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Reviews of Two Reading Articles
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A 6 page paper reviewing "Our Journey to Reading Success" (2004) and "M2ECCA: A Framework for Inclusion in the Context of Standards-Based Reform" (2005) for their usefulness in providing real and useable information for improving methods and outcomes in reading. The first article chronicles success in an urban elementary school, where results brought the school from last place in New York City to improve 530 percent and place in the top third among the city's elementary schools in only four years. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Rewarding Effort
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A 3 page paper summarizing a 1992 article, “Rewarding failure and effort,” an article exhorting management accounting instructors not to discourage students who make real effort yet fail to arrive at prescribed conclusions. The paper discusses the article in terms of a management text, as well as examples from Mary Kay Ash, who the article’s authors also use as an example. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Rewards/Punishment Debate
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This is a 3 page paper which discusses the ongoing debate about the effectiveness of rewards or punishment on behavior modification. The bibliography has 3 sources.
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Rhetorical Analysis: Differentiating Electronic Portfolios and Online Assessment Management Systems
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This article explicates an article by H.C. Barrett on electronic portfolios and online assessment management systems. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Rich, Freire and Education
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This 3 page paper discusses the essay and poems of Adrienne Rich and the banking theory of education put forth by Paolo Freire, and how they can be related to education. Bibliography lists 2 sources
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Richard Rodriguez
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11 pages in length. Richard Rodriguez did not always aspire to hold English degrees and a doctorate in English Renaissance literature; in fact, until late in his childhood, he vocabulary barely reflected fifty words of English. His remarkable assimilation into the American patchwork sheds light on just how difficult it is for minorities to adapt to an entirely disparate culture – that is, unless, one is strong of mind and determination like Rodriguez. Because of his own socially limited background, the accomplished essayist stands as an icon for those whose own lives reflect his early struggles with cultural identity in America. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Ritalin, Pro & Con
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A 3 page research paper that briefly examined the controversy surrounding this psychoactive medication. A handful of psychoactive stimulants are being used routinely throughout the US to medicate children, adolescents and adults diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The most prevalent of these drugs is Ritalin (methylphenidate). On one side of the huge controversy that surrounds the use of psychoactive drugs with schoolchildren are horror stories of addiction, adverse side-effects and even death. There are accounts of parents being forced by school systems to medicate their children. On the other side of the debate are parents of ADHD children who testify that Ritalin is a "life saver" that enables pathologically hyper children to calm down sufficiently to learn and control their impulses (Rogers 50). The writer looks at both sides of this debate. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Ritalin: A Drug of Choice or a Drug with Long-Term Adverse Implications?
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A 6 page overview of the popular choice of using the prescription drug ritalin to treat Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Delineates the problems with this approach, problems which revolve around the questionable effectiveness of the drug and long term increases in propensity to use other drugs. Suggests that behavior modification is a much more appropriate choice in the treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Robert F Kennedy High School Case
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This 8 page looks at a case study of a failing inner city school and performs a SWOT analysis to identify the strengths weaknesses, opportunities and threats faced by the school. Using this analysis several strategies are identified. The paper ends by considering the PESTEL factors that impact on the school. The bibliography cites 1 source.
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Robert W. Howard's "The Shrinking Of Social Studies" - Reaction
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3 pages in length. Robert W. Howard's article entitled "The Shrinking of Social Studies: As Standards-Based Reform Gains Ground, Social Studies is Getting Squeezed" takes a bold stand on a fast growing concern: Will this critical foundation of education ever regain its much-valued status amidst the changing climate of academia? Clearly, standards-based teaching has instituted an entirely new - and unmistakably imbalanced - method for instructing and evaluating students whereby they must rise to a certain collective level of comprehension if they ever expect to get through school. This all-or-nothing approach to education has virtually paralyzed certain student populations that do not have the same academic benefits as others, ultimately leaving many casualties in its wake, not the least of which includes what is included in the curriculum and how it is taught. Social studies - a broadly-scoped category Howard (2003) identifies as involving virtually every aspect of daily life - is quickly becoming a most unfortunate victim. No additional sources cited.
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