There is no single explanation or all-encompassing theory that explains how adults learn. The adult learning process is complex, context bound, and highly personal. As a result, there is no single theory of learning that can be applied to all adults. Instead, the literature of the past century has yielded a variety of models, sets of assumptions and principles, theories, and explanations that make up the adult learning knowledge base. The more adult educators are familiar with this knowledge base
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Industrial Grinders currently manufactures and sells steel rings along with the machines they also manufacture and sell through another division of the company. Having recently discovered that their competitor is selling plastic rings that serve the same purpose, lasts longer and are cheaper than the steels rings they produce; Industrial Grinders has decided to manufacture plastic rings. Lawrence Bridgeman, general manager of the German plant, has to determine whether or not he should scrap a large
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said that modeling the learner is the central aspect of intelligent tutoring systems. This realization spurred the development of student modeling systems or systems that diagnose student errors. These systems proved to be effective in areas like mathematics (subtraction, highschool algebra, differentiation) and computer programming (Pascal, Lisp,C++). The essential elements in constructing a student model are the background knowledge and the student behavior. The first component which is the background
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diversity goes so much deeper. Diversity also includes the various cognitive levels in students, the different styles in which they learn, and the various levels of motivation in students. Each of these diversity categories can be evidenced in an educational setting. The impact it has on a school can be positive if it is approached and handled appropriately by the school and its’ teachers. If it is not, it can have very negative effects on the school and the student. Having low expectations and showing
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Employee Portfolio Lidia Reyes January 14, 2013 MGT/311 Mary Roberson University of Phoenix Material Employee Portfolio: Motivation Action Plan Determine the motivational strategy or strategies that would likely be most appropriate for each of your three employees on basis of their individual characteristics. Indicate how you would leverage their employee evaluations to motivate each of the three employees. Describe one or more of the motivational theories and explain how the theories
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Does Behavior always follow from Attitudes? That is a question that most teachers want to know in the early stages of their teaching career. After doing my field study, I know that a persons attitude affect behavior. The attitude that people hold determines what they do. I decided to do my field study based on chapter 4 from the text book entitled Behavior and Attitudes. I choose this topic because I want to be an effective teacher and I know that I will be faced with several behaviors and attitudes
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My Experience Nine weeks I’ve spent in this class, learning new techniques on studying, and learning new critical thinking strategies. Nine weeks that I’ve been in school again thinking and challenging myself and learning about a variety of new things. These last nine weeks have reminded me about the long term effects that higher education will have on my future employment and current job. This class has gave me so many tools that I can use in my everyday life. These last nine
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Organizational Behaviour Unit 4 Sikkim Manipal University Page No. 58 Unit 4 Learning Structure: 4.1 Introduction Objectives 4.2 Learning and Learning Cycle 4.3 Components of Learning 4.4 Theories of Learning 4.5 Summary 4.6 Glossary 4.7 Terminal Questions 4.8 Answers 4.1 Introduction In the earlier units you have learnt about organizational and interpersonal behavior. In this unit we will get an understanding about the concept ‘learning’. Let us relate it with a small example - you
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Broadening the delivery of education outside schools through non-traditional approaches to formal and informal learning, such as Open Universities and lifelong learning to adult learners * 10. Revolutionizing the use of technology to boost educational paradigm shifts that give importance to student-centered and
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what information they are actually obtaining and processing. There are many forms of assessments that teachers can use to evaluate students understanding of lesson material. I will suggest a few methods that I will use in my secondary education mathematics classroom. The first strategy of monitoring I will discuss will be quizzes. There are multiple advantages for this form of testing. First, is that it easily produces recorded data. I can quickly grade multiple choice questions and record the students’
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