SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Measuring Academic Standards in Arizona

Essays 301 - 330

Academics and Groupthink

which is supposed to teach students how to think and be creative on their own? Johnson and Weaver (1992) point out that...

Georgia, School Performance, and Educational Reform

have even worse records that others. Dekalb County, for example, has the largest school system in the state yet its graduation ra...

At Risk African American Male Learning and a Discussion of Cognition and its Cultural Influences

2004). "The majority of reporting states-26 out of the 46 responding to the latest survey-have dropout rates ranging from 4.0% to...

Academic Performance and Self Esteem

People who have low self-esteem often try to "prove themselves" in order to impress others (Reasoner, 2004). They may "use others...

Child Development and the Impact of Socioeconomic Status

("Chaotic," 2004). This is of course known. However, there is a stigma for those with low IQ scores. Therefore, because of this an...

Howard University's Impressive Legacy

apply themselves if they wish to leave Howard University with a degree in hand. They are not simply representing themselves while...

Future Learning Improved by a Quality Preschool

for the district" (Childrens Action Alliance, 2003). The findings reported in the above outline demonstrate many and diverse bene...

Guardian Higher Education Supplement Article on Academic Stresses and Challenges

not prolific writers. The pressure of meeting publication deadlines not only adds to general levels of workplace stress, but also ...

Multicultural Learning Community Development

- but perhaps it isnt. Boyer "defined community as an undergraduate experience that helps students go beyond their private inter...

School Excusism

students not being able to complete an assignment either as directed or as scheduled. In these cases, teachers must have a measur...

The Ramayana Version by R.K. Narayana

elicited. Narayanas rendition of "The Narayana" thus fits Richmans contention that specific historical factors play a role in sha...

Comparison Between High School and College

is that college courses are simply more difficult and that they are more difficult because they present more difficult factual inf...

Report on Genetic Modification of Food

1. Genetically Modified Foods; The Issues In recent years there has been a great deal of attention paid to the concept as well...

Detrimental Effects of Coeducational Schools on Females

pressure and intimidation inherent to performing as well as their male counterparts in the coeducational setting speaks to the rea...

Student Accomplishment and the Principal's Role

relationship, however (Hallinger, Bickman and Davis, 1996). The principals actions shape and affect the learning climate, which, i...

Equality in Education

High Schools and Equality Over the last several years, it has been frequently touted in the nations newspaper that young black st...

Researching the International Baccalaureate Program

measurement signifies success of the program? * "Does there appear to be a positive correlation in the programs participants and a...

Academic Success and Emotional Intelligence

managing emotions, which includes being able to prioritize activities. Take, for example, a situation where friends ask you to go ...

Elementary School Student Plan of Inclusion

has, such as health problems (Strosnider, 1997). The regular educator needs to be aware of any special circumstances that would ha...

Ideals of Plato and Contemporary Education

employee believes a child is abused, they must call the authorities. If a child has a fight in school, the latest trend is to file...

Correlation Between High School Students with Poor Attendance and Academic Difficulties

Statistics showed that generally large school systems in low-income, inner-city urban school districts have a high incident of abs...

Academic Integrity, Student Research Methods, and Study Skills

the components involved" (Padgett, 2005, p. 56). For example, to locate general information on the best dog food brands, one woul...

'The History Book' and School Textbooks on History

One that attracts a great deal of attention as been the American Kennedy Family, others may be less well known as it s the accumul...

ADHD and a Male Black Teen

of ADHD. Another disorder that is frequently associated with school failure is Conduct Disorder (CD), which is characterized in ...

English-Language Learners

do with teacher preparation. Surveys during faculty meetings reveal that 70 percent of the teachers do not feel they are adequatel...

What is Philosphy?

we have to consider what we mean by "everything," and if is it ever possible to identify everything. Would we have enough time to ...

Bernstein's Argument: Effective In Explaining Racial-Ethnic Inequality In Academic Achievement

linguistics. Slang is a component of nearly every spoken language; however, the line between jargon and true common speech ...

Plato's Apology/Capital Punishment & Academic Freedom

knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...

A Healthy Self-Concept

or her ability and worth. For example, when this writer/tutor was an adolescent, I judged my math ability negatively on both my ...

The Problem of Unintentional Plagiarism

be written in a particular way as not to mimic the words precisely of another author. Some universities have adopted a five word r...