Kiefer, K. (2007). Chapter 8: Do students lose more than they gain in online writing classes? In Joe Lockard and Mark Pegrum (Eds.), Brave New Classrooms: Democratic Education and the Internet (pp. 141-151). New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. Continue Reading...
Using a random sampling helps to insure that there will be a randomly equal number of learning disabled students, gifted students, underachievers and overachievers in each group. In addition the random sampling will help insure a statistically clos Continue Reading...
Learning and Assessment Basics In a regular education classroom, eighth grade learners can be difficult to work with. That is largely because they are starting to develop more than they have in the past - not just physically, but mentally and emotio Continue Reading...
" (Devine, 2007) Summary and Conclusion Policy evaluation enables educators to make determines as to the accountability of the system and the conditions needed to expand the capacity of the educational institution to provide high quality curriculum Continue Reading...
To address these social and academic issues, the Waco, Texas, Independent School District (2005) initiated a project offering AP Spanish Language to eighth-grade Hispanic students and later expanded to three years (Rakow, 2005). The goal was to prom Continue Reading...
h. Risks -- the safety and anonyminity of the participating students is of central concern for the researchers. All data will be coded to protect identifying information about the participants. The rules and guidelines of the IRB will be adhered to Continue Reading...
Leadership Skills Impact International Education CHALLENGES OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION Practical Circumstances of International schools THE IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION What is Effective Leadership for Today's Schools? Challenges of In Continue Reading...
More importantly, our appreciative and participatory stance with our co-researchers has allowed us to witness and learn about the cutting edge of leadership work in such a way that is and feels qualitatively different from other research traditions Continue Reading...
Table of ContentsPageChapter 1: IntroductionStatement of the ProblemThe Research Problem ....Background and Justification....Deficiencies in Evidence..AudienceSetting of the StudyResearchers RolePurpose of the StudyChapter 2: Literature ReviewTheoret Continue Reading...
INTERVIEW WITH TEACHER & REPORT OF KNOWLEDGE GAINED Interview Context The interview in this study was conducted with Kari, raised by a single mother and the oldest of two children having a younger brother. Kari's parents were both supportive of Continue Reading...
In their study, "Thinking of Inclusion for All Special Needs Students: Better Think Again," Rasch and his colleagues (1994) report that, "The political argument in favor of inclusion is based on the assumption that the civil rights of students, as Continue Reading...
The study had two central purposes: 1. To identify reform-related practices in mathematics instruction that have increased, decreased, or not changed since the implementation of high-stakes testing, based on educators' perceptions. 2. To determine Continue Reading...
Recent reviews of research on summer school show that high quality programs can make a difference in student learning (Harrington-Lueker, 2000). Results of the research point to programs that focus on corrective or accelerated learning have a positi Continue Reading...
Responsibility for Failing Schools Central Falls, Rhode Island came under Obama Administration's "Race to the Top" policy in January 2010 with new district policy to improve the district's low student performance. After months of debate, teacher fir Continue Reading...
Collaboration and Resolution in a Special Education Class Collaborative groups are basic to the provision of special education services. Professional collaboration eases the problem solving that is inherent to serving students with disabilities (Bro Continue Reading...
The achievement gap also may ultimately negatively affect the U.S. As it may cause the nation to become less competitive in the increasingly global communities (What is the…, 2009). In addition, research indicates that the achievement gap cont Continue Reading...
Instructional Design and Needs Assessment Instruction design could be defined as an activity which is purposeful in behavior in which reflection on decisions to be taken in design plays a significant role. (Shambaugh, 2000) There are various models Continue Reading...
Education Administration This internship in education administration provided me with a number of takeaways that will benefit me throughout my career. I learned how to create a safe, collegial environment for change in teacher practice. My strategie Continue Reading...
Connected vs. Stand-alone Communication revolution has moved from a world connected by telephone (a synchronous and asynchronous) including e-mail, bulletin boards, broadcast messages and chat rooms. As a result, new learning tools have developed Continue Reading...
Ability Grouping Is ability grouping the way to go, or should it go away? Whether or not ability grouping is an effective strategy for the instruction of students of different academic abilities is a hotly debated issue, with divergent evidence. So Continue Reading...
Running head: Tyler model vs. understanding by design Tyler model vs. understanding by design 2Tyler Model vs. Understanding by DesignIntroductionRalph Tyler was a professional educator who went beyond all odds to establish the Tyler Model in the 14s Continue Reading...
Public Program Quality Evaluation Overview of the Program and the Program Rationale In 2011, approximately 23% of all children in the United States were children of immigrants. Many of these children have come from countries where the educational s Continue Reading...
conflict is essentially a new vs. old school issue. Mrs. Vei is old school teacher who wants to follow structure, doesn't believe in innovation in educational instruction and is guided by the principle of "it doesn't need to be fixed if it's not bro Continue Reading...
Lesson Plan Using Understanding by Design Framework A creative approach is critical in embedding innovative problem solving, embedding opportunity for inquiry as well as enhancing critical thinking for deep discipline knowledge. When curriculum is t Continue Reading...
Running head: Assessment and accountability Assessment and accountability 4Assessment and AccountabilityAbstractStudents with high scores and high school grade point averages have a high capability of succeeding in colleges, depending on their reserv Continue Reading...
Secondary Students | Some Particular issues with Secondary Students How have you adjusted both the types of questions you ask as well as how you ask questions to developmentally suit students with disabilities in grades 7-12? Explaining my questi Continue Reading...
Preventing Dropouts Among Minority Middle School Students The dropout rate of minority middle school students is rising. This can be contributed to a number of factors that cultivate frustration and develop low self-esteem among minority adolescent Continue Reading...
Discipline with Dignity Cardsmax The goal of the current research is not to conduct a thorough examination or make any inferences about the quality of research in the area of behavioral interventions and classroom management plans for students, bu Continue Reading...
One of the top performers, Singapore, boasts a very different approach towards mathematics education: "While a single lesson in a U.S. textbook might span two pages and take one class period to go through, a lesson in a Singapore textbook might use Continue Reading...
Creating Effective Interventions to Reduce or Eliminate Cyberbullying Unit 1 MBA 5652, Research Methods David E. Couch Jr. The proposed research study explores the perceptions of secondary students with regard to cyberbullying interventions. The h Continue Reading...
A main goal of both scaffolding and the multiple intelligence curricula is to improve self-esteem that goes hand-in-hand with low achievement. Similarly, the diversity and respect for differences emphasis, is meant to make low achieving students (fo Continue Reading...
Educating Professionals Adult literacy was an issue of disquiet for developing nations where it was regarded as a cause of health, economic development, and civic participation as late as the 1980s. During the 1990s, modernization of the workplace b Continue Reading...
Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL) The concept of instructional leadership posits that strong leadership in education focuses on curriculum and instruction (Mitchell, Kensler & Tschannen-Moran, 2015). As an instructional leader Continue Reading...
Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL) The concept of instructional leadership posits that strong leadership in education focuses on curriculum and instruction (Mitchell, Kensler & Tschannen-Moran, 2015). As an instructional leader Continue Reading...
Collaborating With Families Teachers of special needs children have historically worked in isolation as these children are taught in separate classrooms. However, the situation has changed in the past few decades since these children have gradually Continue Reading...
roots in critical theory, which stemmed from the approaches of the Frankfurt school of philosophers in the mid-20th century. The Frankfurt School was led by Theodore Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Erich fromm and other German intellectuals who had emigrate Continue Reading...
Middle Eastern Students: What Is the Effect of Advisory Participation in the Adolescent Years- Grades 8-9 Benefits of student advisory Adolescence and its effects on learning Functions and Expectations of Advisory Program Middle Eastern Student a Continue Reading...
