Thursday 16 November 2017
Information Creation as a Process
Formats Of Sources on Research Topics ( see Research as inquiry) decide why the chosen formats are appropriate for the information needs. Transform the information that you have found in one format and write a reflection on what you needed to consider as you went through the process
Research Topic.How does Insomnia affects Third Year Linguistic Students
Sources Internet, Academic/Journal Articles, News papers
Information Formats
News papers, photos and videos , books , social networks and Articles
1.Photos give students a clear picture of physiological parts affected by the sleep problem. That gives them a detailed practical information that accommodates those who learn by seeing.
2. Articles give a detailed and educational information that people can use to help themselves and others suffering from the same challenge. They are reliable and incredible information that has been researched thoroughly by scholars.
3. News papers give an exaggerated information that attracts readers, information that motivates people to dig out some more information about the topic. That helps to equip them about what they need to know. The good thing about newspapersis theye are easy to read compared to academic papers and journal articles and easy to access.
4. Books always give a detailed explanation of information because they always give more information compared to other sources. There are times when you the whole book discuss the whole topic.
5. Social media, internet, radio and TV they provide easy access to information because they are always available and used more often than most sources of information. Even though they are always used but it's difficult to to verify the credibility and validity of information presented.
Monday 6 November 2017
Prosthetic Limbs and information Distributors
1. The individuals or organisations that would
generate information about Prosthetic limbs are the orthopaedics or Medical
organisation that specialise on prosthetic limbs.
2. The following sites design and distribute
any form of prosthetic limbs for individuals who lost them through accidents
and wars etc.
3. Information about them is found on health
related articles, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram websites
Prosthetic Limbs
sites
- Jayson Chin and Associate specialize in supplying and rehabilitation of people in need of prosthetic limbs. They are found in Cape Town in Vincet Palotti Hospital
- 2Dezeen manufaturers specialize in all prosthetic designs and can be found on social networks such as Facebook Twitter Instagram and website
https://www.dezeen.com/tag/prosthetics/
2. http://rogerwolfsonandassociates.co.za/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3P-MlZ-i1wIVETwbCh0Yzw63EAAYAiAAEgLEffD_BwE
3. Kryska Schilling Orthopeadics
They manufacture prosthetic Limbs for everyone and they can
be contacted telephonically. They work with Melomed Hospital in Bellvile and Loius Leipoldt
Here is the link to view more information about them. http://www.footorthotic.co.za/
http://shop.goldingsortho.co.za/
Donating Organisations
https://give-a-limb.org/ a limb
They donate limbs to people who lost their lives in
different incidents.
They can be contacted via Facebook, Website Twitter etc
http://rogerwolfsonandassociates.co.za/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3P-MlZ-i1wIVETwbCh0Yzw63EAAYAiAAEgLEffD_BwE
4.
Sunday 5 November 2017
Searching as Strtegic Exploration
Searching as Strategic Exploration
Research Topic: Investigate the impact of prosthetics on amputated individuals.
Learning Outcomes
- Students must be able to determine the amount of work to be covered/ investimated in order to meet the information needs renquired for a particular task.
- Identify potential parties /role players who might hold an important information regarding a particular topic.
- Use appropriate tools to match information needs and search strategy in order to access relevant information.
Activities
- In groups students discuss how prosthetics helps the amputated individuals.
- In groups students identify different strategies of making prosthetics accessible to everyone in need of them.
- In groups students search for individuals or organisations that can make prosthetics accessible to all who need them.
Dispositions
- Learners must be open minded, show flexibility and creativity when searching.
- Understand the variety of sources that contain different subject, format, value and needs for a particular search or topic.
- Students must seek advice and guidance from experts when searching .
- Resources
- Papers and markers
- Flip chart papers & prestic
- Whiteboard and markerelated
- Computers with internet
Monday 23 October 2017
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Content
Insomnia or Lack of
Sleep May Affect Your Studying Efficiency?
September 11th, 2017
BY DAVID GUTIERREZ
College students are busy with classes, homework, social lives, and
oftentimes, jobs on top of everything else. That doesn’t leave much time for
sleep, so many college students end up getting less than the recommended 7-9
hours per night. Most students average somewhere closer to 6 hours,
which is close to the recommended amount, but there’s a significant portion of
the college community getting far less sleep than that.
Unfortunately, even an hour of missing sleep per night can add up,
negatively impacting your study habits—and your college performance in general.
How Insomnia Affects Your Studies
Missing out on sleep regularly may not seem like a
big deal if you’re able to get to class on time and muddle through with the
help of caffeine—especially if the other members of your peer group are going
through the same experience.
However, lack of sleep can affect your studies in multiple ways:
§ Missing sleep—even
one night of it—can interfere with your ability to focus. Your brain will have
trouble staying on task, which means you’ll drift off in the middle of a
lecture, and you’ll find yourself re-reading the same sentence, over and over
again while studying on your own. It’s an incredibly inefficient way to
study—and a frustrating one at that.
§ Tiredness and
sleeplessness are also associated with impaired
memory, even if you take caffeine to counteract your feelings of
exhaustion. That means you’re less likely to remember details you hear, see, or
read about, which defeats the entire purpose of studying.
§ To a lesser extent,
missing out on sleep can impact your mood, which can, in turn, impact your
performance in class. If you’re chronically irritable and/or depressed, you may
refuse to go to class altogether, or skip out in the middle of a study group
because you’re frustrated with the other people.
§ Finally, don’t
underestimate the impact that missing sleep can have on your health. You’ll be
more susceptible to mental health disorders like anxiety and depression, and
you’ll also be more vulnerable to colds and
physical illnesses—which can take you out of school for days.
Identifying the Root Cause
There are many simple, practical tips for getting a better
night’s sleep, but chances are, there’s one or more underlying root causes
specifically responsible for your lack of sufficient sleep. Identifying and
understanding them is the best way to improve your sleep habits.
These are some of the most common:
§ Noisy
roommates. If your roommates are night owls, they may disturb you while you’re
trying to sleep. They may also bother you unintentionally; since stress is
a leading cause of snoring,
it’s entirely possible that one or more of your roommates could start snoring
during their time at college. Either way, you’ll need to have an open
conversation about how you can accommodate each other’s needs, potentially
including finding a new roommate (in extreme situations).
§ Overbooked
schedules. You may also have an overbooked schedule, especially if you’re working
in addition to being a full-time college student. If you have 17 hours of
activities booked in your schedule for the day, that leaves you only 7 hours to
get home, decompress, and get to sleep. If this is the case, it may be time to
cut some activities.
§ Insomnia and stress are highly
correlated, so it’s natural to experience sleeplessness in
high-stress situations, such as the week before finals. Take precautions to
reduce and manage your stress load, such as physically exercising and
meditating.
§ Misplaced
priorities. You may also be losing sleep simply because you haven’t made it a
priority. You might prefer staying up late at night with your friends, or
attending parties in addition to your already-packed workload. You have to make
sleep a priority, or it isn’t going to work.
§ Formal sleep disorders. In rare cases, you
may be experiencing an inherited sleep disorder, independent of what you’re
experiencing at college. It’s worth talking to a doctor to find out.
If you want to perform at your best and study more effectively, you need
to get the full amount of the recommended 7 to 9 hours of sleep every night.
That may require making some sacrifices, and rearranging your schedule, but
ultimately, you’ll be able to learn more in less time, and you’ll feel happier,
healthier, and more energetic. Don’t let something simple, like lack of sleep,
prevent you from making the most of your college experience.
David Gutierrez has worked in the field of web design since 2005. Right
now he started learning Java in order to get second occupation. His
professional interests defined major topics of his articles. David writes about
new web design software, recently discovered professional tricks and also
monitors the latest updates of the web development.
Causes and consequences of sleepiness among college students
This article has
been cited by other articles in PMC.
Abstract
Daytime sleepiness, sleep deprivation,
and irregular sleep schedules are highly prevalent among college students, as
50% report daytime sleepiness and 70% attain insufficient sleep. The
consequences of sleep deprivation and daytime sleepiness are especially
problematic to college students and can result in lower grade point averages,
increased risk of academic failure, compromised learning, impaired mood, and
increased risk of motor vehicle accidents. This article reviews the current
prevalence of sleepiness and sleep deprivation among college students,
contributing factors for sleep deprivation, and the role of sleep in learning
and memory. The impact of sleep and sleep disorders on academics, grade point
average, driving, and mood will be examined. Most importantly, effective and
viable interventions to decrease sleepiness and sleep deprivation through sleep
education classes, online programs, encouragement of naps, and adjustment of
class time will be reviewed. This paper highlights that addressing sleep
issues, which are not often considered as a risk factor for depression and
academic failure, should be encouraged. Promotion of university and college policies
and class schedules that encourage healthy and adequate sleep could have a
significant impact on the sleep, learning, and health of college students.
Future research to investigate effective and feasible interventions, which
disseminate both sleep knowledge and encouragement of healthy sleep habits to
college students in a time and cost effective manner, is a priority.
Keywords: grade point average, GPA, sleep deprivation,
academic performance, adolescence, sleep education programs
Sleep deprivation: Impact on cognitive performance
This article has
been cited by other articles in PMC.
Abstract
Today,
prolonged wakefulness is a widespread phenomenon. Nevertheless, in the field of
sleep and wakefulness, several unanswered questions remain. Prolonged
wakefulness can be due to acute total sleep deprivation (SD) or to chronic
partial sleep restriction. Although the latter is more common in everyday life,
the effects of total SD have been examined more thoroughly. Both total and
partial SD induce adverse changes in cognitive performance. First and foremost,
total SD impairs attention and working memory, but it also affects other
functions, such as long-term memory and decision-making. Partial SD is found to
influence attention, especially vigilance. Studies on its effects on more
demanding cognitive functions are lacking. Coping with SD depends on several
factors, especially aging and gender. Also interindividual differences in
responses are substantial. In addition to coping with SD, recovering from it
also deserves attention. Cognitive recovery processes, although insufficiently
studied, seem to be more demanding in partial sleep restriction than in total
SD.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656292/
Science News
from research organizations
Sleep
Restriction Affects Children's Speech
Date:
June 13, 2007
Source:
American Academy of
Sleep Medicine
Summary:
Sleep restriction can alter
children's initial stages of speech perception, which could contribute to
disruptions in cognitive and linguistic functioning -- skills necessary for
reading and language development and comprehension.
Share:
FULL STORY
Research examining the impact of sleep in school-age children suggests
that even mild sleep loss produces marked deficits in their cognitive
development and functioning. Sleep restriction can alter children's initial
stages of speech perception, which could contribute to disruptions in cognitive
and linguistic functioning -- skills necessary for reading and language
development and comprehension, according to recent research.
Rachel Waford, of the University of Louisville, who authored the study,
recorded event-related potentials, as a measure of neurocognitive development,
from 32 children six-to-seven years of age while they listened to the following
computer-generated speech syllables: /ba/, /da/ and /ga/.
The results showed that those children not getting an adequate amount of
sleep were more likely to phonetically code incorrectly different speech
sounds.
"Our research has shown that even minor sleep loss of one hour less
per night for seven nights contributes to disruptions in neurocognitive
functioning," said Waford. "The early school years are crucial
windows that determine future learning. Therefore, it is imperative that
children in this age range are well-rested to prepare for the demands of the
school day."
Experts recommend that children in pre-school sleep between 11-13 hours
a night, and school-aged children between 10-11 hours of sleep a night.
Your child should follow these steps to get a good night's sleep:
·
Follow a consistent bedtime routine.
·
Establish a relaxing setting at bedtime.
·
Get a full night's sleep every night.
·
Avoid foods or drinks that contain caffeine, as well as any medicine
that has a stimulant, prior to bedtime.
·
Do not go to bed hungry, but don't eat a big meal before bedtime either.
·
The bedroom should be quiet, dark and a little bit cool.
·
Get up at the same time every morning.
An abstract of this research was presented June 12 at SLEEP 2007, the
21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
Sleep deprivation: Impact on cognitive performance
This article has
been cited by other articles in PMC.
Abstract
Today,
prolonged wakefulness is a widespread phenomenon. Nevertheless, in the field of
sleep and wakefulness, several unanswered questions remain. Prolonged
wakefulness can be due to acute total sleep deprivation (SD) or to chronic
partial sleep restriction. Although the latter is more common in everyday life,
the effects of total SD have been examined more thoroughly. Both total and
partial SD induce adverse changes in cognitive performance. First and foremost,
total SD impairs attention and working memory, but it also affects other
functions, such as long-term memory and decision-making. Partial SD is found to
influence attention, especially vigilance. Studies on its effects on more
demanding cognitive functions are lacking. Coping with SD depends on several
factors, especially aging and gender. Also interindividual differences in
responses are substantial. In addition to coping with SD, recovering from it
also deserves attention. Cognitive recovery processes, although insufficiently
studied, seem to be more demanding in partial sleep restriction than in total
SD.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656292/
Science News
from research organizations
Sleep
Restriction Affects Children's Speech
Date:
June 13, 2007
Source:
American Academy of
Sleep Medicine
Summary:
Sleep restriction can alter
children's initial stages of speech perception, which could contribute to
disruptions in cognitive and linguistic functioning -- skills necessary for
reading and language development and comprehension.
Share:
FULL STORY
Research examining the impact of sleep in school-age children suggests
that even mild sleep loss produces marked deficits in their cognitive
development and functioning. Sleep restriction can alter children's initial
stages of speech perception, which could contribute to disruptions in cognitive
and linguistic functioning -- skills necessary for reading and language
development and comprehension, according to recent research.
Rachel Waford, of the University of Louisville, who authored the study,
recorded event-related potentials, as a measure of neurocognitive development,
from 32 children six-to-seven years of age while they listened to the following
computer-generated speech syllables: /ba/, /da/ and /ga/.
The results showed that those children not getting an adequate amount of
sleep were more likely to phonetically code incorrectly different speech
sounds.
"Our research has shown that even minor sleep loss of one hour less
per night for seven nights contributes to disruptions in neurocognitive
functioning," said Waford. "The early school years are crucial
windows that determine future learning. Therefore, it is imperative that
children in this age range are well-rested to prepare for the demands of the
school day."
Experts recommend that children in pre-school sleep between 11-13 hours
a night, and school-aged children between 10-11 hours of sleep a night.
Your child should follow these steps to get a good night's sleep:
·
Follow a consistent bedtime routine.
·
Establish a relaxing setting at bedtime.
·
Get a full night's sleep every night.
·
Avoid foods or drinks that contain caffeine, as well as any medicine
that has a stimulant, prior to bedtime.
·
Do not go to bed hungry, but don't eat a big meal before bedtime either.
·
The bedroom should be quiet, dark and a little bit cool.
·
Get up at the same time every morning.
An abstract of this research was presented June 12 at SLEEP 2007, the
21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
Monday 2 October 2017
Authority:
How does insomnia affects third year linguistic students' academic performance?
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the lesson, learnews should bengage able to:
How does insomnia affects third year linguistic students' academic performance?
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the lesson, learnews should bengage able to:
- Define different types of authority such as subject expertise and society position
- Use markers of authority to determine the credibility of sources.
- Recognise that authoritative content maybe packaged formally or in formally and may include audio visual and non print sources.
Activities
- Students will be to write a literature review based on different types of authorities and their perspectives on the topic
- They will be expected to assess the content using authoritative markers for various sources found.
- Questioning and valueing some various perspectives while maintaining a new open mind when applying knowledge and information acquired.
Materials:
1. Academic papers and journal articles
2 So
Friday 22 September 2017
Research as Inquiry
How Has Culture/ Religion influenced Gender Roles in South African Society?
Learning Outcomes
At end learners are expected to be able to :
How Has Culture/ Religion influenced Gender Roles in South African Society?
Learning Outcomes
At end learners are expected to be able to :
- Formulate research questions based on information gaps of an existing information expressed. e.g academic papers / articles.
- To determine an appropriate scope of investigationgoing.
- To use various researth methods based on the need of the study.
Activities
1. Learners are expected to search for different sources to discuss the topic.
2.They will use the key words they have found to structure what the study is investigating.
3.Learners are expected to come up with the suitable methods and tools for the study.
Dispositioned
- Learners will start to consider research as open ended exploration of information.
- Develop questions and learning new investigative methods while keeping an open mind and critical stance.
- They will seek multiple perspective during information gathering and assessment.
Friday 15 September 2017
Scholarship as a conversation lesson plan.
Topic: How Media influences our lifestyle
Learning outcomes :
Topic: How Media influences our lifestyle
Learning outcomes :
- At the end learners should be able to contribute to scholars conversation with others at an appropriate level and ethical manner like in academic sessions and online communities
- Identify the contribution that other sources of information make to disciplinary knowledge.
- To critically evaluate contributions made by others in participatory information platforms.
Activities:
- They should engage and debate on information platforms like Twitter, Facebook and blogs to hear what others think about the topic given.
- The should engage in classroom debates and academic sessions by making reference of the sources of information
- Make criticall analysis of the information sources and make a positive contribution by making good recommendations.
- Firstly learners should be able to recognise that they are often entering into anew ongoing scholary conversation therefore they need to engage deeply.
- They should recognise that scholary conversation takes place in various places that they need to visit more often for new information.
- Lastly they must see themselves as contributors to scholarships rather than nconsumers of information.
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