A Tale of Four Learners Summary Bernice McCarthys’ essay‚ “A Tale of Four Learners‚” is about her classifications of the different types of learners based on the system she created‚ THE 4MAT. The four types of learners are: Type 1 learners‚ Type 2 learners‚ Type 3 learners‚ and Type 4 learners. The names of the people she uses in the essay are Lisa‚ Marcus‚ Jimmy‚ and Leah. Linda was a highly imaginative student who favored feelings and reflecting. She was a Type 1 learner‚ who struggled with
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Valinda Hinkey SPE 226 April 15‚ 2012 Betty Cokeley Educating the Exceptional Learner Introduction An observation was completed on a 2nd grade student who has two different types of visual disorders. The first disorder is dyslexia and the second disorder is a visual disorder which requires the use of an overhead projector with instructions being written in fluorescent colors. The observation was a math activity which involved counting‚ identification of colors‚ simple addition‚ and graphing
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The “good language learner” LIU Mingzhu (department of foreign language‚ Jiangsu University of Science and Technology) Abstract: In order to find out why some people learn languages fast and easily whilst others never seemed to be able to learn a foreign language at all. Was there a magic secret? Were some people naturally more able than others? By investigation‚ i conclude that some factors like motivation‚ personality make a great contribution. Key words: Motivation Extrovert Personality Experiment
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decades. The most important things that have kept this organization as prestigious and powerful as it is are the famous leadership traits‚ leadership principles‚ corps values and the leaders that uphold those traits. Without these structures‚ this leadership hierarchy this “gun club” would not have lasted this long. The next thousand or so words will help explain those traits‚ principles and corps values that we hold so high. The first leadership principle that will be discussed is one that was first
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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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used to make a specific educational decision and is the process of evaluating the extent to which participants in education have developed their knowledge‚ understanding and skills. Assessment‚ both formative and summative‚ plays a significant part in the learning experience as it determines progression and enables learners to demonstrate that they have achieved their desired learning outcomes. There are generally two ways of assessment‚ formative and summative. According to Ashcroft and Forman-Peck
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in personality traits. The big five personality traits dimensions of personality that describe human personalities can also be described as the five factor model. The five factors are openness‚ conscientiousness‚ extraversion‚agreeableness‚ neuroticism. Openness is a trait that probably just about anyone can have .People who have this trait feature characteristics as imagination and insight also ted to have a high range in interest in somethings. I think I have this trait and fit in it completely
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need three basic and important skills: technical‚ human and conceptual. What is more‚ these three skills are relatively essential to managers who are at different levels that include first-line‚ middle‚ top management positions. There will be a discussion about the importance of conceptual skills that are needed by all managers at all levels‚ especially by top level of managers. The purpose of this essay is to identify and discuss the importance of conceptual skills that top managers are required
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and just as the enemies technology advances so does the Marine’s as well as their training. Leadership traits are one of the foundations of Marines being trained to adapt and overcome such threats. Any Marine would argue that no one trait is more important than the next‚ however in today’s age that may not be true. As the fight against irregular threats continues to build‚ there are three traits that each Marine
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This case study is based on Patricia‚ a Spanish national in her twenties who is in her last year studying an Economics degree course. She is also a student on the Elementary course at the British Language Centre. Patricia’s started learning English at the bi-lingual school she attended. She learnt English for 3 years but did not take any official examinations‚ but sees this as a possibility for the future. At school she learnt English because it was obligatory. The only other language she speaks
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