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Differing Expectations and Socialization in the Educational Environment for Girls Verses Boys
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A 7 page overview of the many factors which impact child development. The author contends that the different expectations which exist in some aspects of the educational arena for boys verses girls couples with socialization to determine a child’s likelihood to pursue certain careers. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPedGnd.rtf

Differing Levels of Computer Integration in the Classroom
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A 4 page review of author Pedro Hernández-Ramos explains in "If Not Here, Where? Understanding Teachers' Use Of Technology In Silicon Valley Schools" (an article published in October 2005 in the "Journal of Research on Technology in Education"). The author of this paper comments on the importance of full, not partial, integration of this phenomenal technological resource. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPedCmp2.rtf

Differing Presentations of Information on the World Wide Web: Evolution Verses Creationism
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A 6 page overview of the value of the World Wide Web in research applications. Contends that, while the Web is a tremendously useful research tool, the information which can be found there can vary dramatically in regard to its factual information and the opinion which is being delivered. Utilizes three sites arguing creationist verses evolutionist theory to document this contention. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPevoWWW.wps

Differing Views on Affirmative Action
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A 4 page paper providing a broad literature review of current views of affirmative action, followed by a fictional university president's proposal that his university drop all racial and ethnic considerations from the selection process in favor of recruiting low-income urban students. This was the approach of Texas A&M in 2005, when that school was able to increase African American enrollment by 57 percent. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSaffAct06.rtf

Digital Diplomas - Computer-Based Training in the Workplace
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A 5 page paper that discusses computer-based training in the workplace, or distance learning, and the advantages this type of employee education offers. Also discussed is the potential for positive impact that distance learning presents for mature workers such as those born during the baby boom years. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: LCTrain.doc

Digital Equality and the E-Rate
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A 4 page discussion of the importance of the provisions of the Universal Service Fund (the program more commonly called the E-rate program) to achieving digital equality. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPedDigEqual.rtf

Dimensions of Learning Model for Teaching
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A 20 page research paper that investigates Robert J. Marzano's "Dimensions of Learning" model for classroom instruction, which offers a comprehensive framework that provides educators with a method for teaching that draws on the latest research concerning how people actually go about the task of learning. According to Marzano (1992) the process of learning encompasses interaction between five types of thinking that the author refers to as five "Dimensions of Learning." The writer outlines two of these dimensions: Dimension 2 (Acquiring and Integrating Knowledge) and Dimension 4 (Using Knowledge Meaningfully). No additional sources cited.
Filename: khdimlrn.rtf

Direct Instruction/ELL Students
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A 5 page research paper. In the late 1960s and early 70s, S.E. Engelmann and his colleagues designed a comprehensive instructional model, Direct Instruction (DI), for Project Follow Through, a large experimental program funded by the federal government (Stein, Carmine and Dixon, 1998). DI integrates effective teaching practices with a sophisticated curriculum design that includes classroom organization and management, which is augmented by careful monitoring of student progress (Stein, Carmine and Dixon, 1998). This examination of DI, first of all, looks at what, precisely, constitutes DI practices and then investigates whether or not DI holds the potential to increase the academic achievement of English Language Learners (ELLs). Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khdiell.rtf

Disabilities: Incorporating The Learning And Physically Disabled Into Mainstream Education
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14 pages in length. There is an increasing consensus among both parents and school administrators that the best place for students with mild learning disabilities to severe physical disabilities is within the mainstream system so that they might absorb a broader and more comprehensive education. Advocates of inclusion believe that all children with disabilities belong in a regular classroom, because they are not given the same critical exposure as other abled students. The writer discusses the efforts made to incorporate learning and physically disabled students into mainstream education. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
Filename: TLCdised.doc

Disciplinary Actions and Laws: Education System
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A 6 page paper which discusses how the education system has approached disciplinary problems, in terms of action and law, since the case of Honig v. Doe. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAedudis.wps