Learning is a long and tough process, and it needs an abundance of work, but it teaches students what they need to live an excellent life. It is a process that wears down a person. A human starts with a low level of knowledge, and his knowledge develops through time. It will change him into an informed person since no one is born with an innate ability of knowing science and solving math problems. However, countless students do not like a concept called learning as a result of temptations, such as video games, Facebook, T.V. but, as it is mentioned, it is exceptionally important for a human to form a more enriched life. Students need to improve their skills by learning. The AUIS students should learn reading, writing and time management skills in order to be an exceptional academic student.
In the beginning, the AUIS students should learn reading skills for a multiplicity of reasons. Since the studies are in English, the students are in need of a solid level of understanding of English. Therefore, it is important to study reading so that they have a better understanding for English ...
Who would have ever thought taking a college course would require one to learn how to learn? It is a good concept we normally undergo at a very young age. At the pre-school age one will find children learning their strength and weakness through their playtime. As adults we almost forget we have to learn how to learn to continue growth in our workplace, school, and in life. In our second week of online classes I learned strengths and weakness in my learning style with the aid of learning assessments, personality spectrums, and time management logs. In this paper, I intend to describe the various components of my learning style and outline a plan to improve my time management and study skills.
Clearly, all students should learn the basic things that every adult should know throughout their life. A majority of students have to go through real world situations on their own, and they though...
Plutarch deduces, “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” A vessel is often cluttered with useless items while a fire kindles and is truly fascinating as it slowly starts to grow. The mind is always being filled with unnecessary information every single day. The student has the opportunity to mold the mind into storing information that is considered useful. In the academic sense, students should be able to use this information and apply it when they are learning. Students should strive to learn for the purpose of expanding the mind. Every single thing taught in school should be applied in life. That is the only way that anyone can become successful.
An educational system should not control its students’ minds; instead, it should be arranged in a way that builds the students’ success with a goal to lead a person to conquer his/her purposes.
“Reading is the motivated and fluent coordination of word recognition and comprehension” (Leipzig 2001). In the educational system, pupils are encourage to read books because of the belief that one becomes better at a skill based on the amount of time dedicated to that particular skill. Pupils must practice the skill learned and receive “frequent feedback (Samuel and Wu).” Practice is most effectual when it is individualized and accompanied with instruction (Renaissance Learning Inc 2007). Individualized practice, allows the pupil to work at his/her individual ability. It challenges the pupil instead of frustrating him/her. Accelerated Reader (AR) program provides individualize practice to each pupil to maximize academic success. The purpose of this study is to examine the affect of AR on first grade students’ comprehension scores on the End of the Year Assessment.
In order for students to see themselves as reader, the students will work with various aspects of reading instruction. These four informative formats, word recognition, directions cards, picture/phrase cards, and story book, students are exposed to a specific set of words in a errorless situation in order to develop the phonemic awareness skills needed to become a successful
Student’s lives outside of classrooms are rapidly changing but their classrooms stay the same. The era of education should change as generations change and evolve. Furthermore, keeping classrooms in the same early era will not help all students learn. One of the main things that makes up one’s intelligence is their intellectual habits. Intellectual habits are what makes people unique in their own ways because it allows every individual to create their own virtues. This is argued by Cathy Davidson in her book “Project Classroom Makeover”; Davidson explains how the educational system needs to change. She argues that students are not interested in learning anymore because the learning system is the same even thought our world is changing. We need
The adjustments that I have made to become a stronger reader have not always been easy. However, it became feasible in my junior year of high school when I decided to with draw myself from a standard level English to an advance placement course to face the challenges that came along with learning new material at a faster pace. Nevertheless it was also a comparison between my more advance peers and me.
We ignore the plain fact that students learn at different rates and in different ways” (3). Furthermore, teachers are the main source of knowledge in the classroom. When teaching, teachers determine almost everything that happens within their classroom. Including what information they have students learn, and how they pass on that information. However, over the years, it has been neglected that every student learns differently. Additionally, it needs to be remembered that it is the students who are learning. A school system is needed that can retain all students’ curiosity, individuality, and creativity. For instance, whether it is the amount of homework given, the type of test, the pace of teaching, or the style of notes required, students should not be confined to only one way of
In their review of the relevant literature, they found that time spent in study skills programs were the greatest predictor of academic success for students who were academically unsuccessful prior to receiving academic support services. In the study that they conducted, results showed that students who were academically unprepared at pretest actually performed better after attending the study skills program than an academically prepared comparison group who had not received study skills training. The researchers found that the study skills program improved the participants’ academic self-efficacy as well as their study skills. Their finding indicate that receiving academic support services focused on study skills is associated with students feeling more capable of success and with improved academic performance (Wernersbach et al., 2014).
Reading, the active learner is reading different king of materials such as book, journals, newspaper and so on. Through reading, the people acquire different knowledge and make its application in life.
Students’ success in the classroom is dependent upon the amount of active learning they are involved with. Educational classrooms should be moving their courses beyond lecture and into learning spaces that allow for this to happen. Therefore, educating our future teachers is critical so they can, in return, help students to display academic growth and achievement.
Good reading skills are very important in learning languages. Reading improves spelling because as students learn to sound out letters and words, spelling comes easier. It helps to expand the vocabulary, since the best way to acquire a large vocabulary is to read. Students learn new words as they read and put them in their mind for later use. . They also unconsciously absorb the information about things like how to structure the sentences, how words are used in different contexts, and it gives a better understanding of the word usage and definitions than the cold facts of a dictionary. It improves a person’s vocabulary and knowledge without the person even knowing it. Even if students do not understand every word, they will hear new sounds, words and phrases which they can then try out, copying what they have heard. They can comprehend ideas, follow arguments and detect implications. Reading texts also provide good models for English writing. Krashen (2004) found that reading is extremely important in learning English, since it is the only way to “become a good reader, develop a good writing style, an adequate vocabulary, advanced grammar” and the only way to “become a good speller”.
One contributing factor towards student success is student motivation. Motivation is reading unassigned books out of class that relate to the class subject matter, just to expand his or her knowledge. The need or want type of actions a persons’ mentality is, to reach a personal goal or objective of some sort. People’s motivational purpose in school can range from, higher earning potential, more job stability, greater benefits, and even just to gain more knowledge. In a YouTube video entitled “The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us” by Dan Pink, he suggests that three elements: purpose, mastery, and autonomy play a part towards true motivation. Autonomy is ones self-drive, while
What are some ways that we can help our students become stronger readers? The level of comprehension depend on the level of reading of the student. Within the process of reading, there are two significant elements: understanding, and learning. Poor readers focus on decoding words and sentences (Wilhelm, 2001). They cannot see the text as a whole and therefore cannot create a larger meaning with all the words in the text (Wilhelm,