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The Shipman in The Canterbury Tales

way down the social ladder. The Shipman, i.e., the "sailor," is placed between Chaucers description of the Cook and the "Doctor of...

Phonological Awareness

as this allows understanding to develop. In their 1982 study, Wolf and Morris discuss "Tony" a young boy who demonstrated both ex...

Motivating Teachers

their own supplies before and during each school year (Schmidt, 2005). Teaching has always been a low-status, low-pay job requiri...

Reading Disabilities

regarding a definition of RD that is widely acceptable (Siegel and Smythe, 2005). Researchers have not been able to agree on defi...

Chopin, Pianist & Teacher

pianists hand that the "music seems almost to play itself" (Machlis 84). Therefore, it is probably not surprising that so many o...

Reading Fluency

read aloud together (Welsch 180). This strategy actively engages the learner for a longer period of time in oral reading than the ...

Close Readings/Darker Face of the Earth & Oedipus

an already contradictory situation. Consider how she acknowledges the baby as both "my son" and as "valuable property." Her matern...

Narrative of Equiano & Douglass/A Comparison

resisted the imposition of another name, Gustavus Vassa, by his master. Nevertheless, despite being treated as an animal, Douglass...

Listening Techniques

to the fact that it is seldom taught in the elementary school years and scholars find that many teachers have the mistaken notion ...

Insensitive Teachers and Ethnic Students

has to do with her background as well; if her parents didnt value other cultures, they will not have passed that appreciation to h...

How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster

a family and part of that beautiful communion involves eating, but yet interestingly enough it is also the source of their trouble...

Teacher Education: Learner Analysis

strategy 6. Develop and select instructional materials 7. Design and conduct formative evaluation of...

An Evaluation of the Open Court Reading Program

accelerate reading skills among elementary students. This goal has been necessitated by the prevalence of students who were passi...

Behaviorism And Preschool

few options for educational achievement. In light of the fact that learning difficulties are inherent to autism, it stands to rea...

Reaction Essay/Pedophiles & Priests

abusers" (Jenkins 133). This use of language paints Church officials as innocent victims of social change, rather than being knowi...

"Bridging the Gap Between School and Home Using Children's Literature"

to read under the covers while at home or while in a classroom with the lights darkened just for the occasion. "Flashlight Friday...

Parent/Teacher Communication

Voorhis, 2004). On the other hand, student reported that their teachers urged them to request aid from their parents no more than ...

Article Summary: "Involving Teachers in Data-Driven Decision Making"

deal of data at their fingertips, schools were in fact "information poor because the vast amounts of available data they had were ...

"Hugh Selwyn Mauberley"

However, the meaning is obscure and the student will have to pursue the tranlsation with more sophisticated tools than are availab...

Teacher Unions

pay, and their rights as employees. On the other hand, teacher unions are generally different than other unions perhaps li...

Identifying Terms

she first illustrates that bean counting was something that President Bill Clinton referred to and perhaps defined, for the purpos...

Supervision & Teacher Evaluation

(Sparks and Hirsh). Four operational principles are instrumental in achieving results-driven education. These are having "1) clari...

Intermediate English as a Second Language Class Reading Lesson Plans on US History Themes

the topic and an understanding of the goals that are valuable to intermediate ESL leaders. The following are the four central que...

Negligent Teacher Case Study

same situation (McCarthy et al, 1997). Therefore, it is expected that a teacher will display "normal intelligence, perception and...

Reading Assessment of The Phantom Tollbooth

characters? 10. How does this section transition into the next part of the story?...

Character Traits Relating to Educational Readiness

variety of educational models that underscore learning as an element of individual nature as well as cultural and social variables...

Grades First through Fourth Content Area Writing and Reading Instruction

format in which reading is a significant component (Department of Staff Development n.d.). * Respond to Reading - Students are ask...

Disruptive Student Behaviors and Praise by Teachers

and administrators have been unable to secure the promise of a violence-free school. At the same time, communities have also reco...

2 Articles on Reading Reviewed

difficulty accepting and using rules of spelling, one of the problems that Liben and Liben (2004) describe as having occurred at t...

NCLB and AR Program

determining comparative success in educational. The NCLB has not only redirected educators to a "teach to the test" method for in...