important aspects that guides the components of any oral language programme is the recognition that the child is an active contributor to the language acquisition process. ...

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For example, The Pronunciation Book by Bowen & Marks or 'Sound Foundations' by Adrian Underhill seem very different from a book such as Ship and Sheep by Baker. ... " Achieving Intelligibility can be carried out through segmental (individual sounds) or suprasegmental (features of speech which extend over more than one sound segment in an utterance, such as a pitch, stress or juncture pattern) approach. ... In the area of teaching pronunciation, a lot of attention has traditionally been directed towards how best to impart prosodic and segmental information to students, but unti...

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Case Study 1: Student in Early Childhood Special Education Brian is a two year old boy who attends an Early Head Start program. ... Brian was not to be directed or guided as to what to do. ... Twenty minutes a day would be dedicated to providing Brian with direct instruction from a special education teacher going over sounds and flash cards in the play context. ... Case Study 2: Student in the Process of Transitioning Transition assessments can be either formal or informal assessments. ... The transition specialist is to ask specific questions and is not allowed to guide the student...

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In 2002, a study conducted by the U. ... Further, more than one quarter of all undergraduates had dependents (typically children), according to the same study. "We live in a society where people are more and more likely to switch careers after 10 years," said Vicky Phillips, CEO of geteducated.com, a Vermont based clearinghouse for adult learners and the author of "Never Too Late to Learn: The Adult Student's Guide to College." ... Other reasons for returning to school were also given in the study but in less frequency. ... It sounds silly, but it's true. ...

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The contention of this paper is that policy is being guided by an increasing awareness of the implications of a multicultural society and aims to challenge the inequalities faced by students with a diverse cultural and linguistic background. ... 'Sociological studies of education show how educational institutions are part of the social fabric and how what happens in school-scan both reflect and have consequences for social relations and social processes.'... (p. 411) Research Research undertaken to find an answer to this 'big question' has been based on both 'quan...

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The ability to translate words to other languages makes these applications ideal for secondary language study. ... Text-to-speech applications encourage independent study, thus allowing teachers to spend more time on group activities and to give students more one-on-one attention. Most TTS software runs on standard platform PCs and MACs, utilizing common hardware such as monitors, sound cards, microphone, and speakers. ... As classroom teachers learn to guide and support students in using ATs in support of an inclusive setting, the practicality of these systems as learning tools is exposing st...

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Students are measured by letter identification, word test, concepts of print, writing vocabulary, hearing sounds in words and text reading level. ... Guided reading is viewed as the dominant component of Reading Recovery lessons. It is during the actual reading of increasingly less predictable text that Reading Recovery teachers guide children to consider multiple sources of information in thoughtful and flexible ways as they monitor the child's reading and solves emerging problems. ... Throughout various studies and articles that were reviewed, I found that there are numerous advant...

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A concentration is designed to permit the development of a secondary area of study which will complement a student's major. ... What is Independent Study? ... There is no classroom in this type of course, however a student is required to have contact with an advisor to guide him through the course material. ... What is Study Abroad? ... See the Study Abroad Office in Bent Hall for details on the Queen's Campus or the University Freshman Center on the Staten Island Campus for Staten Island students. ...

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Nothing is what it seems, like democracy that sounds good on paper, so do many other things, but by education we are able to open our eyes and make a judgement on our own. ... We need to find out how a child learns best and as we use a variety of methods to teach them, we can also set up independent studies for them, so they can show us what they can do in their own terms. ... As a teacher, we are there to teach, to guide, to motivate, to figure out how this child learns and tailor to their needs. ...

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The study in progress has actually grown out of my personal observations and interactions with my students inside and outside the classrooms. ... The current study that follows has actually grown out of my personal observations and interactions with my students inside and outside the classrooms and also out of my continual effort to find the middle ground to deal with these practical concerns. ... " My purpose is cash in on usefulness of the contact zone as a guiding pedagogical principle for teachers and students. ... The intended learning outcomes of the new teaching: A Study in Pract...

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Studies show that in order to be academically successful, students must have four foundational reading skills: . Understanding the ways in which the alphabet represents spoken sounds. . Understanding the systematic ways in which letters and sounds combine to form syllables and words. . Putting into practice understanding of sounds and letters to pronounce words. . ...

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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). Professional influences: Its emphasis is back to the basics, the 3 R's were emphasized (reading, wr...

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After proper financial education these different sections of population must not only enable us to compare vast variety of products and make effective use and choice and use of these products but also promoting long term saving and sound planning for retirement as well as for the wiser use of credit. ... If we consider the case of retirees who has secure income should be guided in the proper utilization of their finance as there are many instances that loans are taken based on their pensions and many of them are over-debited as the financial literacy level is very low in those sections of p...

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Therefore, it is necessary for us to study and research on the current way of teaching reading to get the effective and feasible measures to improve the students reading ability. 2.Body 2.1The Current Situation of Reading Teaching and its Disadvantages According to the syllabus, the teacher must give the students adequate reading practice to pick up their reading speed. ... It has something to do with the students' rudimentary knowledge and their study habits. ... As time passes, it is inevitable to formulate the indolent attitude and unidirectional way of study. ...

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In other words, from preschool through post-graduate study the emphasis should be on improving the way students receive mathematics and science instruction, organize their thoughts and ideas, and synthesize or evaluate information through hands-on, brains-on instruction. ... The Michigan Science Standards and Benchmarks seek to guide teachers in providing instruction that will promote the acquisition of concrete knowledge, science process know how skills, and the proper character to assimilate in a technical, or scientific work environment (Ebenezer, 2009). ... Become well-informed about the ...

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The principles of adult education are quite different from the ideas that are commonly used to teach children(Wegener). The method of teaching a child, where all the relevant knowledge are simply spoon fed to him may not appeal to any adult patient's learning, nor provide any effective results. Adul...

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