...RELATED STUDIES/LITERATURES: In the study entitled “A Study of the Effect of Paper Color on Test Performance in Business Communication” (2009) by Janet K. Winter and Esther J. Winter of University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg stated that, Color has been shown to affect mood and productivity in a variety of different situations. This study evaluated the performance of students in readiness-assessment quizzes in business communication classes, comparing the grades of students whose test papers were white with grades of students who received pastel-colored test papers. The results revealed that there was no significant difference between the two groups. Other research suggests that color may, however, have an effect in other situations [1]. Mehta and Zhu (2009) have published studies that they claim clarify how red and blue differently affect performance on detail-oriented versus creative tasks with strong implications for test preparation and testing formats [2]. According to Sinclair (1998), students taking exams on blue and red paper performed more effectively on blue, especially for complex questions [3]. Whitfield and Wiltshire, in their critical review of the field, discounted the work done before 1950 because it didn’t consider even the three basic components of color (hue, value, and chrome). They also identified flaws in most subsequent research: inconsistencies in the terminology used by respondents to express preferences; lack of attention to surround color (as well...
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...There are many instructional strategies to catch student’s attention. Over the years music has been a big influence in teacher’s classrooms. Music is a great way to engage students in fun learning. Teachers have even had great success creating songs of their own. Many teachers take popular songs and incorporate lyrics about their lessons. We all know that children love to sing, so what better way than to turn music into something educational. It has been a generally accepted fact that children pick up lyrics to a song quickly. So, coming up with the idea of applying music to lessons was logical. There are websites for teachers who are not musically talented. Those websites provide a variety of songs to be incorporated into lessons. Instructional songs are not the only resource for a student to retain information, because every child brain does not process the same. Instructional song helps to memorize the important facts to understand a lesson as a whole. Music is a tool that is used on a daily basis in preschool classrooms. Review Of Literature Similar to natural language abilities, children are born with natural musical ability, which varies from child to child. Music is used in a variety of families with young children for multiple purposes (Custodero, 2006). When researchers study babies, the process of how music is used by parents and children is of great interest to both scholars and parents. Americans tend to view music as a pre-lingual skill...
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...CHAPTER II – THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK A. Review of Related Literature There is no adequate literature available on this matter but an effort is made to search some literature to find out the pertinent studies done on grade levels of students to provide the empirical support to validity of this study. It is assumed that the learning styles are different at all instructional levels so in the result of that assumption the search is kept broad and extensive. Literature about impact of visual aid presents diversified evidences. In the first section of literature review a few studies which were conducted on business professionals are discussed and the second section consists of studies conducted on students. Scheiber and Hager (1994) provided relatively strong evidence in support of visual aid, and concluded that the visual aid plays a crucial role for making and delivering an effective presentation. Further they also found from a survey conducted on managers that more than two thirds of the respondents “very frequently” or “frequently” gave presentations. Visual Images demonstrate life or learning as it happens. They represent and suggest a visual representation similar to that of journal entries, artefacts’ and field notes (Bach, 2001). In using visual narrative in the learning environment we can be given an opportunity to evoke memories whereas Bach discussed ‘a memory around we construct and reconstruct life stories’ (2001, pp7). Visual narrative...
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...Education is a human basic right but many are denied that opportunity. People of color are marginalized despite the popular myth of racism and oppression ending. Racism is a never-ending cycle and is embedded in the future generations; when one form is dismantled, another is formed. It be subtle or obvious. What is seen in our environment is taught and passed on which is why racism continues. In the film, I Am Not Your Negro, the audience is shown how four hundred years of history affects society to this day. Since before the Civil Rights Movement, people of color struggled to get basic rights and a decent education was and still is one of them. An example of a time people of color were...
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...played a role in educational studies. I was then introduced to the Anthropology & Education Quarterly, which is where I began looking more into my topic of interest. The reason why initiated looking more into the connection between anthropology...
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...The purpose of this study was to look at whether or not participants would conform when they were in the presence of confederates who had answers different from them, and to examine whether men or women are more likely to conform. This study was inspired by the classic conformity study that has been done by Asch (1951,1956) and studies that have looked at gender differences in conformity and social pressures. There has been conflicting evidence in literature about whether there are gender differences in conformity, with some studies concluding that there is and that women in particular more likely to conform whereas other studies have concluded that there are not any gender differences in conformity. Other past studies concluded that age is...
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...knowledge to effectively teach students who culturally and linguistically diverse. Previous research has been conducted on the importance of altering preservice teachers beliefs and practice with antiracist pedagogy. The author defines antiracist teaching as personal and pedagogical work that serves as an ally and advocate for students of color. Other research also indicates that teachers need to be taught how to become antiracist educators, and need opportunities to gain knowledge about race and racism in regards to their identities and others. This study addresses that the same attention and focus on the beliefs and practice on preservice teachers should be on teacher educator’s beliefs and practices. Sociocultural, historical and political position has an impact on people’s perspectives. It is important to focus on teacher educator’s beliefs and practices because consciously or unconsciously there perspectives are reflected in there teaching methods and resources used in the classroom. This would also limit their ability to effectively address antiracist topics, which put preservice teachers at a disadvantage for...
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...Education Statistics recorded there were forty nine million students enrolled in 2007 in U.S. schools, and that number was projected to increase to fifty eight million by 2015 (Howard, 2010). Over the past few decades the concern over the disparity between the rising number of students of color in comparison to, teacher of color has grown significantly (Waddell, 2012). According to Waddell (2012) researchers claimed that the demographic disparity between K-12 students and the teaching force not only harms the concept of equity , but that it also causes damaging effects on students’ achievement, particularly students of color. A growing concern about the demographic...
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...April 21, 2015 Professor Mya Poe Advanced Writing Professor Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115 Dear Professor Poe, This semester has been a great learning opportunity for me and my writing skills. Before this class I was already comfortable with some of the learning goals presented on the syllabus, however, a few of them were strengthened with the projects we worked on. For example, before this class I would never peer review or revise my own papers. With the amount of revisions that were undertaken in all four projects, I feel that I have become more comfortable in the act of revision. Also, I was never good at incorporating forms of evidence to support my claims, ideas and arguments. This class was very helpful in showing how to take research and incorporate it into a project. Overall, this class has allowed me to strengthen my skills as a reviser, helped me “formulate and articulate a stance through my writing”, and helped me to use more forms of evidence to support my claims, ideas and arguments. Project 1 was the simplest of the four projects. I decided to analyze a research article on Marketing and how companies have started to move their businesses into developing nations. At first I didn’t think I would be able to write a rhetorical analysis on this article because of its length but after multiple revisions and help from peers I wrote my final draft. This was the one project where the revisions really helped me grow as a writer. Without these revisions...
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...RECOMMENDATIONS This chapter presents a summary of findings established from the data gathered in the study. It gives the conclusion derived from the summarized findings and recommendation. Summary This study focused on the Acceptability of Pineapple Yema. The experiment conducted during second semester, SY 2014-2015. This study used descriptive and experimental design of research. The respondents of the study were 3rd year college students of the bachelor of science in Industrial Technology studying in Laguna state polytechnic university, 2nd year students of Industrial Engineering studying at UP Los Banos, High School students in Dizon national high school, working in City hall, plain housewife and faculty teachers, out of 30 samples were taken by simple purposive sampling. They are categorically described in terms of their age, gender and educational level using frequency counts and percentage. They are selected respondents because they ideally present the target clientele of the Pineapple yema samples, Sample A and Sample B. Researchers made questionnaire was used on gathering personal information on the respondents of the study, establishing the degree of acceptability and the significant difference between the Pineapple Yema in terms of appearance, aroma, taste and texture. Data were gathered, tabulated, analyzed and interpreted. Summary of findings The significant findings of the study are the following: A. Profile of the Respondents 1. It shows the data regarding the...
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...VARK Analysis Paper A person’s learning style refers to that individual’s preferred way of understanding, processing and remembering new information. Students’ preferred learning styles have great influence on their behavior and learning. According to Dunn and Griggs (2000) , learning style is the way students begin to concentrate on, process, internalize and remember new and difficult academic information. The learning style should be matched with the appropriate teaching strategies to increase the students’ motivation and understanding of the material being taught. There are several theories about different learning styles, one of which is the VARK system which categorizes individual learning preferences as Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, and Kinesthetic (hands-on). Visual Learning Style The Visual learning style is also called spatial learning style is the style of learning that is associated with images. The learners who prefer this learning style often prefer the use of images, maps, drawings, diagrams and colors to understand and learn new information. These learners often prefer to sit in the front of the classroom, where they can see the teacher and the material explained. They also often like to take notes to understand the information. The visual learners need quiet time to study, often preferring to study alone. Another interesting fact is that the visual learners are usually good spellers as they are able to picture the word before spelling it. In addition...
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...Equilibrium Model Hitchhiker’s Thumb Thumbs with end joints that can be bent back at 45 are 100% recessive (ss). Thumbs that cannot bend back significantly are dominant (either SS or Ss). SS, Ss ss Students’ Results: 78 56 Results: 1. Use Example 1 as a guide and the students’ data above to determine the allelic frequencies for the gene using the equations proposed by Hardy-Weinberg to support the equilibrium theorem. 2. Show that the allelic frequencies will not change over time. 3. Suggest conditions that could change these frequencies. What would the effects of the conditions be? Exercise 2: Evolution and Genetic Drift Results: Table 1: Student’s Results for an Ecological Study to Determine Genetic Drift Due to Selective Foraging Pressure by a Kestrel generation # of brown grasshoppers B? # of green grasshoppers bb q2 q p P2 2pq Y0 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 For purposes of calculation: Let p = the frequency of the dominant allele, B. Let q = the frequency of the recessive allele, b. ? can denote either B or b. Why? Table 2: Class Results for an Ecological Study to Determine Genetic Drift Due to Selective Foraging Pressure by a Kestrel generation Avg # of brown grasshoppers Genotype B? N* = ________ (at least 3 sets) Avg # of green grasshoppers Genotype bb N*...
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...INTRODUCTION The differentiation of skin tone by lightness or darkness continues to be a sociological issue in both the United States and Jamaica today. It is believed that light skin is valued over dark skin in communities all over, in turn causing people to make changes to their natural physical appearance. Studies have been conducted with aims to determine why people bleach their skin, if it has to do with self-image, identity, or if it’s due to psychological scaring from the past. Dating back to plantation slavery, social relationships among Africans and white communities shaped what is now perceived as “acceptable” in communities now a day. “Dark skinned people were considered to be devalued whereas light skin was valued.” (Charles 2003) The Mulattoes, which were the people mixed with Black and white, were allowed to work in the great house. The Africans on the other hand were socialized to show deference to the mulattoes on the plantation (Charles 2009). Today, more than 90% of Jamaica’s population is of African descent and dominate the political landscape, but the minority dominates the economy. Although class and color distinction are very important in society, there is minimal tension over race (Charles 2009) Identity, as well as self-esteem is often thought to be the reason behind skin bleaching. Slavery was an extremely traumatizing experience for the Africans. They were brainwashed into believing that the values of the British communities were more...
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...edu/ssss/QR/QR8-3/mccaslin.pdf The Five-Question Method For Framing A Qualitative Research Study Mark L. McCaslin University of Idaho, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA Karen Wilson Scott University of Idaho, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA The Five-Question Method is an approach to framing Qualitative Research, focusing on the methodologies of five of the major traditions in qualitative research: biography, ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory, and case study. Asking Five Questions, novice researchers select a methodology appropriate to the desired perspective on the selected topic. The Method facilitates identifying and writing a Problem Statement. Through taking a future perspective, the researcher discovers the importance and direction of the study and composes a Purpose Statement. The process develops an overarching research question integrating the purpose and the research problem. The role of the researcher and management of assumptions and biases is discussed. The Five-Question Method simplifies the framing process promoting quality in qualitative research design. A course outline is appended. Key words: Qualitative Research, Five-Question Method, Biography Research, Phenomenology Research, Grounded Theory Research, Case Study Research, and Ethnography Research Introduction Planning a qualitative study for the first time tends to be an intimidating venture for graduate students just entering the field. Even armed with a topic of interest, for a novice in qualitative research...
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...1.) I like the work of Tatum and her students. I think Tatum try to teach teacher to understand how to motivate all students, even those typically left out, learn how to implement the Equity Framework, enabling you to close the achievement and eliminate it permanently. Tatum believes in straight talk about race, particularly in the classroom. Tatum also show how to create an inclusive and safe environment for both teachers and students. She examined multiple classrooms, schools, and districts where the achievement gap has been successfully eliminated. Tatum want to explore that students of color face a gap between their own culture and the culture of school. The gap emerges at the earliest phases of school where students’ pre-existing knowledge is not honored in the school environment and students are “set-up” to fail. Students of color end up behind white students at the earliest stages of school. Students of color therefore feel a conflict between their home racial and ethnic identity and the identity that is required to be successful in school. Inclusion of race-related content in a college course identified three sources of resistance to learning about racism: race as taboo topic; myth of meritocracy; and denial of personal connection to racism. Strategies for reducing resistance include a safe classroom climate; opportunity for self-generated knowledge; model of racial identity development; and empowering students as change agents. The question of this is “Why do we must...
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