Educational Psychology ? Mr. ? Psychology 16 Oct. 1996 The field of psychology that deals with the ability to solve educational problems and to improve educational situations is the field of educational psychology. Educational psychology is sometimes referred to as an applied field‚ meaning‚ one in which the objective is to solve immediate practical problems (James 29). The beginnings of educational psychology were initiated by Aristotle in his formulation of the laws of association.
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decrease in the amount of standardized testing to be administered across the state of Texas‚ the use of this particular testing has gained extreme momentum in the academic arena‚ weighing heavily on students‚ parents and teachers. There are increasing efforts to now alleviate the use of tests in elementary and middle schools. Currently for high school students‚ standardized testing is the end-all for some students upon matriculation and they are being over-tested‚ taking multiple tests on the same material
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that change frequently. Standardized testing is an open ended problem that plagues the future of education in this country. Optimally‚ standardized testing could be used as a powerful tool to monitor student growth and achievement‚ as well as provide valuable data to educators‚ administrators and policy makers about educational gaps and deficiencies. This information could be used to help allocate necessary resources to schools and students in need. This is what standardized test were designed to do
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Why We Need Alternatives to Standardized Testing When was the last time the United States placed first in global mathematical performance? In the latest score reports‚ the U.S. didn’t even place in the top 30 countries. Over the last few decades‚ students in the United States’ public education system have been scoring progressively less in areas such as mathematics and science. As one could imagine‚ this is a very alarming trend that could be detrimental to the advancement of our country if
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September 2013 Most startups that raise money do it more than once. A typical trajectory might be (1) to get started with a few tens of thousands from something like Y Combinator or individual angels‚ then (2) raise a few hundred thousand to a few million to build the company‚ and then (3) once the company is clearly succeeding‚ raise one or more later rounds to accelerate growth. Reality can be messier. Some companies raise money twice in phase 2. Others skip phase 1 and go straight to phase
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Two-Point Discrimination Test: Determining the Two-Point Threshold ABSTRACT The two-point discrimination test of the skin is a simple test of the sensory nerve function. Two-point discrimination measures the individual’s capability to distinguish two points of stimuli presented at the same time. The importance of this study is the ability to tell of two points verses than one that pressing on the skin depends on two things: the concentration of the sensory receptors and the connections that
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our children‚ feel special. But we have to ask ourselves‚ what is being rewarded? In the American public school system‚ everything is built on an unstable foundation called standardized testing. Standardized testing consists of strict curriculums with certain information that must be retained until a test is prepared. Standardized testing is a rinse and repeat method where children memorize facts and reiterate them multiple times. But there is an absence of critical thinking‚ which consists of knowledge
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As a high school student who worries about his curriculum in school‚ it is easy to recognize that many of the students who are in a class push themselves to their limits. In order to achieve the different standards imposed by the government and the different educators. On the other hand there is also high school students that stop trying‚ the reason why is because as they come from a different country ‚ they have difficulties with the language ‚ so as a matter of fact his classes could not probably
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performance level domestically and internationally. Standardized tests‚ sometimes known as high stake examination‚ measured students’ ability using a multiple choice answer format‚ which covers topics including math‚ English‚ and science. These tests gives an objective and a comprehensive outlook of students’ capability to recall information from their curriculum; however‚ it is not the only measure the education system could take to assess whether its student body is attaining information from courses
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Curriculum Proposal Tittle of Curriculum Proposal: A BTEC in Sports Coaching and Development Working context: My role is as a teacher on our BTEC course as well as to oversee the foundation degree course in coaching. As we are a registered charity at the football club‚ we can use the power of the brand to incentivise learning in the classroom through the football club. Learners are inspired by the environment created and strive to excel in the subjects they are studying. So far we have
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