Critical Thinking: The Zia Prep Academy Case

This paper discusses a case called “The Zia Prep Academy” that was developed to hone a person’s critical thinking skill set in the context of structuring an agreement in the rehiring of a key executive. A detailed discussion is provided in how to set up an employee’s contract and project plan given the potential for strategic deception and misaligned expectations. Critical thinking skills require students to integrate framing project work in a work breakdown structure for the Zia Prep Academy Superintendent and then to decide what work is not necessary over her next term of employment. Essential versus non-essential information is presented as student’s process what is important to include in their overall analysis. Students must deal with the conditions of information compactedness, bounded rationality, and possible opportunism in writing the business case, or project plan, that accompanies the employee contract. The potential for strategic deception is present as uncertainty exists regarding the intentions of the school superintendent due to her proposed contract. Students work in traditional project management teams in writing a contract, business case, and financial analysis as part of the project plan. The outcome of this case is a greater understanding and ability in how to communicate key organizational requirements through team-based designs. The Zia Prep Academy case also facilitates one’s development of conceptualizing a problem and then reaching a reasoned, team-based conclusion

Motivational strategies to create a good environment in english class

One of the most important factors in the English language is to achieve a good motivation because it is essential for language learning in the classroom. However, lack of motivational strategies, demotivate students causing an unpleasant learning environment for English language. The objective of this research was: to analyze motivational strategies to create a good environment in the English class. The research was descriptive because it provides detailed information regarding the importance of motivational strategies in teaching English. Furthermore, it has a quantitative approach. Therefore, a survey was applied to students at ninth year of the Delia Ibarra de Velasco Educative Unit during the academic period 2015-2016 in order to collect data about the use of motivational strategies. In addition, a survey was applied to teachers of English to obtain data about the application of the motivational strategies in the English class....Uno de los factores más importantes en el idioma inglés es lograr una buena motivación ya que es fundamental para que el estudiante muestre interés por su propio aprendizaje cumpliendo actividades dentro del aula. Sin embargo, la carencia de estrategias motivacionales, desmotivan a los estudiantes provocando un ambiente desagradable de aprendizaje del idioma inglés. El objetivo de esta investigación fue: analizar estrategias motivacionales para crear un buen ambiente en la clase de inglés. La investigación fue descriptiva puesto que se provee información detallada respecto a la importancia de las estrategias motivacionales en la enseñanza del idioma inglés. Además, Este estudio tiene enfoque cuantitativo. Se aplicó una encuesta a los estudiantes del noveno año de la Unidad Educativa Delia Ibarra de Velasco en el periodo 2015-2016 para recolectar datos acerca del uso de estrategias motivacionales. Otra encuesta fue aplicada a docentes de inglés para obtener datos sobre la aplicación de estrategias motivacionales en la clase de inglés…

The effects of using the GoMath program on teaching computation skills for students with learning disabilities

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects on teaching math computation skills to students with learning disabilities (LD) using the GoMath program and to examine the teachers’ and students’ satisfaction with this program in their teaching and learning. Four, 3rd and 4th graders with LD were taught by one special education teacher in a resource room and participated in learning computation skills for 60 minutes, 5 days per week for 12 weeks, using the Go Math program. A multiple baseline research design with A B phases across students was used to evaluate their performance. The findings indicated that all of the participants increased their addition, subtraction and multiplication computation scores using the GoMath program, and the teachers and students were generally satisfied with the program and its supplemental materials. The results of this study support the use of the GoMath program providing explicit instruction with a multisensory approach to teach math computation skills to students with LD

Analysis of the English speaking skills teaching strategies applied by the teacher to ninth grade students of secondary education, at Alfonso Cortés School, in the afternoon shift, during the second semester of 2015.

This research is based on the analysis of English speaking skills Assessment strategies applied by the English teacher in the classroom to students of ninth grade of secondary education at Alfonso Cortés School. The research objectives are: To analyze the kind of English speaking skills assessment applied by the teacher in the classroom; to identify the English speaking skills assessment strategies applied by the teacher in the classroom; to evaluate the English students´reaction to the speaking skills assessment strategies applied by the teacher in the classroom and to explain the consequences about the lack of English speaking skills assessment strategies applied by the teacher in the classroom. The population for this research was English teacher and the students to ninth grade students of secondary education, at Alfonso Cortés School, Managua, from the 20 students 45% of students are female and 55% of students are male. The sample was 100% of the students of ninth grade of this same school. The instruments applied were: a survey with the 100% of the population, an interview for the teacher; and were applied several observations, where was observed that there were not many assessment strategies applied by English teacher to the students. The instruments applied allowed find answers to the objectives raised. In conclusion, this research will help teacher to know about the importance of applying the assessment strategies in the teaching- learning process in order to help the students manage a great level of learning English language

Quadros interactivos no ensino da matemática

Mestrado em Ensino de MatemáticaSer profissional de educação hoje em dia requer muita habilidade e profissionalismo e actualizações. Motivar, cativar a atenção, debater, comunicar é importante no meio escolar. O factor insucesso escolar é cada vez mais referido e pronunciado, sendo importante arranjar estratégias que fomentem a qualidade do ensino e combatam o insucesso escolar. O aparecimento das novas tecnologias, nomeadamente os quadros interactivos, contribuíram para novos recursos pedagógicos, sendo uma porta aberta na resolução de alguns problemas na Educação. A presente dissertação tem como tema os quadros interactivos no ensino da Matemática. Esta está dividida em partes. Na primeira parte é apresentada a definição de quadro interactivo, algumas sugestões de utilização, quais as vantagens e desvantagens de um quadro interactivo, que tipo de quadros existem no mercado: SMARTBoard, Magicboard/StarBoard da Hitachi, Promethean, Interwrite, Clasus, entre outros nesta fase abordo ainda outros softwares matemáticos que podem ser utilizados nos quadros: GeoGebra, Cabri, etc. Numa segunda fase abordo experiências em sala de aula de diferentes anos (desde o pré-escolar até ao Ensino Superior), apresentando algumas aulas realizadas no quadro interactivo. Por fim, faço referência os quadros interactivos pelo mundo, apresentando alguns países e algumas escolas. Apresento um capítulo onde falo do projecto Inovar com QI. Finalmente, apresento análises de inquéritos realizados a professores e alunos sobre o impacto dos quadros interactivos em sala de aula e deixo algumas propostas de futuros trabalhos de pesquisa. ABSTRACT: Working in education nowadays requires much skill, professionalism and updating. Motivating, capturing attention, discussing and communicating are all important in the classroom. Lack of achievement at school is an increasingly frequent topic of debate and it is important to find strategies that promote quality teaching and combat that failure. The emergence of new technologies, namely interactive whiteboards, has contributed to new pedagogical resources, and is an open door to solving some problems in education. The subject of this dissertation is interactive whiteboards in the teaching of Mathematics. It is divided in two parts. The first presents a definition of the interactive whiteboard, some suggestions for its use, the advantages and disadvantages of interactive whiteboards and the types of boards available on the market: SMARTBoard, Magicboard/StarBoard by Hitachi, Promethean, Interwrite and Clasus, among others. This part also covers other types of mathematics software that can be used with the board: GeoGebra, Cabri, etc. The second part deals with experience in the classroom with different age-groups (from nursery to higher education), presenting some lessons carried out with the interactive whiteboard. At the end, reference is made to the use of interactive whiteboards throughout the world, presenting cases from some countries and some schools. One chapter deals with the «Inovar com QI» Project. Finally, analyses are presented of surveys carried out with teachers and pupils about the impact of interactive whiteboards in the classroom, and some proposals are made for future investigation

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Teachers’ perceptions and value of Yoruba as a medium of instruction in primary 3 classes

Yoruba is one of the languages recognised in Nigeria to be used as medium of instruction in the lower primary classes as stipulated by the Nigerian National Policy on Education. This study investigated how teachers experience the use of Yoruba as medium of instruction in primary classes. The study was qualitative thus employed the one-on-one interview schedule, semi- structured observation schedule and document analysis as data collection instruments. The participants included 10 primary three teachers in two primary schools. The findings revealed amongst others that despite lack of support from the government teachers have taken it upon themselves to promote Yoruba and make it accessible to learners. The study recommended that the government should do more to provide workshops and relevant materials for teaching.http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/IJES/IJES-00-0-000-000-2009-Web/IJES-00-0-000-000-2009-1-Cover.htmhb201