but a mass of poor performance. The Japanese Mathematics Education League quoted “We believe that a country can only march as fast as its slow members.” The Philippines will march as fast as the majority of our students and not at the pace of the few at the top. Yuan Huang and Soman (2013) disclosed that both motivation and engagement are usually considered prerequisites for the completion of a task or encouragement
The term "serious games" was first used more than forty years ago to describe the military simulations and games that have been used in education. "They have carefully considered and expressed educational goal. The main goal is not fun, but it does not mean that the game should not entertain "- this statement is the subject of discussions that are going on now. (Pamela Kato, Serious Games Institute) Ben Sawyer, co-founder of the Conference of Serious Games, in collaboration with Peter Smith, who
With the advancement of technology in the classroom, education has shifted from teacher centered to student centered. This also paved the way to ICT integration, the widespread use of tablets, smartphones, interactive whiteboards, and other learning technology. Because of this, teachers are expected to be adept on using technology in teaching. Technology will not replace teachers but teachers who do not use technology in teaching will be replaced (Clifford (1983) in Wheeler (2013)). Teachers
have changed. Therefore, teachers worldwide try to figure out which vocabulary teaching method is more beneficial for their pupils. Nowadays, there is no doubt that technology has become a substantial element in many pupils’ lives, accordingly, the education systems have incorporated into their curriculum new instructions that try to implement these tools and toe the line with the rest of the world. However, there are still some English teachers who prefer to teach vocabulary in their classrooms using
1.1. Problem Statement Many are aware of the harm that hard drugs, such as cocaine, heroin and crystal meth, bring to people, however not many are educated about addiction to common drugs, such as benzodiazepines, codeine and ibuprofen, that are readily available in stores or prescribed by doctors. These drugs are commonly used for pain relief and treating typical ailments like cough, fever or insomnia, hence people may not be aware of the addiction that they may cause due to large doses of the
Course Work Submission Form: iPGCE iPGCE Cohort GEMS 2014/15 Module Title Developing Subject-Phase Pedagogy Student’s name Hiba Mahmood Date of submission 19th June, 2015 Title of assignment How might the use of technology with a rewards system promote intrinsic motivation? Number of words Approx. 4400 Please select/ delete/ highlight: Didn’t submit formative Electronic version uploaded on Moodle Y Statement: I confirm that I have read and understood the Institute’s Code on Citing