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  • Learning Beyong the Classroom

    Learning Beyong the Classroom

    For my second LEARNING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM experience, I had volunteered at “The Rinx at Hidden Pond Park” in Hauppauge, New York where I helped a children’s coach run practices and help out on the bench of a hockey program which has given a lot to me; as I played there as a youth. The program helped me develop myself as a growing adult in many ways. One way in which I feel I grew

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    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: Max
  • Learning by Teaching and Increased Exposure in the Classroom

    Learning by Teaching and Increased Exposure in the Classroom

    Learning by Teaching and Increased Exposure in the Classroom The idea of inclusion or mainstreaming has been around the education community for a long time. Both of these ideas involve including students with learning disabilities in regular classrooms to be taught by regular teachers rather than special education teachers. The difference between the two is that inclusion allows for a learning disabled student to be in a classroom for the majority of their day and

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    Essay Length: 1,475 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Learning Disabilities Literature Review

    Learning Disabilities Literature Review

    Literature Review March 6, 2003 The first of the ten articles to be discussed examined a training program that consisted of an individualized, classroom-based social skills intervention. In the study, there were 45 children with learning disabilities 9-12 years old. These children were in self-contained special education classrooms. Thirteen children received intervention for 6 weeks and 7 children received intervention for 12 weeks. The remaining 25 children were in the control group, which received no

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    Essay Length: 2,595 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Edward
  • Learning Disabilities Summary

    Learning Disabilities Summary

    Summary: Students with learning disabilities have always been present in our school settings. Unfortunately for many, many years it was an "invisible condition" that was not supported by educators and parents. No doubt little was known about why a child had a reading disability, now known as being dyslexic; or a writing disability now labeled dysgraphic. Many children even suffered from dyscalculia, a math disability. But think about the many years of frustration and embarrassment

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    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: David
  • Learning Disorder Chart

    Learning Disorder Chart

    Learning Disorder: Learning disabilities affect the ability to understand or use spoken or written language, do mathematical calculations, and coordinate movements or direct attention. These disorders are a processing deficit. Without being able to see and hear properly the information is not received and processed correctly by the brain. TYPE DEFINITION CAUSES TEACHING STRATEGIES Dyslexia Dyslexia is a neurological learning disability. It is characterized by difficulties with word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding

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    Essay Length: 1,099 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Anna
  • Learning How to Swim

    Learning How to Swim

    Learning something new can be a scary experience. One of the hardest things I've ever had to do was learn how to swim. I was always afraid of the water, but I decided that swimming was an important skill that I should learn. I also thought it would be good exercise and help me to become physically stronger. What I didn't realize was that learning to swim would also make me a more confident person.

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    Essay Length: 371 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Learning Journal

    Learning Journal

    "What will my group be like?", "Will I be able to work with them?", "Will they like me?" Accompanied by these thoughts and butterflies in my stomach, I entered the first lesson of Leadership and Team Building. Bon Appétit We were each given an array of postcards to choose from after which all the students with the same postcards were made to sit together. This, we were told, was our LTB group and these were

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    Submitted: March 30, 2011 By: leedsunited
  • Learning Logb

    Learning Logb

    Log Section 1 - Two reflective entries Reflection #1 I sit with an open blank page, wondering what I should write next. Many new words have been learned along with many new concepts. I have functionally grasped the understanding of these new words, and I use them regularly with other students. However, I now have to concentrate on what I say to non-uni friends, as they would not understand me. During these past few weeks

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    Essay Length: 2,729 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: May 5, 2011 By: rusty1986
  • Learning Methods

    Learning Methods

    INTRODUCTION First of all we will look at the physiology learning which will explain us the natural process of retaining memory. Secondly we will present two learning styles, Visual Auditory Reading Kinaesthetic also called VARK as well as Honey and Mumford and analyze their different methodologies and finally we will discuss how those methods can be applied to my own past and future experiences. Chapter One Physiology of learning Generally speaking, physiology of learning is

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    Essay Length: 1,705 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Anna
  • Learning Styles

    Learning Styles

    Learning Styles The reason for doing this report is to try and discover which is my best and worst way to learn and then to come up with a strategy for improving my ability to learn. The first thing that I need to do is research what different learning styles there is, after I have done this I can determine what are my preferred learning styles. Types of Learning Styles After doing some research I

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    Essay Length: 375 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Learning Styles: Recognition and Accommodation

    Learning Styles: Recognition and Accommodation

    The recognition and accommodation of the diverse learning styles exhibited by team members can lead to improved interaction and greater synergy online or face-to-face. The most commonly recognized learning styles are derived from the main sense used for sensory input. Commonly, the three most pertinent and all-encompassing learning styles are visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. If the learning styles can be properly identified and accommodated in both the face-to-face and online environments, the result will be

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    Essay Length: 1,682 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Learning Team a Debriefing

    Learning Team a Debriefing

    Learning Team A Debriefing Anonymous University of Phoenix Learning Team A Debriefing Teams are supposed to have synergy, a process of interaction where 2 + 2 = 10. (Scarnati, 2001) Teams are assembled to complete work in a more efficient manner. By assembling teams, every member's knowledge and skills are supposed to enhance the project or solution more than an individual's knowledge or skills alone. With that being said, Learning Team A's process of interaction

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Monika
  • Learning Team Charter

    Learning Team Charter

    LEARNING TEAM CHARTER Course Title All team members participated in the creation of this charter and agree with its contents X (Please check) Instructor Course Dates Team Members/Personal Information Name Phone Fax Email Team Member Skill Inventory (Areas individual members can contribute/want to develop) strengths include deadline oriented, quality conscious, and Peachtree, Lotus, Excel, Word and Outlook Express knowledge. wants to have a better understanding of computer information systems. A better understanding of CIS will

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Artur
  • Learning Team Debriefing

    Learning Team Debriefing

    The Learning Team Debriefing will be an assessment of not only myself, but my team members as well. Working as a team can be quite a challenge, both difficult and rewarding in its own sense. Finding that happy medium and learning how to work well as a team is the evidence on whether or not you were effective. Everything is evaluated after the end result, but how you get there is the true story. I

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    Essay Length: 959 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Learning Team Diversity

    Learning Team Diversity

    Diversity is what our country is made of so of course it is reflected in our work force. Demographic differences shape what each us become and affects our working environment. We will be discussing how gender and age affect behavior in an organization. In the demographic aspect, we will explore the urban verses suburban world and well as the differences between skills and abilities. Gender can have a major affect on behavior in an organization.

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: David
  • Learning Team Ground Rules

    Learning Team Ground Rules

    University of Phoenix Material Learning Team Worksheet: Ground Rules (Due Week Three) Ground Rules, sometimes referred to in business settings as a "Memorandum-of-Understanding," are useful tools for work or learning teams to identify structures, processes, and strategies to meet team or organizational objectives. Essentially, good ground rules give visibility and voice to those agreements between team members that reduce the potential for non-resolvable conflict(s) which often result in incomplete tasks, broken relationships between team members,

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    Essay Length: 522 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 6, 2010 By: Artur
  • Learning to Read Methods

    Learning to Read Methods

    Learning to read is one of the most essential skills a child will master. Reading is the foundation of a child's educational future. The success of one's career and education is dependent upon their reading ability. Without the ability a read, a person cannot enjoy all this world has to offer, such as reading about world history, driving a car, reading a letter from a friend, or learning a new language. Reading unlocks doors that

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    Submitted: February 26, 2010 By: Bred
  • Lebanon

    Lebanon

    This is from Kamila Dakroub who is basically stranded in Lebanon with nothing to do but wait... "I admit that I may not personally know many of you to whom Im sending this message. But I do know one thing and that is we all need to pray for Lebanon. I have been in Lebanon for more than two months now. I was scheduled to fly home this Wednesday but in light of recent attacks

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    Essay Length: 545 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Jon
  • Led Zeppelin

    Led Zeppelin

    This article talked about how Led Zeppelin reunited to put on a show in London. This show was important because they had lost a member who had passed away and his son was filling in and also because it was their first full concert since 1980. The article went into details about different songs and the influence that blues had on some of them. It discussed how the band, although well rehearsed, seemed a little

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Left Lane Losers

    Left Lane Losers

    CBS) This commentary was written by CBSNews.com's Dick Meyer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Five very simple words can change the course of American civilization: Stay right except to pass. Given prices at the pump, there's understandably a lot of gassing about gas lately. Well, here's a simple solution: use the power and might of government to slaughter left lane hogs. Traffic everywhere will flow faster, fuel efficiency will go up, gas prices will go down and bada bing!

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    Submitted: May 30, 2010 By: Mike
  • Legal Analysis of the Jena 6 Scenario

    Legal Analysis of the Jena 6 Scenario

    Justice is blind. The old euphemism advocates the necessity of impartiality and objectivity in the courts. Seeing crimes for what they are, violations of the law, and not for what they are made out to be. Take for example the case of the "Jena Six", six black students; beat a white student close to death. The case of the Jena Six started out as a High School brawl, which landed a student in the hospital.

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Artur
  • Legal and Professional

    Legal and Professional

    1. Introduction 1.1 Scenario You are the manager of an information centre in which there are Internet terminals for public use. Staff report that they have noticed a user accessing pornographic sites, and they suspect that he may be trying deliberately to offend them and other users. They ask you not only to deal with this case, but to find ways of stopping similar things in future. 1.2 Background Computer misuse can be complicated to

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Mike
  • Legal Aspects of Events in India

    Legal Aspects of Events in India

    Name: Ashton Souza Course: Legal Aspects of Events A report on the legalities faced by event management companies while organizing events. Introduction: As with any business, it is important as it is hated to have laws that govern it. So events too have to be governed by laws and taxes. However special laws have not been formulated since Event management is not deemed as an industry and the general laws given below effect the Event

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Legal Brief for Tinker V. Des Moines (1969)

    Legal Brief for Tinker V. Des Moines (1969)

    Facts: In 1965 a group of individuals in Des Moines held a meeting to protest the Vietnam War. The group decided to fast and wear armbands as a sign of there disapproval. The principals of the Des Moines schools heard of the armband protest and adopted a policy banning any student from wearing the armbands at school. Any student caught wearing the armband at school would be asked to remove it, and if he refused

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    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: regina
  • Legal Competitiveness

    Legal Competitiveness

    The current state of the world is that of a competitive and performance driven market. Every competitor wants to make a profit. They want their product to be on top and be the number one company to work for. The leaders are having to make decisions that challenge their moral values and corporate guidelines. This challenge has caused some leaders to commit bribery to gain profit and position in the market. So what was so

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Bred
  • Legal Driving Age

    Legal Driving Age

    I want to argue against the legal driving age Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause for death in the U.S. I believe that a bad thing can happened to a perfectly innocent person, so with that in mind I think we should try to save as many teenagers lives as possible by insuring by the time they are behind the wheel they are ready for the responsibility given to them. We can prepare today's

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    Essay Length: 588 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Anna
  • Legal Framework

    Legal Framework

    This paper will discuss two scenarios: firstly, whether the plaintiff (Mary) has an actionable case for which she can sue the defendant in relation to injury suffered by her following the use of a free sample of the defendants bath salts, in accordance with the instructions on the packet. The injury was such that Mary suffered from a troublesome itch which last six months, during which time she was precluded from particpating in her favorite

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    Essay Length: 423 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Legal Issues in Education

    Legal Issues in Education

    Summer Byron ECD 414 Legal Issues Paper 09-21-2005 Over the past three semesters all I have been hearing about is IDEA, 504, CHILD FIND, NCLB, and all of the other programs that are in place to make sure that children are not left on their own if they are in need of extra help inside or outside of the classroom. Each time any of these programs were mentioned I would always wonder about the process

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Legal Issues in Hospitality

    Legal Issues in Hospitality

    The inspiration for our concept Hotel idea stems from the embodiment of the New York City luxury lifestyle. We have decided to build our project on the lot space of the current New Yorker Hotel located on the corner of 34th Street and Eight Avenue. Our plan is to tear down the original building and construct the new structure from ground up wile still retaining The New Yorker’s strong brand recognition. We have decided to

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    Essay Length: 812 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation

    Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation

    Running head: LEGAL ISSUES IN REDUCTION OF WORKFORCE SIMULATION Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation University of Phoenix Enterprise Risk MBA 560 Ronald Ramsey Oct 15, 2007 Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation In the Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce Simulation (University of Phoenix, 2007) FastServe Inc. is faced with the need to downsize their organization. In order to make an educated decision in regards to who shall be downsized management has

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    Essay Length: 1,862 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Fatih
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