Greetings from the editor

Dear readers,

Welcome to JOCTL—Journal of Classroom Teaching & Learning! This journal was originally created by Dr. Dengting Boyanton and her students at the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB/TSC) in the spring of 2008. JOCTL is currently contributed by all the students who are taking the undergraduate course of EDI 15A Psychological Perspective: Teaching & Learning, EDI 17 Psychology & Development of Adolescent Student, and the graduate course EDI 600 Psychological Foundation of Education at the School of Education, Long Island University, C. W. Post, Brookville, New York.

JOCTL intends to publish our students’ research discoveries throughout their exploration with these three courses. It strives to provide the best platform for our university student researchers and scholars in the LIU as well as the New York community to exchange their findings and discoveries on teaching and learning. All of our students spend one whole semester investigating one research topic of their interest under Dr. Boyanton’s guidance and supervision. Most students’ research findings were or will be presented at the Conference of Elementary Secondary Teaching & Learning (CESTL), a completely student-oriented conference organized by Dr. Boyanton and all her students.

The main purposes of JOCTL is for our students 1) to discover principles, relationships, patterns, and theories of classroom learning and teaching; 2) to create a learning community for all students to discuss and exchange ideas about classroom learning and teaching; 3) to improve students’ analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving, and creative skills; 4) to enhance students’ communication skills (e.g., writing, public speaking, presenting); and 5) to help the students develop a deeper understanding on classroom teaching and learning and be better prepared as future teachers.

JOCTL seeks to explore the multitude of issues that impact and influence student learning in the classroom setting. In accord with its broad focus, the journal welcomes contributions that enhance the exchange of diverse theoretical and practical information from other educators, teachers, students, and researchers at LIU or the New York community. It is our hope that our JOCTL can provide a channel for all classroom instructors and professors to better understand students’ needs and characteristics as learners, thus to design their instructions which produce powerful classroom learning.

JOCTL has received much positive feedback and support from its wide range of audiences from from different universities (University of Texas at Brownsville, University of Texas at Austin, University of Virginia, Harvard University, Yale University, City University of New York, Willamette University, Long Island Universty). To read their feedback, click JOCTL Feedback.

We sincerely hope you will enjoy our students’ exploration on teaching and learning. If you have any comments or suggestions to improve JOCTL, please contact me directly at dengting.boyanton@liu.edu. We welcome honest feedback from you.

Thank you very much for your support!

Sincerely,

Dengting Boyanon Ph.D.
Editor, JOCTL
Assistant Professor
Educational Psychology
Curriculum & Instruction
School of Education
Long Island University, C.W.Post
720 Northern Blvd, Brookville, New York
516-299-4117 (Office)
Dengting.Boyanton@liu.edu
http://people.virginia.edu/~db6wq/

Table of Contents

• ▼ 04/17 - 04/24 (19)
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Contents
  • Impact of technology on adolescents--the great deb...
  • Impact of technology on adolescents--the great deb...
  • Growing up online--importance of parental control
  • Impact of technology on adolescents--the great deb...
  • Growing up online--importance of communicating wit...
  • Growing up online--problems and risks
  • Growing up online-Understanding impact of technolo...
  • Growing up online-Understanding impact of technolo...
  • Growing up online--cyber world
  • Growing up online--problems and risks
  • Growing up online: How much control do they need
  • Impact of technology on adolescents--the great deb...
  • My ideal classroom
  • Motivating students by supporting their dreams
  • Motivation in October Sky
  • Rethinking "moral"
  • Growing up as a girl

• ▼ 04/03 - 04/10 (15)
  • Tough Guise—Redefine “man”
  • Tough Guise—Exploring male identity
  • Impact of technology on adolescents: It is all abo...
  • Impact of technology on adolescents--the great deb...
  • Impact of technology on adolescents--the great deb...
  • Impact of technology on adolescents-The great deba...
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents—The great deba...
  • Using technology to teach math
  • Impact of technology—the great debate
  • Growing up online—how much control should parents ...
  • Moral development of adolescents: What, how, and w...
  • BehavCogHum Approach to Teaching
  • Teaching as an art: Importance of flexibility in t...
  • Using different teaching approach in class
  • How to give a good lesson

• ▼ 03/20 - 03/27 (21)
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Contents
  • What Does Gender Have to do With it?
  • Gender difference: its past, present, and future
  • Pressure to be a man: Understanding male identity
  • Girls & math: Impact of gender stereotypes on wome...
  • Gender Box: Exploring gender differences
  • Gender Box: Exploring gender differences
  • building connections through sharing our role mode...
  • My father, My role model, my inspiration
  • My teacher, my motivation, my role model
  • My Pop Pop, my motivation, my role model
  • Imprtance of teachers as students' role models
  • Best class ever: Impact of a role model sharing ac...
  • Learning from our Role models
  • My mother, my role model, my inspiration
  • A letter to my role model-My grandpa
  • Be positive: Lessons learned from my role model
  • Memory: How does it work?
  • Understanding memory through learning Chinese
  • Information processing theory: How does our memory...

• ▼ 03/06 - 03/13 (15)
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Contents
  • Dangers of Peer Relationships: Need to redefine "c...
  • Pressure to impress others: Importance of being tr...
  • "True" friend? Impact of peer relationship in high...
  • Making connections through role model sharing acti...
  • Impact of friends in high school
  • My motivation, my inspiration, my role model
  • My sister, my motivation, my role model
  • My teacher, my motivation, my role model
  • Today’s adolescents moral behavior
  • Defining intelligence
  • Importance of having a goal in motivating adolesce...
  • My dream, my goal, my passion
  • Trust in parent-adolescent relationship

• ▼ 02/27 - 03/06 (13)
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Contents
  • Motivation in October Sky
  • Support but realistic in supporting adolescent' dr...
  • Myself as Risk-taker?
  • Dream to succeed, motivation to learn: Movie Octob...
  • Need for approval, motivation to learn: Watching m...
  • Motivation: The Cognitive Perspective
  • Support is a must: Motivating adolescents to learn...
  • Motivation by our goals
  • Creativity & Motivation
  • Approaching adolescents: why & how?
  • Understand adolescent identity development

• ▼ 02/20 - 02/27 (16)
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Contents
  • Is being a great teacher learned or inherent?
  • Impact of class size on student personality in the...
  • Rethinking Creativity
  • Understanding ourselves through Macia's identity t...
  • Self-identity: a challenging task
  • Moratorium-Rethinking Marcia's identity developmen...
  • Comparing Piaget's & Lowenfeld's developmental the...
  • Courage to teach, courage to learn!
  • Joy of learning
  • Are you a risk-taker?
  • Understanding our students's needs
  • First Class Anxiety
  • First Day Jitters
  • Our First Class

• ▼ 02/06 - 02/13 (13)
  • Co-Constructing Adolescents
  • Understanding social microscope of adolescents
  • Understanding adolescents: Lessons learned from a ...
  • Adolescent Identity-Seeking
  • Eary dating, early love--Who to blame?
  • Industry vs inferiority--Applying Erikson's theory...
  • Intimacy: Misplace Stage or Societal Flaw?
  • Dream to succeed, motivation to learn
  • Understanding self through Erikson's theory
  • Who am I? Difficulty of identity
  • Joy of learning, motivation to learn
  • Reading Erikson
  • Stress of Being Adolescent

• ▼ 01/30 - 02/06 (8)
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Contents
  • The Wonderful Community of Respect
  • Motivation to teach: motivation to learn
  • Embracing the challenge of learning
  • Community of Respect
  • Desire to Achieve: Motivation to Learn
  • Exploring the syllabus: Expectations & motivation ...

12/05 - 12/12 (25)

• Greetings from the editor
• Table of Contents
• Learning from our role models
• My mom, my love, my role model
• Impact our students by being their role models
• Learning from our role models
• Using debate as a learning activity
• Learning from our role models
• Understanding constructivism through a marble ramp...
• Understanding constructivism through a ramp activi...
• Learning about teamwork from a marble ramp activit...
• Understanding constructivism through a marble ramp...
• Motivate high school students by support their dre...
• Importance of respect in classroom behavior managm...
• Motivation for life: Reflection on movie October S...
• Motivating students by supporting their dreams
• Motivating students by supporting their dreams
• Motivate our students to learn
• What motivates high school students to learn
• What role does test play in education
• Test or not: The great debate
• Test or not: The great debate
• Test or not: The great debate
• Using FAIR test to assess student learning
• Test or not: The great debate

• ▼ 11/14 - 11/21 (26)
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Content
  • Understanding the psychology of man
  • Understanding psychology of man
  • Constructivist Learning
  • How to teach: Lessons learned from information pro...
  • Media and its impact on adolescent identity develo...
  • My role model, my motivation, my love
  • My role model, my inspiration, my motivation
  • Understanding metacognition
  • Metacognition: Learning about learning
  • Metacognition-Are you a good learner?
  • Metacognition—Become an effective learner
  • Behavior management: What and how?
  • Applying behaviorism in the classroom
  • Becoming an educator
  • Understanding Behaviorism
  • Survive, strive, & achieve—Motivation to learn
  • Praise or punishment: Applying behaviorism in the ...
  • Practice teaching through mini-lesson activities
  • Applying behaviorism in our daily life
  • Reflecting on behaviorism
  • Do you have good memory? Understanding information...
  • How to teach: Lessons learned from information pro...
  • Understanding our memory
  • Be a better learner: Lessons learned from Informat...

• ▼ 10/31 - 11/07 (16)
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Content
  • Embracing diversity through knowing them
  • Learning about diversity through cross-culture-con...
  • Breaking the cycle of discrimination by educating ...
  • Learning on their own pace: Working with students ...
  • Inclusion or not? The great debate
  • Teaching students with learning disabilities by un...
  • Understanding students with learning disabilities
  • Inclusion or not: the great debate
  • Teaching students with learning disabilities by un...
  • How difficult can this be? Understanding students ...
  • Inspired by our role models
  • My role model, my motivation, my love
  • My love, my motivation
  • My role model-G-Pa (Grand Pa)

• ▼ 10/24 - 10/31 (5)
  • Creating a community of respect by accepting each ...
  • Inspiring our students by becoming their role mode...
  • Appreciating others through understanding them
  • My role model, my inspiration, my motivation
  • My role model, my strength, my motivation

• ▼ 10/10 - 10/17 (20)
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Content
  • "Moral or Not?"
  • “Creativity”: What's your definition?
  • Identity Threat: Comparisons among sibling
  • Helping adolescents develop their identity
  • Understanding adolescents’ risk-taking behavior
  • Reach your students by knowing them
  • Understanding today's students
  • Rethinking Kohlberg’s Moral Development Thoery
  • Understanding Marcia's Identity Development Theory...
  • Identity: Which Stage am I right now?
  • Are White People Racists? Reflection on the Ethini...
  • Favoritism: Should parents like one child more tha...
  • Learning from our History: Reflection on the Ethni...
  • "Does race define you?"-Reflection on the Ethincit...
  • Understanding Erikson
  • Understanding Erikson
  • Learning Is the Key to Success
  • Understanding Erikson

• ▼ 09/26 - 10/03 (30)
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Content
  • Adolescent Identity: It is OK to be Different
  • Teachers and Students as Co-learners: Motivaiton t...
  • Parenting Adolescents: Keep the Balance
  • Panel Discussion: The Good, the bad, and what I’ve...
  • Recognizing Anxiety in Students
  • My First Class
  • My First Class
  • My First Educational Experience through “The Name ...
  • My First Class
  • Communiy of Respect
  • Creating a Positive Learning Environment
  • Communiy of Respect
  • First Day, First Challenge
  • The Name Game
  • Communiy of Respect
  • "R-E-S-P-E-C-T"
  • Community of Respect
  • My First Class
  • The Name Game
  • My First Class
  • Joy of learning: motivation to learn
  • Motivation to teach
  • Joy of learning: motivation to learn
  • Student Panel: Learning from the Peers
  • Student Panel: Learning from the Peers
  • My First Class
  • Student Panel: Students Teaching Students
  • Student Panel: Learning from the Peers

04/11 - 04/18 (26)

• "Cross over" from a sheltered home
• Behavior management--calling for a positive approa...
• "Cross over" to help others open their eyes
• Deepen students' learning through peer discussion
• Behavior management: Are you confident?
• Motivate students to learn by making the class int...
• Addressing adolescents’ feelings and desires on se...
• Adolescents: Are they more sexually active today?
• Experimental sex in Adolescents
• I am a virgin. What’s wrong with that?
• CESTL: are you feeling confident or stressed out b...
• Joy of learning: motivation to learn
• Overcome procrastination through self-management p...
• Test: Can we use it in the art classroom?
• “October Sky”: A motivating movie on motivation
• Learning about behavior management in the "theatre...
• The great debate: Does school need test?
• The great debate: Does school need test?
• The great debate: Does school need test?
• No access: difficulties with conducting research i...
• Motivating students to learn by supporting their d...
• Motivation to teach
• Teachers, solve your problems first please!
• Motivating students to learn by supporting their d...
• Solving other's problem by listening
• Reflecting on the role of religion in my life

• ▼ 03/21 - 03/28 (12)
  • Take more control in adolescent’s usage of technol...
  • Understanding impact of technology on learning
  • The great debate: How does technology affect adole...
  • Tough guise: understand the impact of media on men...
  • Got a point? Demonstrating constructivism by havin...
  • Metacognition: How to teach based on to learn
  • My role model, my strength, my inspiration
  • Gender stereotypes: Do we still need it?
  • Understanding impact of media/technology on learni...
  • Growing up on line-Impact of media on technology
  • Growing up on line-Impact of media/technology on a...
  • Technology & learning

• ▼ 03/07 - 03/14 (33)
  • My role model, my strength, my motivation
  • Motivating students by sharing their role models
  • My role model, my strength, my motivation
  • My role model, my strength, my motivation
  • How can we as teachers be students’ role models?
  • The importance of role model in students' motivati...
  • Creating a sense of community through role model s...
  • Understanding social cognitive learning theory thr...
  • Peer relationship = Motivation
  • Learning from our role models
  • Reflecting on the impact of peer relationship on l...
  • Reflecting on adolescent peer relationship
  • A person who impacted my life
  • How difficult can this be? Understanding learning ...
  • Carrot or stick? Reflecting on behaviorism
  • Applying information processing theory to our dail...
  • Importance of helping students remember the inform...
  • My role model, my strength, my motivation
  • I’m not losing my mind! Understanding memory
  • Understanding our memory
  • Does interest/hobby affect our memory?
  • Where's my pen? Understanding memory
  • Personal or professional? Reflecting on teacher-st...
  • In a perfect world: reflecting on parent-adolescen...
  • Creating a personally professional student-teacher...
  • When adolescents' dreams are unrealistic...
  • My family, my strength, my motivation
  • Who are they hang out with? Understanding adolesce...
  • Adolescent peer relationships: growing and changin...
  • Adolescent motivation: What can we do?
  • Adolescents motivation: Why are they unmotivated?
  • Say "no" to inclusion
  • How difficult can this be? Understanding students ...

02/21/10 - 02/28/10 (36)

• Greetings from the editor
• Table of Content
• What killed today’s adolescents’ motivation to lea...
• Teacher belief: A key factor to adolescent motivat...
• What motivates adolescents to learn? Reflection on...
• What motivates adolescents to learn? Reflection on...
• Engagement: A missing concept in adolescent class
• Does behaviorism still have its place in schools t...
• How diffficult can this be? Understanding learning...
• When students give “wrong” answers...
• Yes, It is that difficult! Understanding learning ...
• Understanding students with learning disabilities
• Are high-stake testing killing adolescent motivati...
• What motivated Homer to learn? Reflecting on movie...
• Reflection on movie October Sky
• October sky: Can adolescents be motivated?
• Motivating adolescents by supporting them
• Understanding intelligence
• I do not understand
• Using Talent Show to Demonstrate Gardner's MI Inte...
• How does my Italian culture affect my learning?
• Learning cultures, embracing diversity
• How does my Chinese ethnicity affect my learning?
• Learning cultures, embracing diversity
• Learning cultures, embracing diversity
• Understanding risk-taking behavior in adolescents
• My father: An intelligent man
• Motivation: What motivates me to learn?
• Motivation: What motivates me to learn?
• Adolescents: Are they being creative by taking ris...
• Gender box: Introducing a fun activity
• Understanding students’ learning styles
• Teaching based on students’ learning styles
• Teaching based on students’ learning styles
• What is your learning style?
• JOCTL feedback

• ▼ 02/14/10 - 02/21/10 (38)
  
  
  
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Content
  • My dream, my passion, my future
  • Group work: lessons learned from Vygotsky
  • Being Adolescent: On the Wild Side
  • Piaget: Missing a Cognitive Developmental Stage?
  • Balance: the key thing to be a great teacher
  • Creating a safe and fun learning environment
  • The importance of knowing your students
  • Allowing students to express themselves in your cl...
  • Motivation: What can we do when students do not wa...
  • Teaching abstract concepts through fun activities
  • Applying Piaget & Vygotsky’s theory in the actual ...
  • Challenging Erikson: Is generativity a must stage ...
  • What is the meaning of adolescence?
  • Understanding adolescents
  • Changing the stereotypes of psychology class
  • Defining adolescent: a challenging task
  • Strict or friendly: How to start your first class?...
  • Is teaching an art or a science?
  • Reading Snowman
  • Overwhelmed, excited? Feeling about the school?
  • What makes a great teacher?
  • Great teacher needs great personality
  • Creating disequilibrium to motivate students to le...
  • Moral realism or moral relativism—In the middle
  • Reflection on Erikson’s theory
  • Why I am who I am today?
  • A Reflection on Identity
  • Understanding Children’s Moral Development
  • Understanding identity development
  • Identity: Who I am and who I will become?
  • Educate students by understanding their needs
  • Designing your lessons to make learning easier
  • The importance of knowing the students
  • Creating personal connections between theories and...
  • Industry: Understanding children's psychological n...
  • Motivation: Joy of learning

• ▼ 01/31/10 - 02/07/10 (27)
  
  
  
  • Greetings from the editor
  • My First Class: Emotional Roller Coaster
  • Name Game: Breaking the Ice on the First Class
  • Name Game: Breaking the Ice on the First Class
  • Name Game: Breaking the Ice on the First Class
  • My First Class
  • My First Class
  • My First Class
  • First impressions make a “difference”
  • My first class: Embrace the challenge
  • Confidence + determination: The two key factors to...
  • My first class: From anxiety to excitement
  • My first class: Embrace the challenge
  • My first class: Go beyond your "comfort zone"
  • Name game: The importance of creating a relaxing e...
  • Name Game: Breaking the Ice on the First Class
  • Peer panel discussion: An great activity to learn ...
  • Joy of learning: Motivation to learn
  • Joy of learning: Motivation to learn
  • Joy of learning: Motivation to learn
  • Peer panel discussion: An great activity to learn ...
  • Peer panel discussion: An great activity to learn ...
  • Peer panel discussion: An great activity to learn ...
  • Peer panel discussion: An great activity to learn ...
  • Joy of learning: Motivation to learn
  • Concerns about teaching adolescents
  • JOCTL feedback

• ▼ 06/21/09 - 06/28/09 (16)
  
  
  
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Contents
  • Thank You & Good-bye from EDI 550/551 Class
  • Thank You & Good-bye from EDI 600 Class
  • Sexual Education: Exploring Different Approaches
  • Sexual Education: Should it Start from Kinder?
  • Sexual Education: Should it Start from Kinder?
  • Behavior Management: Importance of Establishing Ru...
  • Behavior Management: A Tricky Subject
  • Behavior Management: Importance of Creating a Posi...
  • Behavior Management: How did My Teachers Fail to D...
  • A Class Divided Unites a Community
  • Becoming Aware of Ethnicity
  • Understanding Discrimination by Experiencing it
  • JOCTL Feedback
  • Useful links

• ▼ 06/14/09 - 06/21/09 (25)
  
  
  
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Contents
  • Inspired to Learn: Learning from Our Role Models
  • Inspired to Learn: Learning from Our Role Models
  • My Role Model, My Motivation, My Mom
  • My Role Model, My Motivation, My Coach
  • We Are Family
  • Learning is A life-long Journey
  • A Letter to My Mom
  • Morality: A Subjective Notion
  • My Personal Morality
  • Children's Awareness of Morality of Today
  • Ignoring Gender When Approaching Adolescents
  • Impact of Media on Gender Stereotypes
  • Differentiating Your Instructional Approach
  • Having Fun with the Gender Box
  • Tough Guise? What does it mean to be a real man?
  • Defining Motivation
  • Motivation: You Can Do It!
  • October Sky: Motivational Movement
  • October Sky: Understanding Motivation
  • What Killed My Motivation to Learn?
  • A Model Class of Cognitive & Humanistic Approach
  • Useful links
  • JOCTL Feedback
  
  
• ▼ 06/07/09 - 06/14/09 (22)
  
  
  
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Contents
  • Role Models: Everything I Need From Inspiration to...
  • The Importance of Being a Mentor for Our Students
  • A Day in the Life of an LD Child: A New Perspectiv...
  • Fairness for One and All
  • All Encompassing Learning Disability
  • Applying Reinforcements to Life
  • Applying Reinforcements to Life
  • Praise Junkies
  • Everyone’s a Winner Here
  • Motivation: There is no Can’t, Only Won’t
  • Motivation Through Challenge
  • Motivation: Lessons Learned from Movie October Sky...
  • Motivate Students to Learn by Any Means
  • Motivating Students to Learn by Inspiring Them
  • Applying Information Processing Theory to Teaching...
  • Memory: How does it work?
  • Concentration: A Key Element in Memorization
  • Getting Their Attention Before Teaching
  • Applying Information Process Theory to Teaching
  • JOCTL Feedback

• ▼ 05/31/09 - 06/07/09 (25)
  
  
  
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Contents
  • Live to Learn More, Learn to Live Wiser
  • Shoelaces – The Common Thread
  • Applying Educational Psychology and Developmental ...
  • Applying Educational Psychology and Developmental ...
  • Understanding Human Development Through the Eyes o...
  • Understanding Human Development Through the Eyes o...
  • What is Creativity?
  • Understanding Psychology of Adolescent Students
  • Understanding the Impact of My Race on My Learning...
  • White Men Can’t Jump: Where did Stereotypes Come F...
  • Identity: Creating Who You Are One Stage at a Time...
  • Identity: Who am I?
  • Identity: My Stages of Life
  • My Motivation: Learning is the Key to Success
  • Using Erikson’s Model as a Primer for Students /Ou...
  • The Importance of Multicultural Education in Our S...
  • Teaching Multicultural Education through Teaching ...
  • Does it Matter Where I’m from? Approaching Multicu...
  • Stop Racial Discrimination, Embrace Cultural Diver...
  • Racial Discrimination: Where is It from and How to...
  • Not Everybody is Proud of Their Heritage/Root!An U...
  • Racial Identity: I am what I am, what I feel, and ...
  • JOCTL Feedback

05/24/09 - 05/31/09 (23)

• Greetings from the editor
• Table of Contents
• Anticipation: Friend or Foe?
• My First Class
• Creating a Comfortable Learning Environment
• My First Class
• My First Class
• My First Class
• I learned my classmates names in one night!
• What’s My Name?
• Create a More Comfortable Classroom Environment
• Easing the Tension on the First Day of Class
• First Day of Class: Melting Anxiety and Stress wit...
• My First Class
• A Positive Learning Experience
• Understanding Adolescents-A Constructive Approach
• Engaging Students Through a Panel Discussion
• Engaging Students Through a Panel Discussion
• Engaging Students Through a Panel Discussion
• Learning through Sharing
• Reflecting Identity: What, How, and Why?
• Identity Development Through Athletics
• JOCTL Feedback

• ▼ 05/10 - 05/17 (7)
  
  
  
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Contents
  • Thank you & good bye from EDI 15A class
  • Thank you & good bye from EDI 17 class
  • Thank you & good bye from EDI 600 class
  • Useful links
  • JOCTL Feedback

• ▼ 04/19 - 04/26 (22)
  
  
  
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Contents
  • Ideally realistic: The challenge of being a good t...
  • Relevance: The importance of making learning relat...
  • Interesting: Importance of making your class fun
  • Reflecting: Importance of writing reflections in s...
  • Teaching them wrong: A pre-service teacher's fear
  • Behavior management: A pre-service teacher’s fear
  • Respect + confidence: Two key factors in behavior ...
  • Behavior management: Dealing with students' compla...
  • Spiritual development: A reflection on religion an...
  • Spiritual development: Do you need religion to liv...
  • Spiritual development: A on-going personal struggl...
  • Do we still need tests in our schools today?
  • Do we still need tests in our schools today?
  • CESTL: Are you ready for it yet?
  • CESTL: Are you ready for it yet?
  • CESTL: Are you ready for it yet?
  • CESTL: Are you ready for it yet?
  • CESTL: Are you ready for it yet?
  • Useful links
  • JOCTL Feedback

• ▼ 04/12 - 04/19 (19)
  
  
  
  • Greetings from the editor
  • Table of Contents
  • Sex: Should it be the power of women?
  • Sex education for adolescents: An urgent task
  • Sex education for adolescents: An urgent task
  • Teen pregnancy: An increasing concern
  • Teen pregnancy: Whose fault is it?
  • Revolutionizing sexual education in America’s scho...
  • Sex education for adolescents: How and why? By Th...
  • Sex education for adolescents: How and why?
  • Sex education for adolescents: How and why?
  • Sex education: Should it start in kindergarten?
  • Motivation: A difficult concept to define
  • Motivation: Why are some students not motivated to...
  • Motivation: Why are some students not motivated to...
  • Motivation: What motivates me to learn?
  • CESTL: Are you ready for it yet?
  • Useful links
  • JOCTL Feedback

▼ 04/05/09 - 04/12/09 (27)

• Greetings from the editor
• Table of Contents
• Motivation: Does money make you happy?
• Motivation: Does money make you happy?
• Motivation: Does money make you happy?
• Motivation: Does money make you happy?
• Incorporate different instructional approach in th...
• Importance of individualized teaching
• Incorporate different instructional approach in th...
• Joy of learning: Importance of making your class F...
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01/20/08 - 01/27/08 (6)

• 1st Class Anxiety: the Reality
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