Traditional vs. Non-Traditional Student Issues Tones, Fraser, Elder, and White (2009) argue that there are two major student groups which are of significant importance to research as a result of their adjustment to the university system, the resulti Continue Reading...
Pantages and Creedon (1978) have reported that the greatest attrition rate occurs among first-year students, and this group is not very likely to return to college at a later date. Even if they do drop out, the longer a student persists in a univers Continue Reading...
This research will fill in a gap that was discovered in the literature review. There have been many, even in an academic setting, that have made comments regarding the effects of email on the student environment. However, there have been no signific Continue Reading...
General grade point averages, SAT scores, and school involvement tend to be lower than their peers coming from two parent homes (Park, 2008). Lower collegiate attendance is also another major issue that is seen within this growing population. On av Continue Reading...
Serving students with a full range of abilities and disabilities in the general education class room with appropriate in-class support is how Roach (1995) defines inclusion using this practice. Friend & Bursuck (1996) noted that children with d Continue Reading...
Online Ed Online vs. Traditional Classrooms The Internet has provided enormous opportunities in many different areas of society, from pure information seeking to commerce to government access and a variety of other services. Even the world of educa Continue Reading...
Government Subsidized Student Loans Have Economic Costs but Political Benefits Higher education has become increasingly important in the contemporary world scenario today where globalization has led to a higher need for a skilled labor force that is Continue Reading...
Qualitative Study. The existence, if any, performance difference between students in online and traditional learning environments has yet to be conclusively determined; though several studies have found no significant difference in performance, th Continue Reading...
Professional Student Athletes The Raw Numbers Eligibility Advantages of Sport Research Questions or Research Hypotheses Selection of Subjects Assumptions or Limitations Data Processing and Analysis SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS Q Continue Reading...
Inconsistent evaluation methods between public, private, and charter schools, as well as the ever-present problems with whether or not achievement is actually measured accurately by standardized test scores, are two issues that must be taken into ac Continue Reading...
Community Colleges in America In 1983 and 1984, a dozen major reports on the United States' schools were published. All stressed the need for "excellence" in education. These reports are the subject of: Excellence in Education: Perspectives on Polic Continue Reading...
In the 1960s and 1970s contributors noted the poor status of Indigenous children on measures of formal educational outcomes in comparison to the rest of the population. Suitable solutions ranged from the use of coercive measures to incr Continue Reading...
Pedagogic Model for Teaching of Technology to Special Education Students Almost thirty years ago, the American federal government passed an act mandating the availability of a free and appropriate public education for all handicapped children. In 19 Continue Reading...
Persistence (also called retention) is defined as remaining enrolled in the institution, presumably until degree attainment or completion. Online courses can help students achieve this, because they provide options for learning that were previously Continue Reading...
(Cole, 2001, p. 75) The qualitative scientific theoretical model (Shank, 2006, pp. 97-101) best exemplifies the demands of this theory-based research as qualitative inquiry, i.e. subjective data might not explain the issue, with regard to anything Continue Reading...
team consists of a group of individuals who share a common goal or a common reason for joining the group (Chapter 9 p.2). A college classroom resembles a formal group more than a team because the individual group members do not necessarily share a c 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...
sexuality: Scholarly vs. popular media source comparison Scholarly article According to Roberts (et al. 2010), sexuality is becoming increasingly viewed as a commodity in the discourse of the western urban economy. Various terms that have been app Continue Reading...
Teaching ESL Students At least 3.5 million children every year are identified as possessing limited English proficiency and require additional support before they are mainstreamed into the regular classroom environment (Miller & Endo 2004: 786) Continue Reading...
Faith vs. Tradition This paper addresses the lecture on faith Vs tradition. It shows how many traditions are mistaken for faith and thus followed. It also sheds light on how these ideas have gone to twist the Muslim faith and look at Islam as an opp Continue Reading...
Student Support Services Education is a critically important aspect of survival in our society. Educators have long sought out ways to improve the post-secondary educational experiences of students. Many educators feel that first generation students Continue Reading...
Students in these kinds of schools do not attend school longer, but they do not have a summer break that is longer than any of the other breaks that they take during the school year. Research done by McMillen (2001) indicated that there were 106 sc Continue Reading...
To generalize the results a passing population would need to be studied as well as a larger group over a longer period. One limitation that may have been missing from the study's own assessment of limitations is that the penalization of attending su 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...
In other words Emotional Intelligence means that the individual is capable of: (1) Accurately perceiving emotions in oneself and others; (2) Uses emotions to facilitate thinking; (3) Understands emotional meanings; and (4) Manages emotions well. Thi Continue Reading...
e., the ability to read music) or color marks (access to and familiarity with the Pantone chart)." (Matheson, 2003) There is a question regarding 'scent depletion' as noted in the work of Matheson who states: "The overall number of scents of a favor Continue Reading...
(Osten, 2001) In terms of strategic planning for technology it is important to comprehend that integration of technology is very complex and requires "investments to plan for the alignment of technology initiatives" with the company's mission. The s Continue Reading...
Hernandez vs. Texas and its Importance to Latinos in the U.S. Studies conducted in the past have clearly indicated that some racial groups are overrepresented in the U.S. criminal justice system. There have been claims that some stages of the crimin Continue Reading...
employee's cultural background has a direct influence on attitudes and job satisfaction. Research on cross-cultural organizational and human resource issues help management better understand and guide practice. The most cited cross-cultural work on Continue Reading...
Nature vs. Nurture: The modern field of psychology has been characterized by various significant questions including the concern regarding nature vs. nurture. This concern can also be described as the determination of the extent with which biology i Continue Reading...
S. Department of Defense (DOD) uses over two million computers and more than ten thousand local area networks, most of which are linked to, and vulnerable to attack from, users of the larger Internet. (2008, p. 276) These increasing threats correspo Continue Reading...
Parking on College Campuses Almost every student at some point is concerned about campus parking, whether he or she is a resident who wants to have a car for day trips off-campus, or a commuter for whom a car is a vital necessity. Having decent and Continue Reading...
" (2003) the police force from this view was held as "ideal for exerting order across the vast territories of Canada, whose sheer scale made law enforcement, public administration and the assertion of sovereignty difficult." (Newburn, 2003) the polic Continue Reading...
Mythology Political Issues Constitutional History: Beginnings and Changes This paper will explore the historical basis for the Constitution of the United States and the changes that have occurred both gradually and radically during short history of Continue Reading...
Self-Regulation Issues in Children and Adolescence with ADHD, ODD, and OCD Self-regulation in children and adolescence who suffer from ADHD, ODD, and OCD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Oppositional Defian Continue Reading...
Family Values in Urban America: Judeo-Christian Perspective vs. Secular Perspective Judeo-Christian Perspective vs. Secular Perspective Background of family values in the American society Judeo-Christian perspective on family values Secular persp Continue Reading...
Although the police must suppress the violence of some demonstrators, they are not necessarily personally opposed to the demonstration's goals. Furthermore, many of the police officers may once have been students themselves, not so long ago. The st Continue Reading...
NPSAS was the only study in 1996 that encompassed the people who enrolled in the for-profit institutions which is why not even the very basic criteria of the for-profit sector and its educational setup has been well-recognized (Breneman, Pusser and Continue Reading...
SEXUALITY IN SCHOLARLY & POPULAR MEDIA Sexuality in Scholar & Popular Media The author of this report has been asked to review articles regarding sexuality. Two articles were selected in total with one appearing in a scholarly journal while Continue Reading...
