Multiple-choice questions (MCQ’s) play an important role in testing and are among the most widely used of selection-type items on examinations today. The popularity of the MCQ stems from the fact that they can be designed to measure a variety of learning outcomes.
It takes a great deal of time, skill, and adherence to a set […]

Posted on December 16th, 2009 by Miks
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Strategic thinking is regarded as an essential core competency for leadership positions. In fact, many organizations already use this competency, among others, to appraise and evaluate the performance of their executives and leaders. Thus, a competency gap in strategic thinking is considered serious, and organizations will attempt to eliminate this gap. This brief article explores […]

Posted on December 16th, 2009 by Miks
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If you’re like many people, you spent much of your youth in school, sat in a lot of classes, listened to a lot of lectures, and did a lot of homework. Maybe along the way you even learned something.
I say “maybe” because despite all the “changes” in educational curriculum over the last three decades, school […]

Posted on December 16th, 2009 by Miks
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Children can experience learning problems because of several reasons. Some children excel at studies while others strive hard. In this article, we discuss the different behavioural and learning problems that students aged 5-15 face.
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is reading problem. The children find it difficult to read what they have written. Dyslexia is characterised by the difficulty of […]

Posted on January 26th, 2009 by Miks
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Long ago, there was a time, when parents told children to read slowly and loudly to understand everything they read.
A lot of things have changed. Today’s children have bigger syllabi to learn. Now, learning experts and teachers ask students to read faster and grasp important points.
Here are a few tips for students who have a […]

Posted on July 13th, 2008 by Miks
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An adequate educational evaluation enhances instruction. Just as evaluation impacts student learning and motivation, it also influences the nature of instruction in the classroom. There has been considerable recent literature that has promoted evaluation as something that is integrated with instruction. To her, when evaluation is integrated with instruction it informs teachers about what activities […]

Posted on March 22nd, 2008 by Miks
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What is guided reading?
What are some guided reading activities?
How about guided reading demonstrations or guided reading lesson plans?
Using guided reading as a teaching strategy has become more and more popular as the emphasis in education continues to focus on how to increasing reading comprehension As a teacher mentor, I often have teachers ask me questions […]

Posted on December 3rd, 2007 by Miks
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Socrates once said, “An unexamined life is not worth living”
The examination system has been used for a long time. But has always been debatable whether it is really a good way to judge a student’s degree in education?
There must be something to segregate the wheat from the chaff.
Can one imagine if there were no examinations […]

Posted on December 3rd, 2007 by Miks
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The student-tutor relationship is a very important one. Nowhere is this more true than in e-learning. Yet students are often unsure as to how best to take fullest advantage of the unique access an e-learning course can provide them to a qualified expert/tutor.

Posted on December 3rd, 2007 by Miks
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Many children are worried about their first day of school, and for reasons we don’t understand, some children are not fearful or resistant. But it is perfectly normal for children between the age of 5 and 8 to be ask questions and feel afraid. Children communicate their fear in different ways. Fear and resistance over […]

Posted on December 3rd, 2007 by Miks
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