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Guidance Counseling/Elementary Level & Research
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A 4 page research paper that address how consultants, working with school personnel, can employ an action research approach as outlined by Lusky and Hayes (2001) in order to device a value-drive needs assessment for guidance counselors working within the elementary setting. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khguires.rtf

Guiding Children's Reading in Content Area Instruction
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A 5 page research paper that discusses the topic of using reading strategies to guide students' comprehension of content instruction. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khreadct.rtf

Guns And Violence On U.S. College Campuses
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14 pages in length. Virginia Tech was yet another rude awakening to a social ill that has only increased in intensity since the first wake-up call at Kent State in the 1970s. The shockwave that spread through the entire industry of academia was such that college administrators feared they had no viable formula for staving off future attacks, ultimately placing every student and faculty member directly in harm's way. Myriad scenarios have played out in the minds of those who found fault with how several systems failed at the same time in order for such a tremendous breach of security to occur. The writer discusses the trend of college campus violence, causes and prevention programs. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
Filename: TLCguncollg.rtf

Gustavson's "A Preface To History" (Teaching) / Analytical Reflections
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A 12 page paper discussing and analyzing Carl Gustavson's classic text on how history has been mis-taught, and how it could be taught more effectively to increase our understanding and retention of it. Gustavson's contention is that most people have been taught history illogically. Rather than seeing the subject as simply the earlier stage of development of a current situation, they plunge in and begin trying to tie names to dates to places to events, without any frame of reference or particular goals in mind (other than passing the course!). No other sources cited.
Filename: Gustav.wps

Haas Dyson/Writing Superheroes
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A 3 page research paper that discusses Haas Dyson’s studies of young children, which encompasses the “social and ideological processes” that underlie “children’s use of media symbols—especially the superhero—as material for constructing textual and social worlds” (Hass Dyson 3). In her text she shows the ways in which popular culture is an omnipresent element in a second grade classroom that aids children in linking “literacy, identity and their relations and representation of self” both within the school environment and the broader context of their communities (“Popular Culture”). Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khhasdy.rtf

Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s “The Number Devil”
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This 3 page report discusses Enzensberger’s The Number Devil (1998) which is a “mathematically minded fantasy. In it, the adventures of 12-year-old Robert with the enigmatic “Number Devil” leads him to reach certain understandings about mathematical concepts that no teacher had ever demonstrated for him. Bibliography lists only one source.
Filename: BWnumdev.rtf

Harris & Weiss/Topics in Autism
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A 10 page summation and analysis that addresses Sandra L. Harris and Mary Jane Weiss’s text, Right from the Start, which is a guide that describes behavioral interventions for autistic children. Their text is designed to introduce the reader to intensive behavioral intervention, also known as “applied behavior analysis” (ABA), as the most effective means of treating autism and related disorders. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khhwaut.rtf

Harvard Case Study Analyses (Beacon College, Brooklyn College, Conrad Stetson University and Mercer University)
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This 16 page paper evaluates these four case studies. The paper is divided equally, which is four pages each. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: SA7474.rtf

Has The Status Of Teachers Changed In The Last 100 Years
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This 8 page paper discusses the controversial subject of the teaching profession. Specifically, the writer reports the changes in the profession by citing salaries that were awarded by gender in the 19th century and the rules for teachers in the 19th century. The essay then includes discussions of the social inequity of teacher salaries by comparing the salaries of teachers and private sector employees with the same level of education. 3 Tables included. Significant data included. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PGtchsl.rtf

Hazing: A Serious Problem or a Rite of Passage
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This 5 page paper considers the issue of hazing and relates both sides of this problem: the view that hazing is a serious problem that has resulted in deaths, and the belief that hazing is a rite of passage. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MHHazing.wps