Essays and Research Papers on Classroom Management

A 4 page research paper that examines ESL instruction in Hong Kong. This investigation explores a few of the main factors that influence the teaching of a second language. Specifically addressed are the factors that affect students' learning of English in Hong Kong primary schools and what strategies teachers should adopt to assist and promote ...

This 6 page paper reports the results of a hypothetical survey of middle school students, their parents and their teachers. The survey was to discover which topics in the curriculum each group considered relevant and which relevant topics had been left out of the curriculum. Topics are mostly broad categories. The results are presented first ...

This 3 page paper presents the writer's thoughts about the relationship between curriculum and instruction. No Bibliography.

An 8 page research paper that describes various reading strategies. There are various ways in which a teacher can facilitate student comprehension as they read a classic work such as Herman Melville's Moby Dick. The following lesson plans incorporate three such techniques: Note-taking; Question-Answer Relationships (QAR technique); and Reciprocal Teaching. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper that discusses a number of factors involved in learning. The writer comments on brain-based learning, meaningful learning, schema theory, relevance, neural connections, prior knowledge, levels of processing and activating prior knowledge. The paper ends with a short example of brain-based learning. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 5 page essay that discusses 3 post-reading activities. There are three major strategies that can be employed to ensure that students have an overall understanding of the major ideas of a specific selection, such as excerpts from the classic novel by Herman Melville, Moby Dick. The writer discusses creating a graphic organizer, outlining and ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of some of the issues in teaching with a Christian perspective, including views of issues like abortion from a Christian perspective. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper begins with introductory comments about using technology in the classroom. The writer also comments on the teacher who was interviewed (hypothetical). The next sections presents the questions included in the interview. The last section discusses some of the responses from the interview and also comments on what the interviewer learned. Bibliography ...

A 4 page research paper that explores the topic of active learning and how activities can be implemented to achieve active learning goals. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 8 page paper uses the four component instructional design (4C/ID) as a model to design an instructional program for student to learn productive revision skills. The paper uses this model and considers how this fits in with cognitive learning theories, specifically social cognitive theory. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

This 3 page paper assesses a teacher made test. There are distinct strengths and weaknesses in the teacher-made assessment provided by the student. This paper will provide an overview of those strengths and weaknesses in order to better understand the assessment tool, its utility and the impacts on accuracy in determining learner outcomes.

A 6 page research paper that recounts observations concerning developmentally appropriate practice in an early childhood setting and also practice that is inappropriate. This writer, first of all, focuses on the difference between developmentally appropriate and inappropriate practice. Secondly, the topic of successful accommodation and adaptation, for children with special needs, is also be discussed. ...

A 3 page paper which examines the benefits of being a teacher that go far beyond job satisfaction. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 4 page essay that evaluates the WebQuest site America Dreams...through the decades. The writer argues that this site exemplifies how goals, sub-goals and objectives can be designed to meet both the individual needs of students and those of society as well. No bibliography is offered.

This 12 page paper provides an overview of an assessment of a Zero to Three Early Education Program. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 10 page paper provides an overview of this issue. In recent years, the focus on inclusion programming for students with physical and mental handicaps has resulted in the development of different programming options to address the needs of varied populations. This paper provides lesson plans for two populations in a gym class. ...

This 10 page paper provides an overview of this issue. Children of differing physical abilities can benefit from similar educational experiences, including the instruction of daily lessons in the classroom setting. The key to successfully integrating differently-abled children in the educational setting is to define a focus on the development of particular lessons ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of this issue. When educational administrators are presented with testing options, the promotion of these tests focuses on the benefits for administrators and educators. Many standardized testing options are promoted to create continuity in educational assessments and define specific ways to shape educational directives within the ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of this issue. Educational experts often contend that there is a direct correlation between educational opportunities and upward social mobility. In fact, researchers have argued that the best way to break what some have deemed the "cycle of poverty" in the United States is to support ...

4 pages in length. Supporting the perspective that learning is both observational and cognitive developmental in nature, the student will want to discuss how learning is a reactionary response to various types of stimuli. Understanding how the developing mind acquires new behaviors, information and personality characteristics fundamentally based within the broad scope of ...

A 4 page overview of the Montessori educational method. Behavioral deviations were viewed by Montessori as being an obstacle to normal development. She identified behavioral patterns such as timidity, destructiveness, and even overactive imagination as deviations and contended that carefully chosen educational activities could overcome behavioral deviations. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 12 page paper examines a protocol for including military instruction in the public school system. An innovative approach couples computer literacy with military recruitment. A content outline and appendix is included. A hypothetical school district is used but general information is provided. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper is related to SA536m1.rtf and provides a needs analysis for the project. The project involves the implementation of a military recruiting program within the high school setting. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

10 pages in length. The challenge of education resides within the myriad ways in which students absorb the information. Given the opportunity, one might readily surmise how teachers incorporate appropriate curricula dependent upon the varied learning styles students posses; however, this presumption would not recognize how much of conventional teaching is built around ...

A 9 page research paper that, first, discusses the strength, interests and needs of three preschool children. Then suggestions are offered for activities that would benefit each child. Bibliography lists 7 sources.