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Learning Disabilities and Standardized Testing

understood that the education system of the nation is perhaps less than adequate as many children seem to leave high school with a...

Research Into the Literacy Needs of Adult Students A Research Proposal

way to help in terms of recommending what should be a part of the adult education core curriculum. In some way, the idea seems to ...

Distance Learning Program Initiation

to the Online courses. There are also intangible resources that must be considered, such as faculty time. One expert commented: "...

Technology and Learning Systems

alone should not be the only measures of accountability for school libraries and library professionals. Instead, there is a need ...

Philosophies on Personal Learning

1999, p. 104+) - believed children are not merely a collection of empty vessels waiting for information to fill the void, but rath...

Auditing Systems and the Scandal of Lincoln Savings and Loan

in the Garcia-Wescon sham in which Wescon acquired land at nearly twice its appraised value on behalf of E.C. Garcia and Company. ...

3 Strategy Simulations and Lessons Learned

in medical and biological research (Berry and Mielke, 1996), but according to a search at Google and Gale Groups InfoTrac is not f...

Overview of Dyslexia

the last 30 years (Singleton, 2000). Essentially, making positive diagnosis of dyslexia involves establishing that: 1. The childs ...

Lessons of Travel in 'The Odyssey' by Homer

not tell Polyphemus his name, rather indicating to the Cyclops that his name is "Nobody." When Polyphemus friends respond to his c...

Overview of Learning That is Problem Based

"Teachers dont seem to recognise [sic] complex nature of information retrieval and librarians get frustrated by how unrecognised [...

Personality Profiles and Learning Styles

thinking about it (Learning styles, 2001). Traditional educational methods "tend to favor abstract perceiving and reflective proc...

How Teachers Can Avoid Making 25 Mistakes

problems. Public humiliation, such as standing in a corner, placing ones nose in a circle on the board, or allowing other students...

Film Director Gordon Parks

background is disadvantaged. Marcus is the son of a bitter, abusive man who hates whites with every fiber of his being. Marcus is,...

How Incredible Odds Against Them Were Overcome by Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass

to construct a code for living that would be world-renowned. One of his favorite stories concerned a formative period in hi...

Past Slavery Patterns

only tolerated and accepted, but also embraced as part of daily life (Anonymous, 2001). In most early societies, slavery seems to...

Children and Fairytales

that some children might find fairy tales to be a bit overwhelming. However, it is this precise extent of interaction that expert...

German Expansion Efforts of Wal Mart

In forty pages the problematic expansion of Wal Mart into the German market is examined in an overview of background, strategies, ...

Benefits of Learning Spanish as a Second Language

being able to communicate with these classmates. Of course when we travel we come across Spanish speaking people everywhere, and ...

Supervisors and Type A And B Personalities

* Does not experience the Type-As typical insecurity and hostility (Friedman and Ulmer). Type B personalities tend to be far easi...

Higher Order Learning and Geographical Marketing

different activities than their counterparts in Florida. They may be more prone to engage in winter outdoor activities while child...

Alternative Learning Perspectives

In a paper consisting of ten pages alternative learning from a cultural perspective is explored as a relevant choice in a contempo...

Education and Roadblocks to Communication

begin to see the dilemma teachers face when planning a lesson(Cross 89). Even with these diagnostic tools to aid them, teachers a...

ESL Instruction and Internet Learning Programs

It must be recognized that ESL and TESOL premises are based in a pedagogical ideology that is the linked to second language instru...

Curriculum Design and the Effects of the Learning Theory of Jean Piaget

can readily recognize how teaching reflects the combined components of open communication, creative instruction and critical think...

Paul E. Johnson's Sam Patch

known life without industrialization. At the same time he was a man who reflected the dreams and ideals and hopes of his people fo...

Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and the Journey of the Narrator

to help us answer that question of his growth. The book is a perennial best seller, and most people can name the episodes that co...

Ancient Empires Collapse

of the Fifth Dynasty, Userkhaf (2465-2458 BC) "initiated reforms that weakened the Pharaoh and central government. After his reign...

Contemporary Lessons Taught by 16th Century St. Teresa of Avila

prayer and, ultimately, began to experience visions. During those visions she was outwardly the same but inwardly she was filed w...

Empirical Literature on Mild Disabilities

pointing out that it is possible that the majority of the students nominated for the rejection category may not have disabilities ...

Learning Theory in 'Stand & Deliver'

of causal processes." Emphasizing the notion of learned expectations, Banduras (1986) theory is closely associated with self-effi...