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The Past And The Family Experience: Traditional Southern Themes In The Work Of Lee Smith, Theresa Martin
The Past And The Family Experience: Traditional Southern Themes In The Work Of Lee Smith, Theresa Martin
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Madness And Hope: Military Experience As Theme And Symbol In Contemporary African-American Drama, Ashley Reed Warren
Madness And Hope: Military Experience As Theme And Symbol In Contemporary African-American Drama, Ashley Reed Warren
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The Use Of Collaboration Among General Educators And Special Educators As A Means Of Educating Students With Learning Disabilities, Joan Dooley
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Progress is being made toward the collaboration between general education and special education. Collaboration is a slow process, however, for it to be effective it takes time, careful planning, and programs to better train teachers. Teachers who are involved in the collaborative process report that time and careful planning are of utmost importance when using collaborative teaching methods to educate students with learning disabilities. Eighty-one percent of general educators and 91% of special educators agree that there is not adequate planning time set aside for collaborative teaching strategies and/or lesson planning. General educators and special educators also agree that there …
Ayn Rand, Female Misogynist: A Study Of Androgyny In Atlas Shrugged, Sara Kristin Parker
Ayn Rand, Female Misogynist: A Study Of Androgyny In Atlas Shrugged, Sara Kristin Parker
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Ayn Rand, renowned author of such titles as Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, based many of her heroines on her androgynist views derived from her upbringing and lifestyle. Parker balances her research mostly between Rand’s life and her female protagonist in Atlas Shrugged, Dagny Taggart. Taggart possesses some disdain for a few female characters in the novel, which reflects some of Rand’s lack of female friends due to anti-feministic opinions, the most notable identifying her own sex as weak and submissive. Ayn herself said that she based all of her characters off of a male hero in a children’s …
The Effect Of Aerobic Exercise On Self-Esteem And Personal Management In Undergraduate College Students, Karen E. Watts
The Effect Of Aerobic Exercise On Self-Esteem And Personal Management In Undergraduate College Students, Karen E. Watts
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Many students in college have poor self-management skills and poor self-esteem. Physical exercise is associated with feelings of well-being. Twenty-five undergraduate college students participated in an experiment which measured self-esteem, self-motivation, and various physical abilities and heart rate. Stu- dents in the experimental group were asked to increase their aerobic exercise frequency by at least thirty minutes per week as well as to keep a log of their physical activities. No significant increases in self motivation nor self-perception in either the control or the experimental group were found. Some physical improvements were found, however, and most participants reported feeling better …
The Effects Of Cooperative Learning On Self-Perceived, Classroom Group Acceptance By Students In A Juvenile Correctional Facility, Lisa R. Dyson
The Effects Of Cooperative Learning On Self-Perceived, Classroom Group Acceptance By Students In A Juvenile Correctional Facility, Lisa R. Dyson
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A group of 53 juveniles in a correctional facility were studied to find the effects of cooperative learning on self-percieved classroom group acceptance. A quasi-experimental, test, re-test design was utilized. students were asked to fill out a survey, before and after treatment reflecting upon the ease with which the students shared opinions with other members of the class. The students in the experimental group, where cooperative learning was implemented for four weeks, rated their comfort levels significantly higher than those students in the control condition. The findings show that cooperative learning, when used with incarcerated youth, does have a positive …
A. C. I. D. Patterns Of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder And Learning Disabilities, Amanda G. Kelly
A. C. I. D. Patterns Of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder And Learning Disabilities, Amanda G. Kelly
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Improving The Perception Students With Learning Disabilities Have Of Students With Mental Retardation Through Peer Tutoring, Sarah R. Raffetto
Improving The Perception Students With Learning Disabilities Have Of Students With Mental Retardation Through Peer Tutoring, Sarah R. Raffetto
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A quasi-experimental design was used to test two hypotheses : that peer tutoring would alter the perception that students with learning disabilities held of students with mental retardation and that the peer tutoring program would improve the spelling scores of both the tutors and the tutees . Two classes of 17 students with learning disabilities and students with mental retardation served as the participants. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to calculate the significance of the program. The analysis of the results showed a trend towards improvement in perception that the tutors held of students with mental retardation, but because …
A Comparison Of The Perceptions Of Classroom Environments Between Students In Collaborative Classes And Students In Resource Classes, Mary Ann O'Neill
A Comparison Of The Perceptions Of Classroom Environments Between Students In Collaborative Classes And Students In Resource Classes, Mary Ann O'Neill
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The purpose of this study was to compare the perceptions of classroom environments between students in collaborative classes (n=13) and students in resource classes {n=40) as measured by the Classroom Environment Scale. Due to research limitations descriptive statistics were used to interpret the results of the study . Findings positively favored the use of collaborative teaching as a service delivery model for the instruction of students with learning disabilities .