Learning Essays

            Learners tend to misbehave at times and it is up to the teacher to restore order in the classroom. In a sense, this is a power struggle between the student and the teacher. If the teacher loses his ground, the student may become bolder next time and will be …

This paper examines the extent of usage of Internet among NigerianUniversity undergraduate and how this has affected their performance. Internet is indeed a powerful tool for academics – students and researchers. The Internet has been shown to influence the academic performance of students at the tertiary level. The influence of …

Kaiser Permanente Botches Its Kidney Transplant Center Project Kaiser Permanente is one of the country’s foremost health maintenance organizations (HMOs), also referred to as integrated managed care organizations. HMOs provide health care that is fulfilled by hospitals, doctors, and other providers with which the HMO has a contract. While Kaiser …

Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to ensure that students are able to understand how to conduct measurements of length, mass, temperature, density and volume using different measuring devices. Students will also learn how to dilute substances by using simple algebra. Procedure: 1. Prepare a data table similar to …

Learning is more than memorizing, more than regurgitating facts and information. It is about the context, the experience, of interpreting these facts and transforming them into knowledge. This, as Jeff Cobb argues, is what constitutes learning and I concur. After reading an excerpt from Charles Dickens’ novel, “Book the First …

Abstract This Experiment involves examining taste preferences of coke vs. diet coke. Taste preferences are subjective and individuals vary in what tastes better. Taste involves taste buds on the tongue and is affected by many factors local and psychological.  Most people who consume carbonated drinks regularly can notice the difference …

Proportional reasoning – It is a form of mathematical reasoning which involves a sense of co-variation and comparison between two or more quantities.[1] Ratio – Ratio denotes the magnitude of one quantity with respect to another. In simple words it is a comparison of two numbers. For any two numbers …

Procedures are very important in maximizing the time that students are engaged in learning activities. Proper procedures allow students to automatically know what to do given a particular class routine. As such, the teacher does not waste any time giving out instructions because the students already know the procedure for …

            Being an effective teacher does not only require one to be knowledgeable and creative. Effective teaching, furthermore, deals with not only the right and appropriate techniques and methods of teaching. It is also about applying proper time management when teaching students.  Thus when it comes to effective teaching, instructional …

Choose one of the following to complete as a summative assessment. This will be due on March 5th (A day) or March 6th (B day). No late assignments will be accepted. 1. Write a 2-3-page paper exploring the concept of “pig” in several cultures. Compare/contrast those concepts with the use …