continuous improvement and learning

... organizational and process improvement practices constitute Six Sigma programs, and how these practices, in turn, result in improvements in process- and organization-performance The proliferation of continuous ... Swamidass, 2002; Womack and Jones, 2003) We examine the reasons and underlying mechanisms for the development of new continuous improvement (CI) programs and their subsequent entry and exit from the ... practices for conducting and coordinating ongoing process improvement and for sustaining the motivation and ability among employees to continually work toward such improvement (Benner and Tushman, 2003;...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2014, 00:27

... corrective practices assert on the language motivation and improvement of their students In the context of pre-ESP -2- teaching and learning of teachers and non-English majored students at VTC, it is ... correction on students’ motivation and improvement in learning pre-ESP subject, hopes to bring a thorough look at one of the influential factors to the teaching and learning of a specific subject ... greatly influenced by both the physical and psychological teaching and learning - 11 - environment Thereby, a healthy, relaxed and lively classroom atmosphere and a harmonious teacher-student relationship...

Ngày tải lên: 25/12/2015, 17:20

... as a foreign language (EFL) teaching and learning and computers in ESP teaching and learning I.1 Theoretical backgrounds of computers and EFL teaching and learning I.1.1 Introduction This section ... teaching and learning and computer uses in EFL teaching learning are investigated I.1.2 Educational Technology and EFL teaching and learning Thanks to the achievements of international science and ... uses for language teaching and learning Over the past few years, people have exploited the uses of computers for teaching and learning (in general) and teaching and learning FL (in particular)...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:31

... AND CHARTS Tables: Table 1: Teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards speaking skill and the role of teaching and learning speaking skills 20 Table 2: Students’ purposes of learning English and ... and their participation in learning to speak English 21 Table 3: Teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards speaking materials and appropriate time for teaching and learning English speaking 24 ... Teachers’ and Students’ Survey Questionnaires 20 2.3 Findings and Discussions 33 2.3.1 Teachers’ and Students’ Attitudes towards Speaking and Speaking Materials 33 2.3.2 Teachers’ and Students’...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:50

... has 21 learning rooms, a library, three laboratory rooms for three subjects (physics, chemistry, and biology), three computer rooms (40 computers and one host computer) for teaching and learning ... school and there was one researcher It would be more objective and reliable if being carried out with others teachers and in larger scope 22 REFERENCES Andrew Wright, David Betteridge and Michael ... about learning capacity and conduct of student at grade 10A5 as follow from mark-book of senior master: Learning capacity Good Moderated good Average Weak Bad Quantity 13 20 Figure Figures learning...

Ngày tải lên: 11/04/2013, 09:43

... one another and share their experiences, conceptions and beliefs” Culture is a shared, learned, symbolic system of values, beliefs and attitudes that shapes and influences perception and behavior ... in the teaching and learning of speaking skills in classrooms 1.3.1 What cultural factors influence on the teaching and the learning of speaking skills in classrooms? Culture and language exist ... culture, language and speaking skills * Chapter provides an analysis on the attitudes of the teachers and students at -3- NTT towards the position of culture and speaking skills in ELT and towards...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 13:00

... lowers self-esteem and reduces motivation among poor students, 2) restricts friendship choices, and 3) widens the gap between good students and the poor ones (Vaughn, Hughes, Moody, and Elbaum, 2001) ... book the writers provide the strategies and techniques of writing, theoretically and practically that can help the students to learn and practice writing B Learning from Past Experience in Facing ... Moody, and Elbaum (2001) propose an example of implementing group work in reading classes First, students are divided into and are given texts Next, students discuss the text, makes summary, and...

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 23:15

... explain and discuss these two kinds of text explicitly There are no words and no explanation about narration and exposition in the content of this chapter, although the title is about narration and ... to learn from their mistakes Teacher’s feedback is very important and needed by the students in the process of teaching and learning since they can not decide whether what they have done is right ... Argumentation, and Narration In writing, a writer should write based on the readers‘contentment and the purpose There are four kinds of writing which have different ways, styles, and purposes An...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 19:15

... norms and low, sustained by the quality of belief and the mastery of science and technology We hope we can meet such a civil society in the future by preserving our identity and culture and revitalizing ... Sundanese They often use Indonesia with Betawi styles such as “lo and gua” in saying “you and I.” In their mind Sunda is not popular and not so special Furthermore, the hesitancy is also stated by ... Sunda art and language institute He said that he doesn’t listen to Dada Rosada, the lord mayor of Bandung, speaking Sunda language yet As a public fugure of Sundanese, the lord mayor of Bandung...

Ngày tải lên: 29/10/2013, 00:15

... interrogative and exclamatory Linguists use the terms declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory for the syntactic forms, and they use statement, command, question, and exclamation ... collectively and well planed We can not make such a planning without any understanding and the awareness In case of Sundanese, the most difficult effort to is to unite the understanding the awareness ... situation or time, and improving the quality of life and adaptation in facing the modernization and globalization era G Conclusion From the discussion above, I have drawn the conclusion and suggestion...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 23:15

... broadcasts and 25 kHz used by TV sound Civil and military HF (high frequency) voice services use shortwave radio to contact ships at sea, aircraft and isolated settlements Most use single sideband voice ... the unused carrier and sideband TETRA, Terrestrial Trunked Radio is a digital cell phone system for military, police and ambulances Commercial services such as XM, WorldSpace and Sirius offer encrypted ... clause and one subordinate (dependent) clause (Simple Sentence) 65 35 A compound-complex sentence contains coordinate and S Verb O subordinate clauses or contains two principal clauses and one...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 09:15

... materials and continuous improvements in these" (p 42) Perraton (1978) stated that group learning is more effective than individual learning; and that group discussion is an effective method of learning ... exchange experiences and ideas and to participate in group problem solving The two-way flow of information between farmer and extension worker improved retention and overall learning of participants ... different time zones Programs are themed in strands and range from news and current affairs to science, technology and the environment to the arts, religion and music of all kinds International news...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 09:15

... fun, competitive, and motivating vocabulary games and activities which adhere to the expanding rehearsal B Ten Good Games for Recycling Vocabulary Many experienced textbook and methodology manuals ... spelt item Last One Standing Give the class a topic (e.g food, clothes, animals, things in a kitchen) and ask them to stand up, in a circle if possible Clap out a beat and say, one, two, three, ... are used, and to assist the teaching learning process, it used a set of programmed instructional materials explaining the realization and interpretation patterns, rules, strategies, and tokens...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 09:15

... The learning strategies handbook White Plains, NY: Addison Wesley Longman Cohen, A D (1998) Strategies in learning and using a second language New York: Addison Wesley Longman Faerch, Claus and ... 2000 Language learning strategies in foreign language learning and teaching on Internet Kesten, Cyril 1987 Independent Learning Saskatchewan Education Lessard, Michael 1997 Language Learning Strategies: ... to avoid misunderstanding in oral and written communication, the students require strategies to know and to use a word McCarthy (1984) confirms that the purpose of vocabulary learning should include...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 09:15

... designing and utilizing activities The study addresses issues of teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards teaching and learning writing skill, difficulties confronting both students and teachers, ... teachers and students appreciate the role of activities in teaching and learning writing However, the scope is still limited, and there exist certain difficulties that hinder the teachers and students ... express ideas and the constant use of eye, hand and brain is a unique way to reinforce learning Thus, through the act of writing, students will realize what they are already good at and what they...

Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 18:33

... by the students and teacher, also what is said by students and teacher in teaching learning process To support the data gathered from observation, the interviews of the teacher and pupil will ... people with the tools and knowledge they need to understand and participate in their daily life It also helps to sustain the human values that contribute to individual and collective well-being ... a situational analysis, goal formulation and then program building or content building To understand the process and interrelation between curriculum and program, it can be figured with the following...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 16:15

... Hill,Inc Print, M (1988) Curriculum Development and Design Australia: Sedney.Docupro Saylor, G et al (1981) Curriculum Planning for Better Teaching and Learning Tokyo: Holt-Saunders Japan 100 The ... eat, and begin to take our place in the family and community that created us Two years letter we come to new phase as a child, we can walk, talk, feed ourselves (with help, to be sure) and play ... mother didn’t accepted what he wanted And then the child cried and he didn’t stop his crying until his mother bought the toy What actually the phenomenon of crying? and how to say “no” to our child?...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 16:15

... intonations and rhythms of language They learn to replicate sounds they hear and how moving their tongue and lips change the sounds they are making They learn to modulate their voice, to yell and whisper ... specific sound on purpose They are storing these words and meanings and slowly learning to make sounds Eventually they will put them together and learn to speak words C Conclusion A child becomes ... together with its brothers and sisters “The Chickens Take a Holiday” The story tells about Tim’s farm where there are five chickens and ten cows The dialogue between chickens and cows talk about taking...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 16:15