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Learning Theories of Vygotsky and Piaget

some concrete ideas in his mind as to how things work. When a new idea is introduced such as our example of learning how to open ...

Overview of H.R. 3801 Education Research Bill

States as well as in other nations ("Bill Summary," 2002). In addition to the compilation of statistics, it establishes training p...

A Lesson Plan For Infection Control

control in the long term care setting. Avoidance of infection is preferable over the need for cure, and also has the effect of in...

Nursing Assistants and Multicultural Education

several problems with recent immigrants, however. These include language barriers, not having completed a GED, limited healthcare...

UK Mathematics and GCSE Level Expansion

and A/S levels. The A level is the two year course and is seen as the traditional course, however, there is also an A/S level, thi...

Developing a Plan for Nursing Education

other people. Whereas simulation is rehearsed, however, role playing is not. It requests that the learners take on the character...

Economics of Crime Problems and Solutions

because of their greater medical needs (Himelstein, 1993). A survey by the Rand Corporation found that longer jail terms cannot e...

New Zealand's Inequality in Education

what is expected of all partners in the system and thirdly, it does not take enough account of the fact that students have differe...

Seeking a Job in Investment Banking

field in which frustrations mount - but on the other side, there are times when you feel exhilaration when everything falls into p...

Education and Leadership

full members, 275 planning schools and 558 exploratory schools (AEL, 2000). The major goal of this coalition is to "help create sc...

Impacts of Plato, Pythagoras, Wolfgang Kohler, and B.F. Skinner on Education

(Bosomolny, 2002). He founded the Pythagorean school of philosophy, mathematics and natural sciences. His teachings soon attract...

Defining Characteristics of Learning Disabilities

disabilities and those who need special education or related services (U.S. Department of Education, 1997, p. 1; 2002). The defi...

Adult Education and the Theories of Program Design and Development

plus enough reading, and arithmetic to run their households, but that was all (Flaceliere 56). Ancient sources tell us, moreover, ...

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...

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...

Issues in Minority Education

must come. When black Americans were first freed, the desire to become educated was strong. Being able to read and write, they...

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...

Educational Tool of Blogging

in which participants take discussions where they will. In education, Weblogs provide a venue in which students can gain individu...

Standardized Testing and its History

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

Overview of Pragmatism

Scientific reasoning or experimental reasoning is a branch of logic that follows along Deweys pragmatic combination of deduction a...

Becoming a Nurse Manager

FTE RN Demand Projected Growth Setting 2000 2010 2020 2000 to 2010 2000 to 2020 Total 49,200 59,900 69,600 22%...

Children and The World Wide Web

childs use of the Web. In many ways the Internet might be considered a sociological experiment. While most adults are...

Personal Action Plans

ensure that anything handed in is original student work. This includes taking steps to ensure that materials that are utilized ar...

Constructivism and Logo

In eight pages this paper discusses the Logo programming language in a consideration of its educational potential. Eleven sources...

Education and Ethnographic Research

In five pages the ways in which the educational system could benefit through the perspectives and insights provided by various met...

Educational Paradigms, Objectives, and Beliefs

In five pages this paper examines educational paradigms in terms of the beliefs, assumptions, and objectives that are associated w...

Loss of Teachers and Texas' Educational System

In eight pages this paper examines Texas' educational system in a consideration of how to address the problems associated with lac...

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...

Modern Instructional Strategies and Computer Technology

In five pages modern instructional strategies are examined within the context of computer technology's influence and the impact on...