How children in USA study in class room?
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What you said is damn true and is scary or not?\nI'm a Dutchman who lives in Taiwan and if i see those children here, i feel sorry for them.\nWe in Europe and i think i also can speak for the USA the teacher teach us new things and on the end they do a test to see you understood it or not. Here in Taiwan most teacher teach for the test, because the test have to be good. So kids have to memorize everything for the test. Some teachers even just teach them things what will be on the test and other things not. Sometimes they even show the test in advance, so kids to what to learn. If the kids get a high score parents are happy, teacher gets a good name and the school too. They will never give a 0 points here, only if it's really bad, otherwise the parents here complain the teacher not the kid.\nIt unbelieveable, but they have every week for every subject a test. When i was in highschool, we had a test ones in a while. I don't know about the USA. \n\nIn Europe we see schools as education, in Taiwan it is a business. A kid is just a number and they care more the parents are happy, because they have to pay the money.\n\nIt is not only the school system, it is scary how most parents think and do.
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Modeling the reading and writing process can be whole group.  Otherwise work in smaller groups with center activities available.  Whatever grade we teach there are students of varying abilities so you just meet them where they are at.
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make sure room is quite and then study
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There are very good study tips already listed here. There are methods for different subjects and styles of learning. But one thing you might want to consider is how you learn. Are you a visual, auditory, kinetic, or mixed learner. If you are a visual learner here are some tips:\n- use graphic organizers (charts, maps, diagrams, etc.) to organize the information.\n- use pictures either in your head or drawn out. For example, If my students were studying culture, they might draw a bedroom with a poster of an artist on the wall, a shelf with books by famous authors, a cd player with cds of various musicians, etc. \n- use color. Perhaps you could put the major battles of one war in one color and another war in a different color. In foreign languages, try irregular verbs in red, regular verbs in green; Masculine objects in blue, feminine in pink, etc. \n\nIf you are an auditory learner try these tips:\n- have some one read it to you or read aloud and record it for play back at any time.\n- put it to music \n- say the important information aloud\n- put the information in story form (have fun with this: add voices, sound effects, accents, etc.) and tell someone \n\nIf you are a kinetic learner try this:\n- make up actions for important terms\n- act out or role play scenes and events\n- some of my students have made up cheers\n- just move around and find natural actions to match the concepts.\n\nMix and match - \nmake up songs with actions and picture the scenes in your head while you sing.\n\nMake it fun for yourself. I get bored easily. When I study I have to be creative and put it all in simplest form. Some of these things take time to do put you are learning and thinking the whole time. try the links below for more help.
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~ Do your homework right when you get home before turning on the TV or computer.\n~ Find out if your school offers an elective that teaches study skills, or see if there is a tutoring program you can join.\n~ If a teacher offers a study group for a test go for it, he/she will know exactly what you need to study and you won't be wasting time memorizing the wrong stuff.\n~ Pay attention in class and take notes.  If a teacher writes something on the board copy it down, the teacher wouldn't waste his/her time writing down something unimportant or irrelevant to the topic.\n~ Use a planner or some type of organizing book to write down homework and *check it every night*.\n~ Once the teacher tells you the scheduled date for a test start studying, even 15 minutes a night will make a difference.\n~ If possible, study with friends, this can help a lot because different people might have ideas you never would have thought of for remembering certain topics. (Just don't waste time fooling around or getting off-topic until the studying is done.)\n~ Eat a good breakfast, get lots of sleep, and participate in sports. ( The brain needs food, rest, and a stress relief.)\n~ good luck : D
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I don't know that much about the psychology, but having three kids I can tell you alot about how children learn.  \nSome kids can sit still and listen to their teacher tell them what they need to know.  Some kids need to read about the subject to grasp it.  Some children need to see the object that they are studying, and others (most I would assume) learn best by touching and manipulating what they are studying.  \nSome kids cannot learn without moving around.  This seems to affect young boys more that girls, but the teacher needs to be aware that the child is not being disrespectful, but doing what they need to do learn.  Some kids can sit still, others need to be lying down, etc...  It takes a great teacher to let the kids learn, and not have a discipline problem at the same time.  My youngest has such a teacher this year, she has altered her classroom so that everychilds needs are met, and they still obey her better than any other teacher in the school,  I think it has a lot to do with respect- what she has for her students, they turn around and give it right back to her
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One very good and effective way is to construct mind maps of what u have studied. You can see the links and connections between concepts and so it gives you a whole picture. Sometimes, we u construct mind maps, you will come to know which parts you have understood and which parts u need to do further studying. And u can even use it for revision. My student, as young as ten yrs old use this method to study science. And it's really good, she find it so much easier to revise using the mind map. \n\nYou can plan your studying - this is impt. too. try not to do too much per day. you'll only get information overload. So plan what u want to study for the next day. write it down on post-it note and stick it to ur organiser or ur room bulletin board. And you can even write down a reward for urself if u manage to finish those tasks. E.g. study science chapter 5 and do mind map, complete math questions on the topic on factorisation. Reward: play pc game for 30 min if i manage to finish the tasks. \n\nStudy SMART - Not everything is impt. We do not need to memorise everything from the history or geography book to get a good grade. Get the main points. Find shortcuts to learning though u have to be careful in finding the right ones. teachers do give tips during lesson time indirectly.. so pay attention in class to catch them.
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The best way is to study at least 12 minutes a day from day one of the class. \n\nTake good notes. Make index cards for vocabulary words. Study the reviews at the end of each chapter.
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Taking notes in class\n1. Sit close to the front of the class to minimize distractions.\n2. Be prepared to keep your notes neat and organized. Use a separate spiral-bound notebook for each subject, or use dividers in your loose-leaf notebook to make separate sections for each subject.\n3. Begin each note taking session at the top of a fresh page. Start by writing down the date.\n4. Do not try to write down everything the teacher says, but do try to record as many facts and ideas as you can. Mark important facts or main ideas with an asterisk or star or underline them.\n5. Use short sentences and phrases and easily remembered abbreviations and symbols. Some commonly used abbreviations and symbols are:\ncf (compare)\nie (that is)\neg (for example)\nw/ (with)\nw/o (without)\n&, + (and)\n= (equals, is)\n6. Write clearly, and leave lots of blank space in the left margin or between ideas in case you need to add information later.\n7. Read over your notes as soon as you can after class. If there is anything you don't understand, ask the teacher at the next class.\n\nTaking notes from textbooks\n1. Organize your paper the same as for class notes.\n2. Put the date at the top of the page.\n3. Write down the name of the book and the chapter or section you will be taking notes from.\n4. Leave space in the left margin or between ideas for your own comments or questions.\n5. Keep textbook notes separate from class notes. Use a separate notebook or a separate section in your loose-leaf notebook.\n6. Get a general idea of what the reading is about.\n7. Read the introduction, headings and subheadings, and any paragraphs that summarize the content.\n8. Look at any illustrations or graphs and charts and read the captions.\n9. Go back and read the chapter or section carefully. Look for the main ideas.\n10. Try not to copy information directly from the textbook into your notes. Instead, summarize the information in your own words. This will help you to concentrate and learn.\n11. If you do copy directly from the textbook, use quotation marks to indicate that it is a direct quotation. Take care to copy the quotation exactly.\n12. Summarize the main ideas at the end of your notes and circle them.\n\n______________________
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In what area are you providing support?  I'm assuming ESL?  From there, we need a little bit more information about their langauge level.  What benchmarks do you use to determine their level and according to those benchmarks where are the students?\n\nBefore you teach them, you might want to brush up on your own punctuation.  "Idea's" = "Idea is".  "Ones" = "several of the number one".  It concerns me that your own poor language skills might rub off on these young, impressionable students.\n\nYou can always find extra materials based around what they're doing in their other classes.  If they're studying plants in Science, get them to design a crosswork puzzle about plants, writing the clues themselves.  See if you can find some relevant newspaper articles about current events that interest/affect students.  My students from Eastern Europe are usually excellent at speaking and listening, but show poor writing skills.  Peer editing is great for this.  Give them a question or writing prompt and have them write for ten or fifteen minutes.  Then they can swap papers and correct one another's work.  After you can discuss the changes that they made and why.  If you're looking for worksheets (which should be a last resort) try some of the links below (which require registration).  Don't throw a grammar worksheet on them if their program of study is structured around themes.  It's too insulting.
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One very good tip is to listen. This is a good tip because if you listen to what the teacher says it can often help you to cut out unnecessary studying to the subject. \n\nWhen studying make sure that there is little no distractions in the room - this can include TV or Music or siblings.\n\nSkim over the text briefly before studying to fix what it is about in your mind. Look at the headings and see if you know what is discussed under each one.\n\nStudy in sections. After each section quiz yourself on two or more points and also at the end of your study period.\n\nHope that is of some help...
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In my school in the Netherlands every classroom has a pc, tv, radio, dvd and surround sound....\n\nI you forget your books or you don't make you homework the teachers put you in the computer and then the mentor can see that to, all the teachers can and they put your grades in them aswell.... i just hate it!\n\nThey can see a hole list of all the things you did wrong!\n\nAt home you can check your grades on the internet, youre homework and if any teachers are sick or any classroom changes!!\n\nIf that isn't far and effective then you may call me G. Bush
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What is the ratio of children to adults? \nWhat is the educational philosophy? Curriculum?\nWhat are the qualifications of the teacher(s)?\nWhat are the disciplinary policies?\nHow are the children's biological needs cared for? How often? (Meaning, who takes them to the bathroom/changes diapers and how often?)\nWhat kind of educational materials does the school have? Computers? Educational television programming? Craft projects?\n\nIf your child has special needs, then this would also be the time to discuss it with the school. You need to know that they can be accomodating, not assume it.\n\nWhen visiting the school, look for the following:\nEating and bathroom areas should be separate. Both should be clean! (It should look as though they are cleaned every day) Bath-room areas should not smell strongly of feces.\nDo the play areas, kitchen, bathroom, etc seem safe? Do you see safety hazards that you wouldn't allow in your own home? \nDo the children seem to be happy? (Within reason of course, kids are very sensitive, so a small thing like getting less sleep than usual the night before may make a normally happy child cry upon coming to school.)\nHow to the adults interact with the children? Do they seem interested?\nIs the classroom decorated in a way that would appeal to a child? Does it have furniture and toys appropriate to the age and size of the child? Are there art projects and appealing educational materials on the walls?
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i think your asking how to make class intresting for students.. Hands on...  Make everything and anything hands on. They may complain but really its alot more fun than reading straight out of the book. Anything you can relate to real life sistuations is better too. Both of these are more affective with younger kids of course. once you hit high school levels theres just about no nope.. However, Hands on things always make it more fun. Or let them do group projects. Another great thing is make it a game. Like jeprody.. I always liked when my teachers turned things into comitition becuase kids are ALWAYS gonna be conpetivie. Split the class in groups and make it a game.. There ovbiously has to be a reward. Like a piece of candy or 2 extra credit points on the next test or quiz..
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depends what kinda class it is. there are many things you could do. \n1) play the Peenis Game. thats usually done during quiet reading time. the winner is who ever can say the p-word the loudest w/o getting caught.\n2) try to get sharpened pencils stuck in the ceiling.\n3) take a nap\n4) Pass a note saying "check out the footprints on the ceiling" and see how many people actually look up to do so.\n5) ATUALLY PAY ATTENTION (least preffered)\n\nanyways, hope this helps. ENJOY
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Let me tell you how I passed world history with a college teacher in his first year teaching 9th grade. Memorize everything to the absolute letter as far as notes. That was the only way.
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It's not that big a problem, really. Lots of people go through that, and as any student will tell you, by the time they are through with any test or exam, their brains are racked to the utmost.\n\nBut a few simple pointers I can offer you: \n\n-try studying with a group of friends. You realize that when you learn together with other people, the conversational method and discussions will spur you to think clearer and retain more information, especially since you're all sharing what you know. Aspects that weren't readily clear to you might come from another friend.\n\n-write down whatever you have learnt. After your lecture or class finishes, set aside an hour or less than that, just write down in point form (or free form) whatever comes to your mind. You will find that you will slowly start organizing what you know, keeping in your mind fresh what you've just learnt, and can remember them days later since you took the time to learn them.\n\n-talk about it. This might bore your little sister or parent, but if it is a topic that is interesting enough, get somebody to listen to you talk. Tell them what you've learnt, what was fascinating (or not), or simply tell them the topic. When understanding of a subject leaves you, and is expressed to somebody else, you realize you know more, building your confidence, spurring you to find out more, and also remember them.\n\n-finally, its ok to forget. Go through them again, slowly. And relax. Go for a walk. Read in the park. Or listen to some music and have your favourite snack, chocolate or hot drink. :) It helps me.\n\nHope this helps.