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Inquiry Based Learning and Elementary School Science

inquiries, the scientific information covered in any particular lesson plan will undoubtedly be remembered long after memorized fa...

Learning that is Inquiry Based

may be given increasing autonomy in their learning activities. Martin-Hansen provides a chart that illustrates this by showing the...

Learning in Today's Technological Environment

(Calderon, 1991). McGrath and Sands (2004) describe the process that a North Carolina school system undertook in deciding t...

Teaching That is Inquiry Based

standardized testing. However, Buell and Crawford (2001) note that the test does not ask students to justify their choice, "Yet kn...

A Learning Activity and 3 Theoretical Applications

warm-blooded mammals that bear life young and most are insect-eaters (Krantz and Barrow, 2003). Considering the many misconception...

The Inquiry Process

also admits that "Effective inquiry is more than just asking questions," as a "complex process is involved" (Exline, 2004). This p...

Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory

on the experience. The learning reflects on - analyzes, judges, evaluates - the experience (Davies, n.d.). 3. Abstract Conceptuali...

Teaching and IT in the Future

did not learn all the chemistry, mathematics, physics and all about airflow and dynamics. To work out how to fly you have got to a...

Autism: Research-Based Instruction

limited reinforcement repertoire, short attention span, distraction, slower learning, difficulty grasping abstract concepts, poor ...

The Physical Realm According to Rene Descartes

examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...

Planning and Assessing Learning Objectives

understand the impact and potential influences of teacher expectation. 6. The student should understand and be able to design appr...

The Case of Miss A; Planning with a People Centred Approach

housework and laundry. Miss A is unable to do much housework, does not eat meals with him and goes to bed very late due to eating...

Learning and the Significance of Prior Experiences and Knowledge

"the ideas of a new schema are connected not only to each other but to previously established schemata as well" (Daniel, 1999). Th...

Achievement in Web-Based Courses

used This study utilized a participant group recruited from a co-educational public university located in the southeastern sectio...

How Do You Learn Best

Learning styles have been researched and studied for decades. Do you know what your own learning style is? If you are a teacher, y...

Learning Environment Observation

activity to another through verbal communication, but physical assistance was sometimes provided for children who had difficulty w...

COMPARISONS BETWEEN IBM AND LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS

workforce so the workforce can be flexible enough to compete in a highly competitive market. In addition to developing employees, ...

Lessons Learned from the Somalia Inquiry

regard, one of the most disillusioning findings was the problems occurring within the Canadian Airborne Regiment. There were repor...

Chinese Language Learning and Building Language Ability and Intelligence

this process on language acquisition and thinking ability over time. For elementary school children, the use of this kind of com...

Method of Inquiry; Using a Code of Ethics to Help with Decision-Making

philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to th...

Relationship Between Language-Based And Learning Disabilities

Beyond that, however, is the fact that any student who is struggling with language will not be able to read and write as well as a...

Ethics in a System of Inquiry

can help to guide the decision making and create a firm foundations that will help to ensure that the outcomes are the best possib...

Diabetes Self-Management - Hispanic Patients

has always been about the development of autonomy, equality, social justice and democracy" (Mezirow, 1999). The transformative app...

Overview of Project Based Learning

hold true for students at every grade level. While project-based learning has been gaining in popularity with educators over the p...

Grades Seven through Twelve and Literacy That is Literature Based

materials are deemed important for student interest as well as student ability. The program includes teacher resources, such as s...

Critiquing and Assessing Peter Senge's The Leader's New Work Building Learning Organization

the existing status quo where measuring of performance had led to a position where the company was very weak. The first ma...

The Importance of Language: Lessons from Friedman's The World is Flat

that language takes a back seat to other disciplines such as reading, science and mathematics. In reading Thomas Friedmans book Th...

Brain-Based Education

book, Human Brain, Human Learning (Jensen, 2008). Brain-based education emphasizes how the brain learns naturally. This informati...

Policymaking Security

This essay demonstrates that psychologists are learning how to interview potential terrorists more effectively. It also explains t...

Reflection on a Research-Based Team Exercise

change in a meaningful fashion, this allows an organization to respond rapidly where the suspect, as well as to take advantage of ...