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Alfie Kohn's The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

reward. He has been joined by a number of other theorist, each of whom present their own social cognitive theories. Several of t...

Standardized Testing and its History

tests were originally developed because they allowed administrators to measure students results against a national profile (Maki,...

TESOL Educator Effectiveness

language, including listening, speaking, reading and writing so as to convey these lessons to ESOL students. It is important for T...

Traditional Scheduling vs. Block Scheduling

class for a longer period of time (Irmsher, 1996). For example: * Alternative day schedules mean that six or eight courses are spr...

University Honor Codes

to be self-regulating, although as Georgia College (2002) notes, over the years the focus has changed. In the majority of colleges...

Educators and Development of Technology Staff

In twelve pages this paper examines 3 journal articles pertaining to the development of technology staff in an educational setting...

Nursing Practice and Atherosclerosis

1997). It is generally believed that atherosclerosis results from a combination of factors, which include: hemodynamic stress (hyp...

Leadership in Education

This paper examines the question of what makes a good educational administrator. This five page paper has seven sources listed in...

Significance of Music Activities in Montessori Education

In ten pages this paper examines the incorporation of music into the classroom in a consideration of Maria Montessori's educationa...

Elementary School Science Teaching

return to "routine and unfocused reading" (p. 10). This teachers style is contrasted with a second teacher who has her students ...

Early Japan and Korea's Boys and Girls Education

In 7 pages this paper discusses the educational systems of these countries between 260 B.C. and 1600 A.D. in terms of how boys and...

The Jim Crow Laws and Black Education

essentially starting from "ground zero," educationally speaking. In the South, it was actually illegal to teach slaves how to read...

Elements of Date Rape

In seven pages date rape is examined in an overview of its occurrence and educational intervention that can perhaps provide proble...

Parishes That Excel by Fr. Patrick J. Brennan

blueprint for creating faith communities that include evangelization. He summarizes for pastoral leaders the steps that a faith co...

Thailand's System of Education

In 5 pages this paper considers Thailand education and its current act regarding educational reform. There are 4 sources cited in...

Page Smith's Killing The Spirit

In five pages this tutorial discusses the importance of involving students in educational lectures. Seven sources are cited in th...

Education and Cognitive Growth According to Piaget and Montessori

In five pages this paper compares these two educational theorists' thoughts on education and cognitive growth. Ten sources are ci...

Proposition 209 Civil Rights Initiative of the State of California

In fourteen pages this paper discusses the socioeconomic and political aspects of California's Proposition 209 and also examines i...

Montessori and Vygotsky: current applications.

the main query as to how students learn, Vygotsky explored how students construct meaning (Jaramillo, 1996; p. 133). Vygots...

Workplace Computer Training and Digital Diplomas

low cost, high speed Internet access, has made virtual reality virtually a reality. The dual office-classroom described above exe...

Multicultural Education in a Literature Based Approach

This six page paper discusses and critiques Promoting multicultural education through a literature-based approach by Elaine Mindi...

Issues of Jurisprudence in Forensic Medicine

This paper examines the history of forensic medicine as well as current educational and training requirements in the field. This ...

Education and Health in America and Canada

In seven pages the Canadian and American health care and educational systems are contrasted and compared in terms of the similarit...

Teaching Method Analysis on Reading and Writing Skills

In fifteen pages this paper presents a literature analysis that focuses upon various educational approaches to the teaching of wri...

Learning Psychology

In five pages this paper discusses learning and psychology with references made to Jerome Bruner's Acts of Meaning and also consid...

Education Inequalities

to give you a computer. If you learn on these typewriters, you will find it easier to move on to a computer, if you ever have one"...

Abused Females Who Kill

In twenty pages the act of abused women killing their abusers are discussed within a socioeconomic context and a notable correlati...

Individual Education Plan Development

In five pages the criteria for developing an educational plan for a disruptive third grader with behavioral problems and lacks sel...

Education and Presidential Candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush

In 5 pages this paper presents candidates Bush and Gore's educational views. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Namibia and an Application of the 'Informed Dialogue' of Reimers and McGinn

In five pages Namibia's educational policy is examined through the application of principles contained within the text Informed Di...