Running head: ADULT LEARNER ASSESSMENT Adult Learner Assessment Enter Student Name Here Capella University August 26‚ 2012 ED7712 Classroom Assessment in Education All students are familiar with assessments. They have been assessed on various levels all through primary and secondary school‚ and if they attended school afterward they ’ve experienced assessments in postsecondary school as well. Why do we do assessments? Assessments are necessary - they not
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important to understand and identify any particular needs the learner may have so they are able to learn to the best of their ability and get the most out of the qualification. Ensuring they receive the best quality learning can help them achieve their best. * Keeping track of what the learner has learnt is important so there is no repetition and they are learning new topics all the time. This will also contribute to how well the learner takes on new information and what they get from that.
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This essay will discuss learner motivation in relation to planning for teaching. A brief definition will be outlined along with the importance of motivation in relation to planning‚ teaching and learning. In order to better understand they why’s and the how’s of learner motivation and its importance‚ discussion will be given to intrinsic and extrinsic motivation‚ it will then move on to examine why each of these are important for teachers to understand. Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences theory
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Types of learners People learn in a variety of ways. There are people who better perceive information by listening to it‚ whereas others prefer seeing or visualising it. Some people tend to learn everything through practising . Still‚ others learn best through reading and writing. According to the way of perceiving information‚ learners can be classified into four types: auditory‚ visual‚ kinesthetic and read/write. The first type of learners is auditory learners who process information
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schedule and check off completed items independently. Matthew is able to match and identify basic shapes‚ classify pictures of common objects in his environment‚ and match/identify letters of the alphabet along with their letter sounds. In the area of Literacy‚ Matthew is able to decode familiar words and has some comprehension of basic sentences. When asked specific questions related to a short story or filling in the blank to complete
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Theorists in emotional‚ social‚ cognitive and moral skills develop in stages 1. Psychosocial – Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development is most widely used. At each stage‚ children confront a crisis that requires the integration of personal needs and skills with social and cultural expectations. Each stage has two possible components‚ favorable and unfavorable. 2. Psychosexual – Sigmund Freud considered sexual instincts to be significant in the development of personality. At each
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Anne Marie Foster Unit 319 Support disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs. Children with special educational needs (SEN) all have learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for them to learn than most children of the same age. These children may need extra or different help from that given to other children of the same age. It is important that early identification and intervention (The Special Educational Needs Code of Practise 2001) of SEN
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Developing a Learner Profile For the purposes of this assignment I used the Bridge Mills Handout: An Extract by Ian Thompson entitled ‘Japanese speakers’- taken from the book ‘Learner English’ Swan and Smith Pages 296-309. This book is referred to in the following assignment as (Thompson: Followed by the page number). Part One Needs Analysis The student I interviewed was Japanese. Her name was Emiko. Emiko learned English in secondary school and she found it quite difficult. After leaving
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narrow views on the question “What is literacy?” We answered the question based on how literacy is required in America. It serves as a vehicle for social mobility and is used to determine economic status. Our definition of literacy as reading‚ writing and comprehension of written texts was shaped by our experiences in our lives and our beliefs about the trappings of illiteracy. By the end of that first class my definition of literacy included multiple literacies such as technology‚ oral storytelling
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affordable and allow for easy and fast way to access information and solve problems in daily life. Life is a continuous information interchange and technological progress helps accelerate this exchange. However‚ people are so dependable on computers that they do not realize the impact it has on literacy. Computer literacy is essential in our modern society but with great advantages of this skill come disadvantages that can have a negative impact on the three basic skills such as reading‚ writing and arithmetic
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