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Review and Educational Application of “In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies” by Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
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A 5 page paper which reviews the book and illustrates how the featured information could be used by a school principal. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGsearch.rtf

Review Journal Articles About NYC Department Of Education
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This 4 page paper provides a very brief synopsis of each of four articles. One addresses asthma intervention, one reports incentives to hire teachers, the third discusses changes in the classroom mandated by the Department and the last talks about the high school for gay and lesbian students. Bibliography includes 4 sources.
Filename: PGNYC4rt.RTF

Review of the Literature (Letter Reversal in Children with Severe Learning Disabilities)
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This 5 page paper presents a literature review that may be used in conjunction with the paper entitled Letter Reversal in Children with Severe Learning Disabilities. This review of literature may also be used independently in exploring learning disabilities, dyslexia and letter reversal. Definitions, diagnostic considerations, and methodology utilized in such incidences are addressed as is the use of upper and lower case letters in teaching reading and writing. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA236dys.rtf

Review of "Children's Judgements About Common Classroom Punishments"
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A 3 page review of research investigating children's perceptions of the types and effectiveness of punishments in the classroom. The value of the research focus is that, translated to practice, it has the ability to assist the teacher in creating an atmosphere more conducive to learning. Overall, the study appears to be a sound one that arrives at conclusions meaningful and directly transferable to the classroom setting. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSeduArtRevPun.rtf

Review of "Not Half, Not Some"
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A 5 page paper reviewing an article appearing in Phi Delta Kappan. Glasser's (1997) article holds much wisdom for today's teachers faced with changes in approaches to education. The wave of multiculturalism in which little learning took place but students came to know each other better has largely passed, thankfully. Cultural issues do need to be taken into account in any class, but the entire focus of instruction does not need to revolve around those issues. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSnotHalf.wps

Review of "Restrictive Educational Settings: Exile or Haven?"
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A 5 page paper examining this extensive literature review published in 1982. The review identifies problems with studies prior to 1970 in design and bias; the paper suggest that perhaps a repeat of this study nearly 20 years later could identify still other items considered to be irregularities now that were not points of consideration in 1982. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSresDesign.wps

Review of Philip M. Ferguson’s “A place in the family: an historical interpretation of research on parental reactions to having a child with a disability”
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This 5 page report discusses an article published in the Fall, 2002, issue of the Journal of Special Education. In it, Ferguson discusses the ways in which social, cultural, and psychological changes have occurred over the past century in terms of how a family reacts to having a child with a disability in it. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
Filename: BWswsped.rtf

Review Of Two Education Articles
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A 14 page paper that reviews two articles in the field of education, one of which is quantitative and the other is qualitative. The essay begins with an explanation of quantitative research and qualitative research. Because one of the articles is a case study, this method is also explained. The first article is a study from the UK and addresses a problem of the lack of progress as students transfer to high school. It looks specifically at science performance at year 6 – 8. The second article is a case study of a multilevel interdisciplinary team teaching approach used at a large urban high school. Besides reporting the studies, the writer comments on the research styles of each investigator. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGedart.rtf

Review: Research On Teaching For Conceptual Change In Science
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A 15 page paper that provides an overview and critique of four journal articles. Each of the articles addresses conceptual changes students made following a process or under a different kind of instruction by the teacher. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGconcng.rtf

Reviewing an Article on Podcasting
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This 3 page paper looks at an article supplied by the student and answers questions concerning the way this article is written, look at the introduction, the thesis, the contents and the conclusion. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEpodart.rtf