Computer-assisted language learning

Growing up, my parents had difficulty understanding the communal culture of the American society, in which I naturally absorbed in my developmental process. I am a first generation American. My parents are both immigrants: my mother from Colombia and my father from Puerto Rico. They had difficulty understanding events I would want to take part in with my friends that are an everyday part of an American childhood, such as sleepovers and after-school activities. Although being bilingual now…

career focus of Child and family social work. I chose Liberty University and an Interdisciplinary degree to offer me some assistance with achieving my professional target because Liberty University 's vision is to create students with the qualities, learning and aptitudes to make a difference in the world. With an Interdisciplinary degree I was able to combine my previous academic and work experiences to develop my strengths for a solid academic foundation. My degree is an awesome stepping stone…

Children with Autism often have great memory skills, and one of their strengths is in the ability to use visual information. When learning routines Autistic students will remember the information longer and more accurately when the routine is presented visually instead of auditory (Schneider & Goldstein 2010). However, Autistic children have deficits in their communication and social skills. Specifically, children with autistic spectrum disorder will often not respond to adults or other children…

The Scholarship Of Teaching & Learning, 8(2), 1-29. De Smet, M. J., Brand-Gruwel, S., Leijten, M., & Kirschner, P. A. Electronic outlining as a writing strategy: Effects on students' writing products, mental effort and writing process. Computers & Education, 78, 352-366. De Smet, M. R., Broekkamp, H. H., Brand-Gruwel, S. S., & Kirschner, P. A. (2011). Effects of Electronic Outlining on Students' Argumentative Writing Performance. Journal Of Computer Assisted Learning, 27(6), 557-574. Kellogg, R.…

grade, students a day. The school is run by principle Milavsky and assisted by vice principle Buczynski. The reason that principle Milavsky described as to why teaching middle school is important was, “middle schoolers are not tainted yet and therefore you can get to them.” Lawrence Middle School is a diverse community, pulling students from all areas around Princeton and Trenton. In Lawrence, there are over 40 different languages spoken, showing both the diversity and struggle that this school…

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE An estimated 5.2 million Americans currently are afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease, usually called AD. Age is the highest risk factor. From studies conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention we learn that AD is now the sixth leading cause of death in this country, but it leaps to fifth place for those who have already reached the age of sixty-five. By age eight-five an estimated thirty-two percent of Americans have contracted full-blown AD. Women are at far…

higher grade levels and accordingly, there are fewer instructional minutes available to spend on the task of learning to read. Trelease (2001) stated, “there have been no significant change in students’ reading scores between 1971 and 2000” despite numerous reform efforts, incentives and higher standards which have been set by the states’ and federal level. Over more than two decades computer-base reading programs have been considered an effective way of improving students’ reading…

perspective on this about how it would be like to work with students from all diverse backgrounds in one of the most cosmopolitan cities of the world. 
 The SMBGC has many different spaces that promote a holistic learning experience. The largest area consists of the learning center, where the children do their homework and other school work. Sometimes when they are done with their work, they are allowed to play…

including the containment theory, have for general types of delinquency in all categories of race and sex. Previous studies on this theory have played a major role in allowing us to furthermore be able to understand the relationships between social learning, social control, delinquency, and containment. Although they have made a lot of contributions, they have only showed a part of this phenomenon. Research made by Jensen in 2011 showed that the relationships between self-evaluations and…

structures or wave-form analysis. This ultrasound can detect tissue abnormalities such as masses, cysts, edema, and stones (Kee 620). I was able to go get a wheelchair and get Ms. R.W. from the waiting room by myself. I weighed her, began her vitals, and assisted her with a clothing change. We received Ms. R.W. around the time Mr. F.T.’s platelet transfusion, so Ms. Laura had me watching Mr. F.T for the majority time of Ms. R.W.’s work up. I did get to observe the wound. It was located on the…