KINESTHETIC‚ (STATIC) EQUILIBRIUM AND ORGANIC SENSES * STATIC EQUILIBRIUM Equilibrium or balance monitors the position and movement of the whole body. In a strict sense‚ inner ear is the biological gyroscopes for sense of balance. EQUILIBRIUM * Hair cells in the vestibular membrane or semicircular canals of the inner ear are receptors for balancing. Vestibular sacs which connect the canals with the cochlea are substances that move when the head rotates or tilts. * Head movements
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Learner An Expert Debate on Learning Styles In reading “The Perfect Learner an Expert Debate on Learning Styles” by Martin Delahoussave‚ I found the debate to be insightful and informative. The researcher made some good points about learning styles and how we should utilize them. According to my reading of learning styles‚ I discovered that models focus on the process of learning‚ that is‚ how students absorb and think about information. The learning styles theory addresses the differences
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Learning Styles and Effective Study Habits Describe the major characteristics of your preferred learning style? Though I scored higher in Musical/Rhythmic‚ my preferred learning style is intrapersonal which was my second highest score. The major characteristics of my preferred learning style are learning best when working alone and only depending on oneself to to get things done. The learning style I scored highest in musical/rhythmic describes my personal preferences‚ but does not apply to
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Frederick Douglass "How I Learned to Read and Write" During the 1800’s‚ the institution of slavery was still ongoing in the few slave states left in America. Slavery was still proving to be unjust and unfair‚ not allowing for African Americans to be considered equals. However‚ some slaves were able to overcome the many restrictions and boundaries that slavery forced upon them. In Frederick Douglass’ essay “Learning to Read and Write‚” Douglass portrays himself as an intelligent and dignified
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majority of newspaper reporters and technical writers write unemotionally and detached from their readers by revealing nothing about themselves. Kurt Vonnegut’s “How to Write with Style” suggests seven principles on how writers should scrutinize and assess their own writing style in order to attain a personal voice in addition to the ideas in hand. Vonnegut’s first principle states‚ “Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about.” As I was reading this excerpt
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In Learning to Read‚ Malcolm X‚ one of the most articulate and powerful leaders of black America during the 1960s‚ describes his struggle of self-education while being incarcerated. Malcolm X composed his journey of self-in order to convey the message that the reader should strive to look for more than what is taught to them by the public school system‚ to‚ in a way‚ look outside the box. The three portions of the rhetorical triangle‚ to analyze Learning to Read‚ are the audience‚ author‚ and text
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“Learning to Write‚” by Benjamin Franklin‚ showed me how anyone can improve themselves. As a lad‚ Franklin made it a mission to himself to become a better writer and speaker. Throughout the excerpt‚ he puts himself through various tasks to do so. When he was just a child he would go out of his way to learn from different prints and would copy and turn the piece into his own words. Day and night‚ he would practice. I remember as a child myself I would practice my drawing skills. Franklin’s passion
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Literature Review March 6‚ 2003 The first of the ten articles to be discussed examined a training program that consisted of an individualized‚ classroom-based social skills intervention. In the study‚ there were 45 children with learning disabilities 9-12 years old. These children were in self-contained special education classrooms. Thirteen children received intervention for 6 weeks and 7 children received intervention for 12 weeks. The remaining 25 children were in the control group
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Literature Review: The Effectiveness of Teaching According to Student Learning Styles In the Classroom Jenna Scifo Liberty University Abstract In the last 20-30 years‚ learning styles has been a heavily debated topic in the field of education. Many teachers and schools have adopted the learning style approach into their classrooms. The idea of teaching students according to their preferred learning style is attracting to many‚ yet some believe it is another generalized theory that has
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the importance and efficacy of the use of Cooperative Learning strategies in teaching writing skills to students at institutions of higher learning. It presents the view that Cooperative Learning as an instructional approach will promote learning‚ specifically in writing better than using a Teacher Fronted Instruction (TFI). The study recognised that Cooperative Learning is highly effective in getting students to learn; and in this case to write effectively. The study also looked at the approach from
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