Formative assessment 1. People Learn in Different Ways. According to Cobb at the web site missiontolearn.com‚ “Learning is the lifelong process of transforming information and experience into knowledge‚ skills‚ behaviours‚ and attitudes”. This definition of learning is important to me as it gives a practical meaning to a word that is widely used and misused today. As a teacher working in a learning environment it is this practical nature of learning that drives the majority of what I do and say to my class
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All of us have told a lie at sometime in our lives. Many people lie daily‚ some to the point that they don’t even realize their fibbing. To make matters more complicated we often can’t even agree on what a lie is. If a child asks you if the picture he drew is pretty‚ and it isn’t‚ what do you say then? What about when Aunt Hilda asks you what you think of her new hairdo? The Bible tells us to speak the truth in love‚ but doing so is a learned skill. You can tell Aunt Hilda‚ “That purple
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Describe how groups can influence people in positive and negative ways The way that groups can influence people in positive and negative ways varies due to different factors. The factors include individual involved‚ situation and group that the person is involved with. Group pressure plays a big role in influence and can often cause someone to do something that they wouldn’t normally do. I will discuss the positive and negative influences and different roles within this essay. Roles and groups
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study on conformity. highlights the importance of the study in the field of psychology‚ ask if one gender tends to conform over another‚ explain the reasons why people conform to social norms and discuss the factors affecting conformity. Have you ever wondered why groups of teenagers dress and wear their hair so similarly? Or why people order the same dish as their partner at a restaurant? Or why people queue in an orderly fashion at the supermarket? These are all examples of social conformity and when
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In Muriel Kane article‚ entitled‚’’ right- wing commentator: Poor People voting is ‘un-American’. Matthew Vadum claim that registering the poor to vote is un-American. Vadum goes on to claim that “registering the unproductive to vote is an idea that was heavily promoted by the small-communists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven”. What are some ways that we can help poor people? Don’t judge people unless you have heard their story. Don’t judge a person by their circumstances because
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Optical Storage Devices • An optical disk is a high-capacity storage medium. An optical drive uses reflected light to read data. • To store data‚ the disk’s metal surface is covered with tiny dents (pits) and flat spots (lands)‚ which cause light to be reflected differently. • When an optical drive shines light into a pit‚ the light cannot be reflected back. This represents a bit value of 0 (off). A land reflects light back to its source‚ Representing a bit value of 1 (on)
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– Stereotypes Although some people believe that they do not use stereotypes to describe people or even think of others differently‚ that is false. In this generation‚ stereotypes are everywhere and are almost impossible to not be affected by them. The true definition of the word ‘stereotype‚’ is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. Stereotypes can be applied to just about anything; ranging from age‚ gender‚ media‚ social‚ racial‚ and even
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Task 1 Drawing on appropriate evidence from Chapter 5‚ describe how groups can influence people in positive and negative ways. Chapter five‚ it describes a range of social influences on people’s behaviour. In this essay I will look at how groups influence people both in the positive and negative sense. I will describe how group pressure and the ‘in groups’ and ‘out groups’‚ and conformity influence people in their daily lives. Group pressure is the demand by group members that individuals
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Why do people sometimes act differently around certain people? Well obviously there are your comfort levels with everyone which could affect if you were to act one way or another‚ however I feel it stems deeper then just simply levels of comfort. I think it has to do with your own individual level of independence or dependence. Someone who is independent‚ has a solid vision of their future and knows what they want will not be likely to change how to they act around anyone and will be themselves
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have a huge platform from which they are constantly shaping our society. They help explain the stigmas behind those who don’t fit traditional molds through the encouraged reinforcement of traditional gender and societal roles that individuals play. Social networks and media sites that enforce gender norms also reestablish what the desirable man and woman should not only act like but look like. This creates a climate where there is an increase in verbal and physical violence against women. We’re
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