They sampled saliva from each subject to test the amount of nicotine residue in the saliva. This test proved that all subjects were truthful in admitting their respective amounts of tobacco usage. ... Higgins, tests a somewhat new and foreign area of crime: cyber crime. ... The second restraint of this study was the theory it was testing. Morris and Higgins claim that they could not test all of social learning theory's components. ...

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Most teachers, lecturers and instructors use methods such as overemphasizing on the work of a student who has done well in a test, writing on students' papers to see another student who did better than they for explanation or even comparing students, especially in the classroom setting all in the naive hope of arousing others to work hard. ... The test was conducted with two groups of students in mind; one after a heavily competitive session and the other who did not participate in the competition but where equally taught the same thing with the other group of students. Final results show...

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Genie, a feral child's, case was one of the first to put the critical period theory to the test. ... Although these tests and studies may seem as if Genie was retarded at birth, I believe that Genie's delay in language development is due to her years of isolation and abuse. ... I don't think that any of the scientific tests and procedures harmed Genie and interfered with her progress. Genie was already so far gone, so I believe that they had nothing to lose by doing those tests. ...

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Genie, a feral child's, case was one of the first to put the critical period theory to the test. ... Although these tests and studies may seem as if Genie was retarded at birth, I believe that Genie's delay in language development is due to her years of isolation and abuse. ... I don't think that any of the scientific tests and procedures harmed Genie and interfered with her progress. Genie was already so far gone, so I believe that they had nothing to lose by doing those tests. ...

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Chapter three in Kieran Egan's book, Imagination in Teaching and Learning, discusses the general characteristics of the imagination that occurs in our students between ages eight and fifteen. Egan states that there are two main obstacles that bar the implementation of imaginative development in ou...

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The students who were tested before and after accomplishing this program demonstrated that their scores were extremely higher upon completing the program. ... When the student did score poorer on the tests, "...performance appeared to be related to the students" reactions to changes in their routines rather than the content of the lessons" (Morin 29). Thus, the majority of the tests were scored well following each level of the program. ...

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I wanted to produce a story book which would test Daria's reading and writing skills. ... Standardized tests come under this category. From the results of these tests you are able to compare students to each other and identify needs of different students, then plan 'instruction' based upon what level the students are at (Serafini, 2010, p. 8). ...

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Only with repeated trials and testing of these knowledge and application of knowledge, students are then able to apply what they have learnt during school to their working life. ... This can also be applied to our education system, where the plethora of examinations and tests in every student's life serve as an accurate means to judge a student on his mastery in a certain subject. ... This is another aspect in which the education system has provided ample opportunities for students to test out what they have learnt in simulations in the real world. ...

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He took an IQ test and found himself receiving much praise and attention for his scores, though he pointed out his view that if this test focused more on verbal skills, he would have been looked over and remained unacknowledged for his talents. ...

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There is a purpose and philosophy of education all over the world. Each person has there own philosophy of education its just up to him or her on how they perceive education. The question is how do you perceive education? What do you consider to be the curriculum? What is your educational metho...

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According to Prensky (2010), majority of the current students are digital natives who find traditional teaching methods, such as 'tell and test', not interesting. ... Additionally, the effect of the best practices on the learning activities of the learners as well as their acquisition of skills will be tested through assessments and questionnaires to get ratings of technology use and students' preferred technologies. ...

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"Memorizing math facts is the most important step to understanding math. Math facts are the building blocks to all other math concepts and memorizing makes them readily available"" (EHow Contributor, 2011). To clarify, a math fact is basic base-10 calculation of single digit numbers. Examples of bas...

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Gardner's theory is that everyone is able to recognize a student that does scores great on an exam is smart, that does not mean that a student that falls short of doing good on the same test is not as brilliant as the other student. ...

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We want to take joy in our work, not kill ourselves with it"(5) I believe we are an industrialize civilization that completely have lost the test buds for good food. ... The stroke has been difficult on both father and son and it has test how strong their bond is. ...

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There were four hypotheses tested. ... Hypothesis four was also supported by the fact that when presenting accountability information before the training sessions the results were much higher test scores and note taking behavior than when presenting accountability information after training. ...

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He does his tests and he does not know how to do them. ... Charlie has to go through a series of inkblot test which confuse him even more because he feel that he is not seeing something that he should. ...

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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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My teaching philosophy is that in order to have an exciting, welcoming and cooperative classroom the following ideas and practices must be taken into consideration. Teaching strategies must be effective and engaging to provide the highest level of learning and the most inviting atmosphere for both s...

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Cooperative learning is an umbrella term for a group of teaching and learning strategies characterized by goal structures in which individuals must work together to succeed (McInerney & McInenery, 2010, p. 268). It has been proposed as a means of developing social skills, increasing higher order thi...

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Multimedia Training With the business world changing at the blink of an eye nowadays, it has now become crucial for corporations to make sure that all employees are up-to-date in their respective fields. This is usually achieved through training sessions that are either provided for by the compan...

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K-12 and Technology: An Illustration of How Constructive Applications is Changing the Way We Teach and Learn. Over the past twenty years, information technology has transformed the society in which we live. It seems that, almost overnight, computers and the Internet have proliferated into eve...

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Adult Learning 1 Education and the Adult Learner Adult Learning 2 Education, can you ever have enough? It would seem that in today's world the answer to that question is no. With technology growing by l...

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Abstract There are many different teaching methods for elementary schools and Project Based Learning will teach more social and emotional skills than the standard curriculum in elementary age children. Many case studies have been conducted to determine whether standard teaching or Project Based Lear...

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1. Introduction Metacognition has been recognized as one of the most important factor in EFL(English as a Foreign Language ) studing. Metacognition is the awareness and knowledge of your mental processes such that you can monitor, regulate, and direct them to a desired end. The role of metacognitiv...

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Many athletes of vary skill and ability have often been told that "you will play (in the game or event) just like you practice", by their coaches. I myself, as a high school and collegiate distance runner was often told to "run in practice like you run on race day." Looking back, I now know that my ...

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