The Constitutional Rights of Teachers
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A 10 page research paper which takes a detailed look at the ramification of the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution and how they impact teachers. Case law is given pertaining to each amendment. The writer also discusses how Constitutional law has impacted such topics as tenure. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Tchright.wps

Learning and Retaining Current Events: Television Vs Newspaper
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This 6 page paper presents a mini-proposal for a research study. Sections include an introduction to the topic, statement of problem and hypothesis (student will retain more by viewing television accounts of news events than by reading them in the newspaper), a literature review and a conclusion. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PGnews3.wps

Music Appreciation Through The Ages
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30 pages in length. One of the reasons that the 'average Joe' cares little for classical music is that he knows nothing of it. We have raised generations in which it is common for the average person to be unable to distinguish between Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky. Khatchaturian is an unknown name, and a response of, 'I've heard that one—it's on all the old cartoons' is commonplace. Some observers believe that classical music is now a special taste, like Greek language or pre-Columbian archeology. With the proper exposure and the proper method of teaching—that of anticipated surprise rather than supreme boredom and all-too-common pretentiousness—that respect can slip into a love of the music that will be enduring for a lifetime and so preserve the genius of the ages. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: Musicapr.rtf

Educational Development / Thomas Mann & Progress in the US, UK and Kenya
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A 20 page paper examining the basic considerations of Thomas Mann in relationship to the intellectual development of youth and the impacts of education, and then applying these to the progression of education during the early part of the 20th century. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Mannedu.wps

Educational Diversity
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A 4 page paper evaluating the impact of diversity on the educational process. This paper includes a discussion of curriculum options that support diversity in students rather than classrooms comprised of homologous groupings. The writer stresses the need for educational institutions to alter the status of current standardized testing and the importance of learning to accept difference through exposure to those of different ethnic, religious and physical groups. No Bibliography.
Filename: Edudive.wps

New York City's School Test Scores
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This 5 page paper examines why test scores have plunged in recent years. The firing of Rudy Crew in 1999 is discussed as are the scandals to erupt from standardized testing in the state. Recommendations are made. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA05NYC.wps

School-Based Intelligence Testing in Children
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10 pages in length. Educators, psychologists, parents and even children have long known there was 'something' not quite right about standardized intelligence tests. They do seem to be ingrained in our society, but their value has been questioned for more than 20 years. Since 1990, the concept of emotional intelligence has been increasingly used to explain the successes of those whose intelligence test results indicated would not perform well. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Testing.wps

Standardized Testing
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A 4 page research paper investigating the use of standardized testing. One of the studies reviewed suggests that preparing students to take the test has more effect on their success level than a new curriculum. Bibliography included.
Filename: Stantest.wps

Standardized Testing & Student Success
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A 6 page paper exploring three research designs to answer the question: Does the format of standardized testing affect student success? Models included are experimental, co-relational, and quantitative. Bibliography lists several sources.
Filename: Stan2.wps

Standardized Testing / An ERIC - Based Literature Review
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A 5 page literature review of standardized testing articles appearing in the ERIC database for educational information. The review includes the inability for educators to reach agreement on the extent of the usefulness of standardized testing and includes information on the growth of such testing following the 1983 publication of A Nation at Risk. Since that time, testing has been integrated to seek both academic and psychological achievement and functioning, and has been used to both promote and hinder efforts of school reform. Bibliography lists 12+ sources.
Filename: Ericlit.wps

An Analysis of New Social Studies Education Standards
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A 9 page analysis that examines the new social studies education standard proposed by the state of Michigan. Included is the proposed standardized curriculum for both teachers and students and the expectations that will be required to pass a standardized examination upon completion. The potential value of the program is outlined, as well as potential problems for both teachers and students that could result from this plan. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: LCSocial.wps

Social Studies' Place in Elementary Education
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A 10 page paper discussing the importance of including social studies in elementary education. One of the goals of social studies education has been to lead students to the point that they can be both critical and reflective thinkers, but that focus traditionally has been only marginally at the junior high school level and has been reserved primarily for high school and college. Studies ranging in age from very new to 30 years old have all found that this population consistently has been disappointing in the level of critical thinking that they have been able to achieve when social studies education begins in earnest in junior high school. One obvious possible solution is to begin social studies in earnest in elementary school rather than keep it as only a passing subject that is only briefly addressed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Socstud.wps