Watch Richard Wilkinson’s TED Talk, “How Economic Inequality Harms Societies,” in the Reading and Resources section for this module. As a researcher, Wilkinson believes that the common thread between many social problems is economic inequality. In your 250-500-word journal entry, address the following: Describe the social variables and determinants that are impacted by economic inequality. […]
Give a real world example of causation and correlation, and briefly explain why correlation does not imply cause. Also, try to explain the positive relationship between GPA and sexual happiness. They are related, but is cause involved here?
The first step in this assignment is to watch the Disney movie Inside Out. Then write a 2 to 3 page paper in APA format that discusses what concepts and theories ( Sensory memory, distinction between bottom-up and top-down processing, Visual and auditory attention, long term memory, retrieving information from the long term memory, organization of […]
Select one of the following forms of media: Social media Television/Movies Video games Music and/or music videos Using the selected media, write a 750-1,000-word paper addressing the impact the media has on the cognitive, physical, and psychosocial development during middle childhood. Include the following in your paper: How the selected media can change brain functioning […]
Guided Response: Review several of your classmates’ responses and respond to at least two by discussing ways that these types of results could be used in the classroom to assist in implementing effective instruction for all students. Discuss why these results are or are not reliable and argue whether or not they should be considered in […]
Guided Response: Review and respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. Discuss at least one positive attribute of intelligence tests in the role of education and add at least one additional effect that these tests may have on students. AnnaAug 10 at 8:26pm Manage Discussion Entry Intelligence testing in education in the past […]
Howard Gardner, David Perkins, and Robert Sternberg have all been rather effective in helping increase the knowledge of the meaning of intelligence and applications of this information to education. Theories of Intelligence (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(http://otec.uoregon.edu/intelligence.htm#Gardner). Read about the theory of Howard Gardner. Discuss at least one interesting fact from this theorist […]
Some researchers have proposed that intelligence is a single, general ability, while others argue that intelligence incorporates a range of aptitudes, skills and talents. Conduct some research on different definitions of intelligence and describe your findings. Debate the accuracy of various definitions and provide your own academic definition of intelligence?
Week Two Critical Thinking Based on your analysis of the assigned readings in Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom (3rd Edition), respond to both of the bullet points below using critical reasoning. Chapter One: What do we mean by Gifted, Talented and Exceptionally Able?In one page respond to the following: Based on Gardner’s eight intelligences and his process for […]
Analyzing Intelligence Theory For this assignment, you are going to write a three-page paper (not including Title and Reference pages) analyzing an intelligence theory of your choice. The paper must include: The history of the intelligence theory A brief background of the theorist responsible for the theory Research supporting the validity of the theory How […]
