Essays and Research Papers on Special Populations & Conditions

This 2 page paper provides an overview of the use of comprehensive assessments for addressing the needs of children with ADHD and other learning problems. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the current literature relating to speech and language therapy and the use for children with autism. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

A 3 page paper discussing the difficulties of measuring language proficiency. Several states have language-mastery requirements that public schools must achieve, and now the federal government has added a similar requirement for other states in the form of the No Child Left Behind program. As always, measurement of language proficiency can be difficult. ...

This 19 page paper discusses the factors that influence second language acquisition, emphasizing the role of motivation. The introduction provides an overview of first and second language acquisition and discusses the age controversy and Krashen's theory of second language acquisition. Contextual factors are discussed, including language status and language distance along with comments about Gardner's ...

10 pages in length. Attaining academic achievement in today's ever-stringent and ever-changing society is a challenge at best; at its worst, it represents the struggle between success and failure, both in an economic and personal sense. Students are forever faced with a shifting landscape of technological, scholastic and social requirements; that certain portions ...

This 2 page paper provides an overview of study objects regarding the study of the issue of testing bias. This paper outlines a set of objectives for an ethical inquiry. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the approaches for teaching English through social interaction strategies. This paper recognizes the value of the social element to language learning. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 4 page paper provides an overview of the methods for succeeding in the teaching of difficult students. This paper helps to determine the best approaches. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page paper reports on What Kids Need by Rima Shore, offers practical applications for childcare directors and those who provide care for children. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 12 page overview of the ethical dilemmas and issues which can arise involving adult educators and their students. The author contends that establishing a code of ethics for the profession is the best means of addressing or circumventing these issues and dilemmas. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 3 page paper presenting 10 potential action research questions. Topics include gang influence; school psychologists’ influence; cultural sensitivity training; Aggression Replacement Training; and replacing zero tolerance policies with permission for administrators to use discretion in dealing with threatening situations or students. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

After a brief discussion of influences, this paper looks at modern architecture in Southern California (post-1945), and includes works by Frank Gehry, Pierre Koenig's Stahl House, Louis I. Kahn's Salk Institute, and Arata Isozaki's MOCA. Bibliography lists 5 sources. JVsoCali.rtf

A 4 page paper that reports the key steps in the applied behavior analysis approach to behavior management. Examples are used to illustrate the positive outcomes of this approach. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

What it takes to be a database administrator is in this paper, which explores both the generalist and the expert categories of being a DBA. Bibliography lists 4 sources. jvDBAdm.rtf

A 4 page paper. Some of the teaching strategies discussed in five journal articles are reported. These strategies address enhancing student attention, increasing motivation, teaching social interaction skills, and the potential of technology. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 26 page paper that begins with a definition of literacy, the three types of literacy assessed and scoring processes. National and international literacy rates are then reported along with the negative effects of illiteracy. The paper then changes to report the history of the New York Public Library, which provides services in Manhattan, the ...

An 11 page paper discussing the current state of web conferencing, particularly as it applies to distance education. As can be seen from the small sampling provided here, there are many web conferencing applications available. Most are better suited than others to specific kinds of uses; organizations’ choices can be based on the ...

An 8 page paper providing rationale for methods and models chosen for use in an education initiative of health care workers in an urban hospital. Nurses are the primary learners; the topic is patient education in diabetes management. The paper discusses learning theory and practice models to be used in the program. ...

A 3 page paper that presents an action research plan focusing on the use of graphic organizers for instructing ESL students. The research is to take place in a regular education 5th grade classroom. Headings include: topic, research questions, participants, intervention and data collection. Justification for the study is provided under the heading of topic. ...

An 8 page overview of the therapeutic interventions which are often employed in treating ADHD. The author outlines the benefits and flexibility of occupational therapy and discourages a sole reliance on pharmacological intervention. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

A 5 page paper. One of the many challenges the teacher faces when teaching non-English speaking students reading skills is context. The ESL student has a limited English vocabulary, which means that even if students are able to decode words, they may have no context of what they are reading. Brainstorming is one of the ...

A 3 page critical analysis of the book by Ann Ferguson. Ferguson contends that racism and stereotyping in today’s public schools is insuring failure among black males. The author of this paper agrees that if such problems are occurring it is inexcusable but suggests that much more is at play in the academic ...

This 6 page paper considers the specific issues that may impact on women students in collage, how these may be identified and then how the issues may be tackled by a resource centre. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

This is a 10 page paper discussing abuse in Aboriginal residential schools in Canada and in particular that in Fort Albany, Ontario. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries in Canada, the federal government in partnership with a number of religious organizations ran over 130 “residential schools” for Aboriginals. Originally intended to promote the assimilation of ...

This 5 page paper answers three questions; 1, What aspects need to be considered when setting up an indoor or put door play area for children, including staff ratios. 2, list the safety factors you would consider choosing furniture, Fixtures, Equipment and material for use in the nursery environment, and 3, Identify any Specialist equipment ...