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Communication and Learning Theories

the connection between the process of communication and the individual communicating, whether a general organism or a human being,...

Alternative Learning Perspectives

In a paper consisting of ten pages alternative learning from a cultural perspective is explored as a relevant choice in a contempo...

Online Degrees and Distance Learning

for working professionals as long as 15 years ago. Today, students are not required to maintain such geographical proximity...

Benefits of Learning Spanish as a Second Language

being able to communicate with these classmates. Of course when we travel we come across Spanish speaking people everywhere, and ...

Learning Problems and Comprehensive Assessments

onset of ADD/ADHD is the sense that children with this condition demonstrate oppositional behaviors and are "out of control." Thi...

Use of Cooperative Learning

repeat this process in order to provide a basis through which the concepts can be internalized. Testing, then, occurs after an ad...

Lessons Learned From The Failure of Prohibition

enhancing family life, and creating a safer society, crime increased. There is a great deal of evidence to show that organized cri...

Learning Lessons in Billy Budd and Antigone

left to be consumed by animals. Creon takes this action because he feels it is imperative to the safety of the state that the peop...

Characteristics of Learning Organizations

to explore what is meant by the term "learning organization." According to Senge (1990), early-on in life, we are taught to "fra...

Learning Theories of Maria Montessori

their environment, stating that first the senses, then the education of the mind(Wesissglass 1999, see also Schute 2002). ...

Formulating an ESL Theory

between grammatical and communicative approaches to second-language teaching. Grammatical approaches refer to instructional method...

Behaviorism/Teaching College Students

focused on operant rather classical conditioning (Mergel, 1998). Operant conditioning refers to "voluntary behaviors used in opera...

Integrating Assessment to Support Learning

deficits. In the past, evaluative methods were designed largely to sort students. This definition of assessment requires strategie...

Does Technology Improve Learning

classroom with state-of-the art technology, it must be worth the expense. Part 2. Examples of studies investigating this questio...

Our Virtual Learning Team - Assertiveness

misunderstanding among members (p. 379). Johnson and colleagues (2002) found that virtual teams often have very short timelines,...

Massachusetts' VES Database: Positive And Negative Impact Upon Student Learning

students to access and absorb the material. There are a number of advantages to utilizing telecommunications technology within th...

Learning Disabilities in Young Children

disability is limited proficiency in English, or "lack of instruction in reading or math" (Guidelines, 1999). The guidelines also ...

ESOL: Learning Approaches

capacity is readily tapped into when a combination of text and graphics are applied. Understanding the inherent difference ...

Cooperative Learning

varied, overall, the researchers concluded that the results of this research showed that cooperative learning aided students both ...

Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities

the context of remedial instruction classroom; however, today, educators are increasingly realizing that all students can benefit ...

Social Studies & Cooperative Learning

this issue by conducting a qualitative study that explore how a teacher incorporated cooperative learning strategies in an eighth ...

Second Language Learning

contrastive analysis studies in the 1950s and 60s consisted of "comparing pairs of languages" in order to find their areas of diff...

Approaches to Learning

important to explore. II. Different Approaches to Learning Leaning is something that many believe occurs automatically. They ...

Deer Hunting, Cold Weather & Learning Lesson the Hard Way

due to a fatal heart arrhythmia brought on severe hypothermia ("Hypothermia"). Stories involving hunters who have become hypothe...

Empowerment and Delegation: Learned Business Skills

instead, it begins when managers unconditionally trust that their workers have the power and ability to evaluate choices competent...

Learning from Leapfrog

obviously the alphabet, each one of which was "equipped with a small sound chip (similar to those used in singing birthday cards) ...

Learning and Utilizing Language

the language acquisition device" (p. 255). Others say that language development is a reaction to environment. This writer/tutor ...

Personal Definition Of Video Games

methods of book reading; given the multitude of students who have at least some level or type of learning and/or attention disorde...

Experiential Learning Essay: Plant Science and the Floral Industry

was the obvious fact that not everything grows equally well in all conditions. That means that a florist will be able to prepare s...

Health Care: Ethical Dilemma

HIV-positive nurses being a threat to patients and other health care workers. Research clearly supports the reality of the situat...