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Reggio Emilia and the Zone of Proximal Development of Lev Vygotsky

and educational focus as a whole. II. Vygotsky Vygotsky suggests that learning is based within the zone of proximal developme...

Education and Gender Prejudice

In twelve pages schools are discussed in terms of how gender prejudiced is evidenced in sex segregation, textbooks, and teacher cl...

Do Schools Have a Gender Gap?

In twenty five pages this research paper examines schools in a literature review and survey pertaining to the issue of gender ineq...

Elementary School and DISTAR Reading Program

DISTAR reading program is being used more widely all the time" (Hone, 1994, p. PG). First introduced in the 1960s, DISTAR -- whic...

Elementary Education, Computers, and Test Scores

In eight pages this paper considers how using computers in elementary school classrooms produce benefits including assisting stude...

School Libraries and Cultural Diversity

In five pages the importance of school library diversification so that multicultural student needs can be met is discussed. Four ...

Overview of Magnet Schools

In ten pages this research paper discusses the various issues relating to magnet schools in terms of whatever benefits they may of...

Inner City Schools and Privatization

for Change To those who have been fighting the good fight for much more radical school reform in cities such as Hartford, Con...

Suburban v. Urban Schools

Crime and delinquency often run rampant through the halls of any citys public schools just as they do through the streets. The ve...

San Francisco's Unified School District and the Reconstitution Process

In seven pages this paper discusses the reduced use of the Reconstitution process by San Francisco Unified School District Superin...

Overview of the Edison Project

that has a student enrolled in the Edison Project receives a home computer. Edison uses these computers to keep in communication w...

Learning's Theoretical Components

from personal experience, including elements of culture; 3. the development of learning through the function of the brain is relat...

Florida School System and the State's Lottery

In five pages the Florida school system is examined in terms of the state lottery's intended assistance role. Five sources are ci...

Student Supplied Fictitious Case on Prayer in School

In five pages this student submitted fictitious case considers school prayer and the implications regarding students with unconven...

Elementary Education Classroom Situation

In two pages the elementary school classroom is the setting for a scenario involving the teacher's December holiday class preparat...

France's System of Education

In nine pages this research paper assesses the elementary school, secondary, and higher education levels that comprise the French ...

High School Sports and Drug Testing of Athletes

In nine pages this paper presents the argument against blanket drug testing of high school athletes. Seven sources are cited in t...

Children with Disabilities and Education

In four pages this paper discusses providing disabled children with proper education in a consideration of the Individuals with Di...

Proposal for Handicapped Activities at Middlesex School

In seven pages this paper discusses a proposal for extracurricular activities for the handicapped students of Middlesex School. F...

'State 'Teacher's Colleges' Normal' Schools

In 10 pages this paper provides an historical overview of the normal schools and traces how they evolved into teachers colleges an...

The Necessity of Physical Education

reason physical education programs have taken a decline in the school systems is funding. In large portions of the United States t...

Benefits of Home Schooling

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the social and educational benefits of home schooling. Ten sources are cited in the bibliog...

Contemporary Success of Home Schooling

In nine pages home schooling's recent popularity is examined in a consideration of various policy and legal issues and the increas...

True Cause of Dyslexia Determination

In twenty pages current research is applied to the topic of dyslexia and its learning disability status with the proposal of a sch...

Overview of School Boards

In five pages this examination of school boards includes their significance, functions, politics, elections, authority, and decisi...

Education and Equal Opportunity

In four pages educational access and the concept of equal opportunity are examined within the context of President Bill Clinton's ...

Action Research and Education

In five pages this essay subdivided into 2 sections considers the merits of action research in a new math class for high school st...

Brown v. Board of Education and Subsequent School Integration

landmark case, a case almost everyone has heard of, which purportedly ended discrimination in the school systems all throughout th...

Dropouts Among Gifted and At Risk Students

In six pages it is argued that students who are gifted, at risk are more likely to quit school than their peers who are not gifted...

Causal Factors of School Dropout Rates

In seven pages this study provides a literature review on school rates of dropout and how to predict and determine causal factors....