Do Expectations Affect Student Achievement? Tashina Linder Cape Fear Community College Abstract This paper provides an overview of the effects of expectations on student achievement. It begins with a brief introduction covering Jacobson and Rosenthal’s Pygmalion Effect. Then‚ it introduces expectations from three sources – teachers‚ parents‚ and students. The paper discusses how high or low expectations from teachers affect student learning‚ noting the differences in outcomes for each.
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become an integral part of our lives due to its functionality. The purpose of computers has engaged into complexity which made everything possible beyond our thoughts. Since there was a wide-range of computer usability‚ one of the emerging areas of computing is software development. Software varies with application depending on the contents and purpose. One way to implement good software amongst series of development is electronic learning or simply e-Learning. Rapid e-Learning is an ongoing trend
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Using L2 students` learning styles inventories to promote vocabulary learning Currently‚ L2 students´ learning styles inventories are not considered to design and develop vocabulary lessons in many public schools. Thus‚ one single type of class activity and grammar-translation and memoristic approaches are being used to teach the vocabulary. As a result‚ students are de-motivated to learn new vocabulary in a L2 classroom. Concerning this problem‚ a few researchers have been conducted some research
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ill look at how my role as a mentor can facilitate learning and promote effective assessment in practice and also explore my role to support the students who are failing. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2008a)‚ defines “the role of a mentor as someone who facilitates learning‚ supervises and assesses learners in practice setting.” The mentor is a key support to students in practice‚ this is where students apply their knowledge‚ learn key skills and achieve the required competence for registration
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Learning Journals Contents What is a learning journal? What is a learning journal? A learning journal is a collection of notes‚ observations‚ thoughts and other relevant materials built-up over a period of time and usually accompanies a period of study‚ a placement experience or fieldwork. Its purpose is to enhance your learning through the very process of writing and thinking about your learning experiences. Your learning journal is personal to you and will reflect your personality
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The article titled " 200 Years of Forgetting: Hushing up the Haitian Revolution" by Thomas Reinhardt was eye-opening for me. Throughout my education‚ I have always heard about slaves and the rebellions they pursued to fight inequality; however‚ I was never told that a slave rebellion was successful or revolutionary. All of my teachers in the past seemed neutral on the situation‚ and I thought I was the only one who was proud of the slaves that rebelled in ways they had to obtain freedom. This being
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Active Learning and Learning Styles: A selected bibliography An Invitation: Readers are encouraged to send details of their own favourite references for adding to the list to me at: mhealey@glos.ac.uk. Thanks. Readers new to the topic may find it helpful to start with the references marked with a *. Angelo‚ T.A. and Cross‚ P.A. 1993. Classroom assessment techniques (San Francisco: Jossey Bass). 2nd Edit. Backx‚ C (2008)*The use of a case study approach to teaching and group work to promote
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Course Manual Strategic Management and the Strategy Process February – March 2013 Course Coordinator Dr. Marius Rietdijk Student Assistant Shabi Shafei (s.shafei@student.vu.nl). All correspondence please via Shabi. Lecturers Coordinator and lecturer Dr. Marius Rietdijk‚ assistant professor Strategisch management and behavioral change‚ management consultant‚ co-author Slag om de toekomst; director ADRIBA. See: www.docstoc.com/profile/mrietdijk for
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My learning throughout the first year has been helped by an unerring optimism in the value of nursing‚ and an appreciation that each and every daily interaction augments my experience (Spouse 2003:200‚ Marris 1986 cited by Johns 2000:65). This enthusiasm‚ however‚ has caused an inhibitory effect on my self-directed researching‚ and created conflict in some placement areas. Whilst developing my role as a nurse‚ my activities as a person at home and beyond have diminished‚ as I attempt to adjust to
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Introduction Learning vocabulary is a very important part of learning a language. The more words you know‚ the more you will be able to understand what you hear and read; and the better you will be able to say what you want to when speaking or writing. Vocabulary refers to the words we must understand to communicate effectively. Educators often consider four types of vocabulary: listening‚ speaking‚ reading‚ and writing. Listening vocabulary refers to the words we need to know to understand what we hear
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