Essays and Research Papers on Teaching Methods

A 5 page paper that describes two approaches to teaching in the English as a second language classroom – the communicative approach and the total physical response approach. Both were introduced in the 1960s and 1970s and both have been adapted and modified to be more effective. Each approach is described, including its origins and ...

A 5 page summation and critique of an article on early childhood education. (Adcock, S. G. and M.M. Patton (2001) Views of effective early childhood educators regarding systemic constraints that affect their teaching. Journal of Research in Childhood Education 15(2), 194-208). This study examines the perspectives of teachers regarding curricular trends; the teaching practices employed ...

A 1 page paper discussing the value of an article from the ERIC database. The paper goes into as much detail as possible within the 250-word limit, and finds that the article is sound in its theory and practice. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

5 pages. When an 8-year-old boy is given a new task or skill to learn there are several learning episodes that occur. What these episodes are and how they happen as based on theories from Piaget and Vygotsky are discussed in detail in this paper. Included are Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development, ...

7 pages in length. Each stage of physical and emotional growth is critical to raising a healthy and sound child. Some might debate which echelon represents the most challenging to both parents and children, however, the general consensus indicates that of all the formative stages of childhood, the three-year-old toddler stage can present ...

5 pages. The most important teaching philosophy is one that recognizes each student as the valuable individual that he or she is. Regardless of any certain flaws and without regard to gender, race or socioeconomic status each student deserves to be given the same opportunities to learn. This paper delves into a ...

6 pages. This paper reviews and critiques five articles on teaching, including information about Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence theory. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses some of the literature about teaching students who are at risk. Some research asserts that one factor that can help these youngsters is a positive teacher-student relationship. Another study reports a project that provided special tutors for middle school students. A third article reviews and synthesizes the factors involved in ...

This 10 page paper takes a look at political issues of French immersion programs, but primarily addresses educational issues. The success of language immersion--as well as pros and cons-- is discussed in depth. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the similarities and differences between an English Language Learner and a dyslexic student, how teachers can distinguish between a language problem and dyslexia and considers the factors involved in being dyslexic and learning a language. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page research paper that addresses the nature of children aged 6 to 9 years of age. The writer summarizes the theories of Maria Montessori on this age group and argue that her ideas have largely been substantiated by psychologist Jean Piaget. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 32 page paper investigations the relationship between class size and student achievement. The introduction provides an overview of the information available. Part 1 provides an historical overview of the research on class size dating back to 1909. Those early studies did not find any positive correlation but they were riddled with problems that were ...

This 10 page paper examines the issue of remedial readers in terms of their teachers. Specifically, this paper addresses whether or not these remedial students improve if their teacher has expertise in teaching remedial reading skills. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 10 page paper provides practical applications for Gardner's Multiple Intelligence theory. In addition to application recommendations, the paper provides an in-depth overview of Gardner's theory including a description of all seven types of intelligences. Bibliography lists 15 sources.

A 5 page emphasis that the most important qualities a teacher can possess are attitude and commitment. Unfortunately, under the present system of bureaucratic red tape our schools are in a shambles and our products, the students themselves, often pass through these institutions as though they were attending some type of mass transit facility ...

8 pages. It is felt that the method used when teaching students to read will have a direct effect on their scores when taking a standardized test. Whether taught through phonetics or whole language, the student's ability to read and comprehend the questions on the test will be based on how they were ...

A 6 page paper which examines what children should know about their duties as citizens, considers whether the current citizenship curriculum prepares children and young people for their role as citizens. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

11 pages in length. The fundamental concepts behind traditional (standardized) testing and alternative (nontraditional) testing are the same: to monitor a child's progress through assessment; however, the manner by which each method approaches this shared objective has long been the source of debate within the academic community. For example, English language learners (ELLs) ...

This 6 page opinion paper discusses alternatives for assessing student learning. Tests are historically used to measure student learning but tests are not the only way to assess learning and, in fact, may be the worst method for determining what a student has learned. This essay explains why tests are not necessarily the best assessment ...

A 43 page paper. Sections in this paper include: an abstract; introduction, which includes demographic data; the importance of reading; reading development; teaching ESL students how to read in English; epilogue/summary; and lesson plans. Reading is a complex and sophisticated skill that poses many challenges for fluent-English speaking students and even more challenges for those ...

This 7 page paper explores the complex role of the school principal. This essay includes the nine essential tasks of the principal as outlined by Sergiovanni and goes on to discuss the skills, attributes and characteristics that have been identified for the effective principal and also discuses the organizational, instructional and statutory leadership roles of ...

This 5 page paper considers the evidence for and against the role of phonological skills helping children to learn to read and spell. The paper includes work by Bradley and Bryant as well as studies that consider those comparisons between those learning alphabetical and logographic languages. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

A 5 page overview of Kohn’s view that the utilization of a reward system in education and other social arenas results is more deleterious than positive results. Kohn contends that rewards-systems lead to extrinsic motivation, behavior in which the reward is obtained by any means possible even if that means is counterproductive in either ...

This 42 page paper, including appendices, discusses teaching reading in English to primary students whose first language is not English. The paper begins with an abstract. The Introduction provides background information and data including the ethnic minority data in England, Wales, and Scotland, the proportion of each ethnic minority group living in the UK, ...

This 5 page paper presents an example of a teaching philosophy. The statement begins with general comments about personal teaching philosophies and one of the caveats the writer holds. The philosophy statement has these sections: Knowledge and Lifelong Learning; Motivation, Multiculturalism; Pedagogy; Technology; Classroom Management/Discipline and a wrap-up statement. Each section incorporates the writers philosophy ...