Collaborative learning
Posted by: Hilary on: August 2, 2010
Asthey say whatever God’s dream about man may be, it seems certain it cannot come true unless man cooperates. So cooperative learning has always been more effective by many reasons: developing and sharing a common goal is much easy way because you can contribute your understanding of the problem:questions; insights and solutions. You can respond to, and work to understand, others’ questions, insights and solutions. You are accountable to others, and they are accountable to you, you are dependent on others, and they depend finally each of you brings strengths to a group.
You take responsibility for a share of the tasks and carry them out on time and in case you if you have little experience or feel ill-prepared for, or even think others would do better.you can be sure that you will always get certain help and support.
The century of brain
Posted by: Hilary on: July 29, 2010
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No doubt adults, children and even babies – all of us have the ability to grow and adapt to daily challenges in life. The fact is the twenty-first century promises to be “the century of brain.” The above technologies and other advances will enable us to shed light on the problems of the human mind. The time has come for us to apply the results of brain science research to improving education as a social technology. There is “art of changing the brain” that comes down to some things that we have always known. Practice and meaning are the most important parts of this art, but of course the student will not practice in a meaningful way unless she cares. Ultimately it is the learner that is in control. The teacher can arrange the conditions and the challenges in ways that engage the learner, but still we must have faith in learning itself.
“Three principles from brain research: emotional safety, appropriate challenges, and self constructed meaning suggest that a one-size-fits-all approach to classroom instruction teaching is ineffective for most students and harmful to some.”
There are no two children are alike. An enriched environment for one is not necessarily enriched for another.
No two children learn in the identical way.
In the classroom we should teach children to think for themselves.
One way is to group children so they are talking to each other, they are asking questions of each other, they are learning to be teachers. One of the most important concepts for a 5 year old to know is that he or she can teach because you have to understand something to teach it.”
Online education benefits
Posted by: Hilary on: July 9, 2010
You can vote here your opinion about online online schools. Do people see the benefits of online learning getting the most out of online college experience? According to CCA consulting, nearly 50% of higher
education institutions currently engage in some type of online learning. Academic and professional organizations agree that using web-based learning environments can offer sound pedagogical benefits. According to researchers from Cornell University, “the web provides significant new functionality in transmitting information to the student and providing forums for exchange”.
How fish swim
Posted by: Hilary on: June 22, 2010
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Nobody can swim like a fish. But how fish swim? Many fishes swim by contracting and relaxing a succession of muscle blocks, called myomeres, alternately on each side of the body, starting at the head and progressing down toward the tail. The alternate shortening and relaxing of successive muscle blocks, which bends part of the body first toward one side and then toward the other, results in a series of waves traveling down the fish’s body. The rear part of each wave thrusts against the water and propels the fish forward.
This type of movement is quite clearly seen in the freshwater eel. Because movement of the head back and forth exerts drag, which consumes additional energy and slows travel, a great many fishes have modified this snakelike motion by keeping the waves very small along most of the length of the body, in some cases showing no obvious movement at all, and then increasing them sharply in the tail region. It is the end of the traveling waves that moves the tail forcefully back and forth, providing the main propulsion for forward motion. A simpler form of tail propulsion is seen in such inflexible-bodied fishes as the trunkfish, which simply alternates contractions of all the muscle blocks on one side of the body with those on the other side, causing the tail to move from side to side like a sculling paddle.
Some of the predatory bony fishes are the fastest swimmers; they can cruise at speeds that are between three and six times their body length per second and may be able to reach 9 to 13 body lengths per second in very short bursts. Some fishes, such as the blenny, which has been timed at 0.8 km/hr (0.5 mph), swim very slowly; others, such as the salmon, which may reach a sustained speed of 13 km/hr (8 mph), move much faster; and it has been estimated that tuna may reach speeds of 80 km/hr (50 mph), and swordfish, 97 km/hr (60 mph).
Practice Mathematic
Posted by: Hilary on: June 15, 2010
In search of Math practice site I’ve found the perfect one that can help to make it both perfect and fun. This is www.ixl.com/ that offers an unlimited math questions in more than 1,000 topics, students improve their skills and confidence and always have new challenges to meet. You can get started right now.
There is KidsNumbers.com as well that is offering the absolutely free math resource designed by teachers, specifically for students and children of all ages. A place where students can practice all aspects of math, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, in a fun and pressure free way.
Math Foundations is a cutting edge, free 12 week program that will help build the foundation your student needs to do well with mathematics.
