Shanker Chapter Summary

Chapter Nine goes into detail about the late Paleoindian Period the growth of agriculture in North and South America. Clovis points appeared all over the Americas attesting to a continent-wide networking. However, as time pasted distinctive points and tools began to pop up based on region and the needs it provided for. In fact, a common theme of this chapter was the Native Americans ability to exploit their resources and maximize their intake of food sources.

Chapter 19 of Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life deal’s with Jeremy’s birthday. He receives a letter from his father. The letter is a very thoughtful and caring one and it was written just after Jeremy’s 8th birthday. It starts off how Mr. Fink writes about a trip to the zoo where a motherless bear cub was taken in by a tiger who had just given birth. It says that Jeremy had thought that was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen and his parents were awed by him. The letter also explained the things Mr. Fink had learned in his life. Mr. Fink had asked his father if any could predict somebody’s future and his father replied “The future changes everyday. We, not someone else have the power to create our own lives.” This is something Mr. Fink

Eric Schlosser starts with the scenery of Colorado Springs, how in just three decades it went from vast, open nature, to having fast food restaurants placed anywhere and everywhere readily accessible. A majority of land withholding pure nature and free roaming animals was a view to others, the opportunity to place mass fast food corporations. These mass fast food corporations have not only broadened the American’s average diet, it has also affected the landscape, culture, and the overall economy of America. The culture of the average citizen’s meal included going to the grocery store to buy food staples such as vegetables or meat, that were to be prepared later for homemade meals. Nowadays, the popular culture of American citizens is to hit

In the researcher’s opinion, “this could be as much about the long-term effects of having an unreliable world view as it is about a lack of self-control” (Kidd 871). So it is obviously extremely important for children to be raised in a trustworthy, dependable environment in order to learn self-control and to be able to use their willpower to self-regulate.

In Marion Winik’s essay “The Things They Googled”, Winik associates certain Google searches with different kinds of people, such as those that are young, old, lonely, and forgetful. Young people would google what they didn’t know or what they were supposed to know, older people would google what they’d forgotten, and lonely people would make searches based on their past relationships. Winik makes the assumption that these groups of people all would be googling similar content. Winik might be criticizing Google searches, or she could just be criticizing people based off the searches they’ve made. Although she may not have meant to come off as critical, her language and tone can easily lead someone to believing so.

How teachers aid pupils in actively participating in their own learning, is discussed by David Nichol in terms of students becoming self-regulated learners. If the CFE encourages the development of such learners then 'we assume to the degree in which students can in fact regulate aspects of their thinking and learning during the learning process ' (Nicol and Macfarlane‐Dick, 2006). Therefore, teachers must monitor the orientation of learning goals, and the

Overall this book is good so far. Once I start reading it, I cannot put it down. It is a story that talks about the struggle of a young African-American girl named Shivana who is dealing with her poor lifestyle, going to school and being sexually active at such a young age. She is only fifteen and has been hooking up with a man who is married and has children. I found that this was so disturbing because I feel like Leroy (the married man) is using her for sex; he claims that he loves her but I am pretty sure he is doing it out of pleasure.

1. Chapter 1, is about introducing the Tres Camarones, the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Also, since the people in that town didn’t like change much there are already danger roaming around like the bandidos who will be evading the town.

The American frontier was a vast area of free land. The dividing line of the frontier was a boundary line that was continuously moving farther and farther west with each generation. It’s the frontier, and subsequently its boundaries, that determined the path of history more than other events. As the expansion of the west continued the attractions and conveniences of things were farther apart, yet the reward of moving westward reaped its benefits in the ways that each and every person had a chance to make their future and had the west as a blank canvas..

Chapter seven of The View from Saturday starts off back at Academic Bowl Day, where Julian has just contradicted the advisory panel’s sources. This does not worry The Souls, who are ready to let Julian risk it all. Julian repeatedly tells the commissioner that the panel’s information is incomplete. Then, in a flashback, Konigsburg tells the reader more about how Mrs. Olinski’s team prepared. This occurs in third person point-of-view. The week of the district competition, The Souls and Mrs. Olinski brown-bagged their lunches in order to practice during lunch. Mrs. Olinski’s team continued to amaze her with their complimentary skills. They seemed to communicate with “a secret stealth language.” The day before the district competition, Conner LeDue, the principal of

As we discussed in class, motivation plays an intrinsic role in creating successful self-directed learning. Those who practice this form of learning, in various ways, are driven by personal or external incentives, such as the desire to learn something, or simply for curiosity 's sake, self-esteem and self-efficiency. Because of this self-directed learners are known to take initiative, view issues as challenges to overcome, become confident, have a desire to evolve, and appreciate and seek out learning opportunities (Taylor, 1995).

According to Broome, the author, every individual is morally obligated to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions to zero. Greenhouse gas emissions can be produced by our every day daily routine. According to Broome, if we reduce our greenhouse gas emissions to zero we can solve climate change and not harm the future generations. Broome states many points that are quite evident that supports his argument of how our (individually) actions can cause harm due to the emissions that we release. He states seven characteristics that are important because of the individual injustices that we commit by emitting greenhouse gases. Broome believes that the harm that is caused by our emission is the result of something we do. The first point that Broome states

Deliberate practice is a type of learning that requires a focused effort to improve importance. It is a long process, but it is found to be more effective than just relying on memorization, or automaticity. It’s a type of learning that can help anyone refine their skills, or learn new tasks. There are several steps one needs to take to learn deliberate practice effectively. These steps are similar to those of self-regulated learning. “Self-regulation refers to self-generated thoughts, feelings and actions that are strategically planned and adapted to the attainment of personal goals” (Zimmerman 2000, 2006).

Self-discipline has a huge impact on my learning because it gives me the ability to control my feelings and overcome my weaknesses. The emotional intelligence theory talks about ‘’understanding yourself, your goals, intentions, responses, behaviour and all’’ which all ties is with knowing and managing the emotions of yourself and others which for me is what mainly affects my attitude towards things.

Self-regulation is an important part of an individual’s everyday life. From the moment a person wakes up until the moment they go to sleep, they are engaging in self-regulatory practices throughout much of their day. These self-regulatory processes are not only conscious decisions that one makes throughout a variety of situations, but can become deeply imbedded in an individual’s way of life. Through a social-cognitive perspective, one may define self-regulation as producing feelings, thoughts, and actions. These are planned and adapted cyclically in order for one to achieve personal goals in a changing social and physical environment (Zimmerman, 2010, as cited in Durand-Bush, McNeill, Harding, & Dobransky, 2015, p. 257). One must constantly modify their actions in order to obtain the desired outcome. Self-regulation involves looking in retrospect at past actions, evaluating them, and then choosing current behavior to be consistent with desires. For some, self-regulatory practices have been built over many years throughout one’s life and continue to grow. The individual learns new knowledge and practices that they can incorporate into their lives. Daily actions are motivated by both internal and external forces. According to Ryan and Deci (2000), there is a very important difference between intrinsic and extrinsic kinds of motivation. Intrinsic motivation entails doing something because it is essentially interesting or enjoyable, while extrinsic motivation entails doing