Assistive Technology in Education
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A 20 page discussion of the importance of incorporating assistive technology for special needs students. Special education students require certain considerations if they are to advance to the best of their capabilities. An extremely important factor in preparing these students to take productive roles in society is the integration of assistive technology into the classroom. This integration is critical not only from the perspective that it allows a student to reach their full academic potential but also in the fact that it serves to acquaint students with the existence and value of such technology so that they can seek to make it a part of their non-academic lives as well. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
Filename: PPtechEd.rtf

Assistive Technology in Special Education: An Emphasis on Assistive Technology In Computer-Aided Writing and Proofreading
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A 22 page overview of the importance of assistive technology in the educational setting. Providing an outline of the legal setting, the author traces assistive education from the late 1980 emphasizing the radical ascent of computerized technology in the classroom. This paper includes a complimentary one page Roman Numeral Outline. Bibliography lists 21 sources.
Filename: PPtechE2.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.
Filename: khartlrl.rtf

Attention Deficit Disorder
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The job of teacher is inclusive of a number of diverse variables that are ever evolving and in need of individualization to each student. This 10 page paper presents a study with the hypothesis: teachers can be influential in the detection and treatment of ADHD as well as providing effective teaching strategies. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KTaddexp.rtf

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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3 pages in length. The writer discusses cause and educational approach for ADHD. 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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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Special Education
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This 30 page paper provides an overview of a dissertation study on ADHD. This paper integrates a review of literature and a methodology and shows how a study could be conducted. Bibliography lists 15 sources
Filename: MHADHD88.rtf

Augmentative Communication For Autistic Students
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10 pages in length. Autistic people are unable to communicate in the same ways that society expects one to communicate, inasmuch as their thought processes do not follow the same logical progression as others. Because of this severe limitation, it is imperative that an autistic individual expresses his or herself through augmentative methods – object communication -- such as photographs, drawings, pictograms and gestures. With the ability to express oneself in the typically accepted manner extremely difficult, the autistic person can more readily point, nod and acknowledge augmented methods as a means by which to make others understand their needs. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Autism and Environmental Determinants of Behavior
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An 11 page overview of autism, its causes, and its societal and individual importance. This paper suggests that the environment can, in fact, determine the direction of autistic behavior. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPautismEnv.rtf

Autism: Research-Based Instruction
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5 pages in length. Research-based instructional approaches have afforded teachers and parents alike the opportunity to reach and teach special populations that historically have had few options for educational achievement. In light of the fact that learning difficulties are inherent to autism, it stands to reason how research-based approaches such as applied behavior analysis are the most appropriate and effective ways by which to overcome the challenges related to teaching those who cannot learn with conventional methods. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCAutismRBI.rtf

Balanced Approach and the Impacts on Teaching Literacy
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This 3 page paper provides an overview of the conflict between phonics instruction and whole language and calls for a balanced approach. 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.
Filename: khsei.rtf

Behavior Disorders Identification Scale
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the central elements of the Behavior Disorders Identification Scale (BDIS-2). Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MHBehTes.rtf

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 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.
Filename: MHCaseBeh.rtf

Benefits of a Bilingual Education
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A 3 page paper which examines the positive elements of a bilingual education. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAbioo.rtf

Benefits of Early Education for Children
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7 pages in length. The emphasis in this paper is on the effects of outside stimuli on children from birth to three years of age. The foundations of social, emotional and intellectual development are all early learning skills that can be affected by early stimuli. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: JGAearly.wps

Bernstein's Argument: Effective In Explaining Racial-Ethnic Inequality In Academic Achievement
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4 pages in length. Basil Bernstein's argument provides a fundamental understanding why certain races have historically had great difficultly academically assimilating into white schools. The extent to which Bernstein's argument addresses how variable aspects of speech are derived from cultural background is both grand and far-reaching; that students of different ethnic heritage have learned speech codes cultivated from their ancestors speaks to the prevalence of linguistic misinterpretation in a classroom where the student has not been taught to understand the common language. Bibliography lists 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.
Filename: PGbil3.rtf

Bilingual Education – The Debate Rages On
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Bilingual Education – The Debate Rages On: This 16-page essay details the plethora of issues surrounding the much-debated topic of bilingual education. Elements germane to its effects; overall cost; types of programs; pertinent legislation, and the like are also discussed. Some observers suggest that parents and educators don’t yet have the information they need to make a good decision relevant to bilingual programs. However, being uninformed has never stopped anyone from voicing his opinion. Bibliography lists 10 sources. SNBiling.doc
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Bilingual Education And ESL – Article Reviews
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A 5 page paper. Four articles are reviewed providing the author's main points and a brief summary of the article. Two articles focus on bilingual education – one provides an argument opposing bilingual education, the other supports bilingual education. The other two articles reviewed address teaching English as a second language. Each offers ideas for the teacher to use. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Bilingual Education in the Elementary Years
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This 4 page paper addresses both political and practical issues in respect to bilingual programs. Immersion education is discussed as well as codeswitching training. An example of a classroom that integrates bilingual education is provided. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Bilingual Education/ESL is Best
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A 5 page research paper that discusses the superiority of ESL instruction in bilingual education over a bilingual approach that makes use of the student's native language in the process of learning English. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khesl.rtf

Bilingual Education/Issue Pro & Con
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A 6 page research paper that includes a 1 page abstract. This research offers a limited review of the literature pertaining to the national debate concerning the value and effectiveness of bilingual education versus the methodology varied by those who opposed bilingual education, those advocating "English-only" or "English-immersion." The writer defines the parameters of this debate and then reviews the results of a number of recent studies on English-learner instruction, before offering a personal position on these issues. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khelldeb.rtf

Black Teen Male & ADHD
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A 5 page research paper that discusses academic achievement in adolescent African American males and relates this to the under-treatment of this disorder in the African American population. The writer further argues that conduct disorder is over-diagnosed in this population. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Bogus Arguments Against Bilingual Education - Review
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An 8 page paper. The full title of the book reviewed is: Condemned Without a Trial: Bogus Arguments Against Bilingual Education by Stephen Krashen. In this essay, the writer provides a synopsis of each of the five Bogus Arguments with comments. The writer points out the Krashen also makes some statements without support. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Bottge's ' Reconceptualizing Mathematics Problem Solving For Low Achieving Students' - Summary
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3 pages in length. Learning theories are not merely a collection of arbitrary approaches for acquiring knowledge but rather are well-focused methods for reaching students. People cannot be lumped together as being a single entity when it comes to learning processes; borrowing from such renown scholars as Dewey, Wertheimer and Bruner, Bottge (2001) points out how 'the notion that problems must be engaging for students' (p. 102) is not a new concept. In order to penetrate the limitations inherent to low achieving students where mathematical comprehension is concerned, Bottge (2001) expounds upon the need to incorporate student autonomy and quality of life into the fundamental approach to learning. No additional sources cited.
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Brain Development And Learning A Second Language
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A 12 page paper. This essay provides a synopsis of the highlights of 5 articles that emphasize how the brain learns a new language or what variables account for the greatest variance between successful and unsuccessful language learners. One article argues against the Foreign Language Learning Disability theory. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGlnbrnr.RTF

Brain Research and Technology in the Classroom
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A 4 page paper discussing some of the discoveries of recent brain research and how that information can be used in the classroom, specifically how teachers can use technology to take advantage of students’ specific stage of brain development. The bottom line is that the use of technology not only can assist in maximizing the benefit a child receives while in a specific state of brain development, it also can be used to signal the teacher that the same child may be moving into the next developmental stage, and that it is time that his lessons be altered. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSeduBrainRes.rtf

Brainstorming As Pre-Reading Exercise In ESL Classrooms
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A 5 page paper. One of the many challenges the teacher faces when teaching non-English speaking students reading skills is context. The ESL student has a limited English vocabulary, which means that even if students are able to decode words, they may have no context of what they are reading. Brainstorming is one of the techniques being used as a pre-reading exercise in ESL classrooms to help students understand what they are about to read. This paper explains the brainstorming technique and the reasons for using it. Examples are also included. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PGbrnses.rtf

Brantlinger's "Dividing Classes: How The Middle Class Negotiates And Justifies School Advantage" - Reflective
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7 pages in length. Struggling within a society where class structure is all-important to one's social standing is difficult enough for adults who work hard to assimilate into communities otherwise segregated by economic barriers; however, children have long been the unwitting victims of such social stratification by way of an unjust educational system manipulated by and for the middle class. The extent to which Ellen A. Brantlinger's book entitled Dividing Classes: How the Middle Class Negotiates and Justifies School Advantage pointedly addresses the socioeconomic injustice of caste influence upon academic achievement is both grand and far-reaching; that such issues as standardized testing, vouchers and mainstreaming at-risk students epitomize the power of middle class influence speaks to an educational system that fails to provide for its minority populations. No additional sources cited.
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Brief Summary Of Four Topics
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6 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses educational interventions with learning disabilities; the social necessity of educational and psychological testing; lesson plan in math for learning disabled sixth graders; and emotional and behavioral disorder (EBD). Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: TLCtopic.wps

BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION: ANALYSIS AND ARTICLES
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This 7-page paper deals with analysis and literature search of the British Journal of Special Education. The paper discusses the standard of the publication, as well as some of the current literature dealing with special ed and its challenges. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MTbrsped.rtf

Business Plan for the Speak Up! Program
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A 12 page paper providing rationale and plans for a public speaking training program to be offered to middle school students ages 12-15. Based on the successful approach of Toastmasters International, this program will focus on developing public speaking, persuasion and listening abilities. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: KSeduSpeakUp.rtf

California Math Standards, Gate, & Saxon Math
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A 5 page paper. The catalyst question for this paper was: How to teach Saxon Math to 4th/5th grade GATE students in accordance with the California math standards. The essay begins with some general comments about the California Mathematics Standards, including a general synopsis of what students are supposed to do by the end of the 5th grade. The focus of the Saxon math series is then explained. Comments about Saxon math from others are reported. The writer concludes that while Saxon math may fit within the general criteria of the standards, it would not be a good program to use with students who were gifted in math. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGsxmt.rtf

CALLA/ESL Instruction
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A 7 page research paper that offers an overview of the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA), which discusses its benefits and drawbacks and also offers several examples of its application. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khcalla.rtf

Caring for Preschoolers
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A 3 page paper in the form of a brochure to caregivers, focusing on the leading causes of accidental injury among preschoolers and steps that caregivers can take to mitigate risks. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSchldCareAccBro.rtf

Case Management: Teen Pregnancy
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According to the website for The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, based on the 1996 U.S. Census, the vital statistic for teen pregnancy for the state of Oregon is a 90 in 1,000 chance that a girl between the age of 15 and 19 will become pregnant (Fact Sheet). The national average for this age group is 97 in 1,000. This is only one reason why this population was chosen for this study in case management. Note that focus is also placed on general concepts of case management. Bibliography lists 8 sources. jvCaseMg.rtf
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Case Study: Socio-Cultural Aspects Of Education
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11 pages in length. With the student teaching populations of primarily Hmong and Hispanic individuals, there are several issues to be addressed, not the least of which include stereotypical attitudes, gender discrimination and social class oppression. The young men are typically between seventeen and nineteen years of age and have had significant dealings with the law; as such, their attitudes toward education in particular and social structure in general do not reflect well within the classroom. The student's concern appears to be twofold: 1) abandoning her own ingrained stereotypical issues so that her attention is equally divided among the classroom and 2) addressing the school's distasteful practice of shuffling otherwise unqualified individuals through the system as a means by which to obtain grant funds. The bigger picture, however, is assessing the importance and quality of education within America's school system, inasmuch as special education programs, such as the one in which the student is involved, tend to turn the instructor into more of a glorified baby sitter than one who imparts knowledge. The writer discusses social and economic oppression as they relate to furthered education. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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Case Study: Student Discipline Issue
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A 4 page paper. The scenario is of a severely abused 5th grade girl. Background is provided, including some of the adjustments made at school for her. Two boys consistently verbally tease her, make derogatory comments and/or deliberately bump into her in the cafeteria line. The essay describes the disciplinary actions that have occurred and offers alternatives to eliminate this safety issue. No Bibliography.
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Causes of Unemployment
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A 7 page discussion of the growing unemployment rate. The author contends that the changing workplace has resulted in technological demands that entry-level workers are not prepared to meet. Bibliography lists 4 sources. PPunempl.rtf
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Cell Phones Get a Failing Grade
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A 3 page paper which discusses how many schools are banning the use of cell phones. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Chall, Jacobs, and Baldwin’s “The Reading Crisis"
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This 4 page report discusses and reviews “The Reading Crisis: Why Poor Children Fall Behind.” The 1990 book addresses the issues associated with reading achievement in children and why children from lower-income homes may be disadvantaged intellectually because of their home environment despite the fact that they started in school with the same level of ability as a so-called “mainstream” child. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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