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- 561: Effective Reading Comprehensio
- ... read various books. The students in the other class (Class Y) did not. Both classes received computer-based comprehension tests upon completion of reading various books. After 5 six week periods (5/6 of the school year), the overall average grades were compared of 10 students randomly selected from each of the two classes. The results of the study did not show any conclusive evidence that the use of computer-based ... Effects of Periodic Computer -Based Comprehension Quizzes in the Reading Classroom Background Information This study assessed differences among two special education resource-reading classes. The classes were two separate resource-reading classes at Flintville Junior High School in Flintville, Tennessee. Two separate teachers taught the two classes. During the 1998-1999 school year one of the resource teachers used computers in his classroom to give periodic comprehension quizzes to the reading ...
- 562: The Effects of Divorce
- ... by the beginning of the next decade the majority of the youngsters under 18 will spend part of their childhood in single-parent families, many created by divorce. During this confusing period of turmoil and high emotional intensity, the child must attempt to understand a complex series of events, to restructure numerous assumptions and expectations about themselves and their world. He or she may be uprooted to a new school, city or neighborhood leaving their familiar social ties behind. They must often assume new household duties, possibly feel the financial loss and most importantly receive less support and nurturing from their parents. These are just ... with their egocentric forms of reasoning, blame themselves for a parent leaving and take it as a personal rejection. This can be associated with a child's disturbed eating, sleeping, play and toileting, (Wallerstein & Blakeslee). School age children suffer from loyallty conflicts and fantasize about their parents getting back together. This is associated with the decline in academic performance or psychosomatic symptoms. Participating in outside activities help to get away ...
- 563: Success Secret: A High Emotional IQ
- Success Secret: A High Emotional IQ This article keys in on a different type of intelligence called emotional intelligence. Psychologist Daniel Goldman wrote the book titled "Emotional Intelligence" in 1995. Emotional intelligence consist of: self -awareness, impulse control, persistence ... skills in a person all those things have to do with emotional intellect. There are actual course that are designed to help people strengthen the weakness that a person has within themselves. For instance, Weatherland School of Management at Case Western Reserve University has developed one. Most people that take the course show an 86% improvement. There are even follow-ups three years later and the percentage is still high. Through my eyes emotional intellect does mean a whole lot more than book smarts. Your own life experiences and what you've learned from them makes you who you are inside. For example if ...
- 564: The Condition of African Americans in the 1920’s Compared to Amory Blaine
- The Condition of African Americans in the 1920’s Compared to Amory Blaine During the nineteen twenties, white males had rather adequate opportunities to attend school and get a quality education. Whether it was a small college or a large, prestigious university, it still provided them with an essential tool for the future, an education. On the other hand, African Americans ... order to prove how good he had things and how he still was unappreciative and somewhat selfish. According to the editor of the African American Encyclopedia, Michael W. Williams, “an average black child completed grammar school (eight years) having spent about fifty-eight months in the classroom, while a white child had spent sixty-six months in the classroom” (Williams 509). The primary reasoning behind this was that black children were needed to do the labor of white-controlled tenant farmers and sharecroppers. The African American families could not afford to miss the sharecropping sessions so the children were forced to miss school. The economic status was of no threat to Amory though. He was enrolled in one of the most, if not the most, expensive universities in the country. In addition to this, he also received ...
- 565: School Uniforms
- ... they build class integration, increase our image in the community, and dress the students for business, not play. Jesuit Prep needs to continue this vital dress code and hair restrictions for the future. Having a school full of students wearing the same clothes and hairstyles helps build an integration within the class. Students that wear many different styles of clothes all come together wearing similar pants, shirts, ties, and shoes. Through ... will always be more trusting with people who fit that image. Within everyone's life, there is a time for fun and a time for business. While some people wait until they are well passed high school before they prepare for business, Jesuit is in the forefront preparing students now. This preparation stems from the dress code and hair restrictions which are enforced by Jesuit Prep. When a coat and tie ...
- 566: Nightmare on Elm Street - The Dead of Night
- ... through her eyes, to see her bedroom. She was safe, at least for now. Her mother opened the door, slowly. She smiled and said, "So, you're awake, sleepyhead. Listen, Julie is here, time for school, summer vacation's over." As her mother left, she got out of bed. She got out from her covers, and she noticed a few small scrapes on her leg. She thought that she must have ... me on my leg. When I woke up, I saw the same kinda scratches." "Hmm.. That is weird. I don't usually remember my dreams." Julie replied. At that moment, they pulled up to the school driveway. "Well, here we are!" she exclaimed. "First day of school and I'm already sick of it." she sighed. "School is such a drag." "Well, it's a new school for you, so maybe you'll like it..I'll introduce you to a ...
- 567: Bauhaus
- ... the designers of the Bauhaus, this was the beginning of a rewarding struggle" (qtd. Brodie). In 1919 an institution called the Bauhaus was formed in Weimer. Walter Gropius was appointed as the head of the school. He had three goals that he wanted his students to achieve. Artist and craftsmen were accepted into the program in an effort to get them to work collectively to combine all of their skills. Secondly ... architects created affordable and modern housing. The buildings were built from tax money for the workers. Although the workers disliked the new classical form social housing that the Bauhaus had designed. (Jackson). This set the school up for failure in the community. The Weimer community also thought the students were extremely radical in their appearance and behavior. The fact that women were aloud in the school and the classes were not segregated was a very modern step for the school. This influenced the women to wear their hair short and dress modern. They were being viewed as being too radical ...
- 568: I Know WhyThe Caged Bird Sings
- ... Mr. Freeman was sentenced to one year. Bailey and Angelou moved back with Grandmother Baxter. A policeman later told Grandmother Baxter that Mr. Freeman was beaten to death. - Mrs. Flowers broke Maya’s silence from school by offering her books to read under the condition that she’d have to read them aloud in class. - Maya took a job for Mrs. Viola Cullinan and met the cook, Miss Glory. One of ... that she was entering a new as she graduated from the eighth grade. Maya was salutatorian. Mr. Edward Donleavy was the speaker at the ceremony, he gave a speech about the progress in their local school, the new equipment the Chris Corey pg. 8 whites got, and about the college athletes from the Lafeyette County Training School. Maya was angry that it seemed like he was saying that black people are only good for their athletic ability. - Maya developed a toothache and had to see the dentist. Momma took her to ...
- 569: Nutrition And Health
- ... focused on defining essential nutrients, primarily vitamins, in order to outline the minimum food intake for good health. Diet has always played a vital role in supporting health. Today, over consumption of foods -- especially those high in fat -- is a major concern for people in the United States. When we look at the ten leading causes of illness and death in the United States, the top categories are heart disease, cancer ... single conditions such as heart disease caused death, but most chronic diseases arise from multiple factors over many years. A person who died from heart failure may have had preexisting conditions, such as obesity and high blood pressure, may have been a cigarette smoker, may have spent years eating a high-fat diet and getting too little exercise (Dr. Solomon pp18-19). Of course, not all people who die of heart disease fit this description, nor do all people with these characteristics die of heart ...
- 570: Does Violence In Movies Contribute To Violent Teens
- ... Jr. And Ron are new to the force but have already encountered two teenage murders. Recently, they had a kid that grew up in Flat Rock, one day over the summer he went into Woodhaven High School and shot and killed a kid, the teenager told the police that he was inspired by the lyrics in one of Marilyn Manson’s song and also from a gang related movie that he had ... professor and now a well know expert on how soldiers are taught to kill. According to him those same ways are being taught to our youth, but I don’t see the kids in middle school, and high school walking around in formation, wearing the same uniform, and carrying semi-automatic machine guns, sure they can find someone who has nothing better to do than buy one for them, but ...
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