Adult Learner Narrative “I knew that it was time to get my life together when I saw my oldest daughter talking to her sister about how important it was to go to college. My youngest said‚ “Well mom didn’t go to college and she took care of us so why do I have to?” It was then when I decided that I refuse to be that type of example for my daughter and I knew what I needed to do….go back to school.” J. Richardson While the conversation her daughters had was a driving point for Richardson to go back
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I found many of the topics discussed in Becoming a Learner useful‚ but the things I found most useful were how most college students go into college and how it is wrong. Sanders describes how many students go into college with the assumption that college will give them a good life. Talking about this he says‚ “The problem with this conversation is that it can turn education into an obligation instead of an opportunity” (Sanders 26). I can relate to this because many times I have thought that college
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bases their learning from. The style types include visual with a score of 8 for this learner. The second style is aural with a score of 10. The third style includes reading and writing with a score of 12. The final style is kinesthetic with a score of 10 (www.vark-learn.com). According to Fleming‚ multimodal learning styles is how most students prefer to learn (www.vark-learn.com). It is agreeable by this learner that multimodal is most beneficial to get the most from a learning and educational
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Goodwin and Bonita Thomson and produced by the Student Services Communications Team on behalf of the Open University Centre for Educational Guidance and Student Support. It updates and builds on the earlier publication Adult Students and Dyslexia (1995). The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA First published 2001. Second edition 2004. Third edition 2006. Copyright © 2006 The Open University All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval
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Online Learning and the Adult Learner Cassandra Jones Foundations of Online Learning American Public University System Amy Peterson Online Learning and the Adult Learner Being an online learner as an adult is harder in my opinion than being in a physical classroom. The learning styles one must have implemented prior to a start date can cause conflict with schedules or a more relaxed environment where as a more structural environment where lessons‚ assignments‚ quizzes‚ exams‚ and test are
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Introduction Long distance relationship‚ known as LDR is model of a romantic relationship that takes place when the partners are separated by significant distance. I have been experiencing this kind of relationship since 10 months ago and still going. As an international student studying abroad‚ my boyfriend and I separated within thousand miles between Indonesia and Australia. Although the time different is not far different and communication device is not a problem‚ deterioration still appears
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“The Open Boat” is told in such a unique way that some may say it does not even possess a traditional plot. Reason being the the author Stephen crane experienced the story first hand. The story of the shipwrecked crew of the Commodore is in no way fiction by any means. The blunt situation is summarized as “Each of the men in the dinghy are faced with the likelihood of his own death. While they row and wait to be rescued‚ the realization sets in that they are largely helpless in the face of nature’s
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“My dad had limitations. That’s what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations‚ but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say‚ but he did do harm” (Gillian Flynn‚ Gone Girl). The relationship between parents and their young one is very fragile because one wrong decision and the child’s perspective of their guardian could change their childhood . The poem “First Memory” by Louise Gluck displays the lack of love the speakers father fails to provide for his child . The writer uses comprehensive
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1. What is a “dual language learner”? A child who uses 2 languages simultaneously and sequentially before age 1‚ both languages of dual language learners are their dominant language. 2. Define code mixing. Switching between one language and another within one sentence. 3. What is “borrowing”? Integration of a word or phrase from one language into the other. 4. To speak AAVE/HE/LE you have to be African-American or Latino. True/False 5. At what age do verbal repairs tend to be repetitions?
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Distance Education: Definition and Glossary of Terms‚ 2nd Edition 2006 Lee Ayers Schlosser Associate Professor Southern Oregon University and Michael Simonson Program Professor Nova Southeastern University Table of Contents Preface 3 Defining Distance Education 4 Emerging Definitions 12 A Brief History of Distance Education 13 Correspondence Study 14 Electronic Communications 19 Distance Teaching Universities 23 Theory and Distance Education 25 The Need for Theory 26
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