It is proven statistically that people with higher levels of learning earn a salary greater than one with less education. Having a sufficient salary to support a family is a great motivator for me to obtain a college degree. Nothing compares to having everything your family needs and a college degree could possibly open the door to this. My key to success is going to college. One must know that college is no walk in the park. Learning is the objective of college and at times this can be difficult
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Online vs. Traditional Education With the increase in use of the Internet‚ more people are online to make purchases‚ research information and now gain an online education. Online education is on the rise. People are choosing to get an online education more so now because people are busier than ever and more jobs are requiring a college education. Also with these larger companies closing and laying off employees‚ people who once had a job are now faced with the challenge of looking for a new jobs-sometimes
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What is e-learning? E-learning is instruction that is delivered electronically‚ in part or wholly — via a Web browser‚ such as Netscape Navigator‚ through the Internet or an intranet‚ or through multimedia platforms such CD-ROM or DVD. Increasingly — as higher bandwidth has become more accessible — it has been identified primarily with using the Web‚ or an intranet’s web‚ leveraging the Web’s visual environment and interactive nature. How can I determine whether e-learning is right for
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Online School vs. Traditional School Elizabeth Hall Ohio Ivy Tech According to the National Center for Education Statistics‚ about 4.3 million undergraduate students‚ or 20 percent of all undergraduates‚ took at least one distance education course in the 2007-08 school year. And about 0.8 million‚ or 4 percent of all undergraduates‚ took their entire program through distance education (May‚ Ryan). There are many pros and cons about distance and traditional education‚ as well
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Online versus traditional education There seems to be a new type of education out there for people instead of traditional education. The type of education I am talking about is online education. You may be wondering what I mean by an online education is and how you learn with it. This compare and contrast essay will talk about the pro’s and cons of each of the types of education and why I prefer to do online education versus doing a traditional education. Throughout this paper I will be discussing
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in verbal learning has as a goal the way in which people gain and retain knowledge of symbolic representation or stimuli of objects or events and the relationships among them (Tulving & Madigan‚ 1970). Research in verbal learning follows the work of Herman Ebbinghaus who identified verbal learning methods still used today. This paper will first review the concept of verbal learning and then compare and contrast the verbal learning methods of serial learning‚ paired associate learning‚ and free
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Principles of Learning and Teaching STUDENTS AS LEARNERS – 35% THEORISTS LEV VYGOTSKY http://facultyweb.cortland.edu/andersmd/VYG/ VYG.HTML JEROME BRUNER http://tip.psychology.org/bruner.ht ml JOHN DEWEY http://www.infed.org/thinkers/e t-dewey.htm Importance of CULTURE humans use of tools and symbols to learn – culture dictates what we learn and how • Higher and Lower mental functions – elementary (or lower) functions gradually transform to HMF through culture • Central ROLE OF LANGUAGE:
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assessment for learning and how does it relate to a teaching assistant? In this essay I am going to compare and contrast the roles of the teacher and the learning support practitioner in assessment of learner’s achievement. I will also explain the difference between formative and summative assessment. I will say what the characteristics of assessment for learning are and explain the importance and benefits of assessment for learning and I will explain how assessment for learning can contribute to
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Learning Theories 1 Running head: LEARNING THEORIES AND THE CURRICULUM Learning Theories and the Curriculum Learning Theories 2 Lev Vygotsky‚ born in the U.S.S.R. in 1896‚ is responsible for the social development theory of learning. He proposed that social interaction profoundly influences cognitive development. Vygotsky’s key point is his belief that biological and cultural development do not occur in isolation. Vygotsky approached development differently from Piaget. Piaget
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people wonder which education is better to pursue an online or a traditional education. While online education setting is different from a traditional education setting‚ there are some similarities which can be seen in both; they both have assignments‚ reference material‚ and teacher student interactions. One similarity of online vs. traditional education is assignments. Assignments are a part of any school environment. School would not be a learning opportunity if one does not incorporate what he
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