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How Standardized Testing Damages Education

system that divides the student population rather than accurately and fairly evaluates it (Phillips 52). One of the most se...

Standardized Testing In Kindergarten

being used in todays state accountability programs-mandated standardized achievement tests-are causing educational harm, perhaps i...

The Bluest Eye & The Color Purple

that what is white is beautiful, lovable and normal, while black facial features, skin color and everything else associated with b...

Cultural And Gender Influences In Education And Organizations

the grip of failure. Students with limited English speaking skills are routinely challenged to understand the very basics of less...

Adolescent Motivation To Learn And Achieve

this youngster is challenged with massive physiological and emotional changes. This stage is called: Identity vs. Role Confusion (...

Computer-Based Instruction/Effect on Reading Achievement

p. 7 Chapter 2--Review of Related Literature... p. 7 Articles summarizing research ............ p. 8 Studies Students w/langua...

Researching the International Baccalaureate Program

measurement signifies success of the program? * "Does there appear to be a positive correlation in the programs participants and a...

The Influence of the Home Background on the Achievement of Secondary School Students

better attitudes toward school and have higher aspirations" (Othrow and Stout, 1999). Regardless of their economic status, educati...

Is The Use Of Racial Categories In Educational Achievement Antiquated?

In todays western world there is equal access to education for all races, and may be argued as outdated and implying that there co...

The Amish Culture

use of or involvement with modern conveniences. Their choice to eschew the intrinsic benefits of contemporary technological advan...

What is Philosphy?

we have to consider what we mean by "everything," and if is it ever possible to identify everything. Would we have enough time to ...

Theory of Standardized Academic Assessments

ask far too much from such a diverse collection of learners. As a direct result, educators are caught in the middle of trying to ...

Academic Integrity, Student Research Methods, and Study Skills

the components involved" (Padgett, 2005, p. 56). For example, to locate general information on the best dog food brands, one woul...

Detrimental Effects of Coeducational Schools on Females

pressure and intimidation inherent to performing as well as their male counterparts in the coeducational setting speaks to the rea...

Elementary Schools, Mathematics Achievement, and Technology

thing that was certain was the fact that simply having computers in a classroom did not mean they would have any effect on student...

Student Achievement, Self Reflection, and Portfolios

normally part of assessment processes. For example, with portfolio, it becomes possible to track and document longer periods of te...

High School Dropout Prevention

not included in the total dropout rate. The figures used by the Gates Foundation take these individuals into account as well. ...

Report on Genetic Modification of Food

1. Genetically Modified Foods; The Issues In recent years there has been a great deal of attention paid to the concept as well...

Ignatius Loyola and John Calvin

full implications of Calvins transformation it is necessary to recognize that prior to the 1500s most of northern Europe had been ...

Overrepresentation Of Minorities In Special Education

typically live in poor neighborhoods, which means their neighborhood schools will be mostly populated with other poor students. Ba...

Leonardo da Vinci as a Renaissance Man Par Excellence

received by his Florentine father (Craven 83-84). From the earliest age, young Leonardo exhibited what appeared to be an endless ...

Autism: Research-Based Instruction

limited reinforcement repertoire, short attention span, distraction, slower learning, difficulty grasping abstract concepts, poor ...

Plato's Apology/Capital Punishment & Academic Freedom

knew nothing and was far from wise, he sets upon a course of action to find someone wiser than himself to offer to the Oracle as r...

Modern Gender Roles

Danica Patrick being stopped by a police officer. As the officer comes over, Danica begins to primp, suggesting that she will get ...

Sociology

(Delaney, 2003). He originally sought to call his newly emerging field "social physics", a term that clearly reflected his belief...

Academic Cheating

How and Why Students Cheat and What to Do In a tongue-in-cheek article from the University of Arizona, Rebecca Missel and Phil Vi...

Spirituality & Religion in Counseling

to focus on the therapeutic relationship. Counselor C, who is a biblical counselor, rejects all secular approaches and turns to Sc...

Why I Want to be a Mechanical Engineer

where tools may be seen in manufacture, but also in areas such as remote healthcare, allowing surgeons to operate remotely, and mi...

Academic Disparity: Article Summaries

tendency to perpetuate the familys migrant worker history is too often a strong deterrent to the desire - or ability - for parents...

Energizer; 2004 - 2006

product range. With headquarters in Atlanta Georgia, this is a smaller company with only 8,400 employees, and compared to Energize...