Essays and Research Papers on Special Populations & Conditions

This 5 page paper provides an overview of an interview with a person who is gifted, and considers the nature of peer relations and challenges. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 7 page review of the factors influencing early childhood learning. The author reviews numerous theories on the importance of environment, parental interaction, and culturally sensitive materials. Bibliography lists 14 sources.

A 28 page paper providing the results and discussion sections of a doctoral thesis in elementary education. The paper contains several charts and graphs, statistical analyses of data and a discussion of implications of the current and future research. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 3 page overview of a 2002 report issued by the U.S. Department of Education that assesses the presence of non-traditional students in institution of higher learning. The author contends that this type of information has been collected, analyzed, reanalyzed, digested, re-digested, and vomited up for years. What is needed is a common ...

10 pages in length. The long-standing struggle to integrate special needs students with their non-disabled counterparts has been fought in courtrooms and classrooms alike; that the learning disabled are viewed as needing extraordinary measures for appropriate learning leads many to argue that the attempts to mainstream them with regular students creates three problems: 1) ...

A 6 page paper reviewing "Our Journey to Reading Success" (2004) and "M2ECCA: A Framework for Inclusion in the Context of Standards-Based Reform" (2005) for their usefulness in providing real and useable information for improving methods and outcomes in reading. The first article chronicles success in an urban elementary school, where results brought the ...

A 7 page paper examining Imagination Library, the literacy program founded and sustained by the Dollywood Foundation in East Tennessee, as a model for another program more closely aligned with the needs of an inner-city, bilingual population. In the 500 communities in which it operates, Imagination Library provides a library of books to children ...

This 10 page paper provides an overview of the characteristics of learners that are preparing to read. This paper also considers different reading structures for early readers. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper summarizing articles addressing school choice, charter schools and transferring public funds to private schools. It is clear that schools will need to arrive at workable means of honestly assessing students' achievement levels. Achievement testing has been the subject of controversy for years; as it costs increasing numbers of districts ...

A 3 page research paper that discusses the problem of emotionally disturbed students in special education classrooms. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the subject of life long learning in adult learner populations. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of remdiation strategies for children lacking phonemic awareness. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 6 page paper provides an overview of a data collection process for assessing statistical failure rates for children with learning disabilities. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the subject of standardized testing as it involves students with learning disabilities. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper presenting program goals and a budget for a public school nutrition and exercise program for children 8 – 12 years old. Jump Start is to be an educational program that is fun for children and seeks to instill long-term habits leading to better food choices and increased physical activity. ...

A 3 page paper in the form of a brochure to caregivers, focusing on the leading causes of accidental injury among preschoolers and steps that caregivers can take to mitigate risks. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page research paper that discusses the goals and strengths of the Head Start program, as well as what evaluation methods are being used to assess this program, before offering writer recommendations. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 26 page strategic plan for the University of Phoenix that specializes in adult education. Many UOP students are in business, education and nursing programs. Corporate training in any of these areas provides a strategic fit with what UOP already does, and it fills a need that no other educational organization has approached ...

This 15 page paper examines how the IEP is not conducive to growth for the children with Down Syndrome. IEP is discussed in general and the needs of Down Syndrome students are outlined. Several case studies are included in addition to research on this compelling topic. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

A 3 page article critique that addresses a study by Miedel and Reynolds (1999) that investigated the effect of parental involvement on early childhood education. The writer summarizes the findings, which support the hypothesis that such involvement is beneficial, and discusses implications for real life application and future research. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper analyzes the article "Dropout prevention for youth with disabilities" by Sinclair, Christenson, Evelo and Hurley. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page paper reviewing two articles on the use of student portfolios and including the writer's assessment of the articles. The use of the portfolio as an assessment tool can serve to strengthen weaker areas as one of the authors describes and it can provide a means by which a college student can ...

A 7 page paper. Following an introduction that includes a description of the child who is the subject of this case, the writer provides a modification plan for including this student in the regular classroom. The child has been diagnosed with ADHD. The academic, physical and interpersonal environments are all addressed with specific modifications identified. ...

9 pages in length. A different approach to academic integration was responsible for the advent of magnet schools, a concept that empowers a given academic institute with 'alternative or otherwise compelling modes of instruction' (Public School Review LLC, 2006) by which to draw in students from outside the boundaries of proximity typically associated with ...

A 14 page paper examining methods by which communities and schools themselves can use available people, time, money, facility or energy resources in the local area to increase high school graduation rates in that area. The paper contains a literature review focusing on various prevention techniques and research, and describing the Junior Achievement and ...