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4th Grader and an Application of Lev Vygotsky's Theory

Vygotsky Lev Vygotsky, who was born in Russia in 1896, created his social development theory of learning during the early ...

Small Business Rewards and Compensation Program Proposal

people work is to make a living and everything else is secondary. II. Case Study In order to draft a compensation and rewar...

Connection Between Dropping Out of School and Grade Retention

reported that between 1975 and 1995, "overage students entering high school [rose by] almost 40 percent since 1975" (Owings and Ma...

Viability of Grade Retention

use of voluntary retention is a way to help a failing child succeed (Perry, 1999). The trend is really based on anecdotal evidence...

High Stakes Tests and Their Effects

with new and higher levels of standards for each grade level, standards that in many cases cause profound anxiety in students and ...

Reading Achievement and Personal Development Effects

a large number of low-income students (Picker, 2002). Because of the very low achievement scores, more than 70 elementary schools ...

Classrooms That Are Graded versus Nongraded

ideas concerning education. Rousseaus thoughts were very different. Rather then seeing the mind of the child as a blank slate, Ro...

The Educational Framework for Language Arts in California

the framework (California Department of Education, 1999). This draft was critically reviewed by an external researcher to validate...

Journal Writing for Elementary Grades

70 percent Hispanic and 24 percent limited English speaking (Calderon, 1991). The author does not state if the reader is to under...

GPAs, Greek Fraternities and Sororities

to have higher GPAs than their non-Greek counterparts. Most of the national Pan-Hellenic organizations, in fact, place a high stan...

Gap in Scores in Texas

Schools are required to administer exams each year in certain subject areas and in certain grade levels. Texas has revised their e...

Sixth-Grade Geography Lesson

This essay presents a lesson on maps as a sixth grade geography lesson. Components of the objective are explained as it the method...

4 Topics Summarized

In six pages four topics are discussed and include learning disabilities and educational interventions, psychological and educatio...

Elementary Students and Creative Writing

In five pages this paper discusses the educational importance of creative writing in 1st through 3rd grades. Four sources are cit...

Elementary Level Assessment of Portfolios

In ten pages this research paper examines elementary school grade level portfolios as an assessment alternative approach. Twenty ...

Curriculum Regarding Drug Education

In three pages an appropriate curriculum regarding drug education for 5th grade students is discussed. Three sources are cited in...

Article Review on Repeating a Grade School Year

In five pages this paper reviews 2 articles about repeating a grade school year in an assessment of its uses, pros and cons. Two ...

An Analysis of a Third Grade Lesson Plan

This paper analyzes a third grade lesson plan for what is known as an Inclusion Class, for students with learning or mental disord...

Child's Play Can Be Educational

In five pages this report on learning and the importance of educational games in kindergarten and first grade levels are discussed...

The Primary Grade Student and Assistive Technology

In ten pages using assistive technology for students in grades kindergarten through 4th as a way of facilitating literacy is exami...

K through 5 Education Quality and Method Diversity

In twenty pages this paper examines teaching elementary school students from kindergarten to grade 5 in a consideration of various...

2nd Graders and the Impact of Silence and Rap Music

In six pages this research paper provides a review of the pertinent literature regarding the process of learning and the effects o...

Elementary Education, Standardized Testing, and Grade Retention

In thirty pages this paper considers elementary schools' use of standardized testing such as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills in an e...

The Concepts of Graded Structure, Central Tendency and Ideal Dimensions Among Tree Experts and Novices

6 pages and 2 sources. This paper provides an overview of an article by Lynch, Coley and Medin entitled: "Tall is typical: ...

Moral Permissibility of an Educator Raising the Grade of a Student

In five pages the philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Rawls are applied to a consideration of whether or not it is ethically ac...

Writing in Second Grade

In five pages this paper discusses how students in 2nd grade can be taught sentence structural components. There are 5 sources ci...

Physical Education and Literacy Integration

In five pages 2 lesson plans are presented that illustrate how PE classes can integrate various literacy skill with purpose, recom...

Upper Elementary Grades, Reading Achievement, and the Impact of Technology

fact that much more focus needs to be placed upon going back to the basics in order to give students the needed edge. However, th...

Georgia Education Demographic Analysis

In this paper consisting of six pages Georgia demographic data based on 1990 census information is applied to the educational syst...

Lesson Plan for First Grade Recognition of Words

(Adams, 1990). Quite the opposite. For example, Chall said that instruction in skills was essential for many children: "The resear...