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Application of Theory on Delinquency

that blockage of these goals can result in delinquency that indicates that deviant behavior is an illegitimate method for achievin...

Action Research in a 7th Grade Classroom

when moving from one area to another; making remarks; laughing or giggling when there is nothing funny. 2. A survey of teachers at...

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...

Grade Inflation Causes and Evidence

to determine what can be - and should be - done about it. The basic definition of grade inflation is when a student receives a gra...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

Overview of Project Based Learning

hold true for students at every grade level. While project-based learning has been gaining in popularity with educators over the p...

Reading Instruction to a 5th Grade Boy Who Cannot Read

the sounds letters make. For him, a phonics program in which the starts out by learning letter sounds, how those sounds combine to...

Scholastic Performance and the Impact of Peer Programs

success of peer programs pertinent to academic achievement. II. Peer Leadership Peer feedback as well as modeling have been...

Elementary Level Assessment of Portfolios

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

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...

A Target Behavioral Intervention Plan for ADHD

an anecdotal recording and data sheet summarizing a systematic classroom observation of the target student and a control student u...

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...

4 Topics Summarized

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

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...

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...

Creation of Freshman Wings

In eight pages this paper examines ninth grade school transition issues and the impact of freshman wings' creation in schools as a...

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...

Education and Issues in the Classroom

Teachers in America face critical issues in making everyday classroom decisions. This paper examines a fictitious first-grade clas...

8th Grade Achievement and Parental Involvement Effects

In five pages a research article that discusses the correlations between SES correlations, achievement of eight grade students, an...

Elementary School Student Retention

In eight pages this paper discusses studies on elementary student retention with failing a grade student withholding among the top...

Research Proposal on Standardized Testing of Third and Fourth Graders

In eight pages this research proposal studies the impact of standardized testing upon students in third and fourth grades with pro...

Curriculum Regarding Drug Education

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

Lesson Plans for Fourth Grade Earth Sciences

In eight pages four lesson plans for fourth grade earth sciences are presented in an overview and includ environmental science and...

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...

Thematic Lesson Plan That is Developmentally Appropriate

2004b). They can be used for self-directed study, small group study, projects, experiments or in many other ways (NCREL, 2004b). ...

Standardized Assessment Performance and Student Motivation

overall test scores; enforcement for the requirement comes in the form of threat of loss of federal funds or permission for famili...