Zone of proximal development

students receive equal access to education, including English Language Learners (ELLs). Merely, providing the same educational resources for all students does not constitute educational equality. Students such as ELLs, need an English Language Development (ELD) program that accommodates their specific language needs in order to legitimately offer equal educational opportunities. Based on research findings, districts need to implement and developing ELD programs that have had proven success rates

Cognitive development Piaget theory of cognitive development. According to Piaget, there are four stages in children and that are completed in a set order in all children. The second stage in children is the Preoperational stage. The ages of Preoperational Stage in young children is three to six years. Preoperational children can think in symbols and learn to interact with their environment .During this stage, the development of language occurs. Children learn to interact with their environment

This assignment will critically analyse and reflect on the poster, highlighting on the five relevant roles of my professional development as a teacher. It will further provide me with a framework in which the context of the poster (Appendix1) can set relevance, on how these roles can be experienced within the classroom environment of teaching and learning by linking different theories and strategies into practice. The theme of this poster reflects on the Plato’s theory of “Allegory of the cave”

In this paper we will be reviewing the four major learning theories, Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism, and Humanism, as it may apply in a corporate training proposal. Specific modules have been chosen from each of these theories. The goal is to inspire, propagate and promote the full potential of the employees in relationship to their duties, responsibilities and adaptation to learning. Behaviorism: Founded by John B. Watson in 1912, who published "Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It"

a micro sense, but on a macro sense as well. Micro meaning the development from baby to adult and macro meaning how a culture itself develops over a time span. Because developmental psychology is an umbrella term, it is used to describe a number of different disciples that are all focused on one common goal (Developmental Psychology). Being that developmental psychology is not the only theory accepted in explaining human development, this theory is best understood by looking at various other theories

Midterm Exam Name_____________Eva Udris_________________ Student ID______________________________ 1. According to class discussion and the textbook, the law, “No Child Left Behind,” Will not affect teachers in secondary education Will shorten the length of the school year Will affect the lives of teachers every day Relates only to teachers in a rural setting Will go into effect after January 2009 2. A positive correlation between two factors indicates that the factors Are NOT necessarily related

Definition of Terms The following are the unique and distinctive words, terms, and abbreviations used in this research paper. • Peer tutoring is an instructional plan with a strategy that consists of student partnership, linking high achieving students with lower achieving students or those comparable achievements for structured learning. • Cross-age peer tutoring (CPT) is a peer tutoring approach with students of different ages tutoring with older students assuming the role of tutor and younger

ideas in a way that no other species can, it also enables us to help one another with our development and progress. In this essay I am going to discuss how interaction, with both people and the environment, can help develop both our social and cognitive functioning. It is widely believed that one’s childhood plays a key role in the development of that individual. The online article, ‘Early Childhood development: The First Five Years’, states “The first five years create the foundation for the child

of developing. Teachers should know their grade level(s) development so they understand the skills and abilities they have. The third factor is children develop in a set pattern, but they also have individual differences. Children have a set sequence in which they develop, but certain characteristics are unique to each child, such as their temperament. The fourth factor is a child’s maturity level and their experiences create development and learning. The article explains learning is social and

traits and links within the domains of development. Richard depicts an array of skills in regards to cognitive and language development, physical and motor abilities, social and emotional understandings; and his imaginative and creative attributes. All of the findings in these domains link cohesively with the discoveries of theorists such as Arnold Gesell, Lev Vygotsky, Jean Piaget and Urie Bronfenbrenner. Physical and motor development Richard’s physical development and motor skills were evident in all