For my service-learning assignment I decided to fulfill my hours at Otto Middle School with Mrs. April Balogun as a part of the Communities in Schools (CIS) Program as a student mentor and volunteer. My primary duties included helping students with troubling homework assignments or projects‚ speaking to students on study skills to incorporate in the future‚ speaking to students who may need help with personal or school related issues‚ as well as assisting Mrs. Balogun with minor activity planning
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Learning Paper Temeshia T. Jordan Learning Paper Even though there are many debates concerning the concept of learning‚ current arguments between psychologists suggest that nurture versus nature are two concepts extremely important in human development. The following paper will define the concept of learning and distinguish between learning and performance. Next‚ I will compare and contrast the conceptual approaches to the study of learning. In closing‚ the major points throughout
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Service learning experience is an educational involvement where by aiding their community students are able to grow in knowledge as well as in personal view. It is essential to understand that by serving the community‚ it can create a positive change in The Rio Grande Valley. By doing my service learning at The Gladys Porter Zoo I view the importance of how even a simple task will make a positive difference. I can mention that what I did was out of comparison to what is done in the whole zoo. If
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Running Head: Learning Learning Paper Sandra Allen January 31‚ 2011 Psych. 550 Psychology of Learning Dr. Terri Edwards Many psychologists have had debates with the concept of learning. Nature versus nurture is two concepts that many psychologists have argued over. Learning is a cause of someone’s change in behavior through experience‚ practice‚ and skills. In this paper‚ the subjects to describe is‚ the concept of learning‚ distinguishing between learning and performance‚ and finally
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For my service learning assignment I chose to tutor science after school. I met with a 5th grade student twice for 90 minutes. Sienna is a recent immigrant; she moved to the U.S.A from the city of Quebec‚ Canada in June 2016. Because I am going to work as an ELL/Bilingual Polish teacher‚ I decided to tutor an ELL student to help her prepare for a science test. Before the tutoring‚ I had already known that ELL students have difficulty comprehending science content because of the specialized terminology
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Participating in community service is a good way to give back to the community that I live in‚ therefore I have always been excited when I have the opportunity to volunteer for my community. I was extremely excited when I found out that I have to do a Service Learning Project for this class because I have always enjoyed doing community service since I started doing it in high school. I had a hard time deciding what to do in the beginning‚ but later I realized that I could be a leader of the Awana
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Many schools encourage students to become involved in service-learning projects. These are projects designed to help the community while students gain experience solving real-world problems. Projects may involve activities such as organizing litter pick up‚ tutoring younger children‚ or conducting a health fair. At our school‚ there is an organization called Keystone where people can do all of these activities for fun and it helps one with picking a better college. Things people should do is help
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Our first SMART goal was to increase the sets or repetitions for the participants each session‚ but it unfortunately was not achieved. We noticed they were bored with the repetitiveness of the same routine‚ which brought us to devise a plan to get them better motivated. Instead of traditional weightlifting and cardio‚ we implemented sports equipment‚ such as soccer balls‚ volleyballs‚ and kickballs‚ and changed the workout routine a bit. Once we changed it and made a new SMART goal‚ we measured the
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I was assigned a Service Learning Project that required me to spend 25 hours with an elder/and or cognitive‚ physically‚ or developmentally delayed adult. The purpose of this project was to gain experience and acquire knowledge regarding the lifestyle‚ challenges‚ and activities of an aging adult or an adult with limitations. I was very apprehensive about this assignment. I had worked as a CNA and also volunteered in a memory care facility in the past. I felt that because of my previous experiences
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Service Learning Report The very first day that I went to Taft to cadet teach I was very nervous. I was nervous to leave the high school‚ to get in my car and drive to Taft. I was terrified to park and walk in. I thought to myself “Where am I going to park?”‚”Do we go to the front office first?”‚”What if they do not like us?” I had all of these questions running through my head. So we parked at Taft and we walking in with the rest of the group. It was weird waiting for the doors to unlock‚ but as
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