Article Analysis: Ten Faulty Notions about Teaching and Learning
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This 3 page paper analyzes an article by William Heward in which he says that some of our basic beliefs about special education are incorrect, why, and what to do about it. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Article Critique/Ann Ketch on Reading and Conversation
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A 3 page summation and critique of an article on teaching literacy. In her informative article, "Conversation: The comprehension connection," author and educator Ann Ketch, a literacy trainer for the Des Moines, Iowa public school system, stresses the importance of conversation in the classroom as a means for aiding students in perfecting cognitive skills and strategies and using these strategies to assimilate knowledge in a constructive manner. No additional sources cited.
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Article Review on Literacy
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This 14 page paper examines an article entitled Teachers' Values and the Literacy Hour by Dadds. The article is reviewed for a variety of things including research methods, introduction and modes of analysis. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Article Reviews On Learning Disabilities
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A 5 page paper that reviews two articles concerning ADHD, one discuses natural remedies, one explains symptoms. The next section discusses pre-referral interventions for one behavior. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Article Reviews/ Whole Language
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A 5 page analysis of 5 research articles on the whole language approach to teaching reading. The writer offers a brief summary of each scholarly article. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Assessing Instructional Approaches
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A 3 page paper discussing lecture and group discussion teaching formats for additional nurse training in education of diabetic patients. The paper provides advantages, disadvantages and evaluation options for each method. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSnursEduInstr.rtf

Assessing Learning
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A 6 page research paper that, first of all, offers a 1 page guide on assessing one's personal views toward the processes of student assessment. Then a 3 page essay follows, which offers a defense of authentic assessment measures, such as use of portfolios. Then the paper concludes with suggestions on self-evaluation. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Assessing Reading
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A 16 page paper That begins with some background information about reading achievement levels and the difficulties teachers have in the classroom. The essay discusses reading fluency and assessing fluency both informally and formally, identifying specific published tests that can be used as well as suggestions for improving a student's fluency. The writer also discusses curriculum-based assessment and self-assessment. The essay concludes with the test the writer would use to assess a new student in a middle school who was having difficulties with reading. Abstract included. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Assessing Student Learning – Alternatives
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This 6 page opinion paper discusses alternatives for assessing student learning. Tests are historically used to measure student learning but tests are not the only way to assess learning and, in fact, may be the worst method for determining what a student has learned. This essay explains why tests are not necessarily the best assessment method and offers alternative methods, such as portfolios, journals, observation, performance-based methods and others. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Assessing the Special Ed Student
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This five-page-paper presents an exploration of alternative assessment methods for special education students. It opens with a proposal for a study to research the need for alternative assessment methods and goes on to suggest and explain several different types. Bibliography lists five sources.
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Assessment & Interventions/LD Students
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A 3 page research paper that discusses the relationship between assessment and educational intervention with LD students. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Assessment Exam For Educational Assessment Course
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This 6 page paper presents a final exam for the entitled course. Types of questions include: multiple choice, short answer, and essay. Correct/Acceptable responses are included along with the point value for each question. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Assessment Is Essential For Monitoring A Child's Process
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11 pages in length. The fundamental concepts behind traditional (standardized) testing and alternative (nontraditional) testing are the same: to monitor a child's progress through assessment; however, the manner by which each method approaches this shared objective has long been the source of debate within the academic community. For example, English language learners (ELLs) are at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to submitting to traditional assessment formats due to the fact that their individual needs and accomplishments are not evaluated. Kleinert et al (1999) note that utilizing alternative assessment methods, however, overcomes the otherwise neglected areas inherent to standardized testing's multiple choice, norm-referenced, automated format and provides children the ability to express themselves in myriad ways – such as short and long answers, observation and performance – that help educators to formulate a more comprehensive view of individual progress. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Assessment Methods In Current Mathematics Instruction
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A 12 page paper discussing traditional assessments of mathematics proficiency in students in light of recent changes in overall goals imposed by government and the public. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Assessment of Interpersonal Relations
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the Assessment of Interpersonal Relations by Bracken (1993). This paper outlines the use, administration, and the pros and cons of this assessment. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Assessment of Three Lesson Plans
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of three lesson plans, and then provides an additional lesson plan along the same lines. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Assessments of a Teacher-Made Test
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This 3 page paper assesses a teacher made test. There are distinct strengths and weaknesses in the teacher-made assessment provided by the student. This paper will provide an overview of those strengths and weaknesses in order to better understand the assessment tool, its utility and the impacts on accuracy in determining learner outcomes.
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ASSURE
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A 3 page paper which summarizes the ASSURE model for education. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Assuring Evidence-Based Curriculum and Instructional Methodology
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A 3 page consideration of the processes through which curriculum and methodology should be chosen. This paper asserts that the principle of converging evidence can be used to make these choices. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PPedResearchBasedCurriculum.rtf

At-Risk Teens & Low Reading Levels
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A 5 page research paper that examines 2 scholarly articles on reading and strategies for at-risk adolescents with low-level reading skills. The articles are summarized and related to teacher practice. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
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This 3 page paper discusses the mental illness of ADHD in children. In particular, this paper deals with the teacher who may have to address the child with ADHD in her classroom. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder:
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This 3 page paper provides a thorough understanding of ADHD, as well as how those problems apply in a classroom situation. Furthermore, this paper outlines ways in which these students can be best served in the classroom, and examines what is necessary to address with this disability.
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Attribution Theory And Achievement Goal Theory
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A 4 page paper that begins with a brief description of a 5th grade student's sudden change in performance. Attribution theory is explained and applied to the case. Achievement goal theory is then explained and applied to the case, The writer cautions this behavior could be the result of a trauma, which must be investigated. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Authentic Learning
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This 3 page paper discusses what authentic learning is and the elements of authentic learning and authentic teaching. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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B.F. Skinner And Programmed Instruction
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An 18 page paper. B.F. Skinner has often been called the most influential behaviorist in history and definitely the most influential in the field of learning theory. His operant behaviorism laid the foundation for learning theories that have been used in our classrooms for the last forty years both in terms of managing classrooms and in terms of instructional strategies. One of the offshoots of his work was programmed instruction, also called programmed learning. This paper explains Skinner's theories and provides a history of programmed instruction. It then discusses the integration of the two. The writer also makes a point to discuss the fact that Skinner's theories are theories and not processes. Examples are included. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Bandura and Weiner
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This five-page-paper presents a discussion on the theories of Albert Bandura and Bernard Weiner in the field of education.
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Bandura's Social Learning Theory
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A 7 page paper that discusses Albert Bandura's social learning theory and comments on its impact on curriculum design. Bandura believed that learning occurs by observing others. His theory became the bridge between behaviorism and cognitivism. The four components or steps in the theory are explained. Bandura's thoughts on self-regulation are also discussed. The writer also discusses the relationship between social learning theory and lifelong learning goals and reports a program that uses the concepts to reduce physical aggression in children. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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BANKING OF EDUCATION: AN ANALYSIS
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This 3-page paper analyzes Freire's treatise, "Banking of Education." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Basal Materials & The Classroom
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A 3 page paper. There are always a variety of materials available for classroom use that change with years and with changing views of precisely what should be the outcome of classroom education, how one level should prepare for the next, how students truly do learn, and even the value of the 'hands on' theories. One of the duties of the teacher is to determine the learning style of each student, and how those materials can best be used. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Basic Management Functions in the School System with the Context of Bolman and Deal’s Organizational Frames
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This is a 10 page paper discussing the primary management practices within the school system in the context of Bolman and Deal’s four organizational frames. Bolman and Deal’s text “Reframing Organizations” (2003) deals with the concepts of frames within the workplace which employs the “usable knowledge” available from a management perspective and also addresses the failures within organizations “due to lack of imagination”. Organizations are broken into the four conceptual “frames” of structural, human resources, political and symbolic which account for the various aspects of planning, staffing, organizing, directing and controlling within any organization. The management functions within school systems can also work within these frames as they include all of the same vital components which must be managed and maintained as within corporations. A study published by Souchet (2001) is used to show the management practices within the school system in regards to the role of a principal within a small urban setting in the Mid-Western United States. The school principal within the school setting is “also known as the middle manager and the site administrator” in organizational terms and is considered as the major managerial influence within the school as he or she must determine “whether the education is effective or ineffective, whether morale is high or low, whether the school climate is positive or negative; whether personnel are satisfied or dissatisfied; whether students achieve or don’t achieve; whether parents and the public are cooperative or uncooperative; and whether there is effective or ineffective management and leadership”. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Basic Skills Initiative
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This 6 page paper discusses and explains the BSI initiated by the California Community College system. The essay reports the reasons for the BSI, purpose, goals, components, strands with examples of effective practices, and examples of how technology might be used. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Beginning High School History Teacher's Tips
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A 5 page paper presenting general comments about being a new history teacher. Tips regarding the kinds of strategies a new teacher needs are included as is an example that focuses on the Revolutionary War. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Beginning SEI Approaches
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A 4 page research paper on Structured English Immersion (SEI), which is a methodology for teaching Second Language Learners (ESLs) in which instruction is designed to be at the "learner's readiness level," with teachers speaking in English between 70 and 90 percent of the time (Rodriguez and Higgins, 2005, p. 236). Baker (1998) points out that SEI is not the equivalent of an All-English approach, as the students' native language is used to a limited extent. Supporters of SEI assert that students are capable of learning "English and non-language subjects taught in English" at a desirable level of assimilation simultaneously (Rodriguez and Higgins, 2005). This examination of SEI instruction describes three approaches that are applicable to the needs of beginning students. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Beginning Teacher : Teaching Reading
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This 9 page paper discusses how to assess reading abilities, grouping students, and a recommended literacy program. The Four Blocks program is recommended because it is a multisensory, multilevel literacy program that incorporates and integrates reading and writing. The four blocks are explained. A literacy block lesson is outlined. Although entitled for the beginning teacher, the information is applicable to any elementary school teacher. The paper includes an abstract. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Behavior Management in the Classroom
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This 6 page paper looks at various theories concerning behavior management in education. Several contemporary books are reviewed along with the theories of progressivism and reconstructionism. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Behavior Modification in the Classroom
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the first four chapters of a book on behavior management by Walker and Shea. The book utilized is aimed at educators and provides useful suggestions. No additional sources cited.
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Behavioral Intervention for Autism: A Fictional Case Study
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A 7 page study involving a fictional case of a six year old autistic boy. Baseline data is collected and graphed alongside behavioral improvements after behavioral therapy is implemented. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PPautiBh.rtf

Behavioral Intervention in Early Childhood Education
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A 4 page review of time out as a behavioral intervention in early childhood education. This review is based primarily on one article published in the May 1, 2003 edition of "Intervention in School & Clinic". Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Behavioral Interventions For Disruptive Behavior
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A 5 page paper that explains and discusses specific concepts and approaches. The concepts explained are positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement and punishment. The two interventions explained are Differential reinforcement of other behaviors (DRO) and Response Cost, including examples. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Behavioral Observation and Plan
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of a behavioral observation and a plan for implementing behavioral strategies in the classroom.
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Behaviorist Learning Theories
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An 8 page paper. Three of the four major initiators of behavioristic theory are discussed: Pavlov; Thorndike and Watson. These were the early theorists who demonstrated that conditioning can change or evoke a specific response. The theories are described, compared and contrasted. Short examples of how these are used in the classroom are offered. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Beland's Boosting Social and Emotional Competence (Article Analysis)
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This 3 page paper focuses on an article by Kathy Beland (2007) entitled Boosting Social and Emotional Competence. The author focuses on relationship skills and their necessity for high school students. Suggestions are made on how to incorporate these ideas into real classrooms. No additional sources cited.
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Benefits of Home Schooling
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This is a 3 page paper which presents the argument for home schooling. The bibliography has 4 sources.
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Bilingual Education
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This 3 page paper considers some of the pros and cons of bilingual education, and argues that the system is necessary, though it can be improved. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Bilingual Education – The Controversy
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This 8 page paper explains the controversy regarding bilingual education, a controversy that has lasted for more than 30 years. As the writer points out, research studies regarding the impact of bilingual education on the academic learning of participants is contradictory. Some studies demonstrate great benefits while others suggest it does more harm that good. Some of the research is reported in this paper. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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