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    Social anxiety, the most common anxiety disorder among college students, creates significant negative effects. Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a chronic mental health problem causing considerable distress in social situations and impairment (Russell & Topham, 2012). SAD is a disabling condition, which ranks in the third largest psychological problem in today’s society after depression and alcoholism (Russell & Shaw, 2009). This essay will contain different findings from literature on how SAD in

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    The article by Jan H. Hulstijn and Batia Laufer presents a study of the process of incidental vocabulary retention by second language learners. The study argues that retention of new words depends on the degree of involvement in cognitive processing of these words. The rationale of the study is “the Involvement Load Hypothesis” in vocabulary acquisition by Hulstijn and Laufer (2001). According to the hypothesis, the involvement of a learner in the process of vocabulary memorization includes three

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    Studies support that schools are more successful if students are allowed short breaks between classes. Mr. Hale, please consider making a change to our schedule for the betterment of our students. Taking short breaks throughout the day will be beneficial, because it improves student behavior, it allows a brain break, and it improves attention span. To begin with, a short break can affect how a student behaves during the school day. Seven hours is a long time to go without a break and can

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    Should college required students to take a foreign language? That’s the question many college students are debating over. One such student, a high school junior from connecticut wrote “studying a language in college should depend on your interests” and she argues that taking a foreign class should vary upon the student's interest, previous study and whatever a career path required it. Berdan build up her credibility by providing a little bit of her background and personal interest, citing convincing

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    Title Everyone loves a good story! : Using graphic organisers to scaffold a narrative. Abstract Research Question How does the implementation of graphic organisers impact student learning with regard to a text type in literacy? Rationale Literature Review Introduction Graphic organisers used in writing a narrative are a visual cue for ordering information. To full understand the purpose of graphic organisers in classrooms it is useful to break the term down and look at the defintions of both

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    The student information above is of primary importance because it gives me an initial idea of where the students are academically and who they are culturally. It also allows me to gain a picture of who my students are in the areas of abilities and multiple intelligences/learning styles. This information has been and will be used to help guide both the long and short range plans for this school year. The third block ELA Class a combination of Low to High level students as evident from their 2015

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    order for us to nullify this new declaration they must show us improvement and by their acts we shall decide to keep or abolish. We will not allow a non interested student take away other’s education, everyone has the right to free education as long as you attend a public school . However, you do not have the right to minimize other’s learning environment. We will not tolerate them from taking this for granted, if refusing to follow the rules they will be excluded from these benefits that lucky them to

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    Determining what students should be taught is not a task for one person but many topics are found to be intriguing and making the decision is obvious. In examination of three articles found in The Informed Argument by Robert K. Miller; Rick Livingston “The Humanities for Cocktail Parties and Beyond” it is evident that while humanities are important to teach to students, there is a better way to give them this information to make it more useful to the real world. Stanley N. Katz “Liberal Education

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    interaction, students of different ethnicities have only decades of discrimination and racial profiling to apprehend each other by. A problem contributing to this is that, even though colleges have done a good job at gathering students of different ethnic groups, they have failed at giving them a diverse educational experience. This can only be done by establishing connectivity and interaction among them. This is a situation that must be addressed because it can lead to serious problems between student groups

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    Should students be forced to sit in desks? No, because there are many facts that state that flexible seating is the accurate choice for teachers all over the world. Flexible seating necessary because it is good activity for the brain, students are more committed to learning, and it affects students’ moods. With this paper facts and examples will prove this point. Did you know that when you get daily exercise it increases memory, reduces stress and anxiety? Harvard University posted an article that

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