Essays and Research Papers on Special Populations & Conditions

This 4-page report discusses the challenges and benefits associated with an adult returning to college. There are motivating reasons for attending any college program -- personal, professional, and financial -- that are completely separate from issues associated with the intrinsic value of learning. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the mental illness of ADHD in children. In particular, this paper deals with the teacher who may have to address the child with ADHD in her classroom. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper provides a literature review and analysis of studies that pertain to the education of Asian students. The focus is on Chinese students in the higher educational system and how instructors can adapt classrooms to best suit their needs. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 10 page paper using the problem of prison violence to conduct an exercise in designing, implementing and evaluating policy changes. At least one author flatly states that prison violence is not affected by conditions of overcrowding, but that sole author appears to be a lone voice in his claims. Conventional wisdom and ...

This 16 page paper provides an overview of a Zero to Three program. Zero to Three is an early education program that has worked hand-in-hand with programs like Head Start to promote positive gains for children in at-risk populations and for developing systems of support for families, communities and those providing care for young ...

This 20 page paper reviews five research studies that emphasized phonological awareness, phoneme awareness, orthographic processes, nonword reading, and/or exception word reading or a combination of all. Included are one British study, one German study, one Dutch study and two American studies. The essay provides an overview of what each investigator or set of investigators ...

This 9 page paper provides an overview of Beth Levin's contributions to the field of semantics. For over two decades, theorists like Beth Levin have considered the application of aspectual notions in the understanding of verbal lexical semantic representations and the principles of argument expression. Bibliography lists 5 sources

This 3 page paper provides an overview of the observation of one special needs child, "Jack," and is an overview of his participation in a group activity.

This 5 page paper provides a personal view of adult learners and their identity by presenting one individual's view. This paper considers elements like experiential learning as a part of the view of the learner's identity.

A 9 page paper that begins with an introduction to dyslexia and the regular education classroom teacher. This is a frustrating condition for both the student and the teacher because it sometimes seems that no matter how motivated the student is or how hard the teacher works, little progress seems to be made. This essay ...

This 3 page paper reviews an article that points out the difficulties of teaching non-English speaking students in rural areas where there are no official ESL programs. Examples are provided. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 15 page paper discusses a great deal more than letter recognition. The essay includes discussions on phoneme awareness and phonological awareness and also reports a study on visual-orthographic processing skills. These are all discussed in terms of future success in learning to read. The introduction comments on the debate about including academics in ...

A 4 page paper discussing the types of online degrees becoming available, and the ability of online education to effect social change. There are those who hold tightly to the belief that online degrees are somehow worth less than those gained from traditional, on-ground schools. Those involved in accredited degree programs, however, will ...

This 9 page paper provides an overview of three journal articles that address reading or reading comprehension. The first is a description of an intervention to help students decode and read fluently. Students involved in these individual sessions all have significant reading delays. The second is the experiences of a group of teachers who introduced ...

This 3 page paper examines the curricular innovations and reforms which need to be examined as pertains to the at risk student. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the methods and theories of Maria Montessori on the learning styles and abilities of children. Pros and Cons discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the use of qualitative content analysis for testing and assessments in education. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

12 pages in length. The intrinsic connection between mental and physical health is an undeniable alliance; that at-risk youth respond favorably to recreation programming speaks to the inextricable coupling of emotional and corporeal existence. Adolescents who struggle to incorporate themselves into an otherwise demanding and stringent society often find it a much easier task ...

There is a great deal of evidence that shows children looked after by the state perform poorly at school, gaining low grades and few qualifications when compared to the general populace. This 12 page paper considers how and why this disparity in academic performance occurs and what can and is being done to improve education ...

A 10 page paper which examines the impact of affirmative action for equal educational opportunities pertaining to low income students. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of an article on using standardized testing in different ways, including for the creation of adapted reading assessments. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page paper applying Karl Popper’s approach to the scientific method to educational research. There is a wealth of research in education, much of it virtually worthless. For decades, it seemed that researchers turned to qualitative methods only when they could not fit hypotheses into quantitative approaches, and qualitative studies frequently were ...

A 5 page discussion of multiculturalism on today’s campuses. The author examines the professional literature on multiculturalism to emphasize that while students change to one degree or another in exposure to other cultures they also retain a tendency to cling to their own traditions and lifeways. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 12 page paper outlines the issues of accountability in the educational setting, and the use of specific types of assessments. This paper considers these issues in a single school setting. Bibliography lists 15 sources.

This 4 page paper provides an overview of three articles on adult literacy. Bibliography lists 3 sources.