Heafner‚ T. (2004). Using technology to motivate students to learn social studies. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education‚ 4(1)‚ 42-53. Using Technology to Motivate Students to Learn Social Studies Tina Heafner University of North Carolina at Charlotte Abstract Many teachers struggle with motivating students to learn. This is especially prevalent in social studies classrooms in which students perceive social studies as boring (Schug‚ Todd‚ & Berry‚ 1984; Shaughnessy & Haladyana
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SOPHYRA SOKHAN ESL 029 Harrisburg Area Community College Elizabeth P. Barnes My Personal Life General Idea about life: People throughout the world have different lifestyles. Living standard is so dramatically different from country to country. It means that the way of living is not really similar in comparison. Some people are living in a very poor situation while other people are living in a good situation or in a privileged family. About Author: To begin with‚ I would
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Faculty of Commerce Department of Business Management NAME: DZIVAMI TAFADZWA STUDENT NUMBER: N0110708X PROGRAM: B.COM MARKETING [CON] ACADEMIC SUPERVISOR: MR G NDLOVU INDUSTRIAL SUPERVISOR: MR O MURWIRA COMPANY NAME: TANROY ENGINEERING (PVT) LTD ATTACHMENT PERIOD: 05 AUGUST 2013 – 25 JULY 2014 THIS WORK-RELATED REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENTS OF THE BACHELORS OF COMMERCE DEGREE IN MARKETING’S THIRD YEAR PERIOD OF INTERNSHIP. Dzivami Tafadzwa:
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The Effects of Social Networking Sites to Academic Performance of the Students ABSTRACT Title : The Effects of Social Networking to the Academic Performance of the Students The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of social networking to the academic performance of the students of Universidad de Manila. Specifically‚ it attempted to answer the following questions: 1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of age‚ gender? 2. What is the academic
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student’s essay. My opponent greatly feels that it is a good idea to let computers check the student’s homework. In my understanding‚ letting computers grade the essay is a bad idea. That is because not all computers are able to read the student’s handwriting. Another reason is because so computers can make mistakes. Also‚ do to the fact that not everyone is able to afford computers for laptops. This is reasons why computers shouldn’t be allowed to grade students essays. However‚ some students are not
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world many athletes are all over social media and posting either about their everyday life or posting about the stats they put up in their sport. Then there are the athletes that post about things such as drug use and other bad things they do outside of the field or court. Athletes posting and getting in trouble on social media is an everlasting problem in today’s society. It is not only with pro athletes‚ it is also with student-athletes too. There are many student-athletes and pro athletes that have
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PHIL 1103: Ethics End-Term Exam Name:_____________________________________________ Class ___________ Date:____________ I. Identify the following kinds of theories of philosophical ethics. (1 point each for a total of 7 points) 1.) Moral goodness consists in the collective cultivation of the virtues‚ such as courage‚ honesty‚ justice‚ generosity‚ etc. in human agents. 2.) The moral goodness of acts (and their agents) is determined by the nature of those
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Genocide in Canada. http://canadiangenocide.nativeweb.org/intro2.html. Barton‚ Sylvia.‚ Harvey V. Thommasen.‚ Bill Tallio.‚ William Zhang and Alex C. Michalos. Health and Quality of Life of Aboriginal Residential School Survivors‚ Bella Coola Valley. Social Indicators Research 73 (September 2005):295-312. CBC News Canada. “Residential Schools: A history of Residential Schools in Canada”. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2008/05/16/f-faqs-residential-schools.html. Guthrie‚ Gail.‚ Madeleine Valaskakis
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Exploratory Essay about Social Network Powerful new Social Networks provide great benefits‚ but they also change the way we live and not always in ways that everyone like. An example is the spread of air conditioning‚ which makes us more comfortable‚ but those who grew up before the invention speak fondly of a time when everyone sat on the front porch and talked to their neighbors rather than going indoors to stay cool and watch TV. Information processing and communication represents a powerful
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Criterion SM Online Essay Evaluation: An Application for Automated Evaluation of Student Essays Jill Burstein Educational Testing Service Rosedale Road‚ 18E Princeton‚ NJ 08541 jburstein@ets.org Martin Chodorow Department of Psychology Hunter College 695 Park Avenue New York‚ NY 10021 martin.chodorow@hunter.cuny.edu Claudia Leacock Educational Testing Service Rosedale Road‚ 18E Princeton‚ NJ 08541 cleacock@ets.org Abstract This paper describes a deployed educational technology application:
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