Learning Disabilities The definition of learning disabilities is as follows: General- Specific learning disability means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language‚ spoken‚ or written‚ that may manifest in an imperfect ability to listen‚ think‚ speak‚ read‚ write‚ spell‚ or to do mathematical calculations including conditions such as perceptual disabilities‚ brain injury‚ minimal brain dysfunction‚ dyslexia‚ and developmental
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Learning to Swim Abstract This research paper is about learning to swim well‚ and it includes some important recommendations and warnings about swimming. Learning how to swim or improving swimming technique can in fact be an enjoyable experience. This research specifies step by step how to swim without any problem. People will learn that by practicing progressive swimming exercises with the proper mindset they can learn each swimming stroke step by step‚ quickly and have fun. The important thing
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Kolb and Gardner Learning styles and how this can assist the learner progressing‚ into higher education. Within this assessment‚ the learner will consider David Kolb experiential learning theory (1984) and Howard Gardner theory of multiple intelligence (1983). The learner will then look at how this knowledge can assist their progression in further studies in Counselling and Psychology. The learner will also complete two learning style assessment to establish what style is learning is best suited
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learner. This has led to a lot of confusion among learners because different teachers tell them different things. These differences result from the fact that most of the teachers also suffer the problem of translation from their local languages to English. Poor Learning Environment When we say poor learning environment‚ we are not talking about the weather condition‚ availability of furniture in the classrooms or the location of the school. All the mentioned situations can affect learning in general
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it has been a personal goal of mines to become bi-lingual in a foreign language. Learning Spanish is the language that I always wanted to learn. In the past when I took lessons in High School‚ after passing Spanish 101 class‚ I had no intentions of registering to take Spanish 102. Continuing to take lessons was not on the top of my list as a teenager. I did not put any value in learning a second language. But as I became of age and traveled to Spain while enlisted in the military‚ learning to speak
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Obstacles to Learning As a thirty-one-year old husband‚ father-to-be‚ and professional‚ I have come to realize that I have many new challenges to face as I start back into school. Challenges I never had to consider ten years ago when I first attempted a degree. I face ever-growing obligations at work‚ a wife and very soon‚ a young child‚ and the motivation to complete a project I started ten years ago. I have overcome the first obstacle‚ however; I have overcome the guilt that I should have finished
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Learning styles describe the way people process new incoming information. There are several schools of thought pertaining to learning styles. According to learning-styles-online.com‚ there are seven learning styles: visual‚ aural‚ verbal‚ physical‚ logical‚ social and solitary. While most people use a combination of learning styles‚ they generally have one or two styles that are dominant. By understanding his own unique combination of learning styles‚ a student will be better able to focus his studying
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Academic success: is performing consistently well in an academic setting such as school and being able to perform your personal best. Personality means the characteristic ways of thinking‚ feeling and acting that make the person an individual. Eysenck came up with two main personality factors: extroversion-introversion and emotional stability-instability. They considered that by looking at how a person scored on these two factors‚ you could describe their personality. A person who was high on extroversion
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Learning Journal Entry n: 1 • This week was based on the introduction of our tutorials and lectures‚ not only discovering the subject and their units‚ but also meeting new classmates from different countries and new tutors‚ lecturers. As it might be normal for Australians to call their tutors by their first name‚ it is quite unusual for me since in New Caledonia‚ you usually call your teachers by their family name or else it would be a mark of disrespectfulness towards them. Although I still
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gaining recognised qualifications embrace a learning for life outcome that can be an integral part of the rehabilitation process? Introduction I work at Hindley HMP YOI‚ Europe’s largest juvenile estate‚ which caters for male 15 – 18 year olds. Its catchment area embraces prisoners from England and Wales‚ inclusive of the home counties. This results in a diverse population with a mixture of cultural and social backgrounds and range of life experiences. The course I teach is Social Life Skills
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