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Chall, Jacobs, and Baldwin’s “The Reading Crisis"
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This 4 page report discusses and reviews “The Reading Crisis: Why Poor Children Fall Behind.” The 1990 book addresses the issues associated with reading achievement in children and why children from lower-income homes may be disadvantaged intellectually because of their home environment despite the fact that they started in school with the same level of ability as a so-called “mainstream” child. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BWreadin.rtf

Challenging behavior in adolescents in school
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A paper which looks at the various factors which might contribute to adolescents demonstrating challenging behaviours in school, and at some of the psychological and sociological models which have been developed to address these issues. Bibliography lists 26 sources.
Filename: JL2chllngad.rtf

Challenging Behaviors by Adolescent Students
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This 22 page paper looks at the increasing level of challenging behaviors by adolescent students in schools which is developing into a complex problem. The paper looks at what factors are contributing to these complexities, including theories that look at deviance, the development of challenging behavior and the way in which schools have dealt with the issue, and then considers how school guidance counsellors might provide a platform for change giving an international perspective. The bibliography cites 28 sources.
Filename: TEchalbeh.rtf

Change Management : Adopting The Four-Blocks Literacy Framework
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This 70 page is a dissertation case study up to the collection and analysis of actual data. The study involves an elementary school where the Four-Blocks Literacy Framework is being adopted but many teachers are resisting the change. The sections of this comprehensive paper include: Introduction, including background about the school, changing demographics, test scores, the Four-Blocks approach and change implementation. The Literature Review includes a comprehensive explanation of the Four-Blocks Framework with research studies reported; an example of a comprehensive literacy-based lesson plan; an extensive discussion of change management, including types and causes of resistance and strategies to deal with it. The purposes of the study are then outlined, followed by a methodology section that includes participants, an explanation of qualitative research and case studies, and the procedures for the study. The Concerns-Based Adoption Model is outlined because one component of the model is to be used. A draft survey for teachers is included. The paper ends with a description of how the data will be presented, a restatement of the purpose of the study and conclusions. Statistical data are included. Bibliography lists 52 sources.
Filename: PG4blkch.rtf

Changes in Education Funding
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A 3 page paper reviewing changes in public education spending in the US between 1919 and 2001. Per-student spending in adjusted dollars (to 2001) has increased nearly 16 times over the 1919-20 amount and by a third in the modern era of technology; it would seem that we could expect more impressive results in outcome than we currently enjoy. Many other factors enter into spending today, however, including educating a greater percentage of America's school-age children than in the past and providing bilingual and special education to children who were excluded from public education in decades past. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSeduFundStats.rtf

Changes in Education/Schools from 1960s to Present Day
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A 4 page paper which examines some of the changes in schools, or the education system, from the 1960s to the present day. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAedu60.rtf

Changes in Educational Paradigms and Curricula During the Twentieth Century
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This 5 page paper discusses educational models that have cropped up during the twentieth century and how they changed education. Constructivism, Progressivism, and the Inquiry method are each discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: SA633edu.rtf

Changes in Higher Education Due to the Internet
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This 7 page paper discusses the changes that online education has had on higher learning. It considers the rise of the Internet education; the way in which this type of education has moved away from the liberal arts tradition; and the impact on tenure caused by distance education. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: HVDstEdu.rtf

Changing Classrooms/Honoring Cultural Diversity
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A 3 page research paper that examines, hypothetically, the way that a child might feel moving from to a classroom that honor cultural diversity from a traditional classroom and vice versa. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khchcl.rtf

Changing Math Text And Program
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An 8 page paper. The writer presents a scenario of an elementary school whose students are performing poorly in math. A new mathematics textbook series is chosen but the teachers do more - they change their instructional approach, adopting both constructivist principles and exercises and cooperative learning. The writer explains why these choices are made and the anticipated effects. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PGmath6.rtf