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Massachusetts' Educational Law and Least Restrictive Environment Implementation

In five pages this paper examines the Chapter 766 update of Massachusetts' educational law regarding special education and childre...

Phillip E. Schlechty's Inventing Better Schools

some of the motivation that seeps through these pages. Schlechty blames todays problems in the school system not just on the poor...

Ancient and Modern Learning Techniques

education (267). One might say that the stance is rather snobbish, but many do separate vocational and academic curriculums. They ...

Making Action Plans or the McGill Action Planning System (MAPS)

Canada. It was named for the university where it was developed, McGill. Initially, the system was intended to be used as a part of...

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...

Educational Trends

has the potential to bring expanded insight, knowledge and understanding when used appropriately (Fulton, 2001, p. 16). The 107t...

Educational Reform and 4 Relevant Issues

benefiting from the one-size-fits-all concept of standardized testing is the non-English speaking students. Aimed at testing all ...

Education and the Use of Cinema

seek information. Paulo Freire calls lecturing the "banking concept" of education, and there is not much student-teacher interfac...

Oakes's Becoming Good American Schools

tradition, particularly the tension between the very powerful concept of and drive for individualism and the ideals of civic virtu...

Education and Literature's Role

is the well read that appear to succeed in life, they have a broader base of knowledge from which to make judgements and decision....

Education and Mass Media

This paper examines the possible educational role of the media. This five page paper has three sources listed in the bibliography...

Two Questions on Childhood Development

of children, adolescents and adults at the same time. In setting up the research, the researcher would need to pinpoint subjects i...

Maxine Greene's The Dialectic of Freedom

that take place during ones life. Our free will, on the other hand, speaks to the concept of having full authority over ones aspi...

Humanism and Educational Philosophy

done right and what potentially could go wrong, in the end one has to choose the model or models that most closely resemble ones o...

A Target Behavioral Intervention Plan for ADHD

an anecdotal recording and data sheet summarizing a systematic classroom observation of the target student and a control student u...

Human Learning and Computer Technology

heavy reading and/or composition requirements. When third grade students are able to apply the touch-type method of keyboarding, ...

Jack Weatherford's Native Roots

the first tasks undertaken by Weatherford is to define the term "Native American" itself. Indeed, the term Native American is a c...

Banking Concept of Education by Paulo Freire and Arts of the Contact Zone by Mary Louise Pratt

aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today" (Anonymous Mary Louise Pratt defines "contact zones", 2002; bod...

Students Who are Hearing Impaired and Acoustic Signals

inclusion for students with mild to profound hearing loss? That is the primary concern among members on both sides of the issue. ...

Lev Vygotsky's Educational Theories

of achieving either on his own, with the aid of a teacher, or with the help of another more accomplished peer.(Zone, 2002). The st...

Carl Jung's Developmental and Educational Theories

The author examines the significance of Jung's contributions to human developmental transitions as well as educational theory. Th...

Impacts of Plato, Pythagoras, Wolfgang Kohler, and B.F. Skinner on Education

(Bosomolny, 2002). He founded the Pythagorean school of philosophy, mathematics and natural sciences. His teachings soon attract...

Montessori and Vygotsky: current applications.

the main query as to how students learn, Vygotsky explored how students construct meaning (Jaramillo, 1996; p. 133). Vygots...

Leadership and Education

School Reform : Race, Politics, and the Challenge of Urban Education as a means by which to illustrate how the notion of education...

Educational Expenses Deductibility and the Impact of the U.S. Supreme Court

deduction. Although homeschoolers deem the situation unfair as many families give up a second income for the ability to start the ...

Viability of Grade Retention

use of voluntary retention is a way to help a failing child succeed (Perry, 1999). The trend is really based on anecdotal evidence...

Section Two of the Eleventh Edition of Taking Sides

In twelve pages the pros and cons of contemporary educational problems and controversies as covered in the text are examined. Two...

InteGrade Pro, SASIxp, and Osiris Education Administration Software

In ten pages these three software programs are evaluated for their effectiveness in educational administration. Fifteen sources a...

Education and Native Americans

In five pages this paper examines Native American educational approaches. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Student Lounges and Their Importance

In five pages this paper discusses how lounges for students are a crucial component of the educational landscape. Five sources ar...