A Personal Learning and Teaching Theory Structured Around the Theories of Albert Bandura
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A 7 page guide in the construction of a personal learning/teaching theory. The author contends that much guidance can be found in fields which on first appearance are very different from education. One such field is industry. It is from there that the theories of Bandura originated. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PPedBand.rtf

A Preferred Vision For Administering K-12 Schools: Tutorial
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A 16 page research paper that begins with a general introduction to the principal's job and how the role of the principal has changed over the last twenty years. The major tasks of the principal are outlined. The writer then focuses on the characteristics, knowledge, skills and abilities the principal needs to have to be effective. These discussions are drawn from numerous research studies. Finally, the writer presents a summary of the characteristics and skills that determine how effective a principal will be. Throughout the paper, tutorial suggestions are provided for writing your own paper. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: PGprncef.rtf

A Proposal for Researching the Literacy Needs of the Adult Basic Educational Student
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This 11 page paper does provide a research proposal, but much of the paper relays information about adult learners and their reading abilities, problems and desires. Questions, suitable for use in the form of a questionnaire, are included. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA611abe.rtf

A Proposal to Reduce Highschool Hispanic Drop-out
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A 12 page research proposal designed to evaluate the effects of a specialized class on Hispanic dropout. The author suggests that twenty-two students be randomly selected from a school and entered into a special program emphasizing positive educational networks and continuous exposure to material patterned after the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). The idea is to compare these students pre and post test scores as well as their future drop-out rate to other Hispanic students in the school. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPedHisp.rtf

A Relevant Curriculum - Survey Results
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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 in narrative form and then with three bar graphs. Note that two of the graphs are presented alone on a page due to spacing. No Bibliography.
Filename: PGrlcr.rtf

A Sixth-Grade Watershed Studies Project
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A 2.5 page paper that describes a watershed studies project by a 6th grade classroom. The essay provides an overview of the project and discusses how it was expanded by the students themselves. The writer comments on the success of the project and its impact on students. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PGwtrshd.rtf

A Study Curriculum of Literature, Art and Music “to Make Life Worth Living”
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A 5 page paper which considers the purpose of humanities and a key curriculum of literature, art and music to be studied which demonstrates the beauty of life. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGlife.rtf

Academic Dishonesty
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A 5 page paper which reviews and analyzes "Academic Dishonesty: A Student Development Dilemma" by William L. Kibler. the article appeared in the NASPA Journal, v30 n4, in the Summer of 1993. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAacdmc.wps