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4 Journal Articles on Youth Sports

at different ages (Libman, 1998; Stryer et al, 1998). Childrens mental and physical abilities develop at different rates and this ...

Impoverished Children and Better Nutrition Promotion

spiral effect of poor nutrition, Americas obesity epidemic now has led to the emergence of a developing diabetes epidemic as well ...

Overview of Sleep Apnea

symptoms (Zepf, 2003). The "gold standard" for diagnosing sleep apnea is to use polysomnography in a sleep laboratory (Zepf, 2003)...

Book Review of Lisa Delpit's Other People's Children

teacher instead acts as a "chum," the message sent is that this adult has no authority, and the children react accordingly" (Delpi...

Relationships in Denise Chong's 'The Concubine's Children'

to insure a good life back in China. The strain between the two begins to show, however, as May-ying criticizes Chan Sam when he ...

Health Challenges to U.S. Children

serious health challenge for keeping Americans children healthy is the fact that childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportion...

Impoverished Children and West Harlem's Better Nutrition Promotion

effect of poor nutrition, Americas obesity epidemic now has led to the emergence of a developing diabetes epidemic as well (Mason-...

Children and Media Violence

games and the computer, it rises up between 35 and 55 hours a week (Gentile et al., 2004; 1235). Through this much media exposure ...

Children, Adolescents, and Ethics of Psychologists

that other psychological associations would do well to emulate. For example, it provides a student for decision-making that Canadi...

Problems and Solutions Related to Parenting

getting into a power struggle with a toddler is not only counterproductive, but detrimental to the childs urge to explore and lear...

Learning and Theories of Human Development

under role model and peer pressure. A critical stage for developing self-identity (University of Hawaii, 1990). 6. Stage 6: Young ...

Communication and Autistic Children

2003). Scientists have learned that it is necessary to first expand some basic skills in autistic children before communication c...

Children and the Psychological Effects of PTSD Associated with Hurricane Katrina

illness. Post traumatic stress syndrome can result from diversity of causes including the horrors of war, sexual abuse, or even s...

Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Children and Ecological Systems Theory

2005). The mesosystem layer connects the various components of the childs microsystem, perhaps a teacher with a parent, a church ...

Children, Stress Fractures, and Tennis

will break. Repetitive stress fractures occur from the same principle. In other words, it is not the movement, per se, that causes...

Children Who Lack Awareness of Phonemes and Remediation Strategies

abilities and reading performance for young children. Assessments of both phonological awareness and phonemic awareness have been...

Literature Review on Primary School Music Education for Children Ages 5 through 7

applied even after the end of British rule in 1966. This review of literature will consider the nature of music as a cultural man...

Children With Learning Disabilities and Failure Statistics' Data Collection

that the process of evaluating the subjects and providing for questionnaire responses is an element of consideration in evaluating...

Deprivation Consequences and the Acquisition of Language

that there are cognitive structures that are "hardwired" in the human brain concerning language acquisition, but Lennebergs perspe...

Summary and Analysis of NCLB Act

contends that by including parents in the overall educational aspect provides a hands-on approach to fortifying existing programs,...

Change and High Stakes Testing

a high school diploma, as well as promotion from grade to grade (Alexander and Alexander 361). However, the US Supreme Court has b...

Canadian Children and Poverty

only is "the rate of child poverty ... growing" particularly among recent immigrants and native peoples, but the widening gap betw...

Children Who Are Orally Deaf Speech Evaluation

cochlea and, in turn, electrical signals are passed on to the acoustic (auditory) nerve where they travel to the brain (Bowdler an...

Joseph Abruscato's Teaching Children Science and an Example of 'WebQuest'

http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/bats/facts1.htm A web-friendly search engine that is appropriate for elementary-age school children...

American Revolution and Family Metaphors

of England. It is not something that seemed fair and of course, the colonists had a restless, adventurous spirit and one that drov...

Inappropriate Discipline of Spanking

III. EMPIRICAL STUDIES AGAINST SPANKING A study conducted by Landsford et al (2005) focused upon the cultural approach to s...

Activities for Preschool Children

work with puzzles shows that he recognizes patterns and his art work shows imagination and the ability to build on the information...

Child Mathematics' Instruction and Zero

imagine that young minds may have difficulty grasping the notion. The existence of zero does create problems. Zero is responsibl...

No Child Left Behind and SIF

has numerous data reporting mandates and it also require that data be accessible. Todays Student Information Systems (SIS) must be...

Ethical Aspects of Counseling Children

is it ethically correct for counselors to report suspected abuse (Lambie, 2005), but it has also become legally mandated (Bryant e...