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Analyzing the Film Educating Rita

for Rita. The result is that not only does Frank tutor Rita, but Franks learns from Rita as well. Initially Rita is portrayed as...

Self Directed Learners' Characteristics

need for self-esteem, a desire to achieve, and the satisfaction that will come from accomplishing something" (Hiemstra and Judd, 1...

Zoo Visits and Changing Attitudes of Children

with some of its most enjoyable elements of entertainment, all at the cost of the animals life. A staple of Americana, the ...

Learning Environment and Communication Strategies

However, this is not simply a matter if a subject that interests the student making a different; it is also in the way it is prese...

Understanding the Disabled and Disabilities

beauty, wealth and status, or they can symbolize aspects of society that people would just as soon forget, such as with physical d...

Henry Fielding's Tom Jones Man of the Hill

he were truly the evil person hes believed to be. In the Man of the Hill we can see glimpses of Tom as he would have been if hed...

How to Teach Children Organizational Skills: A Workshop

Children benefit a great deal from having both structure and order in their lives (Scarbro, 2004). They gain a sense of security (...

Online Learning Effectiveness

A pamphlet originally published in 1949 titled How to Study Physics encourages learners to continue to learn. The 1955 edition ex...

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. ...

Lifelong Learning and Professional Development

hard, all you need to do is to set stretching goals." But recent studies in motivation in the workplace suggest that simply setti...

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 ...

Overview of Dyslexia

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

Personality Profiles and Learning Styles

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

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 [...

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...

Interdisciplinary Enhancement Through XML

concept focus" (Reksten , 2000, p.26). On the other hand, multidisciplinary learning lacks a concept focus but "relate to facts a...

ICT and its Contemporary Life Impacts

two areas that have seen a high input form ICT. The subject area is so broad we cannot look at the entire are in only a few page...

Cooperative Discipline Model of Educator Linda Albert

Alberts model is detailed and specific, offering concrete strategies to educators for handling discipline dilemmas. Albert states ...

Cultural Practices For Memory and Learning

an adult and include conceptual reasoning" (Piaget, 2001). During all of these stages, the child "experiences his or her environme...

Technology and Learning Systems

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

Cognitive and Behavioral Learning Perspectives

has read the literature, listened to the warnings, and learned that it is harmful to his health. There is a direct connection bet...

Influential Factors in Early Childhood Learning

number of researchers for different age groups. Bukatko and Daehler (1998) introduce the term "scaffolding" to describe the criti...

A Norm Violation Experiment

liberal benefits. However, the employees do have to be to work on time. Their attendance is checked and if they are late, that is ...

Children with Asperger Syndrome and Educational Improvements

that these similar problems could be seen in family members, especially in fathers (Klin and Volkmar, 1995). The frequently descr...

Development of an Original Observational Instrument for Classroom Use

of facts, they should help the students understand the subject, and in doing they aid the students cognitive processes, not only t...

Distance Learning Program Initiation

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

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 ...

A Civil Action by Jonathan Herr and Lessons Learned

after hearing of the deaths of the children and the illness in the community (Trevino, 2000). Today it has been proven that there ...