Essays on Assessing ELL students

Reflective practice in education focuses on developing the students' minds about critical analysis.... This concept entails the view that when students peruse their work and reflect on it, it will lead to greater learning and critical thinking skills (The Higher Education Academy, 2010).... Activities that are used to foster reflection have been used to help students discover themselves in the context of life in a more meaningful and practical way (Laskey & Hetzel, 2010)....

This is vital to consider how students and researchers will adjust to reading entire books onscreen.... By using coherent design and available language, the eBook provides students with the basic knowledge they require for them to understand the research process.... students are capable of exploring different types of research normally used in the field and eventually learn the procedures for designing a project, developing the research problem, reviewing literature, and classifying variables and hypotheses to define the study population, developing and selecting the suitable data-collection tools....

ell students are faced with countless hours of practicing drills and grammar not only for English but for math, science and technology also.... Without a doubt, it is a greatest obstacle has become but a mere hurdle for ell students....              For majority of the ell students, grammar is the biggest focal point.... Christine Willig, author of “10 ways to help ELLs succeed in Math,” suggests that in order to engage ell students to comprehend math, one must create a story line that challenges the students' critical and analytical skills....

The paper "Student Satisfaction with Online Courses" discusses the issue of students' satisfaction in online learning.... It requires the consideration of many factors such as information technology experience both of the teacher and students, socio-economic status, learning styles, teaching styles, skills and confidence in using information technology, technical support and other similar concerns (Cragg, et al....

This research study 'Effect of Teaching Style on students Scores' explores the effect of teaching styles on students' scores using different assessment tools.... A study of first year medical students' examination results is used.... The study covers 122 students in 2008 and 123 in 2009.... Effect of Teaching Style on students Scores ... his study explores the effect of teaching styles on students' scores using different assessment tools....

The paper "Teacher Evaluation and Monitoring of students Performance with Special Needs" describe that the role of teachers in inclusive education is a challenging one as he or she has to envisage the developments of all the students in the classroom.... All these have to enable a clear-cut strategy for the evaluation and monitoring of students with special needs in the classroom.... The old practice of marginalizing the children with special needs is replaced to inclusive education where all categories of students are learned together....

he students 5 ... Use of several representations creates ability on young students to translate various representational models and fractional constructs.... By using different assessment methods, it is evident that early childhood educators will be able to build up comprehensive idea on what students know or do not know about mathematics especially fractions. ... he students ... he two students that were picked one were at four and the other six year in school....

The paper tells how well students are achieving the set goals.... This provides an opportunity for the faculty to assess its mission; for the benefit of its students and staff.... It is necessary that any faculty of any discipline carrying out assessments frequently, to ensure that they assess their goals (theirs and their students).... This can be achieved by determining how well students are achieving the set goals.... This provides an opportunity for the faculty to assess its mission; for the benefit of their students and staff....

When assessing online courses against traditional courses; students who are taking an online course may have the opportunity to learn at their own pace, stay on track with their syllabus, and complete all educational projects or research regularly.... School work can Online s versus Traditional s Online s compared against traditional s is an interesting debate and one that merits a great amount of understanding with regards to the positives for one side while a sense of pessimism for the other; but what really holds ground is how well it caters to the different students....

The standard error of measurement estimates how regular measures of students using similar instruments tend to revolve around their true scores.... Teachers should focus on ELLs diverse backgrounds and various levels of prior education when differentiating instruction because it determines the success or failure of their students (Rhodes & Ochoa, 2005).... The following paper researches these criteria using reading assessment strategies necessary for ensuring students have grasped concepts in class....

In the paper 'Oral Communication Assessment in ESL students' the author focuses on the oral communication which involves the speaking ability of the person.... Therefore, ESL students try their best to become proficient in the English language. ... Perhaps one of the most significant issue that concerns the study of the English language among these students are the ways in which oral communication is taught as distinct from the written communication....

cademic dishonesty in schools colleges and universities has reached epidemic proportions and has become a common concern for students, faculty and society.... Academic honesty is a cornerstone of the development and attainment of knowledge, it is a very important element of a student's life, as the Integrity and honesty learned at the academic level leads the students into becoming responsible citizens with a core of justice and integrity leading to just and fair nation....

The paper "Quality Education for Children with Special Needs" access the benefits, the pitfalls as well as challenges that a student with special needs face while accessing the general education set up and it is essential that the students with special needs be offered a chance to get an education.... It is also evident that there are challenges as well as pitfalls those special needs students who access the general learning facilities face and which necessitates the establishment of special needs schools....

The arguments for student loans include the provision of a channel to get a degree for the students through a student loan, which may not have been possible owing to the high financial requirements.... Achieving higher education for a high percentage of American students is made possible by student loans preparing them for jobs that allow them to make repayments and access better opportunities in life (Beckie, 1).... Student loans allow students to have mode dedication in their studies and provide them with a basis to make good use of resources at their disposal at the university....

The paper "West Australian Dept of Education Policy" highlights that a hypothetical scenario is where students leave school grounds and return later to use the grounds.... The students could be coming back in the evening or on weekends at the time when others are expected to be at home.... The policy document describes in simplicity the concept of duty of care; explaining how teaching staff may carry out their duties of caring for students as well as how and when the support staff and volunteer workers may owe a duty of care to students....

The paper "Enhancing students English Capabilities in Key Areas" highlights that in relation to the listening/talking activity, the teacher has noted that Nathan has difficulties connecting with ideas expressed through speech, and expressing the same in spoken format.... Such an approach will ensure that class activities proceed as scheduled and that students who do not suffer learning difficulties proceed with their curriculum without any hindrances. ... The teacher will instruct students to open specific pages and direct them on which story to read....

The paper "Facebook as a Medium for Communication" explains that students are greatly supportive of using a social networking site, especially those involved in higher education.... This means that when students are introduced to Facebook, it aids their understanding of a specific subject.... Another important finding is that Facebook was noted to have numerous applications that aid social interaction among students.... With the formation of a group, the students could come together to learn English....

Special education is an independently designed and planned and thoroughly scrutinized teaching procedure to help students with special needs attain personal self reliance in schools and community.... Specialized services are offered are offered outside a normal student classes and the disability students rarely leaves class to attend therapy services like speech and language or physical therapy.... Whereas mainstreaming involves merging students with special needs with normal ones so as they learn together during specific time....

The research will focus on the international e-learners, as in students who have enrolled in a university which is located in a country other than that of their residence or nationality.... In specific reference to Athabasca University (AU) , Crawford (2000) cites high non-completion and inactivity rates , noting that from 1994 to 2000, 85 of the 423 enrolled students have withdrawn from online programmes for various reasons.... he research will focus on the international e-learners, as in students who have enrolled in a university which is located in a country other than that of their residence or nationality....

In this paper the author explores this new development taking shape in the field of UK education which is now referred to as the ‘students voice' where the young students are encouraged to voice their opinions and concerns on issues related to education that has the future potential of bringing in significant educational reforms.... Despite the various recent modifications made within UK educational system, it is seen that students are rarely asked to take part, thus remaining largely unheard, during reform processes....

This paper "The Use of One of the Models of Brief Counseling By Tom Harrison" focuses on the fact that students' age group, starting from the age of 5 till they complete their college, presents with a lot of learning opportunities in all aspects of life, besides educational curricula.... However, educational curricula are given maximum importance, and the general tendency to judge and categorize students as ‘good' or ‘poor' develops among teachers, parents and, in turn, on students based on their performance in examinations....

The paper "Reasons for the Poor Performance of Afro-Caribbean students" aims to find out the roots why Afro-Caribbean scholars do not show a high level of achievement despite the high quality of education in the country and the ways to attain equality for Afro-Caribbean students who are divested of the chance to achieve high academic performance.... Despite a large number of elementary and high school Afro-Caribbean students in the country, only a handful of them become high achievers in their schools....

It is at the teaching session or individual lesson that clinical teachers ought to incorporate the learning needs of their students with defined learning objectives.... Developing learning objectives among nursing students should focus on inculcating attainable, specific, short term and measurable short term statements.... This will include practical lessons where the nursing students will actually administer the drugs on patients who are in a clinical setting....

The author examines the cases of teaching students with learning difficulties and states that proper practices and a multicultural approach test modifications are some of the methods that a teacher can implement to ensure that he/she meets the specific requirements of students with disorders.... hysical education in vital in health fitness and general well being of students, Physical education develops strength, maintains body mobility at the same time it challenges the mind and the body....

The author of this essay "Should students Live on or off Campus?... Based on the two choices concerning where to live, staying on the campus is more advantageous to the students than when one is out of its surrounding.... Living on campus helps students to engage more with the academic surroundings.... Based on the two choices concerning where to live, staying on the campus is more advantageous to the students than when one is out of its surrounding....

It is critical that teachers learn and understand about the needs of the ell students in order for them to flourish in ther academic careers.... Without properly learning understanding the needs of an ell students is dangerous as many students get frustrated with their course load.... In addition, ell students tend to be nervous and anxious about interacting and addressing these issues to their teachers.... The fear of participation and interaction with mainstream students for international students is even harder when interacting with NES....

ell students are faced with countless hours of practicing drills and grammar not only for English but for math, science and technology also.... Without a doubt, it is a greatest obstacle has become but a mere hurdle for ell students.... ?            For majority of the ell students, grammar is the biggest focal point.... Christine Willig, author of “10 ways to help ELLs succeed in Math,” suggests that in order to engage ell students to comprehend math, one must create a story line that challenges the students' critical and analytical skills....

The proposal "Underachievement in Gifted and Talented students with Special Needs" focuses on the critical, and thorough analysis and emphasis on the practitioners the need to explore the causes of students' underachieving and suggest appropriate intervention.... Gifted and talented special need students underachieve for various reasons, and in several different circumstances.... Dishearteningly, there is never a panacea for a satisfactory reversal of such underachievement in students whose talents manifest themselves in varied ways....

Challenging behavior is any kind of behavior that influences and interferes with the learning and development of students.... Understanding the link between the undesirable behavior of students and their failure in academics is fundamental for the formulation of policies that govern learning in institutions.... To understand the management of the behavior of students it is important to know the root cause of bad behavior in students at the high school level....

The lesson selected is English Language Arts and Reading for Grade 5 students.... The lesson selected is English Language Arts and Reading for Grade 5 students.... The lesson also requires the students to engage in group conversations and writing sessions to develop oral and linguistic skills.... Ample importance is given to improve comprehension, writing and language synthesizing skills of the students.... The lesson is intended for ELL Grade 5 students whose native language is different....

As the discussion, students with Severe Disabilities, stresses students with severe difficulties such as mental retardation should not be considered in this respect, as such severity needs much attention in order to be a part and parcel of the social groups and peers competence.... There are few models for students involved in school process....  Historically, severe deficits in have not been considered, under any case or circumstances to be as a matter of social competence, and the main reason behind such assumption is not that much strange because people often think about such disable students as a matter of ‘sympathy' and often such ‘sympathetic' concerns of social gatherings not let the students to move ahead....

The "Plan for Lesson about Substance Addiction" paper contains a lesson on assessing substance abuse patients to teach students how to accurately and efficiently assess patients' alcohol or drug addiction.... It is also meant to teach the students the possible problems they may meet.... After assessing the students, I was able to determine that the students do not have adequate skills and knowledge of proper assessment techniques for substance abuse patients....

The author of the paper under the title "The School Environment and the Teacher Enhancing Creativity" will begin with the statement that 'cultural and socio-economic factors are examples of those that can affect a student's learning'(p.... 4).... ... ... ... There is a positive correlation between parents' socio-economic status and their involvement in schools....

This means that these teachers must be properly educated in their fields on how to work collaboratively and provide an effective learning platform or environment for their students.... Teachers need to be accountable during their interactions with special needs students.... General Education Teachers Preparedness to Teach Special Education General Education Teachers Preparedness to Teach Special Education students ... This means that these teachers must be properly educated in their fields on how to work collaboratively and provide an effective learning platform or environment for their students....

So it becomes quite easy for the students to recapitulate what was taught in the particular classroom, and to be more precise the student will be able to revise easily during the examinations.... Drawing the picture does not mean that drawing the exact picture, but an outline approximately, which could be guessed easily by most of the students.... So it becomes quiet easy for the students to recapitulate what was taught in the particular class room, and to be more precise the student will be able to revise easily during the examinations....

The paper "How May the Teacher Encourage More Learner Involvement in the Lesson" conducts comprehensive research on different strategies and tools that can be employed by teachers in a bid to enhance interest and ultimately, success in subjects that are at times viewed as difficult by students.... In the paper, a detailed analysis of learning styles, strategies, and tools shall ensure so as to understand how different students learn and construct their thought processes....

Moreover, various career prospective related programs especially for the graduate students have been made available such as retail managers, public relations and sales managers among others.... Section 2 Main Findings From the study of the aforesaid research, it can be affirmed that there are ample chances for the graduate students to work within a company as an assistant team leader.... For the successful conduct of these activities, usually, the companies hire the graduate students with sufficient knowledge of business and administration....

The paper 'The Praxis of Online Social Learning to Improve Academic Writing and Research in Under-Graduate students' is a persuasive example of a creative writing article.... The paper 'The Praxis of Online Social Learning to Improve Academic Writing and Research in Under-Graduate students' is a persuasive example of a creative writing article.... eading for Plea Sure and Creativity among College students ... he article is about a case study conducted to determine the correlation between reading for contentment and creativeness amongst university students....

The object of analysis for the purpose of this paper "High Stakes Testing" is High Stakes Testing as the term used to describe a set of standardized tests whose results have important and serious consequences for students, teachers, schools, and districts.... It can also be described as a system of nationwide testing on the basis of which important decisions such as promotion in grade or graduation are made that seriously affect students' further prospects.... igh Stakes Testing is the term used to describe a set of standardized tests whose results have important and serious consequences for students, teachers, schools, and districts....

Learning is relative thus students do follow similar procedures to learn a new concept.... students can be assessed at the beginning or end of the teaching exercise.... The essence of assessment is to find out what students can do or what they know so as to show growth and inform instruction (Carrasquillo, Kucer & Abrams, 2004).... Learning is relative thus students do follow similar procedures to learn a new concept.... students can be assessed at the beginning or end of the teaching exercise....

Time management is an issue many students struggle with, myself included.... It is disheartening for teachers to make the effort to develop a curriculum only for students to cheat their way through it.... Teachers specifically design assignments to help students learn in the most effective and profound way.... For Professor Pflugfelder, academic dishonesty is time-consuming for faculty members and diminishes the trust they have in their students....

The author concludes that at-risk students experience low levels of achievements in education and are at more risk of dropping out of school.... This situation is even worse among those students under foster care due to the challenging situations surrounding this way of life .... This requires that parents, counselors, and teachers come in and offer every necessary support for these students to progress in all aspects of life, especially academically At Risk at risk of school failure with an emphasis on placed in foster care....

The paper "Autism Spectrum Disorder" highlights that students usually take too much time for the preparation of the portfolios.... It is possible for the students to discuss with experts or fellow students regarding the portfolio creation because of the lengthy-time period allotted for it.... Teachers have less control over the activities of the students when they are at home.... t is a fact that the progress of the students needed to be monitored time to time....

While looking at the unifying factors, it is equally important to study the differences within the cultures and make the particular students appreciate the other students' cultures and hence be able to learn in the same environment without feeling left out or offended.... Multicultural education enable the provision of students with experiences in education that assist them to maintain commitments to the cultures of their community as well as acquire the cultural capital, skills and knowledge to function in the national civic community and culture....

Differentiated instruction for gifted students poses a challenge to educators.... These barriers must be overcome in order that the needs of the gifted students will be met.... In teaching a gifted class with students having multiple intelligences, it is essential that a teacher considers each student's learning capacity and skills.... Of utmost importance is the ability of the teacher to conduct pre-assessments among his students because the results of these pre-assessments will determine the method of teaching that he will implement....

The process of assessment helps student as attain the learning aspects through the assessment results, since it's in the results of the assessment that students in most circumstances use them to improve their academic performance (Huba et al, 2006).... s Huba et al, (2006) chronicle, assessment is alternatively defined as the systematic basis of making inferences in the learning as well as the development of students, assessment defines, selects, designs, collects, analyses, interprets and uses the information provides to increase the student kerning and development....

students with on-going health issues may find the education exhausting.... With support, students with disabilities can work well in clinical.... students with on-going health issues like dyslexia may find the educational process exhausting (Waldman, Perlman and Cinotti, 2009) and even struggle with their colleagues' poor attitudes (Nursing Standard, 2008; 22, 17, p.... In this regard, mentors are accountable to the Nursing and Midwifery Council for their decisions in assessing and confirming that students are capable of safe and effective practice (NMC, 2008, p....

In this regard, this lesson, students will explore causes and effects of drug abuse with intent of creating anti-drug abuse campaigns geared towards other students and the youth in the outside world.... th many youth especially those from my class are continuing to fall victims of drug abuse, it will be necessary to have practical examples through group discussions in order to effectively communicate with the students.... he class is composed of 20 students who have just joined the secondary education....

Following formative assessment, various challenges facing the students become identified and appropriate actions are taken to improve the students' performance.... The discussions occurring between the teacher and students also serve as a platform for undertaking self-evaluation.... I have chosen it because it is a part of everyone's daily life and it helps students to interact well with their peers and tutors.... The students gain essential information to enable them handle numerous issues arising in the modern world....

design test was designed for the Saudi Arabia students in general since Saudi Arabia as a country speaks English as a second language.... The target groups were the students in their elementary level of educations of the ages between 14 – 16 years old and whose English aptitude level was transitional.... The students who were selected for our study ranged on the same age group and had the same proficiency and skills in English.... Examples of what the Saudi Arabia students learnt in grammar lessons and that were looked into included nouns, pronouns and verbs....