Essays 271 - 300
Objectives Related to Pennsylvania Standards * Know at least ten animals that live in rain forests and some that have become extin...
day. Briefly, some facts the teacher would include in this introduction would include the following. The idea for Earth Day evol...
that blockage of these goals can result in delinquency that indicates that deviant behavior is an illegitimate method for achievin...
inquiries, the scientific information covered in any particular lesson plan will undoubtedly be remembered long after memorized fa...
10 be tested (Bettis, 2004). The Illinois Goals Assessment Program (IGAP) was created to "develop competency-based tests" (Bettis,...
hold true for students at every grade level. While project-based learning has been gaining in popularity with educators over the p...
the sounds letters make. For him, a phonics program in which the starts out by learning letter sounds, how those sounds combine to...
success of peer programs pertinent to academic achievement. II. Peer Leadership Peer feedback as well as modeling have been...
This graphic can be used for any type of content (TeacherVision.com, 2004). * The Sequence Pattern asks the student to determine ...
to determine what can be - and should be - done about it. The basic definition of grade inflation is when a student receives a gra...
with new and higher levels of standards for each grade level, standards that in many cases cause profound anxiety in students and ...
ideas concerning education. Rousseaus thoughts were very different. Rather then seeing the mind of the child as a blank slate, Ro...
a large number of low-income students (Picker, 2002). Because of the very low achievement scores, more than 70 elementary schools ...
operating at convenient hours. They want convenient parking, polite staff, and quality education at affordable prices for which th...
2004b). They can be used for self-directed study, small group study, projects, experiments or in many other ways (NCREL, 2004b). ...
overall test scores; enforcement for the requirement comes in the form of threat of loss of federal funds or permission for famili...
that is, "causal" questions are those which would compare the type of activity (the cause) with the effect of that cause. This ty...
In eight pages this action research project proposal focuses upon the importance of positive feedback in order for exceptional stu...
and their respective symbols. * Select appropriate methods and tools and, use the selected method or tool to solve addition and su...
the legal system that the best place for special education students - psychologically and otherwise - is within the mainstream sys...
category was first formulated in 1977. The phrase, "All student will learn to read by third grade" has become a rallying point in ...
when moving from one area to another; making remarks; laughing or giggling when there is nothing funny. 2. A survey of teachers at...
local water in their own neighborhoods. This led to the development of a questionnaire that each student used to interview neighbo...
the framework (California Department of Education, 1999). This draft was critically reviewed by an external researcher to validate...
"like frequent breaks or a small-group setting" (Rubenstein and Quinones, 2004). The state reports that 84 percent of students wit...
typed their writing assignments, they were able to make more effective editing choices (Fletcher, 2001). Other findings included: ...
that it was a test that had also been given to her friend Haifa and that it was important to test more than one person. This seeme...
organizing parent help at school, home, or other locations (Sheldon and Epstein. 2005, p. 196; Jones, 2001, p. 36). * Type 4. Lear...
No Child Left Behind requires that students emerge from classes at increasing levels of proficiency, and the law provides a measur...
In seven pages this paper discuses inner city schools and the various approaches for teaching literacy to second grade students. ...