Before this class, I did not know how to calculate AGI or hoe to determine whether an item was a considered as taxable and able to be claimed as an itemized deduction. I was not aware of the 2% cap also. 2. Discuss how this course has affected you in your professional development as a student and as a person as well as encouraging you on your academic path. I am in a unique academic situation where I am in school for both career reasons and for personal knowledge; I am learning a lot and taking away even more.
NCLB set forth a certain criteria to be met, but allowed the states to determine how they would accomplish it. Therefore, each state handles assessment and accountability differently. This makes it hard to show success or failure of the programs. Supporters and critics alike can cite research that supports their opinion. My opinion of NCLB is it is flawed, developmentally inappropriate, ill funded, ←and→ leaving more students, teachers, ←and→ schools behind than ever before because The tests have turned into the objective of classroom instruction rather than the measure of teaching ←and→ learning.
There have been many times when theorist and reflective learners have not been provided for throughout a lesson. This has been evident as many of my lessons have been based around a practical element. After realising how simply it is to put in information for reflectors and theorists, it now forms a part of my lesson, for example there may be information given followed by a cased study for reflective learners. I have also put tasks into my lessons so students have a chance to think back to the lesson and use the information and data to complete a task.
The definition of “Learn” is to gain or acquire knowledge or skill in something by study experience, or being taught. Learning is often compared to memorizing, but they are totally different. Learning is much more complex than some may think. When I first think of learning my mind goes to school because the way society is you would think that that would be the place where you learn the most. As I sit and think about it I recall learning more by experience.
What is my style? Every since Elementary School I was always taught that everyone had a different learning style. But after reading the article The Myth of learning Styles I'm starting to question that. I do think there is some truth in that preposition, because I think I learn better by working with my hands or actually doing things not just hearing it. I also believe that it depends on what is being taught.
Running Head: Learning 1 Classroom vs. Online Course Student English 101 Professor Once upon a time Learning 2 Classroom vs. Online Course Here is a topic that I had in mind since I started to consider returning to school. Classroom vs. Online Course will talk about the differences in my own view between the two. I will compare based on the types of education gained, the environments, teachers and fellow students, and the type of impact that this two experiences may bring. Returning to school was one of the most difficult decisions I have made yet. There were a lot factors to consider.
Each class was also very informative because we had sufficient time to examine and receive a fully detail information to grasp the concept of what the teacher was bringing across. We were given the advantage of expressing ourselves individually and as a result we were able to clarify any misunderstanding we had about the topic of discussion and give our view towards the discussion. The lab sections, on the other hand, were not as successful as I hoped. There was a merger between our class and another. Therefore, students were unable to get enough practice they deserve to understand the procedure completely.
If I was confronted with a class full of beginner students I would need to alter my approach to teaching. I would need to lower my expectations of the students to a level that is appropriate to their expected progress. I would use more visual aids than I would normally use in a higher level class to make up for the fact that the students will not have much vocabulary to fall back on. I would slow down the pace of my speech so I don’t lose students. I would also try hard to not allow the students to speak in their mother tongue as this is counter-productive to learning a new language.
I think it will be better for me so that I won’t get confused by switching to a different learning style. This will be a better feel for the differences between the other styles of learning. Sometimes when I have to learn with other styles it’s a huge challenge for me because I have to focus on it so much to where I always end up saying “screw this, I’m done” and put it aside until the last minute then I realize that the assignment is due the next day and I still end up putting it aside. One of my big weaknesses that I run into a lot tends to be the most used learning style with most colleges. That weakness of mine is reading.
Due to this significant drop in learning, students are often at different intellectual levels and teachers have to be creative in coming up with solutions to combat this. Teachers use multiple methods such as one-on-one teaching, peer tutoring, and starting the learning material quicker in the beginning of the school year (Von Lunen, 2011). Yet according to the article, the surest way to keep students’ skills sharp is to keep them in school as much as possible (Von Lunen, 2011). Many schools are looking into schedules that model year-round schooling. Information of Interest Through my years of schooling, I have always noticed how difficult it was to retain information from one year to the next.