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Math Assessment, Authentic Assessment Programs, and Inconsistencies

that the focus on academic test scores takes away from the overall intended purpose of the schools within society. Rothstein (2000...

The Medicine of the Ancient Greeks

to promote schools, schools where medical pursuits were blended with the ecclesiastical (Draper, 1992). These schools would ultima...

Astronomy's Modern Era and Famous Astronomers

the great discoveries of the twentieth century. What this discovery led to was the theory that black holes are not really black, ...

An Analysis of Nursing Care Concepts

individuals belief, values, and membership in family and social groups. Brodie (2001) asserts that it is the hallmark of professio...

'Angel of the Battlefield' Clara Barton

in the 19th and early 20th century, the fact is even more remarkable. "Well and Strong and Young" Updike writes that in 1854 Bar...

Analyzing Suicide A Study in Sociology by Emile Durkheim

seem that Emile was destined to the same profession, he changed his fate and moved to Paris to study at the College dEpinal to obt...

Analysis of British Retailer Mark and Spencer

will be various strategic analysis of the company. M&S Strategy - to 1999 Mark and Spencer (M&S) is considered one of Great...

Dreaming of Becoming a Nurse

four-year Bachelor of Science degree to become a registered nurse. But to a fourteen-year-old, college still seems like a distant...

The Holistic Dynamic Personality Theory of Abraham Maslow

psychology, human behavior is often described in terms of differing theories of personality. Personality is often considered as th...

Organized Sports and the Increasing Trend of Violence

violence in sports has serious implications for the direction of Western society in general, as well as negative implications for ...

Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud

and that his Oedipus complex theory is rooted in Freuds fervent desire to excel in order to win his mothers favor. The Freud fami...

Causes and Solutions Regarding Shortage of Nurses

since the survey was initiated in 1977, for example, between 1992 and 1996, the number of nurses grew by 14.2 percent (Mee, 2001)....

Reasons Supporting Mandatory College Education

gets a college education, all new entrants into the business world will have had an equal education, at least to an extent. While ...

Linguistics Analysis of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Pavlovna is having a party where Prince Vasily, Prince Andrei, Pierre and others are gathered to enjoy the evenings festivities. H...

Black Holes and Astronomical Research

exclusion principle acting on its electrons (in white dwarfs) or nucleons (in neutron stars)" (Dolan 1079). Yet, when "No equilibr...

Public Administration, Reflection

This essay helps a student in commenting on a quote from public administration textbook that pertains to the contemporary state of...

Assessing Potential Organizational Diagnosis Tools

The writer looks at a range of three different tools which can be used as a framework to examine an organization. McKinsey's 7 S's...

How Do People Perceive Risk

Risk has become a popular research topic in a number of different fields of study, each of which has its own theories. This paper ...

Developmental Psychology, Its History

This research paper presents a thorough overview of developmental psychology's history. The writer begins with the discipline's or...

Article Review

This essay critiques an article by Kevin Kruse that appeared in Forbes. The article was focused on defining leadership. The author...

Glossary for Developmental Psychology

Each field has its own set of terms and phrases. While they all make sense to experienced practitioners, they do not necessarily m...

Parts of Linguistics

Linguistics is the study of language and how people make and understand the meanings of 'utterances.' There are numerous component...

Peer-Reviewed Article Summary

What do we know about the integration of globalization in the field of multicultural education? Not as much as one would think. Th...

Self-Concept Maintenance

Self-esteem and self-concept have always been controversial in the fields of psychology and sociology but the self became an accep...

Opportunity Cost and Marginalism in Public Policy Analysis

The concepts of opportunity cost and of marginalism are found in the field of public policy analysis. The writer explores the con...

Nursing Scholarships and Practice

This 4 page paper gives an overview of using concept analysis within the field of nursing. This paper explains how different appro...

A Summary of the Research of Contemporary Scientists

In a paper of fifteen pages, the writer looks at the research of modern scientists. Many fields are covered, with examples of ongo...

Evolution of Clinical Psychology

This essay describes what clinical psychology is, reasons it had to evolve, the effects of the community mental health movement, a...

Problems Associated with Gaining Reliability in Criminology Qualitative Research

The writer considers the argument that the weaknesses associated with quantitative research has the potential to undermine the pr...

Active Listening in Nursing

In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at active listening. Exercises for improving active listening in the field of nursing ...