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Philosophy of Learning According to Seymour Papert

that Piagets theory of child development is "so simple that only a genius could have thought of it." Piaget, very simply, proposed...

Styles of Learning and Outdoor Education

to guide ones objective to the most appropriate fruition: 1. Teach a commitment to human responsibility for stewardship or care o...

Failing Grades and LD Students

the legal system that the best place for special education students - psychologically and otherwise - is within the mainstream sys...

Distance Learning Programs' Evaluation

they dont know how to enroll, or they do not understand why it is important" (Bersin, 2002, p. 38). Needless to say, if the course...

Jerome Bruner's Life and Achievements

has veered off track from the cognitive revolution of his time. Humans, according to Bruner (1992), are storytellers and as such ...

Learning, Metacognition, and Perception

2002). Metacognition, which reflects a bit more mental tangibility in its definition, is comprised of three distinct components: ...

NJ State Troopers and Privacy Rights

a person in a position that cannot be held by someone with AIDS submits a receipt for AZT; in the third, a claims administrator se...

Impact of Inclusion Upon Learning Disabled Students

"like frequent breaks or a small-group setting" (Rubenstein and Quinones, 2004). The state reports that 84 percent of students wit...

Part One of Faust by Goethe

at any time--Faust is ever completely satisfied with life, that is, if he is provided with a moment so perfect that he wishes for ...

William Glasser and Jean Piaget's Theories of Personal Learning

understanding - including habituation and violation of expectation - with each stage represented by age-related limitations and sp...

Analysis of Enron

days, compared to how they would become (Braquet, 2002). Skilling focused Enrons core business, that of buying a commodity and sel...

At Risk African American Male Learning and a Discussion of Cognition and its Cultural Influences

2004). "The majority of reporting states-26 out of the 46 responding to the latest survey-have dropout rates ranging from 4.0% to...

A Comparison of Various Learning Theories

is placed throughout on the status of representations underlying different capacities and on the multiple levels at which knowledg...

Higher Learning Degrees' Reputation and Prestige

is just as variable as are the people providing it. To some students prestige is everything. This contention can be no bet...

Learning Theories and Philosophy of Education

positive change are the most successful in terms of influencing educational development and learner outcomes. As a component of ...

WWW Sites on the Vietnam War

serves as a place where information, stories, poems and even artwork regarding the war can be exchanged. Another site that...

Chapters Four and Five of Historiographical Study of Management and Leadership

enormous differences in the world when things like the telegraph and telephone were invented or even the move to factories of empl...

Learning Assessment

student is already using constructivist assessment, he or she should state this and how it fits in with his or her personal belief...

Learning Perspectives

functional literacy in the workplace. The learning process, then, is conscious and applicable, and can be understood relative to ...

High School English Classes and Motivation Increases

in the modern day is to gain an understanding of the individual differences in cognitive processing and the implications for curri...

Acquiring a Second Language and the Effects of Strategies and Styles of Learning

1996, p. 353) who come from different backgrounds. Moreover, this unstructured form of education poses a considerable problem for...

Learning to Dance in Terms of Cause and Effect

just want to learn a new type of dance. In relationship to effects, as it relates to the first cause, learning how...

The Impact of Adult ADD/ADHD on Education

diagnosis of ADD is an extremely complex process, which is complicated by the fact that the symptoms are very similar to other emo...

Issues of Employment Learning and Loyalty

development of innovation, and at the very least a higher level of compliance and co-operation (Huczyniski and Buchanan, 1996). W...

Critique of a Critique of Maele

considers how wise is it to introduce the question of morality into learning, she will want to discuss how Maeler proved Newmans m...

Preferences of Adult Learners

school (Belzer, 2004). This conflict is clearly shown in Belzers article and her case studies of five students. All the subjects...

Overview of Treating Learning Disabilities with Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome

In five pages this research paper examines Dr. Helen Irlen's Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome and how colored lens can assist in the ...

Distance Learning and Its Advantages

able to educate children who best use their visual channels. In the classroom, the teacher speaks. Someone who better learns throu...

Interrogation Policy Analysis and Abu Ghraib Prison Prisoner Torture

in the abuse at Abu Ghraib. Although attempts have been made to blame this abuse on "low-level personnel" at the facility rather ...