School principals are called upon increasingly to use alternatives to punitive discipline in situations like these. By claiming that they were just fooling around, the students demonstrate that they do understand the severity of the act of knife figh Continue Reading...
Research: Educational Theories That Provide A Rationale for Multicultural Teaching and Pedagogical Strategies and Practices That Best Serve Learners from Diverse Backgrounds. There are many factors within a school capable of affecting the culturally Continue Reading...
Thus, we assume that children gifted in the arts are every bit as intellectually endowed as those with academic gifts. The relationships among giftedness, talent development, and creativity are challenging areas of research. Because researchers lac Continue Reading...
Vaughn et al. (2003) report that the identification of LD students has increased upwards of 200% since 1977, with explanations ranging from a likely outcome of the growing knowledge field, to LD as a field serving as a sink for the failures of gene Continue Reading...
Although further education teachers employed prior to this date are not required to attain this credentialing, they are being encouraged to do so in order to ensure their status as professional educators (Clancy 2007). There is a push to increase t Continue Reading...
Size/Cooperative Learning & it's effects on participation Action Research Question Will cooperative learning have a significantly positive impact on smaller or larger classes? The purpose of this study was to investigate if cooperative learni 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...
mystery of autism has long eluded people in the medical and education profession. Millions of people around the world suffer from the disorder and seek treatment for it each year. Since the discovery of the disorder a plethora of research has been c Continue Reading...
e. part-time or full time special classes or alternative day schools. (Crowell, et al., 2005) VII. Various Strategies Required in Meeting Needs of All Students The work of Parker (2009) entitled "Inclusion Strategies in the Visual Arts Classroom" s Continue Reading...
Theory of the self-monitored students and CSCL Another popular theory associated with the concept of CSCL is the self-monitored student s (Benbunan-Fich, 2002 ). Benbunan-Fich (2002 ) in their study give students the chance to explore and discov Continue Reading...
Intervention Programs The value, characteristics, and purpose of an RTI program to a professional educational environment. What are the advantages of an RTI ("Response to Intervention") program for an inner city school environment? A peer-reviewed Continue Reading...
A particular set of achievements or test results needs to be arrived at in order to objectively compare two different bodies of information. Data relative to graduation and dropout rates among students as well as their parents would be relevant in s Continue Reading...
Best practices that help students with learning disabilities consistently focus on early intervention not only for educational benefit, but also because early intervention promotes greater social skills ability and development among children (Wong Continue Reading...
Educators are faced with the challenge of dealing with each student's needs. Everyone needs a chance to grow, learn and face the challenges that are necessary for attaining excellence. There are always special needs children in each learning envi Continue Reading...
Unfortunately, the traditional textbook-based skills approach focuses on memorizing by rote measurement facts (e.g., equivalent measures such as 12 inches = 1 foot) and measurement procedures (e.g., how to use a ruler)" (1998, p. 15-9). Absent Continue Reading...
Similar to the suggestions offered by Gahala (2001), Brody (1995) identified several traits to be considered when developing a comprehensive professional development program. Among those traits include the reputation of the trainer, the rewards avai Continue Reading...
Youth Gangs in Schools In recent years, youth gangs and gang-related violence in schools have highlighted many news reports and is considered to be a rapidly increasing problem for cities and suburban areas. Youth gangs in schools have become more Continue Reading...
Homeschooling Quality of Education The Need for and the Purpose of the Project The Subproblems Definitions and Abbreviations of Terms Books Methodology for investigating problems identified as subproblems Note on the Anti-Homeschooling Debate Continue Reading...
Looping on at-Risk Children ABSRACT Review of the Literature Operational Definitions Setting/Site Instruments and Materials F. Design and Procedures G. Data Analysis EFFECTS OF LOOPING ON AT-RISK CHILDREN This chapter will introduce the edu Continue Reading...
The academic and behavioral challenges presented by students with EBD affect the nature of their interactions with their teachers. Aggressive behavior patterns increase the likelihood that children will develop negative relationships with their tea Continue Reading...
In grade four white males performing "At or Above Basic" math skills is stated at 90% while black males were performing at only 59% "At or Above Basic" skill levels. White males in the "At or Above Proficient" skills level is stated at 49% with blac Continue Reading...
Mainstreaming People who have severe disabilities have lived under centuries of legalized reliance and exclusion. With every law that showed the liberalizing of society's commitment to disabled people has come the realization by disabled people that Continue Reading...
Collaboration in the Classroom Schools today face a significant challenge. The school environment is no longer one in which a teacher can expect a relatively homogeneous population in the classroom. In addition to the challenges already posed by cul Continue Reading...
Students with ADHD Education 518, Section B13 Dr. Carolyn McCreight Qualitative article review: Students with ADHD Homeschooling is one of the controversial approaches to educate children with 'special needs'. Students with Attention Deficit Hype Continue Reading...
Free access for students and teachers will be available at school and home at any time (Charp, 2002, p. 10). Schools have also been helped by funding from corporations of various types, many of which see the need for a workforce in the future that Continue Reading...
Tips on Classroom Management Managing an effective learning process in a classroom is like driving on the street. Sometimes you can speed up, but when the street is crowded, you can barely move at all. Many factors contribute to successful classroo Continue Reading...
Educational Vouchers: Multiple Issues and Contradictory Results The Merriman-Webster online dictionary offers three definitions for "voucher": "...a documentary record of a business transaction; a written affidavit or authorization; a form or check Continue Reading...
..collaborative teachers also value and build upon the knowledge, personal experiences, language, strategies, and culture that students bring to the learning situation." (ibid) This teaching procedure has the advantage of being multidirectional and Continue Reading...
Less emphasis, too, should be placed on material values (such as driving, consumer education, and business) and more on academic traditional values that last and promote value. It is these that can produce a multi-faceted individual and serve the i Continue Reading...
Individuality and Community Ethics How Self is Integrated into the Global Whole as an Ethical Entity The ethics of social justice is wrapped in the ideas of how individuals within a society are trained as ethical beings, and how they regard other Continue Reading...
LABB School I chose the LABB School because it seems so innovative. They have a preschool program designed for children with special needs, but they also enroll children with no difficulties. Because of this, preschoolers who attend The LABB School Continue Reading...
Activities to Reduce Inappropriate Behaviors Displayed by Children With Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities The purpose of this dissertation study is to test the effectiveness of an everyday activities-based protocol (Holm, Santangelo, From Continue Reading...
Framwork for Practise and Presentation Sociology -- Social Work There are several factors that contribute to seeming intractability and complexity of social issues. We cannot retrieve an actual picture of any problem considering a single issue. Th Continue Reading...
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Special Education About the Child Pietro is a 7-year-old boy. His biological parents are Argentine and Colombian. He was born approximately six weeks prematurely because of his mother's consumption of alcohol throughout the Continue Reading...
According to reports coming out of Japan, teasing is often associated with poor performance, and may be instigated by teachers in many cases. America, it should be noted, tens to have an anti-intellectualism streak in its politics and nature, while Continue Reading...
Lead Independent and Fulfilling Lives For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a psychologist. Every academic success I have achieved thus far has been a step in the journey toward my ultimate goal. As a professional, clinical psychologis Continue Reading...
At one point or another in our lives, we are all beginners. We begin college, a first job, a first love affair, and perhaps a first dissertation project. We bring a great deal to these new situations, including our temperament, previous education, Continue Reading...
However, with the current world social trends co-educational institutions provide a holistic body to the social development of a student. To break the barriers of race and gender inequality, any form of segregation will be hypocritical especially in Continue Reading...
Moseley, chair of the Coalition advisory board and president and CEO of the Academy for Educational Development. "It is not a luxury that can be addressed at some point in the future, but rather it provides people with the tools to survive and impro Continue Reading...
