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Reform Mathematics, Melissa Sue Vegter

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Why would the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics want to adopt a set of standards? Normally, groups adopt standards in order to state goals, promote change, and ensure quality. Therefore the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) wanted to state these new goals. Schools, teachers, students, and parents, at that time, had no protection from poor education. In 1989, the Board of Directors and the Commission believed that if students are to be adequately prepared to live in the twenty-first century, new standards should be created in order to achieve this. At this time in history, the economic …

The Struggles Of The Freedmen Teachers And City Schools Of Baton Rouge: The First Years, 1864-1865, Abigail L. Dixon

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Articulation Testing In Hindi Speech, Vinita J. Rajah

Honors Theses

The profession or speech-language pathology deals with one of the most basic functions or humanity--communication. Speech-language pathologists are trained to provide remedial services to children and adults with communication disorders in a wide variety of work settings.

Communication disorders can be broadly divided into five categories: voice disorders, fluency disorders, dysphagia, language disorders, and articulation disorders.

Before a speech-language pathologist begins speech therapy. it is necessary to perform an evaluation. Evaluation refers to the processes used to determine a diagnosis. There arc two main reasons [or performing evaluation tasks. First. we need to evaluate to arrive at a good understanding …