Culture Learning in Language Education: A Review of the Literature R. Michael Paige‚ Helen Jorstad‚ Laura Siaya‚ Francine Klein‚ Jeanette Colby INTRODUCTION This paper examines the theoretical and research literatures pertaining to culture learning in language education programs. The topic of teaching and learning culture has been a matter of considerable interest to language educators and much has been written about the role of culture in foreign language instruction over the past four decades
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corporate or educational intranet‚ or over the Internet as Web-based training. CBT can be used to teach almost any conceivable subject‚ but it is especially popular for computer-related studies. Computer-Based Training (CBT) is an interactive method of learning that provides a series of self-paced‚ hands-on‚ web-based courses. CBT offers technology‚ managerial‚ and supervisory curricula. Technology curricula contain courses for IT beginners and IT professionals. Technology courses include Microsoft Office (Word
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LEARNING STYLES AND PREFERRED TEACHING STYLES OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TECHNOLOGY AND LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION OF NUEVA ECIJA VIVIEN A. GUMANGAN Agricultural Science and Technology School Central Luzon State University Abstract How may the students learn is always a concern for teachers in order to deliver a practical approach to learning a subject. Similarly‚ how teachers “become” inside their classroom while teaching is a reflection of students’ performance as students prefer a
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what life would be like to make enough money to comfortably support a family. Living the single life without a family can be fairly challenging in today’s weak economy. The thought of having one or two people depending on you for food‚ clothing and shelter can be overwhelming at times with an insufficient salary. This is one of the main reasons I choose to better myself and finish my bachelor’s degree. It is proven statistically that people with higher levels of learning earn a salary greater than
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that the form and content of student assessment strongly influence students’ attitudes to study and quality of learning (Ramsden‚ 1997; Shepard‚ 2000). For most students‚ assessment requirements literally define the curriculum. Current research suggests it is assessment used in the right way‚ as part of teaching to support and enhance learning that has the most significant impact on learning (Elwood and Klenowski‚ 2002). James and his colleagues (2002) argue that carefully designed assessment is therefore
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Currently‚ I teach Learning Strategies which consists of remediation and credit recovery for students. The programs include Fast For-Word which focuses on reading‚ Plato Web which is used for credit recovery‚ and I-Pass which is a program that allows students to practice math. In my Learning Strategies classes‚ assignments vary by student and students work at their own pace. Therefore‚ I do not administer classroom assessments in the traditional manner; however‚ I do require students to complete
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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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Assessment for Learning From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search In classrooms where assessment for learning is practiced‚ students know at the outset of a unit of study what they are expected to learn. At the beginning of the unit‚ the teacher will work with the student to understand what she or he already knows about the topic as well as to identify any gaps or misconceptions (initial/diagnostic assessment). As the unit progresses‚ the teacher and student work together
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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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Planning For Assessment in Learning Assignment Arts education encourages individual‚ creative responses and needs an appropriate assessment methodology that genuinely reflects the expressive and creative dimensions of art. The aesthetic qualities and understandings that learners’ bring to their work are a valued and important dimension of the art experience (Ross‚ et al 1983: p10). The conception of a fair valid‚ reliable and inclusive assessment tool was motivated by my own reflective teaching
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