International Education Journal Vol 5‚ No 3‚ 2004 http://iej.cjb.net 344 Learning at University: The International Student Experience1 Meeri Hellstén Macquarie University‚ School of Education meerihellsten@mq.edu.au Anne Prescott Macquarie University‚ School of Education anne.prescott@aces.mq.edu.au This paper reports on research that explores internationalisation of the University’s curriculum offerings and how this affects international students. The central focus of this paper is to
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Development January 2014‚ Vol. 3‚ No. 1 ISSN: 2226-6348 Learning Styles and Factors Affecting the Learning of General Engineering Students Mark Enrick R. Abante‚ Benjie C. Almendral‚ Jay-ren E. Manansala‚ Jovielyn Mañibo Lyceum of the Philippines University‚ Batangas City‚ 4200 Philippines Email: jakelaguador@yahoo.com DOI: 10.6007/IJARPED/v3-i1/500 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARPED/v3-i1/500 Abstract Learning or thinking styles refer to the preferred way an individual
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YEARS RESEARCH literature on learning strategies has experienced tremendous growth. In 1990 alone‚ at least three books on this subject appeared (9; 26; 28). Interest in learning strategies is due in large part to increased attention to the learner and to learner-centered instructional models of teaching (2; 37). These trends can be traced to the recognition that learning begins with the learner. The present study investigated the key types of foreign language learning strategies used by university
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xxx Lesson 26 Learning Skills Review – What Have I Learned In This Class? Overview: The Learning Skills review focuses on what a learner has learned during Learning Skills. More importantly this lesson gives the teacher a critical look at what knowledge and understanding the learners have gained. It also helps to see if they value what they’ve learned enough to use it in their everyday lives. The lesson focuses on key concepts‚ changes in the learners’ perception of themselves and lessons
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form of the lecture method to teach students (Cashin‚ 1990). Although the usefulness of other teaching strategies is being widely examined today‚ the lecture still remains an important way to communicate information. Used in conjunction with active learning teaching strategies‚ the traditional lecture can be an effective way to achieve instructional goals. The advantages of the lecture approach are that it provides a way to communicate a large amount of information to many listeners‚ maximizes instructor
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SCAFFOLDING-- ROLE OF THE TEACHER INTRODUCTION A constructivist approach primarily includes interaction and collaboration learning as well as a flexible curriculum and a variety of activities to enable the learners to construct meaning themselves which ensures better retention. Thus in class room learning becomes more dynamic. Need for the study One of the prerequisites in learning language is to become a good communicator using the target language. This sometimes appears to be a difficult task in
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The article‚ Adult Learning Theory: Applications to Non-Traditional College Students‚ focused on identifying the present day non-traditional college student is and the strategies that educators need to apply when teaching these students. The authors provide a broad overview of the present day non-traditional college student. Those students are identified as financially independent‚ between the ages of 25 and 50 with minimal previous college credits. Many of these students have been recently unemployed
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Learning Needs Presentation NUR/588 February 18‚ 2013 Learning Needs Presentation Organization Baptist Memorial Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Jonesboro‚ Arkansas. The hospital is licensed for 100 inpatient beds with 88 of those beds on the main campus and 12 beds at an off site surgical center. Baptist Memorial Hospital provides many types of services‚ including emergency care‚ orthopedics‚ neurosurgical‚ general surgery‚ interventional cardiology‚ obstetrics and gynecological
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Name：Amanda Class：5J Teacher：Anne Bray Learning Log Reflection 1 Activity: “Chinese State Sports Policy: Pre - and Post - Beijing 2008” I read this article written by Fan Wei in 2010.This was my first time reading an English article which related to Chinese sports policy. The article provides an overview of Chinese sports policy and practice from 1920s to the 2000s with particular emphasis on the post Beijing Olympics. I was very worried before I read this article because I was afraid
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ATTITUDES TO STUDENT MISBEHAVIOUR 1.0 Introduction Student behaviours in schools have been perceived by researchers for years. Over the past twenty-five years‚ Sugai‚ (2009) states that Gallup Polls have specified‚ behavioural complications are on the top trials schools face. To establish and scan these behaviours‚ checklists of behaviours are available that included the most usual behaviours observed by te schools teachers (Algozzine‚ 2003). Such behaviours includes anxiety‚ disobedience
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