Student’s Survival Guide Brandie Bowland Axia College GEN105 July 12, 2009 So I am coming to the end of the 9 weeks of my first two classes. When I first decided to take on going back to school I was thinking to myself “What have I just gotten myself into?” Then came my first day and I was thinking “I hope that I am not in over my head!” Turns out that it wasn’t as hard as I thought it was going to be. This class made it very easy to learn how to access the resources that are available
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assessments in class. I’m much more informed and I look forward to using the techniques presented in chapter 2. Understanding my intelligence and personality will enable me to retain information effectively, and it will allow me to understand and communicate with my peers in a manner that is beneficial to our educational and career development. The three learning intelligences I will discuss are, verbal-linguistic, visual spatial, and interpersonal. I will also discuss the communication strategies for
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How the environment affects learning Dennis Skinner American Military University/COLL100 April 30, 2010 Michael Carmichael How the Environment Affects Learning This paper will discuss how our environment affects learning. We will discuss how important the environment is in the early years of one’s life in early childhood development. We will also discuss how one’s interest in learning plays a vital role in learning. We will also discuss how active learning and development plays
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people skills. Some skills related to the Interpersonal style are, seeing things from others’ perspectives, cooperating within a group, and communicating verbally and nonverbally. (Carter, Bishop, & Kravits, 2007, Key 2.2 How to put your Multiple Intelligences to work for you.). The one style that sticks out is seeing things from others’ perspectives. I can put myself in others’ shoes. To communicate effectively I know many factors go into making a person who they are; ethnic background, where they live
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International Foundation Programme Name: Sinatambou Mathieu Student Number: M00430339 Module Number: IFP 000 Task S2 : Essay Block (e.g Block 1A or 2C) Title : What kind of learner am I ? Date: 11/26/12 What Kind of a Learner I Am? Throughout life everyone learns. How we learn and whether we are able to retain and recall that information is the problematic part. The way we absorb, analyze, and retain information is what makes each individual unique. What is successful
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don’t judge people on the merit of their works, but of their person. I do have to admit that actually do discriminate a person based on their works. I’ve often judged those with what I may have seen as menial occupations as people of less intelligence and drive. This is not true, as I have learned in the past, but was brought more to light with the example from our text book, page 77. Just considering how those of widely varied jobs in Denmark view each other as equals. I’ve never considered
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Philosophies, Theories, and Concepts Jamie Field ECE 311 Early Childhood Curriculum & Methods Prof. Terri Surrency 08/26/2013 My goal for the future is to open my own in-home preschool and provide a positive and healthy learning experience to all that attend. I want to help guide and prepare our young children for their future in academics and life in general while having fun at the same time. My goals for the children are to teach them positive social skills, to be respectful to all people
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Vark Analysis Paper Vark Analysis Paper The visual, aural, read/write, kinesthetic (VARK) questionnaire was invented by Nick Fleming in order to help students and/or teachers understand their learning styles. The questionnaire is made up of 16 questions and when finished, it compiles information gathered, and the best learning style is revealed. "The learning style is rather a description of a process, or of preferences" (Fleming, 2006). By answering the questions as truthfully as possible
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What Makes A Leader What I can bring to the table is what I believe makes me a good leader. The ability to go beyond what is expected, to lead, show motivation and most of all inspiration. A leader takes responsibility of ones action, accepts there wrong and learns from that to make it better. A leader isn’t just born, it takes the life experiences, its mistakes and learns from ones mistakes for the better of tomorrow. At a young age, I can strongly say that it has not been easy to get where
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McClusky’s Theory of Margin proves even though a person has reached age maturity, there is still room for learning. The benefits of this theory can be used as a simple guidance tool on a daily basis. Thus the tool is not to be taken as a crystal ball, as this will not tell you how you would learn, however it will allow to put in perspective what areas we would need to focus on to get a gratifying outcome. The benefits can be measured with a simple formula L/P=M. With this method we can overcome
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