Running head: Learning disabilities Learning Disabilities Anthony Genchi Grand Canyon University SPE 526 February 22‚ 2012 Abstract Individuals who have a learning disability‚ communication disorder‚ or are giftedness may have a rough time in the classroom setting. It is the job of the teacher to understand these disabilities or disorders by gaining knowledge of their characteristics and their causes so that they can adjust
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Motivational Learning Jaron Ekers EXP105: Personal Dimensions of Education Prof. Katherine Myers January 25‚ 2013 Contexts that Motivate Learning. Motivational learning can be broken into four contexts. Those contexts are: Practical‚ Personal‚ Experiential‚ and Idealistic. The practical context of learning would be learning something because you know in advance it will benefit you. The personal context of learning would be learning something
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LEARNING DISABILITIES Learning disabilities‚ or learning disorders‚ are an umbrella term for a wide variety of learning problems. A learning disability is not a problem with intelligence or motivation. Kids with learning disabilities aren’t lazy or dumb. In fact‚ most are just as smart as everyone else. Their brains are simply wired differently. The most common types of learning disabilities involve problems with reading‚ writing‚ math‚ reasoning‚ listening and speaking. These are heterogeneous
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have numerous advantages. fortunately‚ I have realized the importance of learning English and worked hard since I was a child. However‚ after 10 years of learning English experience I could hardly communicate in English and definitely unable to write an essay‚that realy made me frustrating . then‚ I realized I must make too many mistakes in learning English. it was translating English into Chinese. I just did not feel that learning English is pleasant enough‚ so i just did it if i had to. At first ‚
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Inclusive learning and teaching The tutors are to facilitate inclusive learning and teaching. To effectively deliver and promote inclusion‚ equality and diversity within a learning environment without any discrimination in respect to gender‚ colour‚ race‚ nationality‚ sexual orientation‚ or disability. All learners’ are entitled to learn in an appropriate environment‚ to be given equal opportunity‚ freedom of expression‚ to be treated fairly and with respect. For example for those for whom English
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Learning style is the way human beings take in new and/or difficult information‚ how they process‚ store and retrieve it. (Prashnig‚ B: Debating Learning Styles) Having studied a small number of learning styles I will evaluate my own personal learning style and how I can use this through the next three years of my life at Bucks New University. I will look at the most popular theories in use today and their value in today’s world. The theory of individual learning styles began in the 1970’s and
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One of the features that blended learning is superior to the merely online class is the essence of supervisors to offer guidance in person. So that students can discuss what they learned from the Internet with peers or professors. The application of online learning during face-to-face class breaks the limits of the traditional class that relying on textbooks merely‚ which promotes deep learning and extends knowledge. The emergency of various educational technologies makes me think of the infinite
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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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The principles of Learning Unit 112 (City and guilds 7407 2003 /2004) Arnie Sacknusem Introduction “The history of education is littered with failed theories‚ even those that were the result of years and years of research.” Page 213‚ David Minton Teaching Skills in Further & Adult Education The “Principles of Learning” are a broad collection of learning theories that have been and developed over time. This essay aims to show how these different theories underpin current
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Learning Styles Essay There are many learning styles‚ but social attracts me the best because my better grades reflect off learning verbally. Verbal communication helps me as long as its not a lecture‚ but a group discussion. Learning new styles with pictures or diagrams is a another style I enjoy as long as we talk about the picture/diagram. I can understand long lectures if the teacher has the outline of the notes on the board as he talks about the lesson. My english high school instructor’s
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