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begin to see the dilemma teachers face when planning a lesson(Cross 89). Even with these diagnostic tools to aid them, teachers a...

some of the motivation that seeps through these pages. Schlechty blames todays problems in the school system not just on the poor...

This paper examines the possible educational role of the media. This five page paper has three sources listed in the bibliography...

seek information. Paulo Freire calls lecturing the "banking concept" of education, and there is not much student-teacher interfac...

tradition, particularly the tension between the very powerful concept of and drive for individualism and the ideals of civic virtu...

has the potential to bring expanded insight, knowledge and understanding when used appropriately (Fulton, 2001, p. 16). The 107t...

benefiting from the one-size-fits-all concept of standardized testing is the non-English speaking students. Aimed at testing all ...

aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today" (Anonymous Mary Louise Pratt defines "contact zones", 2002; bod...

the first tasks undertaken by Weatherford is to define the term "Native American" itself. Indeed, the term Native American is a c...

heavy reading and/or composition requirements. When third grade students are able to apply the touch-type method of keyboarding, ...

done right and what potentially could go wrong, in the end one has to choose the model or models that most closely resemble ones o...

an anecdotal recording and data sheet summarizing a systematic classroom observation of the target student and a control student u...

of children, adolescents and adults at the same time. In setting up the research, the researcher would need to pinpoint subjects i...

that take place during ones life. Our free will, on the other hand, speaks to the concept of having full authority over ones aspi...

of achieving either on his own, with the aid of a teacher, or with the help of another more accomplished peer.(Zone, 2002). The st...

inclusion for students with mild to profound hearing loss? That is the primary concern among members on both sides of the issue. ...

School Reform : Race, Politics, and the Challenge of Urban Education as a means by which to illustrate how the notion of education...

deduction. Although homeschoolers deem the situation unfair as many families give up a second income for the ability to start the ...

may not be enough to spark motivation or improve performance. Lifelong learning has been viewed as one way of defining motivation...

educational policy, such as high stakes testing, which places more emphasis on meeting a preset criterion than on a teachers profe...

school districts have a legal - if not ethical - obligation to provide scholastic modifications for special needs students so they...

into step with age-appropriate performance goals. In such cases children might be temporarily grouped according to their needs. ...

Commission might consider using this approach to defined sound basic education. The authors report there have been three approach...

that such an approach is too narrow and conformist. Yet nearly 80% of those same academics indicated that they had had no experien...

educational setting in recent years including the focus on the role of the educator, the need for accuracy in testing, and the int...

use of voluntary retention is a way to help a failing child succeed (Perry, 1999). The trend is really based on anecdotal evidence...

from families, teachers and others before it can implement much of anything, the good ideas end up becoming watered down. Unfortun...

basic rights (Weishaar, 1997). Inclusion and mainstreaming programs were developed as an offshoot of this premise, created in ord...

school district and some question as to whether the deletion of information resulted in a violation of student rights. The United...

of referrals to these types of programs have resulted in the need to seek out better methods for enhancing educational leadership ...