Curve

There is a student sitting in his dorm studying for his last final of his senior year in college. Furiously concentrating on his notes he scans sheet after sheet of information. His palms coated in a thin film of sweat from grasping his notecards so tightly. It’s 4am now and his eyes are bloodshot red and his exam is at 8:30A.M. After a few hours of rest he quickly took a shower grabbed his testing materials and left out of the dorm. He had his last date with fate on this day. A few weeks later…

The study area, as identified in assignment one, is VCE computing unit 1, learning outcome 3, which emphasises heavily on the design and development stages of the PSM. In order to teach this, a teacher needs to have a strong grasp of the design principles, web development and project management. The learning areas I have identified are connected to the learning requirements of my recent placement: The immediate areas that I need to learn and update are highlighted (in red) in the curriculum map,…

Today, results in higher education is based on the bell curve, where students compete against each another in a rat race to get to the top of the bell curve in order to score good results. The existence of the bell curve means that students can work very hard and still lose to their peers. This competitive education system is detrimental as it discourages students who does worse than their peers. This causes some to turn into unethical ways to achieve good results and also become more selfish…

In the movie Trouble with the curve we learned about scouting baseball players using Sabermetrics. Gus didn't think that was a logical way of scouting baseball. In the movie the scouts that worked with Gus were planing on signing Bo Gentry based on what they know from online stats. So Gus went out to North Carolina just to see how good Bo really is. After watching several games evaluating his every move Gus decided Bo was not the right fit for the team. By watching Bo, Gus figured out his…

Introduction Participating in university placement at Lizard Island was both a challenging and rewarding experience. I initially hoped to gain new skills and assist clients in clinical complex cases. But during the four-week placement program I gained an extraordinary amount of experience in understanding and participating in team work processes during an emotionally raw time. Throughout my university education reflective practice has been emphasised as a highly effective tool and an integral…

The term data-driven instruction (DDI), also called data supported instruction, is a systematic approach that is used to improve student learning based on available data (Lewis, Madison-Harris, Muoneke, & Times, 2010). It is a cyclic and precise process that continually improves learner’s success. The cycle has three repetitive stages, namely, assessment, analysis, and action. The latter stages provide a school-wide support framework for improving students learning throughout the year by…

The article I have chosen is titled, “The Critical Importance of Retrieval for Learning,” with the study conducted and written by, Jeffrey D. Karpicke and Henry L. Roediger III. It has been said that learning is considered complete if a student can provide the correct answer to a question. The basic idea of the experiment was to have students learn foreign vocabulary words through the process of repeated study-test trials. The goals of their conducted study were one, to examine the…

1) Review your notes/answers from the midterm exam. Below, list and explain the 10 most important takeaways for you from reading these two articles. (10 pts) My 10 most important takeaways from the readings are the following: 1-6 Ecology of the gym The overall interaction between the vectors, when they match and when they differ The best way to describe the difference between the primary and secondary vector is comparing them to an orchestra performance; with the primary vector as the…

PART D: Essay The integrated literacy plan for the Hungry Caterpillars includes both teaching sessions as a group and as a class. The themes that students explored in the programme included topics such as fitting in vs. not fitting in, being yourself, being different, and bullying. The texts chosen were not too extreme when exploring these topics, and questions were raised in a safe arena so that students could contribute without feeling threatened. This type of safety was seen through stories…

“Tax Cuts, Sold as Fuel for Growth, Widen Gap Between Rich and Poor,” describes both the relationship between tax size and tax revenue, as well as the trade-off relationship between efficiency and equity. Arthur Laffer, the creator of the “Laffer Curve,” introduced the idea that decreasing the size of a tax will eventually lead to an increase in tax revenue (Porter, 2017). This idea is vital to economics today. Also, the idea of efficiency and equity is discussed, which is also a major topic in…