Why is reading to learn and reading comprehension important? ... The more students know about reading to learn, the more they will thrive in many adult contexts. ... Students need learn to use their prior knowledge in specific ways to interact successfully with texts to get the most out of what they already know to learn new ideas. ... The more students experience success in activating prior knowledge to learn, the more they will become motivated (Ferriter, 2010). ... Teachers must explain to students why it is important to learn various objectives and concepts. ...

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Abstract: The traditional way of teaching reading affects the students' reading ability. ... No matter on which level, when the students read the materials, the teacher, firstly, spots the single word and does the reiteration and collocation of words to the students. ... Thus the students can not obtain the information as much as possible when they do timed-reading. 2.1.2.Reading Quality Above all, we can learn obviously that the traditional teaching method obstructs the reading speed. ... And most of our students are still remaining on the first level. ... Hence the students here are...

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Negotiating these differences between students and their teachers and also among themselves put forth a practical challenge both for teachers and students. ... Thus, "pedagogists", as Laurie Grobman (1999) maintains, " have turned to the resistance model, which proposes that we encourage students' appropriation of academic discourse to enable them to critique it" (432).1 By allowing students to bring their own stories, experiences, ideas, and critiques into the classroom, this provides the students with opportunities to work together, to learn from one another, and res...

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Teachers assigned, questioned, and told students about the content of their assignments, but did little to show their students how to comprehend and learn new information. ... This research focused on instructional strategies for helping students comprehend and learn from their reading. Research found that when students had opportunities to learn how to comprehend and learn, they did far better on all kinds of reading tasks. ... Students write responses to a class novel. ... Literature circles where students take reading roles. ...

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We, as Americans, learn the basics, and only few venture off to explore other aspects and learn more than just that World War II occurred between 1939 and 1945. ... She believes that every student is different, which they are, and believes that there should be a way for students to be taught based on what would help them learn the most. ... She is saying that teachers, and soon to be teachers, should go out in the community and learn about it. Learn what kind of class systems there are, what the demographics of the environment in which they are teaching are, and even introduce themselves to...

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I am a true believer in the fact that kids learn because they want to and not because they are made. If a kid is made to learn, it does not necessarily mean they are actually learning, but possibly remembering or being able to repeat information. However, I do believe a teacher can influence a kids life and make school fun and rewarding so they will want to learn. ... Allen, our student teacher, gave us a homework assignment. ... I had not learned or been persuaded to learn and I was behind other students who had been taught correctly. ...

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Do the students like this method of teaching? ... The things students learn in high school aids them in college. ... Standardized testing indeed denies many students of the useful information schools are suppose to bring to the student. Standardized testing gives the conclusion that all students learn at the same pace. With making this conclusion, "it ensures that those who require more time to learn will be branded as failures"(Kohn 13). ...

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Students often are required to memorize facts and formula in their classes. Often teachers gave a lot of facts and formulae for students to memorize. ... How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. 3. ... B) Sharing Students share information about important events in their lives. ... Teachers work with students in the beginning of the year to develop clas...

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Chapter One Notion of LAC The effect of teaching is decided not only by the way teachers teach or the way students learn but also by certain surroundings, which materially consists of the layout and decoration of classroom and which psychologically is the learning atmosphere in class (LAC). ... Thus, students are highly motivated to learn more and to ameliorate their roles in the class namely from an onlooker to a participant. ... The more relaxed one is, the more he can learn. ... Sometimes, students are even afraid the class. ... Then he asked one of the two students to answer it. ...

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The bilingual program presented the student a scholastic curriculum that simultaneously instructed students all the required classes while teaching them the English language. ... The opponents of the Bill state that it will prevent Mexican children to fully learn the language, therefore preparing the student to meet greater challenges in school and eventually drop out of school. ... On the other hand, most Hispanic parents want their children to learn English as rapidly as possible. ... Another argument is the legal rights of the students. ... Such influx of student slowly caused...

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This shows that in order for children to learn, it is crucial that the teacher is able to explain properly. ... This is seen when the children who are students under Miss O"Rorke do not want to go to school, "Every morning there were protestations and tears. ... This must be the way to go about it: place the teacher higher than the students."(Roy, 39) It gives the power to the teacher because they are always looking down upon the students. In a society of equality, there should be no platform, as it will give the students a sense of equality with the teacher. ...

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Then move into my own story as a student in the system. ... There were between 500 and 700 students that attended the school. ... Students were from a predominantly Anglo-Saxon background although Aboriginal groups were strongly represented. ... The students worked from booklets in their cubicle on subjects as they chose to. ... Delors (1996) suggests that it is the responsibility teachers to teach students how to decode and analyse the media. ...

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Harry Gonzalez who taught Bilingual Kindergarten to nineteen students. The day I went to observe one student was absent. ... All except two of the students spoke both English and Spanish. ... Every student follows the schedule made by Mr. ... First, he would just look at the student for a brief moment and try to get the student to understand that he is incorrect. ...

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Cultural differences between those who control educational institutions and many minority students result in a biased educational system that neglects many students. ... Students thought to be less capable were explained tasks in a direct manner. ... When students' community voices are ignored, underrepresented, or devalued by the curriculum and teachers, the feeling of rejection is strongest for minority students. ... In this system of education, dialogue between teacher and student is limited. ... The social label of being a slow track student can affect self-image, greatly decrea...

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Through this act minority students enroll in education programs in order to simplify a program operation, which enables students to learn English as quickly as possible. ... With students getting the proper environment they need in order to succeed. ... Dade County, Florida, reports spending $1,141 more per year to educate the average foreign-born student compared with the average native-born student (Visiedo). In districts with high percentages of students with LEP, actual expenditures are higher than in districts with low percentages of LEP students, by $579 per student. However, aft...

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Upon enrollment, students are assigned to one house. ... This led to students having to take classes in different houses. b. ... No parental involvement or support for academically challenged students. b. ... This however did not prevent "non-student" access to school buildings. ... " This means that some teachers would have to teach students from outside their assigned house and those students would have to go to different houses for some of their classes. ...

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A commencement speech he gave two months before his death served as a clarion call, asking students to embrace his influential worldview: "I beseech you to treasure up in your hearts these my parting words: Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity." Horace Mann gave future students wants to become educated. ... Girls and women that were wealthy were usually taught by a governess or sent to a convent to learn how to read and write. ... In the South, plantations were way to far apart to start schools and have students commit so private tutors came to homes to te...

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Through this devised curriculum by QCA (2007) opportunity should be provided for pupils to follow pathways into other sporting activities in and beyond school, as well as performing as an individual, in a group or as part of a team in formal competitions or performances and make links between PE and other subject areas within the curriculum. 1.4) Theories of How Children Learn Diversification between children means identifying the most effective way your peers learn, as a teacher, is essential for a sense of achievement following practice. ... Educational Learning theories adopted for pupils...

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