Educational Assessment / Benefits From Assessment Informing Educator Decision-Making
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of the current perspectives on educational assessment, especially as they respond to the constructs of Gerald Haigh's claim that educational assessment must inform educator process. This paper considers the nature of Haigh's assertion that if assessment doesn't inform planning, then it is pointless. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Assesedu.wps

Educational Assessment and Ethics
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An 11 page paper that provides an analytical overview of three articles on educational assessment and then determines their impact on the issue of ethics in relation to this process. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Stuass.wps

Math Education / Alternative Assessment
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A 7 page paper that discusses the concept of alternative assessment of mathematics. The concept of alternative assessment is the result of concern about what traditional paper and pencil tests really assess. Several alternative assessment techniques are explained, including examples from teachers about what types of assessments they are using in their elementary or secondary classrooms. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGaltasses.wps

AIDS Education
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9 page presentation of an educational program designed by the writer to teach adolescents how to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS. Includes comprehensive test continuing multiple choice, true/false, matching and short-answer essays to test student's knowledge. Rationales are provided for each of the questions to explain how each of them tests to ensure that students have achieved one of five program goals by correctly answering them. Useful for those studying curriculum/instruction and classroom teaching. Bibliography contains 5 sources.
Filename: Aidsedu.wps

Promoting AIDS Awareness In Schools
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A 10 page research paper discussing AIDS / HIV awareness education in public schools in America. Several programs are cited, including the American Red Cross program and a multi-media interactive program that is free to all. Bibliography includes 10 references.
Filename: Aidsschl.wps

"Failing at Fairness: How America's Schools Cheat Girls."
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(3 pp) According to Myra and David Sadker (1994), "When girls do not see themselves in the pages of textbooks, when teachers do not point out or confront the omissions," these same girls, and even the ones that some of us may know, " learn that to be female is to be an absent partner in the development of our nation. And when teachers add their stereotypes to the curriculum bias in books, the message becomes even more damaging." Is there anything we can do?
Filename: BBchgirl.doc

'Multi-Age' Or 'Ungraded' Classrooms / How They Compare?
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A 10 page paper on the evolving organization of schools,which has come full circle in the way in which students are moved through the educational system. Starting with nineteenth century 'common schools' that did not separate children by age, through the introduction of graded schools in the mid-1800s which resulted in 'ungraded classrooms' for non-achieving students, the writer covers the twentieth century equivalent of these separate but unequal classes in 'special education' arrangements.for students not matching the lockstep of an age-graded system. Most recently, inclusive, multi-age classrooms and non-graded schools embody the philosophy that all children can learn--at their own pace and in their own way, with the help and example of peers of all ages. Bibliography lists 24 references.
Filename: Multiage.wps

(The) Intellectual Development of Children
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8 pages discussing the intellectual development of children. 9 references cited. Excellent for those studying child psychology, child development, theories of learning etc; Paper makes many reference to the works of Piaget.
Filename: Childdev.wps

25 MISTAKES TEACHERS MAKE AND HOW TO AVOID MAKING THEM
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This 5 page paper discusses the 25 mistakes teachers make, according to Carolyn Orange, and discusses how teachers can remedy situations including discipline, personal conduct, poor administration, and class room policies, among others. Bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: Mb25tch.rtf

A Case Study in the Classroom: Mathematical Instruction Through Nature
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A 9 page presentation of one teacher’s experience working with a mathematically challenged boy. This paper provides an overview of the theories of Piaget and Spelke and ties them in to a classroom experiment which capitalizes on a child’s fascination with a bird nest in order to successfully introduce basic mathematical concepts. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPedBird.rtf

A Comparison of Educational Perspectives: Whitehead and Chaudhuri
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This 8 page paper considers the perspectives of Alfred North Whitehead in his work The Aims of Education, and Haridas Chaudhuri in his work The Evolution of Integral Consciousness. This paper outlines these 2 different perspectives on education, creates a critical analysis of both and then identifies the beliefs of each of the authors as they compare to existing perspectives on education. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MHAimsEd.wps

A Model For Inclusion-friendly Schools
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of the inclusion paradigm. Ideas on how to train and educate staff is a focus on the paper. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA218inc.rtf