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Parental Involvement in Elementary School, 2008.
A look at the necessity for parental involvement in elementary schooling.
1,758 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 33.95
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This paper discusses that parental intervention in a child's education is important, irrespective of the parents' qualifications or financial status. The paper states that parental intervention in a child's education promotes growth of students and can be promoted by designing programs. The paper recommends that elementary school authorities should review the requirements of students in consultation with their parents and that parents should feel comfortable to communicate with the teachers. The paper concludes that parental involvement in elementary schools can be achieved only if it is legally mandatory and that governments should institute policies that call for equal participation of parents, teachers and elementary school authorities.
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"Parental intervention in a child's education is important irrespective of the parent's qualification or financial status. Parental involvement promotes academic, emotional and social growth of students. It is beyond doubt that a child who dedicates more time for homework will perform well at school. A well completed homework enables a student to learn systematically. It will also reflect in the character of the child. Involvement in a child's home work enable parents to keep in pace with the lessons at school and know more about the performance of a child. This will also help them to communicate with their teacher in the case of poor performance or absence on a day. Other than homework, parents can teach children to spend their leisure time in a fruitful manner. They can advice children to engage in reading rather than spend time to watch television. Parental involvement in children's studies gives room for conversation. Parents can indulge in positive conversation by giving advice on good behavior and values which will evolve good character in a child. Parents can instill interest in a child's learning. Involvement of family in a child's learning thus influences the child's character and ability throughout life. The success of parent assisted children will be one step ahead of those who are deprived of it."
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Literacy Program Study, 2008.
A study identifying ways a family literacy program can help English language learner students develop their English language skills.
784 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 16 sources, APA, £ 16.95
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This paper presents a description of a study design for teaching English as a second language. It proposes how the research will be conducted, including the measuring instrument used and how the data will be analyzed. The paper states that the study intends to use a random sampling approach to provide every member of the population (the total family members in the school) with an equal chance of being selected for participation in the study survey. The paper concludes with an explanation of how the data collected will be analyzed.
Outline:
Design of the Study
Selection of the Sample
Measuring Instrument
Procedures
Analysis of Data
References
Appendices
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"The instrument to be used in this study will be based on The Home Activities Questionnaire developed by Hammer and Miccio (2000) wherein four quantitative dimensions of family literacy are examined: (a) parents' literacy activities (e.g., frequency with which the mother read a book, magazine, checked out a library book, use recipe, etc.), (b) parent-child literacy activities (e.g., frequency with which the parent taught colors, shapes, the alphabet, letter sounds, etc.), (c) the availability of reading materials (the number of adult and children's books available in the home), and (d) reading with children (frequency with which the parent reads books to the child) are measured using a Likert-scaled series of questions. These four dimensions will be measured using the questions in the proforma survey instrument at Appendix A. The questionnaire will be translated into Spanish and administered in the language of the subject's choice."
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Wash Your Hands!, 2008.
This paper discusses the implementation of an effective hand-washing hygiene program in schools.
2,451 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 44.95
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The paper discusses the spread of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin infections, influenza and the common cold that can be inhibited by proper hand-washing habits of school students. The paper describes a potential hand-washing campaign that actively involves the children themselves. The paper emphasizes that the students, with the help of the teachers, must direct the effort, because they have the most to gain and lose from the results of the program.
From the Paper
"Mother was right, you should 'wash your hands!' to prevent the spread of disease! Once upon a time, encouraging children to wash their hands in school before eating or after using the bathroom was seen as a way to instill good manners in young people. Now, however, proper hand-washing can be a matter of life and death for students and educators. Approximately 1/5 of the U.S. population attends or works in school on a full or part-time basis. This means that it is essential for the health of the public as well as students and educators that proper hygiene is practiced and the risk of communicable epidemics are minimized ("Seasonal Flu Information for Schools &Childcare Providers, CDC, 2008)."
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The Concept of Empowerment, 2008.
This paper explores the concept of empowerment and its application in psychology, nursing and education.
1,629 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 32.95
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The paper discusses how people need to define their jobs, businesses and even the directions they are taking in life in order to contribute what they can to the growth of human society. The paper explores how empowerment is utilized in the fields of psychology, nursing and education.
Outline:
Introduction
Psychology
Nursing
Education
Conclusion
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"Empowerment is a process of unleashing the human potential and enhancing the human ability to effect and maintain societal growth (Rubino 2007). It has gained emphasis in these times of unprecedented change and crises encountered in the face of limited resources. Major transitions in society have produced an upheaval and a feeling of uncertainty. People need to define their jobs, businesses and even the directions they are taking in life. This transition incurs overwhelming change, accompanied by a sense of loss and uncertainty. This is particularly true to those who have not found their place in which to grow and fulfill their perceived role."
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Cheating in School, 2008.
This paper explores the increase in cheating by students in recent years.
2,184 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 41.95
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This paper provides a review of the relevant peer-reviewed and scholarly literature to identify current faculty and student perceptions of cheating behavior and any differences and similarities in how the behaviors are defined. The paper analyzes how perceptions of cheating have been affected by students' technology experience as well as the increased pressure to succeed academically.
Outline:
Introduction
Review and Discussion
Conclusion
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"Today, Americans use the word "cheat" to describe a wide range of activities that all involve depriving another of some right or property through deceptive means. The severity of these behaviors ranges from the fairly benign to the most severe. For example, when people cheat their neighbors by buying inexpensively priced items at a garage sale they know to be valuable, they may end of celebrating their savvy purchase on "Antiques Road Show." When they cheat on their income taxes or their spouses, though, the outcomes can be expected to be negative and may even involve criminal prosecution. While definitions of cheating vary, it would seem reasonable to posit that most people possess a "little voice" that tells them when they are cheating. Because people are just people and subject to all of the frailties of the human condition, though, this "little voice" can be easily overcome through any number of rationalizations that justify such behaviors."
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Phonemic Awareness Development, 2008.
This paper outlines an action research project on phonemic awareness in emergent readers.
2,534 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 16 sources, APA, £ 46.95
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The paper relates how the Yopp-Singer Test of Phonemic Segmentation was used on a kindergarten class and 30% of this group (6 students) were found lacking sufficient phonemic awareness skills. The paper describes how reading and phonemic exercises were helpful to these students in achieving pre-reading phonemic awareness skills. The paper concludes with the research on this topic. The Yopp-Singer Test of Phonemic Segmentation is included as an appendix to the paper.
Outline:
Statement of Problem: Phonemic Awareness
Proof of Problem
Goal for Improvement
Implementation
Setting
Fact Finding Research
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"The concerns noted stem from both classroom experience and research. Early observation through informal means displayed that many of the students in this Kindergarten class lack phonemic awareness. To test this informal theory the Yopp-Singer Test of Phonemic Segmentation was used and results reflected that a full 30% of this group of kindergarten students are lacking sufficient phonemic awareness skills in order to perform phonemic segmentation and phonemic manipulation. These emergent students lack the skills needed to enter the independent reading stage. At this point in the academic year, all kindergarten students should be able to segment and manipulate phonemes in order to become independent readers."
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Metacognitive Techniques in Education, 2008.
A comprehensive study proposal that aims to explore strategies for the implementation of metacognition in standardized testing.
6,258 words (approx. 25.0 pages), 84 sources, APA, £ 88.95
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The paper discusses how metacognitive techniques are being proven to show academic improvements. The paper presents a study that aims to show academic improvements quantitatively through the examination of standardized test scores to be taken after students were exposed to metacognitive techniques. The paper presents the methods of implementing this study.
Outline:
Chapter 1: Using Metacognitive Techniques to Improve Standardized Testing
Chapter 2: What is Metacognition?
Chapter 3: Methods of Implementation
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"It was not until researcher John Flavell burst on the scene in the late 1960's that the term metacognition was actually coined and began to receive proper attention. Flavell believed that metacognition was the process of monitoring one's conscious thoughts and actively taking steps in order to maximize the learning experience (Flavell, 1979). This new emergent theory aimed to explain how children take conscious control of their own learning, and how that control can be manipulated in order to gain sufficient material needed to solve problems and master academic tasks (Flavell, 1976)."
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Academic Dishonesty, 2008.
A compreshensive account of cheating with examples of dishonesty throughout American society today.
948 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 20.95
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This paper states that academic dishonesty is not a new phenomenon, and suggests that the practice dates back thousands of years. The paper then points out that studies have shown that academic dishonesty is on the rise in academic institutions across the United States. To determine what might explain this increase, this paper provides a review of the relevant peer-reviewed and scholarly literature to identify the potential causes, followed by a discussion of a suggested remedy. A summary of the research and important findings are provided in the conclusion.
Outline:
Introduction
Review and Discussion
conclusion
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"Perhaps as no other time in history, cheating is easier than ever and examples of dishonesty extend throughout American society today. Scarcely a day goes by without headlines trumpeting yet another professional athlete gone bad, a major company caught in a scandal, or a university professor caught with his academic pants down as past instances of plagiarism are brought to light. According to Rakovski and Levy (2007), recent shenanigans at companies such as Enron, WorldCom and Adelphia have focused attention on the ethical behavior of business leaders and what part higher education should play in training future leaders. These authors caution, "If students exhibit unethical and dishonest behavior in college, they may carry those attitudes and behaviors into the workplace" (p. 466). Whitley and Keith-Spiegel (2002) attribute the prevalence of academic dishonesty among college students today to their "having been raised in an era of decline in public morality, [but] cheating and other forms of academic dishonesty are not new problems. These behaviors have existed as long as there have been tests and will probably continue as long as students are evaluated" (p. 3). The role of the nation's colleges and universities in preventing this type of behavior is a common theme that emerges from the literature. In this regard, Huffman (2006) reports that, "Schools can't control the messages of the pop culture, but they do have a large measure of influence and some control over the culture of the school."
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Increasing Student Achievement, 2008.
An analysis of effective methods to increase student achievement in grade 10 global history, with a focus on the impact of staff development.
8,639 words (approx. 34.6 pages), 19 sources, APA, £ 110.95
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This paper provides a literature review that analyzes a comprehensive intervention to increase student achievement in 10th grade global history. It specifically focuses on how educational leaders and researchers can use staff development as an intervention to increase student achievement. The paper also discusses what types of staff development programs are most effective in raising the competency of teachers.
Table of Contents:
Review of the Literature
Improving Student Achievement
Instructional strategies
Professional development
Summary
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"However, staff development as a means of improving student achievement is a complex organizational goal, involving many components. The ADHS administrators have been neglectful by providing staff development in a one-shot format to its teachers. This type of approach has proven not to work. To make matters worse, goals for improvement have existed in isolation; the administrators have not provided follow-up or feedback to the teachers concerning staff development. In addition, ADHS administrators have also been evaluating teaching instead of student learning. This research project attempted to move learning from being teacher focused to student centered by improving the ADHS's current staff development program on DOL and supervising learning (Marzano, 1997)."
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Elementary Curricular History: American Education, 2008.
A comparative look at two curricular education profiles.
1,020 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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The paper deals with American and French curricular education. The paper discusses the causes and influences upon the curriculum and their major movements.
Outline:
What are the major movements in the curriculum history?
What institution(s) (home, church, school, business, or government) influenced these changes? How has the view of learners changed over time?
Elementary Curricular History: French Education
What are the major movements in the curriculum history?
What institution(s) (home, church, school, business, or government) influenced these changes? How has the view of learners changed over time?
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"Despite its relatively short history, America has gone through many shifts in philosophy, from the extremities of curricular difference during the colonial period of upper-class British-style education versus lower-class apprenticeships, to the Common Schools of Horace Mann and their focus on commercial development, democracy, and assimilation, to the free spirited 60s, and the current stress upon remaining competitive internationally in America today. However, a much older nation, that of France, has similarly reflected a fusion of civic concerns with that of philosophy. In the 19th century, Hippolyte Carnot, minister of public instruction and religion before the revolution "sent a circular to all the rectors of the academies (administrative units of public instruction) exhorting them to enlist school teachers in the republican cause. Teachers should prepare manuals, modeled after the Catholic catechism, to teach children the rights and duties of citizens under the republic and 'guarding against ignorance.' This Rousseauian idea of forming man was to have a distinctly secular and republic base, which would supersede religious and local culture" (Chastain 2000). These ideals were later codified into French by the Ferry Laws in the 1880s"
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Autism Interventions in the Classroom, 2008.
This paper looks at therapies and services for assisting autistic students.
1,110 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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In this article, the writer discusses how one may be an informed consumer of and referral sources for psychotherapy services for children on the autism spectrum. This work explores the basics of psychotherapy services, including the commonalities across different brands of therapy and the various venues of these services, such as community mental health center in Vermont and individual private practices. Further, the writer looks at what accommodations must be made in standard therapy approaches in order to be effective with an elementary school level of autistic student. This work describes how an educator would integrate this into current work.
Outline:
Objective
Introduction
Behavioral Interventions and Psychological Interventions
Interventions in the Classroom
Behavioral Therapy & Psychological Interventions
Summary & Conclusion
From the Paper
"Social intervention includes teaching the child how to start a conversation and how to reply to others as well as how to close a conversation. Children with ASD need practice with social skills much the same as other students need to practice math or writing. The provision of step-by-steep instructions and exercises greatly assist the ASD child. Role-playing social interactions through use of a script with simple steps assist the ASD child in social interactions. Identification of opportunities that the ASD child can work in collaboration with another student is a great method for teaching social skills to the ASD child. The ASD child's effort may be offered support through designation of a helper and teaching the ASD child to become aware of the thoughts and feelings of others is very important."
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Academic Dishonesty, 2008.
This paper examines cheating and plagiarism in academic institutions today.
3,272 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 56.95
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The paper discusses the degree in which academic dishonesty has become relevant in the educational system and its various means of manifestation. The paper explores the distinction between cheating and plagiarism and contends that plagiarism should be treated with greater awareness and criticism. The paper explains that because it is a matter of personal choice whether to engage in such practices, a personal point of view is also included in the discussion over academic dishonesty.
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"There are various forms of academic dishonesty which tend to hinder the creation of a valuable, original academic work. Nonetheless, while some forms of cheating take place with the full awareness of the author, there are cases in which such acts are done without the knowledge of the person engaged in such an act. Still, in order to prevent these situations, it is important to take into account the principles of academic integrity and to respect them in order to allow respect for the works of academics and fellow study partners. This is why an essential issue is the actual consideration of what academic honesty and dishonesty means, and, in the end to respect such principles and to build an education practice based on these norms of conduct in the academic environment."
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Improving Students' Literacy Skills, 2008.
An analysis of four literacy methods and strategies in order to determine which is the most effective.
5,075 words (approx. 20.3 pages), 14 sources, APA, £ 76.95
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This paper compares the effectiveness of different teaching methods for middle school and high school students. It takes a look at the traditional textbook-based, passive method of instruction. It then introduces four new methods: the experimental method, the concept mapping method, the ABC method of questioning, and the question answer relationship (QAR) method. The paper's primary experimental hypothesis is that a traditional, textbook-based, passive method of instruction is less effective then all four literacy methods tested. Its secondary hypothesis is that all four literacy methods are less successful without an element of hands-on direct involvement with practical learning materials integrated into the lesson. The paper concludes that future avenues of research should include studies designed to identify which of the four literacy methods represent the optimal combination of hands-on active participation lesson materials with instructional elements.
Outline:
Introduction
Experimental Hypothesis
Experimental Method
Class Discussions and Discussion Maps
Concept Mapping
ABC Method of Questioning
QAR Method
The Use of Visuals
Identifying Limitations of Literacy Strategies
Analyzing the Application of the Active Instructional Approach
Conclusion
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"Discussions are useful for teachers in evaluating students' ideas and building excitement for science. Discussions offer windows into students' thinking, provide students who struggle in reading and writing with a chance to participate more actively in class, and create situations where students can express their ideas differently than in traditional school tasks. Discussions allow students to use their own vocabulary to express their understanding and their peers' ideas to drive their intellectual and academic work of understanding scientific phenomena. Many times learning science is focused on learning content-specific terms and not on understanding and explaining phenomena. Discussions engage students in thinking about their personal experiences and schema and reconciling these ideas with new learning. This process is challenging, but peer collaboration is highly effective. Finally, sense-making discussions are fundamentally scientific because they open a forum that allows all students' ideas to be heard, and for these ideas to be evaluated, connected to their personal experiences of phenomena, and compared with scientific explanations of such phenomena. For example, during a discussion about the heart, the students came to the conclusion that the heart is important because it pumps blood. This led to a question about how the heart pumps blood. During this discussion, I took notes so that later experiments and projects could respond to the questions that my students were asking. The students worked together to generate ideas and understanding and collaboratively generated a question that could deepen their understanding."
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Do School Sizes Matter?, 2008.
An analysis of the article "School Size Matters in Interesting Ways" by S. Mertens, N. Flowers and P. Mulhall.
1,210 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, APA, £ 24.95
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The paper looks at the article "School Size Matters in Interesting Ways" and evaluates how the authors address issues relating to school size and how this impacts interdisciplinary teaming, school climate and student outcomes. The paper examines the introduction, methods and conclusions of the article. The paper shows the strengths of the study and a minor weakness and concludes that the article as a whole appears to address a significant area of need in school investigations.
Outline:
Introduction and Definition of Problem
Methods
Results and Conclusions
From the Paper
"The introduction of the topic relates to the sizes of schools in the United States. There is currently a discrepancy between the viewpoint of parents and teachers relating to the benefits of smaller sized schools and the general trend in school size. Specifically, the authors note that shool sizes have shown a growing trend over the period form 1988-1993. Larger schools are promoted by citing benefits such as a greater variety of activities, more grouping options for students, and more diversity among students and teachers."
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