Annotated Bibliography: Student Learning: Marsh, C. (2010). How students develop and learn. Becoming a teacher: knowledge, skills and problems. (5th ed., pp. 38-56). Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Australia. Marsh's book explores the different theories that have been discovered about how students develop and learn. Taking a more theoretical approach to becoming a teacher, Marsh's book examines the difficulties a teacher might face and provides information on how to prepare in-service teachers for the challenges they might face in 21st century classrooms. In addition to providing an understanding of teaching itself, Marsh's book focuses on the students in the classroom and how they adapt as they grow from one stage to another. This allows the reader to learn not only about the classroom, but also learn how to adapt their own teaching methods when dealing with a different variety of students' learning abilities and change during the learning stages. Smart, K., & Csabo, N. (2007 ). Learning by doing. Business Communication Quarterly, 76 (4) pp. 451-456. This article explores the benefits of student learning and how an engaged student will learn to the best of their ability. This article explains to the reader that introducing a teaching method that not only provides students with knowledge, but does so in a way that actively engages them in something that they will be most interested in. This type of learning means they have control over their ability to learn and adds a sense of applying their knowledge in real-life situations. While covering facts and information, the article explains ways to implement these teaching methods and specify them according to students' different abilities. This article shows... half of the paper... do it like this. Studies have shown that self-control and positive behavior can be contagious within a classroom (Lehrer, 2010), where the same aspect can be viewed with negativity. This book focuses on good teaching and the ways in which a teacher can transform the thoughts of a student who feels negative about school into positive ones, discussing ways in which the teacher can approach these situations while taking into account physiological changes and psychological issues that students go through. Ferlazzo has chosen to focus in this book on the teacher as a role model in the classroom and how his or her attitude towards learning can have a great impact on how the student will learn and succeed in the classroom. Marsh, C. (2010). How students develop and learn. Becoming a teacher: knowledge, skills and problems. (5th ed., pp. 38-56). Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Australia.
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