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Review of Bill Connolly and Michael Smith's Article 'Teachers and students talk about talk Class discussion and the way it should be'

also a contradiction that render this observation one tat may be difficult to act on, this is because the conception cannot be sha...

Elementary Classrooms and Bilingual Education

been linguistically successful (Safty, 1992). Eventually, and with exposure to French, the bilingual programs became known as Fren...

Classroom and Software Reading Programs

child in my class use this program with minimal support?; Is the program developmentally appropriate?; What can a student learn fr...

Education and Computers

the all-time low of 5:1 (Poindexter, 2003). Critics continue to contend, however, that there is no credible large-scale research ...

Teaching's Learning Model Dimensions

with what we already know to create new knowledge" (Marzano, 1992, p. 5). In other words, to truly learn, a student must interac...

17th Century America and Black Slavery

no sunlight and been fed only enough to keep them alive. This journey, however, was likely just the beginning of the trials and t...

Classroom Setting, Behaviorism, and the Contributions of Thorndike's Theories

sufficient evidence that direct instruction teaching would result in flexibility that is needed for students in order to target st...

Diversity and Innovation at Wal Mart

worlds largest retailer and then the worlds largest company of any kind, supplanting General Motors. Wal-Mart is known thro...

2 Articles on Classroom Technology Management Summarized

Starr offers numerous suggestions for managing technology in the classroom (2004). Some of these suggestions are: * Always practic...

Botanical Description of the Olive Family, Oleaceae

of taxonomic characteristics. Although there are some rare exceptions where leaves are whorled or alternate, leaf arrangement is ...

Deborah Tannen's Gender in the Classroom

think or "tell" people what to do where women are more likely to suggest something. Tannen does recognize, however, that in our...

Case Studies on Organizational Behavior

claimed that if employees did the same things over and over again, they would ultimately become quite bored with their jobs (Accel...

Implications for the Classroom with Regard to Limited English Proficiency Students

with high expectations and are more likely to exert a significant effort in learning the English language, once those individuals ...

Public School Inclusion of Special Education Students

1998). They even question what schools and teachers are actually supposed to do to meet the needs of disabled children (Stout, 200...

Occupational Pay Diversity and Economic Theory Explanation

social workers. This group had a 24 percent turnover rate" (Ryan, 2004) and social workers were not awarded the same type of pay i...

Student Achievement and Classroom Behavior Improvements Through Choice

lead to a "healthy psychological balance" (Tassell, 2004; St Olivers Community College. 2004). People make choices in what they do...

Education and Gender Issues

what should be done. Wollstonecraft argued persuasively in favor of co-educational classrooms, yet some proponents of equality in...

Students with Autism or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Education

Within six years the name was changed again and is now well know by the acronym ADHD (1997). While the names have changed, that d...

Classroom Management and Cognitive Strategies

for the remainder of this essay. The guiding principles for classroom management have been identified by some authors as: * Good ...

Bell Hooks and Feminist Thinking

black women, from their perspective, was racism, not sexism. Hooks relates that her students often asked her such questions as "Ha...

Special Education Concepts

is fair to accommodate golfers who have disabilities because they gain an unfair advantage. However, such beliefs can be detriment...

Asian Immigrants to the U.S. After World War II

been prohibited from becoming citizens in the U.S. thanks to age-old biases and prejudices (Asian American History, 2004). Howeve...

Classroom and Software Applications

and encouraging writing (Lacina and Austin, 2003). They also provide other sources for more knowledge, such as Web sites (Lacina a...

Learning and the Effects of Integrating Technology into the Classroom

Numerous studies have reported findings that link visual and auditory learning with considerable development in reading. The basi...

Classrooms, Technology, and Teacher Education

may inevitably have to use. The Problem Statement Increasingly, the use of microcomputers in the classroom setting has bee...

Current Issues in Educational Diversity

have some measure of adaptation in order to perform to their highest scholastic potential. This fact is clear to both parents and...

Past and Present Educational Diversity Trends

made to correct this problem have been both limited and ineffective; the combative environment that is often the schools location ...

Managing Classroom Disruptions

not have video games, CD players, cell phones or other electronic devices, but not all school systems have been willing to take st...

Classrooms and Developmental Psychology Applications

stage (Berk, 2001). The anal stage is at one to three years and the phallic stage is from three to six years; latency is from si...

The Continuing Relevance of Affirmative Action

who require care" (Mendelson and Mendelson, 1996; p. 118). All we can expect within workplace diversity is for it to intens...