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Disadvantaged or Low Income Learners and Computer Literacy

A proposal outline consisting of eleven pages describes computer literacy program funding designed to assist students who are eith...

Importance of Literacy in the Workplace

more and more apart. In the 1990s, one fact that has become painfully apparent is the role of literacy in dividing society into a ...

Worker Literacy Enhancement

affected by literacy problems have not changed along with the meaning of the term. Today, businesses are expecting more than ever...

Multicultural Classroom and the Effects of Involvement by Parents on Literacy

Many of these students are described as limited-English proficient (LEP) students, and many teachers current lack the skills and l...

Overview of Metabolic Syndrome

shaped rather than a pear shaped body) has been associated with an increased risk for heart disease" (The metabolic syndrome.) An...

Metabolic Syndrome Explored

apple shaped rather than a pear shaped body) has been associated with an increased risk for heart disease" (The metabolic syndrome...

Assessing Adult Literacy

attend school, and how long to remain there. Many programs are "open-entry, open-exit" by design; retention of students is a major...

Grades Seven through Twelve and Literacy That is Literature Based

materials are deemed important for student interest as well as student ability. The program includes teacher resources, such as s...

Second Grade and a Literacy Program Based Upon Multicultural Literature

In nine pages in which an abstract is also provided this essay examines the development of grade two literacy in a consideration o...

Three Typical Social Problems

for black and Latino girls, however (Medical News Today, July, 2005). Black teens were more than twice as likely to become pregnan...

Instruction Design Document on U.S. Military and the Education of High School Students

class given for one quarter of the school year where students learn how to work the computer, surf the Internet and so forth. Fami...

Intellectual Development and Don Quixote, The Mali Epic of Son Jara, and The Epic of Gilgamesh

regard to the acceptance of reality, issues of morality and, perhaps above all, the concept of divine judgment and human guilt. I...

How a New Teacher Should Teach Reading

a time (Torgesen, 1998). Letter-sound knowledge can be measured by presenting one letter at a time and asking the child what sound...

Second Grade Literacy Teaching

In seven pages this paper discuses inner city schools and the various approaches for teaching literacy to second grade students. ...

Literacy Instruction in a Diverse Classroom

for learning gets drained off so they can defend themselves" (Willis). Trouble generally ensures in some form and the teachers exp...

Effective?: No Child Left Behind and Partnership for Reading

standardized testing in high schools" (Frampton, 2006). In relationship to the Partnership for Reading, the website indicates it...

Literacy Development in Young Children

any other surrounding circumstances. The difference between a clause and a sentence is subtle, but the meaning and the approach ca...

Multicultural Education - An Overview

come from different disciplines (Gay, 1994). For instance, educators might look at multicultural education from the point of view ...

Article Analysis/Evidence-Based Practice

study also examined the availability of information resources available to the RN respondents (both at work and at home). Their fi...

A BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR A FICTITIOUS FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM

Offers an example of a summary budget, and explanation, for a fictitious financial literacy program. There are 2 sources listed in...

AN EXPLANATION OF AN IN-DEPTH BUDGET FOR A FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM

Examines an in-depth budget for a non-profit financial literacy program. Topics discussed include salaries and fringe expenses, OT...

BUDGETING FOR A FICTITIOUS FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM

Presents a detailed budget for a fictitious financial literacy program. There are 3 sources listed in the bibliography of this 5-p...

ADD And ADHD: Caused By Society

little learners in a class. Well half or so are girls and they are ready to sit and cooperate for the most part at this age. The...

Entrepreneurship With Dell As An Example

and chairman until 2004; he is still the chairman of the board (Dell, 2006; Lower, 2006). He had $1,000 and an idea - if you sell ...

How We Live & How We Feel About Dying

that she does not want to see him to go his death "not owning up to the part" that he played in death of his victim (Prejean 179)....

Universal Design

(ADA, 2008). Balancing the legal mandate for accessibility while at the same time remaining within an already straining budget is...

Six T's of Elementary Literacy Instruction by Richard Allington

This essay pertains to the six categories of elementary instruction that were discerned from an extensive study of some of the bes...

Literacy Development Site for Preschoolers

with a minor detail missing from one picture within a line of identical images. Spotting the missing detail aids children in devel...

Literacy Lesson Plan

them), but she draws them (using paper in pen). Amelia Bedelia is asked to dust the furniture (meaning to take the dust away), bu...

The Information Age and Evolving Standards of Literacy

is not what young people generally use the internet for. Indeed, he writes that "it isnt enough to say that these young people are...