Student Essays and Term Papers
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Censoring Our Students
“Students do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gates.” --Justice William Brennan For many years it has been debated whether students have the same amendment rights as any other person in the world. Many would say that they do not. They would say that by taking away those state given rights they are protecting the students from being exposed to negative things. Unfortunately the only thing that
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The Role of Affective and Motivational Factors in Statistics Performance in University Students
When faced with the prospect of having to complete a statistics course at university, students either fall into a state of anxiety about failing the course or they form a belief that they will do well. This is due to their perception of self-efficacy. Perceived self-efficacy is, as stated by Bandura (1994) & Pajares (2002), the construct of a person’s beliefs in their ability to perform in certain tasks including academic tasks. It has been
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Stress Among College Students
Stress Among College Students Leaving home for the first time and going away for school can be very difficult for some people. In many cases for college freshman this is their first time being away from their home and parents. Many times they get home sick and want to isolate themselves. They have to get into a new routine of going to school, and change can be very difficult. It is definitely hard to get
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Student
People say things change and what happened in the past a hundred years ago won’t relate to modern days. But the famous quote by Yoma from his book The Talmud, quoted, “Ambition destroys its possessor,” is relevant to today’s society. There are many examples that can be related to, but this one is more general in today’s society. Students have great ambition towards education; they want to compete with other peers and achieve a high
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Decleration of Independence for High School Students
I have constructed new rules that I wish to be put im place. I hereby state the following as new rules regarding high school students & students attending Livingston High School in Livingston, New Jersey: No more standardized tests. SAT's, Stanfords, GEPA's, HSPA's and any other standardized test no longer will exist. They are in no way a source of seeing how much a student has accomplished and learned throughout education. It only measures how
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Is Homework Helpful or Harmful to Students
Homework has been around for a very long time. It is set and traced as a tradition of having teachers assigning work and students completing it. Parents say that teachers require it; teachers say that parents demand more of it. Teachers assign homework to help some students improve their grade and pass the course for those of who do not do well on tests or standardized examinations. Schools require a certain amount of hours of
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The Effectiveness of Art Therapy and Guided Imagery in Reducing the Stress of 3rd Year and 4th Year Bs Psychology Students Sy 2006-2007
Chapter I The Problem and Its Background Introduction Stress is considered as one of the main reasons for the majority of school problems nowadays. The most frequent cause of stress in school is concern about academic performance and everything that goes with it, such as studying for exams, meeting the deadlines, maintaining average or excellent class standing, and getting high grades. In accomplishing all these, the student must exert a lot of effort. He must
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Negative Attitudes and Poor Learning Habits of Students
Both Holt (1997, cited in Gardner 2005:59-63) and Rothenberg (1969, cited in Gardner 2005:68-72) suggest that teachers have contributed to the negative attitudes and poor learning habits of students. Both writers suggest that studentЎ¦s poor direction of viewing and bad habits of learning is due to the way of treating others, learning and thinking they are taught by teachers. Both of them think that As Holt (1997, cited in Gardner 2005:59-63) has described, students are
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Student Chronicles: Tales of a High School Student
Student Chronicles: Tales of a High School Student Jan. 8, 2007 A.D. It's a pretty good day, all things considered. School has just started back, I got my schedule, and I have the same classes as last semester, unfortunately, and where still on this ridiculous A day B day schedule. By the way my name is Marquis Harding, but everybody calls me "Slim." I'm in the 12th grade at Stratford high. My story takes place
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Student
Pluto: Mike Brown: reduced the 9 planets to 8 planets Among our planets Pluto was always different. Had the largest moon proportioned to its own size, had a egg shaped orbital. Search for Pluto was started by Percival, and Clive Tombar. Some scientist argued then that Pluto was too small in size. Smaller than our moon it was originally thought to me as large as Mars. It was just called a planet w/o further research
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Student Debt
INTRODUCTION This report examines the increasing trends in the amount of debt students are graduating with. The purpose of this report is to prove why these trends need to be stopped, and how they can be stopped. After viewing the statistics from 1993 to the present it will be obvious that student debt is not rising at a steady pace, but that its growth is leading to large financial burdens by many students. Recommendations are
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Student Drug Testing Program
Student Drug-Testing Program: An Overview The Problem By the 12th grade more than one-third of high-school seniors have used drugs. Teens surveyed say drugs are their number one concern. 62% of high-school students and 28% of middle-school students report they attend schools were drugs are used, kept or sold. Substance abuse adds to least $41 billion dollars to the costs of elementary and secondary education, teacher turnover, truancy, property damage injury, counseling, and other costs.
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Student Development
Journal Assignment # 2: Student Development Theory. Let me start by talking about why I traveled across half the globe to come study in a small liberal arts college in the US. I could have stayed back in Pakistan, live with my parents, study in a decent local university but I chose not to. Instead I came to Ohio Wesleyan. I knew that if I had stayed back, I would have been in one way
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Websites for Teachers, Parents and Students
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/social.html New York State Department of Education (all subjects)- this website offers access to the New York State Standards, resource guides for all subjects, old state assessments and other teacher resources. This site has been instrumental in my lesson planning development as a first year teacher. http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org The Bill of Rights Institute (US History)- This website is packed with information on the founders of the United States. There are links to many primary source documents
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The Student at Promise
The At Promise Child 1 Running head: THE AT PROMISE CHILD The At Promise Child: An Alternative Paradigm Timothy S. Stuart tstuart@atpromise.com Seattle Pacific University The At Promise Child 2 The At Promise Child Ninety percent of America's youth belong to one or more official "at-risk" category. These include, but are not limited to, children living in poverty, minority children, immigrant and bilingual children, children with disabilities and latchkey children. Nine-out-of-ten kids on every playground
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Students Should Learn Not Earn
Education is a luxury that many cannot afford. If you want to study, you have to pay for it. Once the poor knew their place and it wasn't in the classroom. Today that no longer applies. We are told we have a choice and that education is freely available. Debt, however, seems to be part of the student's lot. For those that have chosen to study and go onto higher education there is a high
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Student and Teacher Goals
Popular culture seems to say that children don't have a long attention span. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't be setting long-term goals for your student. In fact, there are many issues that require a year-long commitment. Can you imagine not setting a year-long goal for homework completion? Read on to find out some information about year-long goal setting. Why set goals for an entire year? Setting goals for the long term is an important
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Does Standardized Testing Hurt Students
“A hopeful America is one in which not one child is left behind.” This quote from President George W. Bush at a recent news conference represents the current philosophy of our government on education. In 2001 President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The new law is an updated version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) which was signed into law in 1965. Since then standardized testing has been a
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Teaching Project Management as a Life Skill to Previously Disadvantaged High School Students in Langa
Teaching Project Management as a Life Skill to Previously Disadvantaged High School Students in Langa The application of project management skills can be a catalyst for real transformation. It can enable previously disadvantaged individuals to create strategies for the successful undertaking of many of the required tasks of daily living. These newfound skills are completely transferable to the work place and in fact can prove to be a valuable asset irrespective of their career choices.
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Student Researcher
Racism is very real, even in today‘s ‘Melting Pot‘ America. If a white person were to drive to the south side of Chicago, they would find themselves in a predominantly black community full of addiction, welfare, and hard living. The residents in this area would not look kindly to a white person being there. Race based crimes occur frequently against white people in this area. At the same time, if a black person were
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Adhd in College Students
Running head: APA SAMPLE TERM PAPER Tutoring College Students with AD(H)D English Works! Department Gallaudet University Tutoring College Students with AD(H)D We have all heard of the schoolboy who doesn't know how to stay in his seat at school; instead he climbs furniture and makes noise during work time. We have also all known a schoolgirl who looks out the window quietly daydreaming instead of paying attention to the teacher. We now know that the
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Student - Personal Essay
I grew up in a small town in Ohio where education was a valuable part of my life. I would describe our school system as a "back to basics" system. The main philosophy of my time was math, reading, and science. There were extracurricular activities, although they were not considered a high priority. When I attended school we would proudly say the Pledge of Allegiance, and morals seemed to still be in play in our
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Expected Values of Students at the University of Phoenix
Expected Values of Students at the University of Phoenix The University of Phoenix is one of the pioneering education institutions that recognized the need for flexible adult learning. Because of this need, the University of Phoenix started offering an online solution. With this, any graduate level endeavor would require its students to adhere to and maintain certain common values and ethical standards. Even though a virtual classroom does not have the same physical restrictions, it
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Substance Abuse in African American College Students
Abstract This paper looks at substance abuse as it relates to African American college students. Some of the factors under consideration are the causes and ramifications of substance abuse. The growing problem of substance abuse has not gone unnoticed by respective college administrations and this paper also looks at what colleges and universities are doing to educate students on and prevent substance abuse. The primary theme of the paper will be the messages about substance
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The Ethics of Student - Faculty Business Deals
The Ethics of Student-Faculty Business Deals The Akamai Corporation has meant big money for one Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and one of his students. Back in 1995, Tom Leighton, a professor of applied mathematics at MIT, started playing around with ways to use complex algorithms to ease congestion on the Web. He enlisted several researchers, including one of his graduate students, Danny Lewin. At the time, they weren't thinking about starting a company. But
Rating:Essay Length: 4,490 Words / 18 PagesSubmitted: November 23, 2009