Intelligence gathering disciplines

A form of intelligence testing is used at the end of primary school is used to determine whether or not the child will progress to a grammar school or a state school. Parents from working class backgrounds are less likely to be able to afford a tutor for their child…

Cognitive development is the construction of thought processes, including remembering, problem solving, and decision-making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood (healthofchildren). From the age of 2 to 11 children are constantly discovering new things about themselves and their body, whether it be walking, talking or experiencing puberty. The cognitive difference between these two are tremendous and differ at each stage of growth. For example, a two-year-old is just learning how to…

Since I was a child I have had a dream of being a successful woman. Everything in my life could take me to be an apathetic person, but I won the battle that tried to make me sink. I am a persistent person, and I do not give up the things I want easily. Second, I am happy to see how intelligent I became, even though I did not have so much financial support from my parents. The last thing I am proud of myself is related in how I became a reliable person. Therefore, those three types of…

“Before a problem can be solved, it must be carefully defined and clearly acknowledged” (Moreland, pg. 109). I think the most challenging part of my life is addressing that there is a problem. In today’s world, it is so easy to live in self-denial. I spent half of my high school career in denial that I had a problem, and that it needed to be solved. Prior to my junior year of high school, I didn’t know or really desire to even know Jesus Christ. Addressing and acknowledging that not knowing…

Learning is a process where a person acquires knowledge through behavioural change that occurs due to experiences or practices. It leads to ascertaining ideas and concepts as well as obtaining skills and values. Learning occurs in all humans regardless of age, including the foetuses says Janet, 1998. People learn through cognitive development, behaviourism and constructivism. Behaviourism in learning is through the conditioning process in which the response is demonstrated with an environmental…

The two learning theories for students with disabilities are the constructivist and behaviorist theory respectively. In the constructivist classroom, the focus shifts from the teacher to the students. Students are not empty vessels, which are filled by teachers but instead the students are actively involved in their own process of learning. Piaget’s cognitive development theory (1970) comprises of four main stages namely the sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal…

Well in the articles, “Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff and “Blue Collar Brilliance” by Mike Rose both illustrates the term being intellectual is beyond the norm of school textbook knowledge. They believes that there are many forms of intelligence in which it can be capitalize and utilize as a life learned tool if its nurture properly. Our society is conditioned to rely solely on board-approved standard of education while suppressing those unique individuals who may be illiterate or not…

Project work is becoming increasing popular among practitioners of focus on form approach. A project involves students in deciding together what they want to do to complete a project. This activity is very similar to TBLT regards aims, steps and communication feature. Very briefly saying, project work is any project that you have probably seen in classroom of any lessons. They start by the teacher introducing a topic to their students: holidays, magazine, designs for cities in the future, etc.…

Through our teaching experiences, we come across students that have different levels of maturity. Immature students often give us a hard time, but the way forward is that we must perceive immaturity as a characteristic and a potential of growth. In this respect, two major aspects of growth are Dependence: the reliance on somebody’s help to grow and Plasticity: the adaptability and flexibility of an immature creature through the process of growth. In this regard, dependence is crucial as it…

1.3 Constructivism Constructivism is a theory which is based on observation that emphasize learning is an active and through constructive process. It says that people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences (Bereiter, 1994). The teacher should encourage students to use active techniques (experiments, real-world problem solving) to create more knowledge and then to reflect on and talk about what they are doing…