Essays on Learning

The Effects of School Starting Age on Academic Results The research on the effects of school starting age on academic results employs seven journal articles to deduce conclusions. The primary purpose of conducting the review is to convey ideas and knowledge about the influence of school starting age on the outcomes...

Bullying is currently a widely reported issue in many schools globally. However, despite being reported the problem has been neglected and handled poorly in most of the schools with most victims keeping it for themselves due to fear of further victimization (Harris and Petrie 23). The solution to bullying cannot...

Graphic organizers aid learners to categorize concepts more efficiently. In some cases, they are used to analyze projects, solving various academic matters, making good decisions, learning, brainstorming, and carrying out rigorous research. A graphic organizer is selected based on nature and level of learning that is taking place in an...

The paper will use case study # 4 Sumi to discuss the generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and give the possible treatment of the same. Task 2 Sumi is suffered from generalized anxiety disorder. She is extremely worried about school work...

Although restudying is widely thought as the most effective learning strategy, it has been argued that repeated testing rather than restudying is more effective for learning information. Consequently, this paper focuses on establishing the most effective strategy to study for exams by comparing the effectiveness of repeated testing, specifically self-testing...

As children grow, most of them begin setting their goals and standards. The manner in which they behave aligns with their desired goals and standards as they critically evaluate their actions’ effect. In a similar way, self-regulated learning takes the approach of selecting better learning strategies, setting goals, and thereafter,...

The scientific method is an empirical means of acquiring knowledge on natural science (Andersen " Hepburn, 2016). This method remains centric and essential in the development of natural science. Importantly, it entails systematic observation, measurement, evaluation and analysis of results. That is, it sets up questions in the form of...

Some of the critical things that I have learned from the book as well as the video, include the holistic role that a school psychologist plays in the profession, schools, other institutions, to parents, teachers, students as well as the entire community at large. The statistics regarding school psychology is...

Research on Motivation and Risk-Taking Behaviors Research has facilitated an in-depth understanding of the functioning associated with motivation and different human behaviors. Motivation has been identified to operate based on two different parameters which are intrinsic or extrinsic. Apart from the mentioned aspects, there is the element of self-motivation which is...

Pocahontas is an animated film. The aspect of child development is evident in theories like cognitive developmental, ecological systems, psychosocial, psychoanalytic, sociocultural, and social learning theories. These theories are well blended into the theme of the film to shape the perspective of a child as the target audience. Characterization introduces...

Memory is consistently learning over time. Verbal labels inherently affect memory as is seen in the variance of responses from how a question is phrased in regards to an event. This is a response paper on the article, ’Reconstruction of Automobile Destruction, An Example of the Interaction Between Language and...

“The Relationship between Engineering Students’ Self-Directed Learning Abilities and Online Learning Performances: A Pilot Study” is an article by Pao-Nan Chuo published in 2012 in the Contemporary Issues in Education Research. The primary purpose of the study was to explore the correlation between engineering learners’ self-directed learning abilities and performance...