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“Many struggling students who genuinely want to learn fall behind instead. Others are so busy that they miss out on key concepts. Still others learn how to ‘play school’, but never really learn important objectives in their courses.” – Bergmann and Sams, Flip Your Classroom. The flipped classroom is a relatively new teaching approach that stems from its role in addressing the learning needs of students and involves flipping the traditional model of classroom instruction (Alvarez, 2012;…

Questions Assignment 1 1. Students improve in the way they think. They would be a better person, be happy, and find the correct truth about what happen in life. That is what Philosophy do to us, it guides you to develop your brain better. Also the word Philosophy is more often recognized as “the love of wisdom.” 2. The Socratic Method of teaching is one of the oldest and powerful methods. This method is very useful because it develops critical thinking and involves giving students questions but…

Attention and its effect on College Students Learning is the process of memorization, integration, and application of new information and concepts. All of us, at one point in our lives have been told to “pay attention”. But distractions easily divert our focus, taking our concentration to conversations across the room, or to a passing train out the window, or to a spot on a speaker’s collar. Attention effects the way we learn and effects the life’s of college students in the United States. It…

3:30 - 4:45 Date: November/13/2017 Name of the assignment: John Taylor Gatto: Against School John Taylor Gatto: Against School The success of a student from any learning institution is always based on the final school grades. Therefore, the best students graduate with the highest marks while the academically weak end up with the lowest grades. The students who qualify with the best grades (k-12) find their opportunity to study in the best schools. However, with the current state of technology,…

question asked by liberals and conservatives. Do students who are attending college universities have the right to protest on campus? Right off the bat, Glaude categorizes conservatives as those who are against freedom of speech. This is the first small yet obvious piece of bias- bagging on conservatives. By placing them in this category, students now look at all conservatives as people who are not only against their protest, but against any ideas the students may be protesting. Glaude does a…

that employers aren’t looking for a backstory on where you came from or the type of work that you have done, employers are more looking for what you are capable of and how you can strive at their company. Some employers are looking for experienced student who have worked under tough conditions whether it was on your own or in a group environment. Employers look specifically for communications majors who can work with others in the…

simultaneously, students are becoming less prepared, less motivated, and more entitled feeling. In the article “Preparing Students For The New Reality” written by both Donald S. Miller and Thomas E. Slocombe, both authors effectively argue that students are inadequately prepared to face the hypercompetitive new reality of the global marketplace by providing credible sources to augment their argument, and providing mentors…

Summary: “Does Coming to College Mean Becoming Someone New?” In “Does Coming to College Mean Becoming Someone New?”, Kevin Davis argues students going to college may face the choice of changing into someone new, to join a discourse community, or select one more aligned with their beliefs and values. Davis uses his experience with an unsuccessful attempt to join the English discourse community as a basis for his argument. Initially, Davis “felt like an outsider” (80) when starting his studies as…

On October 23 of this year, I went to my first cultural event in my college career. Not expecting too much, I went in with an open mind and an open heart, ready to be challenged with information I may not have heard or seen presented before. The event/presentation was just one of many during fashion week here at the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse. I, among many others, went to it as it was easily accessible, right in a lecture room in Centennial Hall. I have heard of #BlackLivesMatter,…

pampering of students as customers, the proliferation of faux “universities,” grade inflation, and the power reversal” (B3). The author believes schools try too hard to make their campus feel like home and a place full of “experiences”. As a result, education is no longer a top priority for neither the student nor the school, and numerous students simply sign up for college without thought as to what the future may require of them. The uprising of inflated universities has created a pride in…