Essays Tagged: "Learning styles"

Education Reform As I See It. This essay is about my views of education reform in America.

tem teach. This method only reaches those who have good reading comprehension. Those who have other learning styles such as: auditory, visual, or kinesthetic are educationally neglected and thereby of ... the springboard for the rest of our lives, it needs to be centered around the individual and their learning style rather than the teacher's preferred methods of teaching.As a student, I had several o ...

(4 pages) 299 0 4.7 Jul/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Homeschooling

re are as many ways to home school as there are children. Home Education allows for more individual learning styles. Families are free to spend more time together while learning together.In the early ... extraordinary commitment of time and money and patience for a parent to spend all day, every day, relearning algebra and then teaching it. It is fair to assume that a majority of parents will not want ...

(3 pages) 134 0 4.4 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Do differences in learning styles cause major problems for international students studying in Australia?

Differences in learning styles do cause major problems for international students studying in Australia. For the pu ... se major problems for international students studying in Australia. For the purpose of this essay, `learning styles' is defined to be the approaches taken by the international students in studying, an ... his essay shall concentrate on the main factors, which it may be argued bring about difficulties in learning for international students. which include cultural differences, the expected independence o ...

(2 pages) 87 1 5.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Self Assessment.

anding their style. By style, I am not speaking of a particular hairstyle or way of dress, but of a learning style. Learning styles are different approaches to learning. Just as one's personality can ... approaches to learning. Just as one's personality can be as unique as that individual, so can one's learning style. Properly identifying an individual's learning style can help to facilitate effective ...

(5 pages) 679 1 4.1 Jan/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Title: Personal Goals as a Unversity of Phoenix Student / This paper was a requirement for first year adult students returning to school.

engths and strengthen my weaknesses. The root to my quest lies in my faith, coupled with the unique learning styles taught by the University of Phoenix Online. By attending this university, I would ho ... , instilling inspiration into my children; and secondly, implementing the knowledge and skills I am learning into my current job position. After reading a post from another classmate, it never dawned ...

(3 pages) 530 0 3.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Critical review of a chapter from 'Teaching children to learn' by Fisher. of use for any trainee teacher doi8ng a Education Studies module.

rough the book this chapter instantly interested me, I wanted to learn more about children's unique learning styles and the strategies we can introduce to enhance their learning. I will be looking int ... nd the strategies we can introduce to enhance their learning. I will be looking into four fields of learning styles and investigated Fisher's six strategies within cognitive coaching and evaluating th ...

(7 pages) 155 0 3.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

An essay on learning styles

An essay on learning stylesMan's greatest achievement? Perhaps not, but can you afford not to read on when I am ... atest achievement? Perhaps not, but can you afford not to read on when I am about to tell you about learning styles? Underestimate learning styles at your peril. Remarkably learning styles is heralded ... nderstanding future generations. It is an unfortunate consequence of our civilizations history that learning styles is rarely given rational consideration by the upper echelons of progressive service ...

(2 pages) 239 2 3.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Education issues. Learning styles

EDUCATIONLEARNING STYLESDuring the past 30 years there has been a worldwide growth of interest in teaching an ... onal strengths, weaknesses, anxieties, hopes and importantly culture. For all these reasons adults' learning and teaching is challenging but rewarding.Many adults reflect back to their childhood educa ... eflect back to their childhood education of 'classroom' teaching but today's theories reflect adult learning. Bigge and Shermis (1999) talked about these theories of learning and how there is no final ...

(4 pages) 830 3 4.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Study Skills "20 Questions and answers"

e 3: Retrieval: is the process of getting at and using information held in storage.2.What are the 5 learning styles? Briefly explain each in complete sentences.Part One-Social or Independent Learners: ... events.2.Process Diagrams: Charts that depicts the step, variables, or part of a process will make learning easier.3.Part and Function Diagrams: Classification. Courses that deal with the use and des ...

(3 pages) 123 1 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Self Assessment Paper

Self-Assessment and Reflection PaperThe process of learning is critically important in all human beings and understanding your individual learning styl ... important in all human beings and understanding your individual learning style is key for effective learning. Learning styles is defined as the composite of characteristic cognitive, affective, and ph ... rve as relatively stable indicators of how a learner perceives, interacts with, and responds to the learning environment (Keefe, 1979). Learning style is the way each person absorbs, understands and u ...

(4 pages) 498 1 3.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Explain key psychological perspectives on learning, such as memory, how learning takes place, intelligence, etc. You should refer to the work of key theorists.

Memory, Learning and IntelligencePsychologists have been analysing and debating the nature of memory, learni ... ing the nature of memory, learning and intelligence since the 19th century. It has been argued that learning and memory are virtually inseparable, and furthermore, an individuals proficiency at learni ... affect the way they learn? The following report explores some of the different theories of Memory, Learning, Intelligence and Learning Styles.MemoryTheories regarding memory have been around for as l ...

(7 pages) 497 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Encouraging alternative forms of self expression in the generation Y student: a strategy for effective learning in the classroom

rs to keep these young people engaged in the classroom. This paper presents an innovative teaching/ learning strategy used in a nursing school in Florida that accommodates the unique characteristics o ... accommodates the unique characteristics of these learners.Key Words: Self-Expression, Generation Y, Learning Styles**********Today, a majority of students in the classrooms of colleges and universitie ...

(5 pages) 133 0 4.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Important factors for success in occupational therapy

ssional spheres. Chief amongst these are: the ability to think critically; a commitment to lifelong learning; an awareness of one's own learning styles; and an understanding of the issues, trends and ... g their university studies in striving toward this path, then applying their acquired knowledge and learning capabilities in the wider world. An individual must retain a competitive edge to succeed in ...

(6 pages) 108 0 0.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Advace learning strategies course

hen I take a course, I take it just for a credit, but this course really taught me a lot. What I am learning during this course is what I am implementing in my daily studies and life style.What did I ... ding skills Note- taking Managing/organizing my exams/projects and assignments Learning styles Think before act or write I also know now how to right a detailed essa ...

(2 pages) 52 0 1.5 Jun/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Experiential learning of french language and the strategies used during learning

INTRODUCTIONThis assignment is a case study of my French learning experience. .I experienced the learning of French language for three days. I analyzed my ex ... g of French language for three days. I analyzed my experience of learning French. I looked upon the learning styles of various learners as well as the teaching styles adapted by the French teacher to ... well as the teaching styles adapted by the French teacher to teach French. I used various language learning strategies for learning. Some were effective and some were not. Then there are some implica ...

(18 pages) 109 0 4.2 Jun/2005

Subjects: Art Essays

Approaches to learning - Theories of learning styles and learning strategies.

Kolb (1984), in introducing the idea of the experiential learning cycle and of learning styles, defines learning as the process whereby "knowledge is created ... ests that ideas are not fixed but are formed and modified through current and past experiences. His learning cycle consists of four stages; completing each stage is important to improve learning in th ... ossible alternatives whilst others like trying out as much as possible. Hence, Kolb associated four learning styles with his learning cycle: the Converger, who applies ideas in a practical way, the Ac ...

(3 pages) 306 0 1.5 Dec/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Learning styles

t assist or encourage us to learn our unique styles.There are many different techniques to classify learning styles such as perceptual modality, information processing, and personality patterns. Perce ... y, researchers identify auditory, visual, kinesthetic, and tactile styles. The field of accelerated learning also relies heavily on modality to explain how learners can process information faster.Most ...

(2 pages) 243 0 4.7 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Entire week long unit of Lesson plans for fourth grade science. Water cycle activities included.

heir homework definitions of key terms.Accommodations:This unit is designed to give students of all learning styles an understanding of the water cycle. The first two days are informational for audito ...

(3 pages) 41 0 0.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Personal Strengths and Weaknesses

ents based on my findings.During my readings at the University of Phoenix, I arrived at discovering learning styles and how understanding your own style can be the key to grasping control of a success ... ter network administrator, but in the way I live my personal life and the way I interact in with my learning team members.Along the lines of an old commonly known cliché, for every positive the ...

(4 pages) 251 1 5.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Personal Assessment of Your Learning Style

The process of learning is critically important in all human beings and understanding your individual learning styl ... important in all human beings and understanding your individual learning style is key for effective learning. Learning styles is defined as the composite of characteristic cognitive, affective, and ph ... rve as relatively stable indicators of how a learner perceives, interacts with, and responds to the learning environment (Keefe, 1979). Learning style is the way each person absorbs, understands and u ...

(1 pages) 119 0 3.7 Oct/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology