Learning Disabilities Learning Disabilities Introduction Over the past four years, my interest in learning disabilities and finding a new approach to teaching children with learning disabilities has advanced to the forefront of my concentration in education. The main reason for this interest is due to my daughter’s struggle with her speech and lack of understanding the basics of read

Learning Disabilities A learning disability is typically indicated when a child has difficulty retaining learned information. Children who are not functioning at the same level as their peers, will often question his own abilities and what is wrong and why they are different. A large portion of these children develop behavior problems due to them not being able to retain information at t

Learning Styles Learning is an occupation you never retire from. Everyday of your life, whether you realize it or not, you learn something new. As a child I asked millions of questions, always trying to learn, always trying to find the reason why something was what it was. There was never a question not worth asking then but as I grew older I became more conscious of the questions I

Laptops Should children use laptops in school' A number of school are testing out laptops in classroom settings. Laptops can be very helpful learning tools by getting computers into the hands of people who might not be able to afford one at home. Not everyone agrees its a good idea, however. Laptops can be expensive, difficult to set up, and (in some cases) distracting. Statement of

Kwl Reading Strategy STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING COMPREHENSION OF FICTION/NONFICTION TEXT A. What is the strategy' Describe it. K-W-L (What I Know, What I Want to Know, and What I Learned) is a teaching strategy developed by Donna Ogle (1986) used to encourage reading by first activating students’ prior knowledge, then developing questions of interest to focus attention

Life Space Crisis Intervention Due to the behavioral difficulties that SIE 7, Emotionally Disturbed students pose to their families as well as their teachers, parents have come to our school seeking help in managing their children's behavior at home. I believe that the following conflict resolution and behavior management program can be extremely useful for both pedagogues and parents a

Learner Strategy Training Learner Strategy Training It has its early roots in studies of “good” and “bad” language learners. Relevant factors, believed to be contributing to their success, were extracted by using tests of psycolinguistic factors, interviews and other data analysis. Good learners... ... find their own way, taking charge of their learning ...are creative, d

Learning Learning Styles Throughout our lives, we are faced with many different learning experiences. Some of these experiences have made a better impact than others. We can attribute this to our learning style. A person’s learning style is the method through which they gain information about their environment. Research is going on all over the world to help explain learning styles. As

Literacy Reflecting my literacy experiences is something that I have never done before. However, with each semester that passes in college I have begun to learn more and more of why I learned the things I did in grade school. Since my path is Elementary Education I am learning the standards that have to be met as a teacher, and the material that needs to be covered. I have also starte

In Excess We Trust In Liz Spayd’s essay In Excess We Trust, she states, “to be is to consume.” I believe she has come up with some very supportive details for her case, and makes a very good argument about us as American consumers. With the facts that she has presented I would agree with her viewpoints. I myself consume more then I need, and have witnessed many other people guilty of

Community Service Community Service I completed my first three hours of community service learning at Camp For All. I really enjoy this camp everytime I go and volunteer because this is the best camp that I have ever visited. The camp is not where your parents drop you off and you hate the whole experience due to grungy meals and unsanitary matters. They always have warm water and the

Economics Methods of Speech Delivery Good speech delivery presents the speaker’s ideas in an interesting and clear manor. Speech delivery is the most important part of speech preparation because it is the actual moment when the speaker gets to set out their ideas and information to their audience. Methods of speech delivery are the ways that one can present or deliver their speech. The

Enlightment A Truely Unique Experience Enlightenment: A unique experience Enlightenment (to make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding), a word so powerful in its meaning, yet hard to encompass in a few words. It is the goal of life, the ultim

Grouping/tracking Tracking Thomas Jefferson once stated, “We are all created equal,” but we are not, we are all unique in different aspects in our lives, one aspect being the ability to learn. In Jeannie Oakes’ Tracking: Can Schools Take a Different Route', she states, “Track level differences get produced as teachers and students interact at school.” The competition many students fe

Mandatory College Attendance Mandatory College Attendance Like many other students, you procrastinated on writing a research paper. You stayed up all night writing on it, but you were not able to finish it. The paper is already written, it just has to be typed up for class in one hour. You could skip the class before it but you have already missed that class twice, failing to attend

Math Critique Article Critique: Problem Solving This article, Problem Solving is More Than Solving Problems, is about one teacher's concept of how math word problems should be thought out. In this article, the teacher takes the reader through a step-by-step process of the technique. It is really quite interesting to see how it is done. She says that it all started the first couple

Maslow Abraham Maslow Abraham Harold Maslow was born April 1, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the eldest of seven children born to his immigrant parents. While growing up, Abraham’s parents pushed their children hard toward academic success. He was very lonely as a boy, and sought refuge in his schoolwork. To please his parents, He went to study at the City College of New Yor

Me High school is a strange time. After three years of trying to develop identity and friends in middle school, students are expected to mature immediately on the first day of ninth grade, but I never did this. I never fully realized in the earlier grades how important high school success, as measured by GPA, would be to my future life, and as a result I am applying to college with seemi

Meaningful Change In Education Teach Institution: Building the Heart of a Teacher “Restoration, reweaving, is one of the obligations of leadership.” (Max De Pree, 1997) Schools today are being rewoven. The focus on high standards has created a culture of accountability that calls for high quality teaching to help each child reach his or her potential. Unfortunately, schools are also

Mentoring: From Promise To Performance Mentoring: From Promise To Performance In recent years, the lack of much needed after-school programs such as mentoring has forced the community of Tyler, Texas to investigate and address the problem. Realizing that not only would a mentoring program be beneficial to our youth, it would be beneficial to our community. Therefore, they

Violence in Schools The problem of violence in schools The problem of violence in schools today is a major concern. Crime in and around schools threatens the well being of students, as well as the school staff and the surrounding communities. It also holds back learning and student achievement. The problem is more defined in the public school system than in catholic schools. Cathol

Incubation Of Education Jeffrey Hart said it best when he said that students should take “ordinary” courses. It has been my experience in both high school and in the beginnings of my college career that students take superfluous courses and classes with useless knowledge. I acknowledge the need for people to have well rounded educations but at what cost' In the assigned readings in “T

Is Getting A Degree Worth It' What Good Is A College Education Anyways' A college education is more than just a piece of paper that says you completed another 4 years of school and it’s more than a pre-requisite to any job you may wish to pursue; it is a open door to endless opportunities, armed with a load of experience. The experience that comes with a college education is reflec

Merit Pay I do not recommend that the school district convert to merit pay for teachers. It is a hazardous proposition and we will explore the reasons why. First of all, teachers do not support merit pay and the result would have negative consequences to general morale of the teachers. We do face a shortage of teachers in this nation and to risk losing even one good teacher over thi

Multiple Intelligence Points for inclusion in essay: Use of color in the learning environment Optimization of other environment variables in the classroom such as room temperature, air quality (ventilation) & humidity, Also lighting and classroom surroundings, or other sense stimuli such as aroma or background noise Posture & poise and how this can affect a learners responsiveness

Michaela And Other Stories On Corruption Michaela and Other Stories on Financial Corruption Problems in higher education have always existed with the difference that they were less obvious. Nepotism was normal before the 20th century, and offering the professors extra money for a ‘favor’ to be done in regards of a student was called ‘politeness’ and ‘gratitude.’ Now they all merge t

Cooperative Learning Cooperative learning benefits most all students. It can benefit second language learning in many ways. One way is that when students are put into groups they are forced to try to understand. Students must first understand the instructions. If they don’t they will learn from their peers. They must tailor the conceptual information to where the group can understan

Mainstreaming Mainstreaming Full inclusion or mainstreaming is one of the most talked about and debated topics among educators all over America. The authors describe full inclusion as students with disabilities might be placed in a regular education class on a full time basis, but, if necessary they can be pulled out for special instruction or services. When congress adopted the sta

Are We Getting Dumber Are We Getting Dumber' It is obvious that today, with all of our technology, that school is easier or “dumbed down.” Information is now right at the fingertips of every student, all the elements need to write an A paper are just a mouse click away. In fact, simple technology seems to be the way we are gearing things. You cannot blame the fact that things are

After The First Death Book Notes Title: After The First Death Author: Robert Cormier Date Started: 02/06/00 Date Ended: 03/06/00 The Characters: a) Main Characters Miro: Miro is a teen-age terrorist that came from another country know, in the story, as their “Homeland”. Even Miro himself is uncertain of his age because during the training (Or as they call it, school) age is not important