Learners with Exceptionalities- Attention Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder (ADHD) Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is defined by intense inattention‚ hyperactivity‚ and impulsiveness in a child. People with ADHD have many problems in academic settings. Some of these problems are similar to the problems of people with learning disabilities: slow and inefficient reading‚ frequent errors in math calculation and the mechanics of writing. There are other characteristic of Attention-Deficit
Free Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Educational psychology
Law – English Language Learners Jennifer L Givens Grand Canyon University: ESL-523N May 22‚ 2013 It’s All About the Law – English Language Learners Are English language learners a new population? Researchers would like us to believe so but the reality is that they are actually a complex group of students‚ full of diversity in their educational needs‚ backgrounds‚ languages‚ and goals‚ who have been coming to the United States for years. An English language learner is a person that is from
Premium United Kingdom United States Education
Establishing Ground Rules when teaching Adult learners. The learner experience is not just an important component when dealing with adult learners but there are areas of legislation that apply. Equality‚ health & safety and data protection are just a brief example of legislation that must be considered when working with learners. “Rules” are an integral part in any society‚ adult learning not being exempt. It is important to establish ground rules so that there is a clear understanding between teacher
Premium Education Psychology Knowledge
Micaela McCutcheon SIOP Lesson Plan EDU 321: Introduction to Serving English Language Learners Allison Castro February 28‚ 2011 Sheltered instruction is an approach to teaching English language learners by integrating language and content instruction by making mainstream grade level content such as science‚ social studies‚ and math more accessible (Echevarria & Graves‚ 2007‚ p 56). One of the main concepts of sheltered instruction is to center the lesson around the students‚ and provide
Premium Education Teacher School
Classroom A case study of a South Korean and a Saudi Arabian Learner Abstract The present case study was designed to compare the language anxiety and willingness to communicate of one Korean and one Saudi adult English Language Learner. The literature suggests that cultural characteristics and perspectives about language learning contribute to the extent of anxiety which learners experience. The topic was investigated by collecting qualitative
Premium Language acquisition Second language acquisition Linguistics
English language learners enrollment in the Council member districts has remained relatively stable over the past several years. In 2007-08‚ 1.1 million ELLs were enrolled in urban schools‚ accounting for 16.5 percent of total district enrollment. In 2009–10‚ 1.2 million ELLs were enrolled‚ accounting for 17.5 percent of total district enrollment (Uro & Barrio‚ p. 26‚ 2013). The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 required students in grades three through eight to be tested every year in reading
Premium Education High school Revenue
Running Head: LEARNING STRATEGIES AND THE MULTIMODAL LEARNER 1 VARK Analysis: The Multimodal Learner and Their Preferred Learning Strategies Rebecca L. Webster Grand Canyon University: Family Centered Health Promotion May 4‚ 2014 LEARNING STRATEGIES AND THE MULTIMODAL LEARNER 2 Discovering your learning style and the learning style of the patient’s that you will be caring for‚ is essential to both their learning
Premium Learning Education Psychology
activities are in almost every classroom. Students are learners that are more active and the teacher becomes a facilitator rather than a formal authority. Teachers are no longer the only source of information in the classroom. It is no doubt that the change of technology leads to a change in learning. More students are becoming autodidactic or Self-directed Learners (SDL). Technology-based activities have not only impacted SDLs‚ but also impacted learner preference and readiness. Impact of Technology-based
Premium Educational psychology Education E-learning
Nowadays‚ one of the hottest issues in the field of foreign and second language learning or teaching is how to converse fluently in the target language. Generally speaking‚ most of the EFL learners believe that their knowledge in English is nearly assessed by the way they can interact in the target language. They maintain that their linguistic knowledge and their abilities in other skills—reading‚ writing‚ and listening—are not that much important. What is significant is their ability in conversational
Free Linguistics Language acquisition Grammar
respect for and rapport with all learners? Class rules were discussed prior to the beginning of the lesson and‚ also‚ a poster with these rules was placed in plain sight. To demonstrate respect for and rapport with all learners‚ I modeled throughout the whole lesson how one should behave during class‚ being open-minded to student’s attitudes and providing feedback to these. 2. How did you provide a positive learning environment that both supported and challenged learners moving to self-determination
Premium Education Teacher Learning