Harry Wong Analysis

One of the main controversial disputes regarding education is if test taking is actually a beneficial form of a learning technique for students. Within the context of Henry L. Roediger III’s article, How Tests Make Us Smarter, Roediger goes into depth upon how giving students “low-stakes quizzes” could help improve their memory as well as consistent and spread out practice. Psychology In Action, written by both Karen Huffman and Katherine Dowdell, also restates similar learning techniques within their first chapter.

(1987) described this form of instruction as a systematic method of teaching with emphasis on proceeding in small steps, checking for student understanding, and achieving active and successful participation by all students. I have also used the strategy as reference for determining the strengths and weaknesses of my lesson. After conducting in class lesson and reviewing my video lesson multiple times, I was able to identify my strengths

Relativism by David Wong address issues attached to moral relativism and common moral values. Wong has a unique perspective when analyzing how we view moral relativism and common moral values that an individual or a society can make a distinction. His arguments begin with him giving us types of moral relativism; Meta ethical relativism and normative relativism. He also talks about common moral values and natural laws, views that counterattack relativism.

The article “More Testing More Learning,” by Patrick O’Malley, discusses that students get anxious about a big test and how more frequent test can reduce that. More tests help decrease anxiety by forcing students to study more often, therefore, they learn the material. Professors, however, don’t always like to give more quizzes because essay questions take a long time to grade. O’Malley eliminates that excuse with providing some solutions as well as a few alternative quiz question styles.

Throughout the history, immigration and the United States are inextricably linked. The United States has promulgated many immigration legislations in the past either to restrict or support the immigration. Immigration is still going on and it is a debatable issue even today. In the interview, Chang-rae Lee says, “I’m interested in people who find themselves in places, either of their choosing or not, and who are forced to decide how best to live there. That feeling of both citizenship and exile, of always being an expatriate-with all the attendant problems and complications and delight”(Garner 2). Chang-rae Lee exposes the inner and outer conflicts the immigrants go through in the United States with

John Greene is a historian and Professor of History and Humanities at Cazenovia College in Cazenovia, New York. He is the director of the Cazenovia Social Science Program. Greene specializes in research of American presidents. He has written several books. These works include analysis of the presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford and both Bush’s.

The appearance of a person is one factor that people consider when someone is working in the entertainment industry. When you work in the entertainment world, you have to keep in mind that there are plenty of people who will be watching over you. In regards to Julie Chen’s choice to have surgery, I personally do not consider her action as something too high a price to pay. Although it is very heartbreaking to hear the comments she received about her Asian eyes and the idea that she can never work in the anchor desk due to the fact that she is Chinese. The people who told her that she needed eye surgery were just giving their opinion on how Julie Chen can move her way up in the entertainment industry. She made a choice for herself and they did

Hi Meghan I totally agree with you on the fact that I can watch this video over and over. I actually watched this video three times and I can still go for many repeats. I plan on someday showing this to my future students and any relatives or friends that are struggling with school. It is a very inspirational video he does a great job in wanting to motivate students with just words. This goes to prove that words hold a lot of power. I also found this video very inspiring as a future educator, someday I want to be able to tell this to my students for them to really comprehend that they are just not a number. Maybe I should watch it over and over until I memorize it like a script, I am joking I would memorize like it a script but I would come

In classrooms all across America, students sit perched over their desks in the process of taking standardized tests. As the students take the tests, teachers pace nervously up and down the rows of their classroom, hoping and praying that their students can recall the information which they have presented. Some children sit relaxed at their desks, calmly filling in the bubbles and answering essay questions. These children are well prepared and equipped to handle their tests. Other children, however, sit hunched over their desks, pondering over questions, trying to guess an answer. They struggle to recall information that has been covered many times in class, but they can’t.

I observed the kindergarten classroom of Sarah House. During my observation, Ms. House completed a language arts lesson with her students. Ms. House used both whole class instruction and one on one instruction during her lesson. I felt that she did an amazing job with classroom management and created lessons that were not only engaging, but fun for the students.

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When students think about tests, their thoughts tend to move more towards the idea of “how am I going to memorize all of this in one week,” I know this from experience. Why is this the way that students treat such “important” tests? I ask myself that question just about every time I think about taking an end of course test, SAT, ACT, or anything like that. All across the nation, students have also been introduced to a thing called common core, which has, for some reason, been made even more difficult than the previous set standards. This seems to be no solution to the problem, but will more than likely only worsen the ditch that we have gotten ourselves into, in terms of education. Before focusing on making school more challenging for students and teachers, would not it make more sense for the problem of students not actually learning the content of the course to be fixed first? With more challenging tests, comes more confused students who are willing to do anything just to pass; including flushing their education down the toilet. They do this by only storing the information in their short-term memory rather than actually learning the content of the class, but it’s not always their faults, either. The way the school system is set up, students are not taught how to actually learn the material or use it in real life. A student’s only goal is making good grades on the tests and surviving the class. This memorizing business can hurt students later on in life, as well. These kids get used to taking the easy way out, and will never learn the “deeper-thinking skills” that they need to succeed in the world today. “The focus on memorization, fueled by standardized testing, has obstructed learning, according to Linda Darling-Hammond of Stanford University, who argues that students have been losing or squandering most of the information they acquire in school.” (Towler.) Even a

Getting an education is the main goal for everyone, although it is easy to obtain there are some obstacles to it. One of the main obstacles students face at the beginning of their education is standardized tests. Schools have started to adopt this type of tests as their main way to evaluate students’ intelligence and teachers’ effectiveness to educate the students. The way students used to learn has changed, in order to get them ready for the tests they have to spend much of the school time preparing for it instead of learning something they can use in their future life. According to Bruce Jacobs in No Child Left Behind's Emphasis on 'Teaching to the Test' Undermines Quality Teaching, a 2007 study by the University of Maryland teachers were put in much pressure and had thoughts to teach the test […]. This shows that teachers have also been affected by standardized tests in a way they have more pressure to make students pass. Having teachers ‘teach the test’ means their way to educate has been corrupted. In most cases when teachers’ ability to educate has been changed leads them to practice methods not convenient for scholars. One of these methods is memorization, in Relying on High-Stakes Standardized Tests to Evaluate Schools and Teachers: A Bad Idea by Hani Morgan describes how students start to adapt to an “inferior type of learning, based on memorization and recall students gain when teachers

For professor Wang, not only has his passion and purpose given him the motivation to strive and achieve, but it has given him the sense of appreciation of his identity. By living with passion and purpose, he mentioned that he worked his butt off to be where he is at. He didn’t stress much on the hardship have faced but I can bet that he has given up many things to be where he is at today. To practice “real” law he had to leave China and he is potentially risking his safety by promoting democratic values through his writings and teaching. Like professor Wang, I also have a deep appreciation of the American legal system because of my upbringing in India where the legal system is really corrupt. Also, I know about how Tibetans inside Tibet lack

My experience with the live demonstration left me with mixed feelings. After 10 weeks in the classroom I have gained a lot of information but most of all learnt several effective communication skills to use in different situations when interacting with people. However, sitting face to face with someone where I am playing the role of a professional counsellor; is a bit frightening. During the session I tried to pay attention to the person in front of me