The article that I found can be located in the UVU electronic article database. The link to find it is http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.uvu.edu/stable/3783802?&Search=yes&term=education&term=research&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Deducation%2Bresearch%26wc%3Don&item=10&ttl=502104&returnArticleService=showArticle. The title of the article is, "Evaluatin of Home-Study Verses Teacher-Taught Hunter Education: Expanding Learning Opportunities"
Home study for Hunter education was evaluated as a way to provide systematic content to courses, to open up classroom time for hands on activities and discussions, to cover a greater depth of subject matter, and to actively involve students in the learning process. Randomly selected students from Texas, Colorado, and New Jersey. They were divided into 3 groups: home study, teacher taught, and pre-test control. There were no difference between home taught and teacher taught scores, but there was a huge difference in the control group.
This research is a good example of experimental research. The researcher changes one variable in the environment to see if that variable has a cause and effect relationship. The variable in this case was the teaching method. They were able to see that one method was more effective then another. However the bad thing about this is that one group did not receive the same quality education as the other two groups. I think that if it were me I would try my hardest to level the playing field in any research experiment that I would conduct.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Motivation
1. Why am I here?
I am here because I want to be a high school teacher and I think that taking this class will make me the best teacher I can be. Very smart people have created the education program at UVU and if they think that taking this class will make me better then I am all for it.
2. What motivates me?
Motivation is very important to me. There are many things that motivates me. Happiness, money, sense of accomplishment, praise, and making the people I care about happy and proud.
3. What makes me succeed?
Having a good support group around me is very important to my success. I guess it ties into the second question, but having good motivation and something to work towards gives me the strength I need to succeed.
4. What makes me fail?
I struggle or fall short when I cannot see the point of something. If I cannot understand why I am doing something then I have a difficult time accomplishing the things that I have been assigned to do. Whether it is recreation, sports, academically, or personally.
5. How can you change a mindset?
I think a mindset is all about attitude as well as preconceived ideas that may or may not be true. However these mindsets can be altered by motivation, goals, soul searching and wanting to succeed. If all these factors are in the right place then there can be a change in attitude and therefor a change of a mindset.
I am here because I want to be a high school teacher and I think that taking this class will make me the best teacher I can be. Very smart people have created the education program at UVU and if they think that taking this class will make me better then I am all for it.
2. What motivates me?
Motivation is very important to me. There are many things that motivates me. Happiness, money, sense of accomplishment, praise, and making the people I care about happy and proud.
3. What makes me succeed?
Having a good support group around me is very important to my success. I guess it ties into the second question, but having good motivation and something to work towards gives me the strength I need to succeed.
4. What makes me fail?
I struggle or fall short when I cannot see the point of something. If I cannot understand why I am doing something then I have a difficult time accomplishing the things that I have been assigned to do. Whether it is recreation, sports, academically, or personally.
5. How can you change a mindset?
I think a mindset is all about attitude as well as preconceived ideas that may or may not be true. However these mindsets can be altered by motivation, goals, soul searching and wanting to succeed. If all these factors are in the right place then there can be a change in attitude and therefor a change of a mindset.
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