Achievement Outside of the Classroom My parents were against the idea of a dog, but I was determined that we would get a puppy. I did my research, and, information in hand, pitched the idea of raising an assistance dog to my parents. We would raise a puppy for a year, providing it with care and teaching basic commands. If she passed her tests, she would be trained as an assistance dog. If not, we would have the option of keeping her. My parents fell for it, hook, line, and sinker, and two months later we picked up Frito, a yellow-lab puppy. Between chewed-up shoes, obedience school, ruined carpet, romps in the park, and playing ball, the year flew by more quickly than I ever imagined it would, and the day came to have Frito's skills assessed. I watched nervously, half-hoping that he would mess up as the trainer tested him on the things we had learned in puppy obedience classes. Frito passed with flying colors, and I cried on the way home as Frito was led back to the training kennels. I cried again four-months later at Frito's...
When Frito had first been accepted to the training program, I felt as if I had lost my best friend. The day of Frito's graduation, I realized that I had actually helped Kenny find his best friend.
The research of Wofendale (1991) demonstrated the effectiveness of parents who provided support for the learning process of their child and holds that involvement in schools by parents is likely the primary indicator of performance of the child in school. The Michigan Department of Education reports that the "most consistent predictors of children's academic achievement and social adjustment are parent expectations of the child's academic attainment and satisfaction with
Rural special education quarterly, Vol. 23, Issue 4, 3-9. Retrieved November 26, 2010, from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=3&hid=104&sid=5c0f11c9-17f3-4f60-8ce3-d4df66666494%40sessionmgr14 Lake, V.E. (2004, August). Ante up: Reconsidering classroom management philosophies so every child is a winner. Early Chil Development and care, Vol. 174, Issue 6, 565-574. Retrieved November 26, 2010, from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=3&hid=17&sid=5c0f11c9-17f3-4f60-8ce3-d4df66666494%40sessionmgr14 Los Angeles County Office of Education. (2002). Teacher expectations and student achievement. Coordinator Manual. Marlow, E. (2009, December). Seven criteria for an effective classroom enviironment.
Classroom Discipline Cook-Sather, a. (2009). "I'm not afraid to listen: Prospective teachers learning from students." Theory Into Practice, 48(3), 176-183. Cook-Sather's article describes a teacher education program she conducts at Bryn Mawr College and the results of a survey of teachers who went through the program. The program is called the Teaching and Learning Together (TLT). Through TLT, secondary education students at the college have substantial interaction with high school students from area
According to Bales, 1999, the concept behind SYMLOG is that "every act of behavior takes place in a larger context, that it is a part of an interactive field of influences." Further, "the approach assumes that one needs to understand the larger context -- person, interpersonal, group, and external situation -- in order to understand the patterns of behavior and to influence them successfully." With SYMLOG, measurement procedures are
Parent's Selection for Supplementary Tutoring Centre in Hong Kong - Primary School Level With reference to the above discussion, it can be apparently observed that the education industry in Hong Kong is quite expanded. However, the performance of students and educational growth in the country can be observed to be weakening which indicates that the education sector in Hong Kong requires to be facilitated significantly within a short-run period. This
Classroom Management, and Organization Plan for a Pre-K Trainable Mentally Handicapped (TMH) class with students ages 3-5. The plan reflects one's leadership and management style in order to develop a comprehensive plan for effective classroom management and discipline. The assignment addresses areas like content, conduct, and covenant management, establishment, and teaching of classroom procedures, development and teaching of classroom rules and consequences, prevention of problems, establishment of positive relationships,
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