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Toulmin Argument/Standardized Testing is a Mistake

This essay argues, using the Toulmin format, that standardized testing is a mistake, and provides sources that support this positi...

Two Euthanasia Arguments Compared

The arguments presented regarding euthanasia are based on the differing ideas that there is a crucial distinction between "passive...

Uses of Standardized Testing in Education

In four pages this research paper examines standardized testing and its uses and considers studies which suggest that a new curric...

Standardized Testing, Immigrants And ESL

other authors do not seem to consider in their discussions. In terms of language, for instance, a proficiency test measures the st...

Considerations in Standardized Testing

structures, are differentially activated when a story is interpreted. A students racial background and culture are particularly ...

Research Design in Standardized Testing

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at standardized testing. Program evaluation is used to examine the efficacy of standar...

Advertising Analysis With Toulmin's Model

and well being, which it openly attributes to making the right decisions in life. The companys "Just Do It" marketing campaign wa...

Toulmin's Analysis and Advertising

a sense, it may rightfully be called that; the purpose of advertising, after all, is to persuade the viewer of some argumentative ...

Toulmin Analysis of an Ad

having a "remarkable concentration of antioxidants including twice as many antioxidants as blueberries..." ("Quick-Loss AcaiBurn"...

Standardized Testing - Overview

under similar conditions and when responses are scored in the same way (FairTest, n.d.). Standardized tests include those devised ...

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...

A Review of Cosmopolis by Stephen Toulmin

A 10 page essay reviewing the book by Stephen Toulmin. 2 sources....

Analyzing Social Studies Education New Standards' Proposal

In nine pages this paper explores the state of Michigan's new standards proposal the includes a standardized curriculum and standa...

Alternative Assessment v. Standardized

at answers (Moore, 2003). As this indicates, alternative assessment is more subjective in nature than traditional forms of assessm...

Reviews of Five Book Annotations

are numerous conditions and realities that Gardner (2000) examines and in one section, "The Forces that Will Remake Schools," he n...

The Debate About Standardized Testing

students really learn ("Readers Poll," 2006). The exact statement provided for readers to rate was as follows: "Standardized testi...

Definition of Standardized Testing and Its Importance

studies have found that urban and rural students do less well on these tests than do suburban students (Wakefield, n.d.; St. Peter...

Arguments Against Internet Censorship

long as books have been published, they have been subject to editorial censorship, and even outright banning. As long as painters ...

Standardized Testing Criticisms

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at standardized testing. A favorable position is taken towards the use of such tests. P...

Reading Instruction and Standardized Test Scores

standardized test to determine which teaching method was most viable would be helpful in assessing the reading skills of the third...

Racial Conflict, Diversity, and Standardized Testing

their effectiveness in the testing situation" (Steele et al, 1995, p. PG). III. METHODOLOGY The student may choose to empl...

Educational Ethical Issues: Standardized Tests

This 3 page paper gives an overview of the ethical education issue of standardized tests. This paper includes how the test scores ...

Mistakes in United Kingdom's Common Law

the case given that this is a matter of common mistake (McKendrick, 2000). In this case the agreement can be seen as fulfilling t...

Failure and Lessons Learned

In 5 pages this creative essay discusses a student's mistake and what was learned about success as a result....

COMPARISONS BETWEEN IBM AND LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS

workforce so the workforce can be flexible enough to compete in a highly competitive market. In addition to developing employees, ...

The IMF and the Financial Crisis in Asia

experts now believe was the first signal of the crisis). The threat concerned investors, who dumped their Asian currencies, which ...

David Hume on Natural Religion

a philosopher, Philo a skeptic and Demea a theologian. Well see if this is correct and analyze one of the arguments. Cleanthes O...

Presidential Campaigning, the Toulmin Argument, Jeremy Bentham, and David Hume

In five pages this report contrasts and compares the conservative Bentham with the liberal Hume and then applies their concepts to...

Rhetoric Theory and the Contributions of Stephen Toulmin's Principles

In six pages this paper examines how rhetoric theory and its development were influenced by Stephen Toulmin's principles. Six sou...

Computers and Independent Thinking

In five pages this paper discusses computer intelligence and what would be meant if A.M. Turing's test was passed by a computer an...