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How to Answer Essay Questions – 10 Tips | By Marianne Wolff

One of the most difficult type of questions to answer is the essay question. Typically essay questions have a high point value on tests and sometimes they are the only kind of questions on the test. Sometimes essay questions are given on worksheets and homework assignments. College applications also use essay questions to screen students. Here are ten tips to improve your answer and hopefully your grade.

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1. Essay topics are not just topics you can simply find the answer in the book. The teacher is usually looking for you to use the information in the books or notes as a basis to support the conclusions you make in your essay. You need to have a good understanding of the topic to be able to apply it to a problem i.e. the essay question.

2. Make sure you answer the essay question. Often students will write what they know about the topic in general but never actually answer the stated question

3. Make sure you stay on topic – Sometimes students in an effort to gain some credit will find a related topic they are familiar with and write about that. Their hope is that they will gain some points but usually teachers are wise to this technique.

4. Follow the five w’s – Who, what, when, where and why are all going to part of your answer. In constructing a response to an essay consider each of these aspects of the question.

5. If you are asked how two concepts are related or how they are different don’t respond with a simple yes or no answer i.e yes they are related or no they are not. Explain how the relationship came to exist or how it works. Give examples if you can.

6. If you are asked to compare and contrast make sure you do both. Write about how and why these topics or subjects are related and how and why they are different.

7. Sometimes you are asked to make a recommendation. Don’t get wishy-washy make your answer sound assertive. The teacher has asked for your opinion and actually in this case wants to hear it (see it). Make sure you support your decision with evidence. What do you know about the topic that will support your decision and help convince the reader of your essay that your recommendation is the right one.

8. If you copy text word for word from another source, cite that source. Otherwise you will be guilty of plagiarism.

9. If your teacher specifies a length for the essay, keep your essay close to that length. Writing more is not going to get you any more points and the teacher make take off for not following instructions.

10. Follow the instructions – My father’s favorite quote was “If all else fails, follow the instructions.” So let’s say here “Don’t fail at all, read the instructions.”

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Teachers – Some of Your Students Are Depressed – Do You Know What to Do? | By Ruth Wells

This is a rough time for many families. That is why this issue will focus on ideas for helping children who are sad and depressed. Since depression often worsens around holiday time, it is always a good idea to be especially vigilant during November and December. Be sure to carefully watch over any children and teens who show signs of sadness, isolation, withdrawal, distress, or other marked changes in behavior. If you are not a counselor, be sure to seek help if you have any safety concerns about a child or teen; these strategies are not a substitute for that.

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Yesterday Once More

When children and youth spend a lot of the present being very upset about problems from the past, ask them to “bloom where you’re planted.”

Power Walk

Vigorous exercise can have almost a magical effect on depressed children and teens. Studies have consistently shown that exercise is one of the top three things that can help a child or youth stay ahead of depression. Don’t forget that if you are not a clinician, be sure to immediately seek mental health guidance if you have any safety concerns about a depressed child. It is always better to play it safe as the severity of a youngster’s depression is often not readily apparent.

Power Talk

Talk is the other intervention that studies have shown to be potentially quite useful to help depressed children and adolescents moderate the amount of sadness they are experiencing. We recommend that you combine this intervention with the preceding method– exercise. For example, you and the student can walk rapidly around your site while the child gets to talk about any issues that may be of concern. You can “Power Talk while you Power Walk”. Children who “talk it out”, are far less likely to “act it out”. They are also less likely to “act it in”– to hurt themselves with behaviors such as self-harm, self-endangering, substance abuse or other similar self-destructive actions. Depression can be both acted out and acted in. We tend to think of depression as just being acted in, but it can be either.

For Right Now

For children who are sad about things from the past or future, ask them “What’s wrong with this moment?” If they say that nothing is wrong right now, then ask them “Why would you waste the present worrying about what’s done…or what may never happen?” Assist students to avoid squandering the present moment for a problematic past or potentially problematic future.

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Depression Solves What?

For children and adolescents who are often mired in depression, ask them to tell you exactly what depression solves. Assist the students to understand that depression solves nothing, and can make things worse when the child neglects responsibilities or shirks work due to sadness.

Cancel Stinkin’ Thinking

Now that you have your students realizing that depression never solves anything, teach them to notice and stop depressing thoughts by thinking “Cancel” whenever they notice negative thinking. You can call the negative thinking “stinkin’ thinking.” If students protest that they will never be able to turn off all the negative thoughts, reassure them that just noticing the negative thinking is a huge first step. “Sell” the idea of reducing negative thinking by emphasizing that students will be probably more comfortable and experience less pain by simply reducing the amount of negative thoughts.

Take Action

Train depressed students to take an action rather than just wallow in sadness. This intervention is the perfect follow-up to the two approaches shown immediately above.

Depression Time

For students who really hesitate to take steps to stop their negative thoughts, suggest to these youngsters that they simply try to reduce the number of minutes spent on negativity. Next, point out that there will always be plenty of time to be depressed later, that students aren’t giving up anything, they can always choose to be sad again later. Alternatively, have students determine how many minutes per day they spend dwelling on sad thoughts, then have them reduce the time by a percentage that is acceptable to them.

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Introduction to Algebra | By Michael Milford

The first and biggest thing to understand is what a variable is in algebra. Say I have the following equation:

2 + 7 = 9

This is a really simple equation – everyone knows that “two plus seven equals nine”. This equation has three numbers in it – a ’2′, a ’7′ and a ’9′. It also has two operations – a ‘+’ sign and an ‘=’ sign.

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Now, instead of one of these numbers, let’s write a letter in its place:

2 + 7 = 9
x + 7 = 9

Notice how now, instead of the number ’2′, there is a letter ‘x’. If you read this new equation out aloud, you should say something like: “x plus seven equals nine”. Notice that instead of saying ‘two’ we now say ‘x’. ‘x’ is what we call a variable, or pronumeral. Variables are used to represent numbers.

So in this case, we know that the ‘x’ represents the number ’2′, since we replaced the ’2′ with the ‘x’. So if we wanted to write the equation again, but this time writing it with the number that ‘x’ is representing, we’d write a ’2′ where the ‘x’ is now:

x + 7 = 9
2 + 7 = 9

Notice how we’ve ended up with our original, all number equation.

In this last example we used a letter (‘x’) as a variable. Variables can also be symbols. People sometimes use Greek Symbols as variables, such as θ, called ‘theta’. If we used θ instead of ‘x’ in the last equation, we’d write:

θ + 7 = 9

This time the ’2′ would be represented by θ.
Now, what happens if we start with an equation which already has a variable in it:

5 – x = 2

This equation has the variable ‘x’ in it. This time though, we don’t already know what number the ‘x’ is representing. If we want to find out what ‘x’ represents, we need to “solve the equation for x”. This means – work out what value the ‘x’ is representing.

To solve the equation for x, we need to work out what number we can replace the ‘x’ with to make the equation true. So, we might as well try a number – let’s try ’1′:

5 – 1 = 2?
4 does not equal 2

So instead of writing ‘x’, I wrote ’1′ down, and then calculated what 5 – 1 equals – it equals 4. We are trying to get 2 as our answer, not 4, so using 1 does not make the equation true.

Let’s try replacing ‘x’ with ’2′:

5 – 2 = 2
3 does not equal 2

So using ’2′ instead of ‘x’ doesn’t make the equation true either. When we put ’2′ instead of ‘x’, we get an answer of 3, and we want an answer of 2. But we’re on the right track, cause 3 is only just bigger than 2. Let’s try replacing ‘x’ with ’3′:

5 – 3 = 2
2 does equal 2

Bingo! When we use ’3′ to replace ‘x’, we get an answer of ’2′, which is what we want. We can say something like: “When x equals three, the equation is true.” If you were writing an answer to the question, “Solve the equation for x,” you’d write:

x = 3

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The Benefits of Attending an Online School | By Mitch Stenson

Parents always want to provide their children with the best quality of education. Because of their many benefits, homeschooling and online school have been trending.

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Top Distance Learning Doctorate Programs | By Erik R Johnson

The doctoral degree is the highest academic credential that one can achieve or earn. It doesn’t matter, whether you are earning a doctorate in engineering, public health or any other variant; the doctorate typically requires four to six years of additional study beyond the master’s level. Generally, to get a doctoral degree or be a doctorate you must complete a course of study, do original research and write a publishable thesis or a comprehensive course work. Today there are many universities and colleges that are offering distance learning doctorate degrees. In fact, over the past few years earning an online doctorate degree has gained tremendous popularity.

Achieving an online doctorate degree through a distance learning program generally take two to four years of full-time study, after completion of a master’s degree program. Though, one of the most powerful aspects of completing a online doctorate degree program is having the chance to be recognized as a global leader in your field. It helps you earn the most highly regarded academic honor and that is – a doctorate. Through online programs, it is possible to achieve the highest level of academic excellence and earn a PhD in your field.

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Your participation in distance learning doctoral program certify your personal commitment and passion to your field of study. Once you complete the course work and earn a degree, you are often invited to do speaking, consulting and writing engagements within your chosen fields. Apart from this, earning a doctorate degree even let you enjoy a decent salary. In fact, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, professionals with doctorates earn approximately $37,265 more each year than workers with bachelor’s degrees. You can also go on to start your own consulting company and earn an average of $90,000 a year in salary. These days many PhDs are paid well to give presentations at different industry events.

Today there are hundreds of distances learning doctorate programs available and every month more and more online doctoral programs are being added by top accredited universities. So, if you are looking forward to earning a doctorate degree, here are few programs that you must consider:

Doctor of Business Administration- The degree of Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is a research doctorate and usually requires research that results in a dissertation or journal publication and contributes to business practice. The course is basically designed to extend professional business, management or administrative knowledge. It is one of the few doctorate programs that provide an opportunity to refine and extend your business knowledge and skill at an advanced level. Apart from this, the course even offers the opportunity to do specialization in different areas like technology management, economics, organizational behavior or finance or other practical fields.

Doctor of Computer Science in Enterprise Information Systems- The online Doctor of Computer Science in Enterprise Information Systems can be the best selection if you are looking forward to gain the skills that are primarily required for implementing and managing large-scale systems in your chosen professional area. The key idea of this doctorate program is to help students like you become more familiar with the body of knowledge regarding enterprise information systems along with the different models such as CMMI and manage the IT implementation process, testing and user training.

Doctor of Philosophy in Theology and Apologetics- If you are looking to develop an all-inclusive understanding of the field of Theory and Apologetics then this doctorate program is ideal for you. It is one of the few doctorate programs that offer a broader scope to become leaders in academics and ministry. In addition to this, the degree also qualifies you to teach at the university or graduate level, along with providing insight and information useful to the professional minister. With the emphasis on both theology and apologetics, the program gives you an opportunity to learn about faith and how to defend it.

The distance learning doctorate program list can surely increase to large numbers, but regardless of the field you choose to study, a doctoral program is challenging and deeply satisfying. As a doctorate degree holder, you don’t just creates new knowledge and shares that knowledge with professional peers, you even play a major role in shaping the world in which we all live and help us understand it better.

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Does Homeschooling Create Superior Students? | By JR S Rutherford

Why allow Mark and Jane study at home than send both to school? To begin with, you wouldn’t have to rouse them up at 6 every sunrise and pack them off to school with numerous instructions, and await with a heavy heart till they return.

Homeschooling empowers you more control over the detrimental influences that float over your child. The upbringing and development of your child is eliminated from the unknown. You ultimately can control what your child needs to engage in absorb. Tailoring the home curriculum to fit the requirements and interests of the child is one of the most obvious boons of homeschooling Individual attention is another critical benefit of homeschooling. exemplifying, should Jane require more time to learn calculus, then she can cut the time for her Social Studies Subjects. She’s unhampered by fixed hours of studying per subject. This leads to a good situation where the child devotes more number of hours to the subject that appears hard WITHOUT any additional pressure. Think about it. The amount of time needed to master each course will fall on the abilities and interests of the child.

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The homeschooling of the child transforms into a joint family endeavor. Parents participate at every step of the learning process. Out of town trips and science experiments become family activities. Hence, the child enjoys more quality time with his kin. The entire family shares competitions, chores and fascinating projects. Family ties becomes the key here. The child also frees herself from any detrimental peer pressure as she embarks on making choices for herself.

Fierce competition is minimized when it comes to homeschooling. The student need not to assert his ability as against other children. His esteem remains intact. As parents nurture a deeper understanding of their child, they can discern the educational program to inflame the child’s passion. It is also recommended to intersperse trying tasks with fun activities. A tough hour with Calculus can be followed by a traipse to the nearest nature trail. Studying becomes enjoyable. Parents can also customize the curriculum to fit the learning style of the student. Some children gain mastery through reading, while others hone skills on writing, and still others need to see objects in action.

Homes study empowers parents to seize control over the moral and social learning of the child. Parents have the prerogative to assimilate their beliefs and ideologies into the student’s academic curriculum. There is little bewilderment in the child’s mind either because there is no variation between what is being imparted and what is being practiced.

Finally, a growing number of parents are dismayed with the public school system. They feel that their children are being pushed to the brink for useless courses. Other worrying issues pertaining to discipline and ethics also make the conventional school system less enticing. Many reject the practice of grouping children solely on the basis of their age. A few parents themselves have unhappy memories of their own public school experience that motivates them to opt for home education when it comes to their own children.

Home education may be the better alternative to empower a child if you have the time, the resources and the passion to follow through with his distance education. After all, nobody can understand or appreciate your child more than yourself.

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Top 10 Teaching Tips | By Melanie J.

Teachers arguably have one of the most challenging and rewarding jobs, all at once. The following list should help you to keep your career in perspective, as well as infuse your students with an openness and desire to learn.

Prepared But Flexible

The most effective teachers create lesson plans in advance, know their subject well and have all of their teaching supplies on hand. However, these teachers are also flexible.

Never sacrifice true learning for time lines, even if it throws your schedule slightly awry. If your students are genuinely interested in delving deeper into a topic or if they need extra help understanding a new concept, be flexible enough to realize that your lesson is a guideline rather than a rigid structure.

Project Kindness

Especially for young children, a little warmth and nurturing go a long way. Keep in mind the emotional and mental maturity of your students. Little things like a smile, eye contact or a handshake at the start of the day may be all it takes to shake off a grumpy early morning and open them up to learning.

Establish Class Rules

To ensure that children know exactly what is expected of them in your class, use the first week of school to establish class rules. Post them where they can be seen and review them often. Especially during the first week of school, encourage your students to discuss the rules and gauge their understanding.

Plan for Disciplinary Problems

Be clear that not every student will act how you want them to all of the time. To maintain an environment conducive to learning, have a clear plan for how you will deal with disciplinary problems. This will be somewhat dictated by school protocol, but once you get to know the individuals in your classroom, you will be better able to assess what types of discipline tactics you will need to employ.

Enthusiasm is Contagious

Find ways to breathe life into each lesson and convey your sense of enthusiasm and passion for the subject to your students. Like the cliche about finding the silver lining, even with subjects you’re genuinely less interested in, find some angle that excites you and run with it. Your students will reflect your emotion and enthusiasm.

Develop a Sense of Humor

Pull out your sense of humor at any difficult moment: when your students are running wild, when the class is chaotic, when you’re stressed, overworked and uninspired. When things don’t go as planned, keeping a sense of humor will not only rub off on your students, but it may teach them something more valuable than the lesson material.

Interact with Your Students

Students who feel that you’re interested in who they are and what is going on in their personal lives are usually more open to learning from you. By interacting with your students and getting to know them, you invite them to embark on an educational adventure, instead of just sitting in a chair listening to you talk each day.

Listening Skills

Speaking of listening, you should model good listening skills for your students. Because you spend so much time talking, it is sometimes easy to forget that your job is also to listen.

Constant Improvement

Whether you read trade magazines, teaching blogs or take enrichment classes, never stop looking for ways to improve your craft.

Keeping a healthy perspective will make you a better teacher. These tips, used wisely, will make the job of teaching more rewarding for you and for those you teach.

Balance

As with any job it’s extremely important to have a good balance between your work and personal life. If you spend all of your free time working on grading papers and coming up with new lesson plans then you need to make an effort to set aside free time to spend with family and friends. It’s too easy to get bogged down with work and be completely consumed by it. Next time you are feeling stressed or overwhelmed take a look at how you’re spending your time and see if you have a good balance between your work and personal life.

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