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Guardian Higher Education Supplement Article on Academic Stresses and Challenges

not prolific writers. The pressure of meeting publication deadlines not only adds to general levels of workplace stress, but also ...

Multicultural Learning Community Development

- but perhaps it isnt. Boyer "defined community as an undergraduate experience that helps students go beyond their private inter...

The Ramayana Version by R.K. Narayana

elicited. Narayanas rendition of "The Narayana" thus fits Richmans contention that specific historical factors play a role in sha...

School Excusism

students not being able to complete an assignment either as directed or as scheduled. In these cases, teachers must have a measur...

English-Language Learners

do with teacher preparation. Surveys during faculty meetings reveal that 70 percent of the teachers do not feel they are adequatel...

Plato's Apology/Capital Punishment & Academic Freedom

knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...

A Healthy Self-Concept

or her ability and worth. For example, when this writer/tutor was an adolescent, I judged my math ability negatively on both my ...

School Counseling And Student Achievement

school counseling program would improve achievement (Brown and Trusty, 2005). As an example of strategic intervention, the author...

CALLA/ESL Instruction

to understand than language that is lacking such support that contains new and/or difficult information (Chamot and OMalley, 1996)...

The Problem of Unintentional Plagiarism

be written in a particular way as not to mimic the words precisely of another author. Some universities have adopted a five word r...

Sociology

(Delaney, 2003). He originally sought to call his newly emerging field "social physics", a term that clearly reflected his belief...

Modern Gender Roles

Danica Patrick being stopped by a police officer. As the officer comes over, Danica begins to primp, suggesting that she will get ...

Child Development and the Impact of Socioeconomic Status

("Chaotic," 2004). This is of course known. However, there is a stigma for those with low IQ scores. Therefore, because of this an...

At Risk African American Male Learning and a Discussion of Cognition and its Cultural Influences

2004). "The majority of reporting states-26 out of the 46 responding to the latest survey-have dropout rates ranging from 4.0% to...

Georgia, School Performance, and Educational Reform

have even worse records that others. Dekalb County, for example, has the largest school system in the state yet its graduation ra...

The Benefits of Full Inclusion To Students

with or without disabilities, by establishing learning communities in age appropriate general education classrooms (Kavale and For...

Academic Success and Emotional Intelligence

managing emotions, which includes being able to prioritize activities. Take, for example, a situation where friends ask you to go ...

Ideals of Plato and Contemporary Education

employee believes a child is abused, they must call the authorities. If a child has a fight in school, the latest trend is to file...

Elementary School Student Plan of Inclusion

has, such as health problems (Strosnider, 1997). The regular educator needs to be aware of any special circumstances that would ha...

'The History Book' and School Textbooks on History

One that attracts a great deal of attention as been the American Kennedy Family, others may be less well known as it s the accumul...

ADHD and a Male Black Teen

of ADHD. Another disorder that is frequently associated with school failure is Conduct Disorder (CD), which is characterized in ...

Correlation Between High School Students with Poor Attendance and Academic Difficulties

Statistics showed that generally large school systems in low-income, inner-city urban school districts have a high incident of abs...

Theory of Standardized Academic Assessments

ask far too much from such a diverse collection of learners. As a direct result, educators are caught in the middle of trying to ...

Academic Integrity, Student Research Methods, and Study Skills

the components involved" (Padgett, 2005, p. 56). For example, to locate general information on the best dog food brands, one woul...

Student Accomplishment and the Principal's Role

relationship, however (Hallinger, Bickman and Davis, 1996). The principals actions shape and affect the learning climate, which, i...

Report on Genetic Modification of Food

1. Genetically Modified Foods; The Issues In recent years there has been a great deal of attention paid to the concept as well...

Detrimental Effects of Coeducational Schools on Females

pressure and intimidation inherent to performing as well as their male counterparts in the coeducational setting speaks to the rea...

Researching the International Baccalaureate Program

measurement signifies success of the program? * "Does there appear to be a positive correlation in the programs participants and a...

Equality in Education

High Schools and Equality Over the last several years, it has been frequently touted in the nations newspaper that young black st...

Academic Writing and ESL Students

This research paper pertains to the problems faced by English as a Second Language (ESL) learners when faced with the challenges o...