Intelligence gathering disciplines

Bill Millard describes three different intellectual disciplines: discovery, process, and application. Discovery is having curiosity, a teachable spirit, and persistence. I am curious and want to gain knowledge, and I also am very teachable. I do struggle in being persistent in discovery. I need to not give up…

The facts and the results of my experiments are clear, and the more sensational aspects of my own rapid climb cannot obscure the fact that the tripling of intelligence by the surgical technique developed by Drs. Strauss and Nemur must be viewed as having little or no practical applicability (at the present time) to the increase of human intelligence.” (Keyes,79) In the quote from the text it explains that he will not keep what he has learned. But he did help the scientist figure out that they…

Emotional Intelligence What is the secret to a successful career? This question is often asked by many around the world with different set of answers. The most common answer is high intelligence quotient. People with higher intelligence quotient are better at learning and understanding things since they have superior grasping power. They are more likely to do well academically. A logical assumption, therefore, is that such people tend to be more successful at work and through life. However,…

There is little doubt that knowledge can be produced through active experiment and passive observation. But they are just two of the several ways in which humans can produce knowledge. In fact, it is accepted that there are eight ways in which knowledge can be acquired. These ways are the following ones: Sense perception, Language, Reason, Emotion, Imagination, Faith, Intuition and Memory. Occasionally, knowledge can be produced in some other way, for example by random discovery (a.k.a.…

According to Lawrence Balter and Robert B. McCall in "Parenthood in America," foster care is seen as a temporary solution for families in crisis, families in which the child has been subjected to neglect or abuse (physical, sexual). The family’s relationship is always a best foundation to grow up a child. “Family is not an important thing. It's everything.” - Michael J. Fox. Although Rex Walls and Rose Mary fail to care their children sufficiently, it is better for the Walls children to remain…

The notion of intelligence has attracted scholars and educators. The traditional conception of intelligence rests largely upon a monolithic, static view of intelligence. Spearman (1904) made the first theoretical attempt to describe intelligence proposing his g model (g for general) .This theoretical model was the outcome of the measurement of psychological abilities. He believed in the existence of a “common underlying ability or force serving as the basis for all our mental/intellectual…

A learner centred approach (LCA) is a method of training which attempts to involve learners in the learning process (Le-Ha, 2014). Both what is learnt and the way in which it is learnt is therefore shaped by the learners’ needs, interests and capacities (Le-Ha, 2014). In addition to enabling effective learning, the aim of this approach is to develop vital skills such as critical thinking and problem solving (Coetzee, 2013). This essay will argue that the implementation of this technique will…

The purpose of this research paper was to discuss an overview of the semantic and structural memories and to examine which one of the two have better recall retention. Semantic memories store information through personal events and adding meaning to it, an example would be associating words as unpleasant or pleasant. In another hand, structural memory is obtaining information of what an individual sees, an example would be seeing if a word is upper case or lower case. Evidence suggests semantic…

In the story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes the main character Charlie Gordon’s intelligence and personality were affected dramatically by an operation. Before the operation, Charlie was extremely sociable and had many friends but, now he Doesn't have any friends due to the fact that he is Extremely intelligent his vocabulary is way above the average. Charlie’s intelligence also increased due to the fact that he can now do so many things he couldn’t do before and, he can now understand…

3.3 Benefits of CALL While there are those who are still skeptical about the use of a computer to teach language (an inherently human activity), the many benefits of a CALL program have been generally accepted. Some of these come from the general field of CAI, while some are specific to language learning. Individualization Probably the most important benefit is that of individualization and learner autonomy. With a CALL program, learners can work at their own pace and control their own learning…