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An Evaluation of the Open Court Reading Program

accelerate reading skills among elementary students. This goal has been necessitated by the prevalence of students who were passi...

Reaction Essay/Pedophiles & Priests

abusers" (Jenkins 133). This use of language paints Church officials as innocent victims of social change, rather than being knowi...

"Hugh Selwyn Mauberley"

However, the meaning is obscure and the student will have to pursue the tranlsation with more sophisticated tools than are availab...

Identifying Terms

she first illustrates that bean counting was something that President Bill Clinton referred to and perhaps defined, for the purpos...

The Shipman in The Canterbury Tales

way down the social ladder. The Shipman, i.e., the "sailor," is placed between Chaucers description of the Cook and the "Doctor of...

Elementary Student Studies Considered in 2 Article Critiques

goal of this study was to discern if a successful intervention could be devised that would have a beneficial effect on inappropria...

Fuchs, Fuchs, and Compton Article on First Grade Reading Monitoring

CBM integrates a long-term component that is supported by the content of the testing mechanism and its repeated use. The creation...

'Grim Fairy Tales and Gory Stories' by Aviva Layton

to see if they had a certain picture book, the librarian informed her that the book was in their collection, but was not suitable ...

Reading Theory Defined

of the whole language approach to reading and a weighty critic of the phonics system of reading instruction. Goodman contends tha...

NCLB and AR Program

determining comparative success in educational. The NCLB has not only redirected educators to a "teach to the test" method for in...

Imperialism and Mark Twain's 'King Leopold's Soliloquy' and Lesley Falls' 'An Open Letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II'

Leopold is doing what he promised, or doing what he is supposed to be doing. Falls recites one who he says has been close to Leopo...

Intermediate English as a Second Language Class Reading Lesson Plans on US History Themes

the topic and an understanding of the goals that are valuable to intermediate ESL leaders. The following are the four central que...

Character Traits Relating to Educational Readiness

variety of educational models that underscore learning as an element of individual nature as well as cultural and social variables...

David Brooks's Bobos in Paradise

In three pages the reader's reaction to Brooks' book after reading Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich is considered. Three so...

Readings of the Old Testament Books of Genesis, Samuel, Ruth, and Judges

was not of Gods people. This, along with other social expectations, brought about a clear division of the people and set the stage...

2 Articles on Reading Reviewed

difficulty accepting and using rules of spelling, one of the problems that Liben and Liben (2004) describe as having occurred at t...

Opening Section of Part III in Toni Morrison's Beloved Analyzed

need for all women, especially of color, to assert themselves and claim their individual identity. This narrative adds texture to...

Questions on Math Instruction

the mathematical concepts they are learning in the classroom to life outside the classroom (Montagna, 2005).How often do we hear s...

Reading Assessment of The Phantom Tollbooth

characters? 10. How does this section transition into the next part of the story?...

Worth Reading 'Desiree's Baby' by Kate Chopin

a well-to-do family. They were quickly blessed with a baby boy, and all seemed well with the family until Madame Valmonde reacted...

Elementary Education and Difficulties in Writing and Reading

education, sometimes leaving little room for choice. This is true as teachers wrestle with their own autonomy and the school board...

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 ...

Themes of Death and Disease in John Donne, Thom Jones, and Margaret Edson

Edson shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes c...

Feminine Reading of Woolf's, A Room of One's Own

an intimate conversation among feminine equals. Men are excluded" (Marcus 79). She has, in essence, constructed an alternate fem...

Muhammad Readings

the religion itself. The Prophet and the True Beleiver Sayed Ameer Ali In this essay we are obviously provided with the disti...

An Analysis of Three Communications Articles

must learn to use the written word in manner considered appropriate by a "particular speech or discourse" community (McCarthy 234-...

Children with Down Syndrome

are smaller than average (Hunter, 1999). Their arms and legs are also shorter in relation to the rest of their bodies, and hands a...

Article Analysis: An Unconventional Use for Standardized Tests

Therefore, the researchers must demonstrate the purpose of their study through arguments that support the use of standardized test...

Language Testing from Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives

differ. Any form can be instrumental in returning lower-than-optimum scores on language tests. Teachers sensitive to the c...

Feminist Reading of King Lear by William Shakespeare

a man who is looking to the future. He looks to the future through his three daughters, imagining that his favorite, the youngest,...