Constructivist teaching methods

1. What is the shape of Ebbinghaus’s Classic forgetting curve, and what does it tell us about memory? Ebbinghaus’s Classic forgetting curve is shaped like a curved letter L (T. Hanson. Brain and Behavior). It tells us that the sooner we rehearse new information after learning it, the better the likelihood that we will remember it. However, the more time that passes, the less able we will be to remember all of the information and it only takes a few minutes for much of the information to become…

saxophone and try to play a song. Multiple inteligences are also credible in the classroom. Teachers are always using the intelligences to teach the wide variety of students they may have in the class so they can accommodate all methods as explained, “Different teaching and learning strategies can accommodate students with these different ability levels, including those who do not learn in traditional ways. Empowering students to learn through multiple modalities fosters a collaborative…

Exercise Essay: Guidebook review Guidebooks in question: Buildings of England, London 4: North and The London Architecture Guide Nikolaus Pevsner and Bridget Cherry’s book, The Buildings of England, London 4: North and the Iphone application, The London Architecture Guide, take different approaches in making London’s architectural history accessible. In this essay, I compare and contrast these two guides, ultimately demonstrating that although the application is easier to understand, Pevsner’s…

‘Minimum’ Gestures,” written by Michael Saltsman. She was persuaded by Saltsman’s comments about “the negative economic consequences of a living wage” (46) but she wasn’t satisfied that the living wage was completely ineffective. Makens continues this method of searching for more differing views of the topic of raising minimum wage so that low income employees can live off of their earnings. She effectively showed her audience the many views of the argument and her opinions and takes from each…

Hence, the sample has limited generalizability to the greater population of instructors, administrators, and coordinators in universities of Iraq. Secondly, the data collection method in this research study was through interviews. There are other forms that data could be collected through various means such as multiple interviews or focus groups with participants that would enable the researcher to carry out deeper analysis, but…

which resulted in a mass market demand not only for cars but many other products in the manufacturing industry (EyeWitness to History, 2005). Taylor’s scientific management in accord with (reference 1) describes how the application of the scientific method to the management of workers could greatly improve productivity and optimise the way tasks were performed in a special manner. This removed the need for Highly skilled individuals and converted…

Reflection Paper 2 Three Personal Goals This course helped in the understanding of research and how important it is to thoroughly examine the research article prior to utilizing it. The first goal was to be able to apply application to nursing practice. Application is defined as, “use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace” (Randall, 2010). This goal was partially met. Research…

This book review is going to be looking the work of Catherine Bell in her book ‘Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice’. In this book, Bell looks at people’s curiosity with rituals and the pre-existing notions of rituals. Bell hashes out the argument on connections that make a discourse on ritual to compel cultural activity studies. Bell acknowledges that there hasn’t really been any analysis of the term ritual that has presented forward one definitive definition, that shows its role in the way people…

Blinks In the book Blink, Gladwell describes a phenomenon he refers to as “blinks”. These are instances where your unconscious takes in information and processes it, so you react to the situation without having to take the time to consciously think. Throughout his book Gladwell provides a variety of situations where these are helpful or harmful, however he does not touch on how this process occurs or how it relates to attention. While we still are not sure exactly how attention selection works,…

Ashutosh Jogalekar's post is a response to a previous article, by Alex Berezow. The original article argues that psychology is a not a "real" science. While Jogalekar agrees with Berezow to an extent, he explains in further detail his contrasting views why psychology may not be a "real" science but why it is still a science. Berezow claims that in order to be considered a field of science it must have five certain qualities: clearly defined terminology, quantifiability, highly controlled…