| Children's Learning Styles
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Children's Learning Styles
Understanding my son's learning style has helped me understand him better and assisted me in reenforcing skills he needs to succeed in school.
June Griswold, a classroom teacher for 16 years, shared her research into the ways children learn with me. She believes that identifying learning styles and adapting lessons can motivate students and eliminate unfair label . . . more
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| Author : Pam Wynne Fellers
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Created : 10 May 2002
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| Developing higher order thinking skills.
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Developing
Higher OrderThinking Skills and Multiple Intelligences
Teaching is an art.
Effective teachers facilitate students� learning by providing highly engaging learning experiences which are both motivating and challenging to students. Effective teachers intuitively know that student attitudes and academic achievement are improved when learning experiences revolve around the interests, t . . . more
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| Author : Unknown
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Created : 19 Feb 2002
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New Zealand is to conduct it's first national survey of children's nutrition. It will cost $4 million.
Three thousand children ranging from five to fourteen years will be interviewed. These children come from 160 schools. The researchers involved are from Auckland Uniservices at the Auckland University. These researchers have been contracted by the MInistry of Health. Research teams from Aucklan . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 04 Mar 2002
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| Laying the Foundation for Positive Classroom Behavior
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Now, at the beginning of a new year, is the time to establish good classroom management.
Classroom behavior is one of the trickiest issues teachers face today. Disruptive behavior results in lost curriculum time and creates a classroom environment that is not always conducive to learning. One key to nipping behavioral problems in the bud is to promote positive behavior before problems arise. Th . . . more
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| Author : Pearson Education Development Group
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Created : 29 Jan 2002
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| Expressing Feelings Through Art
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| Five-year-old Rebecca is intent on using crayons and paper in her child care center. Holding a red crayon tightly, she makes heavy marks on the paper. The young child is expressing her feelings about a recent automobile accident in which she and her mother were injured. Both were transported by ambulance to the hospital. It's been several weeks since the accident, but whenever she hears a siren or . . . more
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| Author : Carolyn Ross Tomlin
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Created : 10 Dec 2001
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| Examining the case for immunisation
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To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? In this article I have attempted to remove the fog of emotive propaganda and view this issue objectively. I have interviewed movers and shakers on both sides of the battle lines, read all the material I could find and interviewed a selection of vaccine manufacturers � all the time attempting to keep an open mind on the subject.
Many statements have been made an . . . more
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| Author : Dianne Panel
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Created : 06 Dec 2001
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