Abstract The paper examines Susan Glaspell's short story "A Jury of Her Peers." The paper explains the nature of the crime and the themes. The paper also discusses the gendered elements, the male/female perspectives and the structure of the story as a gendered investigation.
From the Paper "In Susan Glaspell's short story "A Jury of Her Peers," a crime has been committed and the guilty person should be punished. The dramatic question is, what is the crime? Based on that answer the guilty person is determined. The twist to the story is that there are two guilty people for two different types of crimes - the murder of a farmer and the domestic abuse of the farmer's wife."
Abstract The paper defines the short story, "A Jury of her Peers" as a work of realism and naturalism. The paper defines and explains the two genres, including the theme of the story and the determinist philosophy.
From the Paper ""In A Jury of Her Peers" Susan Glaspell describes ordinary people living ordinary lives. This is a major tenet of the realistic movement in literature and will serve as a basis for defining "A Jury of Her Peers" as a work of realism. That said, the argument can certainly be made-and it will-that the story is a work of a particular genre of realism known as naturalism."
Tags: a jury of her peers, susan glaspell, realism, naturalism
Abstract The paper provides a historical analysis of jury nullification and its current practice today by the black community. The paper explains the term "jury nullification" and contends that black juries in inner cities are unwilling to convict a black defendant of a crime because of a criminal justice system they consider racist and unjust.
From the Paper "Jury nullification is an American constitutionally protected right that few people have ever heard of. Jury nullification occurs when a jury decides to acquit a defendant it believes to be guilty of the crime he has been charged with committing. In returning a not-guilty verdict, the jury willfully ignores the facts of the case as well as the judge's instructions regarding the proper procedure and the law and in effect votes its conscience."
Abstract The paper considers the jury selection of an African American man charged with armed robbery. During the selection process a prospective juror is stricken by the prosecution in order to have a racially representative jury. The paper contains two essays, each with a compelling argument for or against the challenge, and both based upon the Supreme Court ruling in 1986, Batson v. Kentucky.
From the Paper "In the case in question for this essay, the defendant is an African American male being tried for armed robbery. As the voir dire process is being undertaken, the prosecution exercised a preemptory challenge to strike the sixth prospective juror from consideration. The sixth juror was, like the defendant, an African American, as were three of the five jurors already selected. When asked to defend this motion and action, the prosecutor stated that the juror should not consist of a racial makeup that is disproportionate from that of the nation as a whole. In this case, the jury would be 80% African American which is far different from the racial makeup of the United States. As logical as this argument sounds, the judge need only look at the 1986 Supreme Court ruling, Batson v. Kentucky, to see that this is illegal and cannot be allowed during the voir dire process."
Abstract This paper focuses on peer assisted learning strategies and how student attitudes affect performance in SLA. It critically evaluates five studies with a focus on how the research methodology might have been improved, what potential bias' researcher might have brought to the study, as well as the implications of the studies themselves. The articles are; "Negotiation for Meaning and Peer Assistance in Second Language Classrooms" by Pauline Foster and Amy Snyder-Ohta, "Impact of Classroom Dynamics on the Effectiveness of Recasts in Second Language Acquisition" by Frank Morris and Elaine Tarone, "Collaborative E-mail Exchange for Teaching Secondary ESL: A Case Study in Hong Kong" by Roseanne Greenfield, "Cooperation and Competition in a Korean Middle School English Class: A Case Study" by Lee Sung-Lim and "The Effects of Reciprocal Peer Tutoring on Graduate Student's Achievement, Test Anxiety, and Academic Self-Efficacy" by Bryan and Marlynn Griffin.
Outline
"Negotiation for Meaning and Peer Assistance in Second Language Classrooms"
"Impact of Classroom Dynamics on the Effectiveness of Recasts in Second Language Acquisition"
"Collaborative E-mail Exchange for Teaching Secondary ESL: A Case Study in Hong Kong"
"Cooperation and Competition in a Korean Middle School English Class: A Case Study"
"The Effects of Reciprocal Peer Tutoring on Graduate Student's Achievement, Test Anxiety, and Academic Self-Efficacy"
Conclusion
From the Paper "Peer-assisted learning is an educational concept that has long been used to actively engage students in the knowledge acquisition process, and is known by a variety of names, such as collaborative learning, cooperative learning, collective learning, learning communities, peer teaching, peer learning, peer coaching, reciprocal learning, team learning, study circles, study groups, and work groups (adapted from Gross-Davis, 1993:http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/collaborative.html), which, though these terms are not interchangeable, share its most salient feature, peer-assisted knowledge acquisition, in contrast to individualistic study."
Abstract This paper discusses the topic of adolescent peer pressure and bullying. The paper looks at the causes of bullying, how adolescents can protect themselves against bullying and how adolescents can resist peer pressure. The paper also discusses what parents can do to help their children resist peer pressure and protect themselves from bullying.
From the Paper "As children grow up they are influenced more and more by the world outside their home and by their friend, parents, teachers and others they meet and interact with in the outside world. Young children learn from their parents and they are influenced by their genetic makeup, which influences their personality type e.g., shy outgoing, smart, athletic or neurotic. They will also be influenced by where they live, a busy city or a small town, by what their parents do, whether they are..."
Abstract This document discusses the Peer Software Development Team structures that have risen to prominence in some organizations. These peer based teams are smaller in size than the traditional project team structure and are far more adaptive. The paper further discusses how, because the size is limited and because of innovations in the structure such as the Scrum method where teams and individual team members can delete, add or manipulate tasks anywhere in the development cycle, these peer team structures are directly aligned with the market and the customer/end-user requirements.
From the Paper "Peer Software Development Teams (PSDTs) are a component of Agile Development methodologies which has become project management of choice among innovative organizations because its flexibility and results oriented focus. Many companies, such as Microsoft, have committed to Agile Development methodologies such as the Scrum method which is one of the most important PSDT expressions of community based innovation (Taft, 2005, para.3). Agile Development methodologies empower programmers to program rather than constraining them by traditional project management constraints and PSDT techniques ensure that the benefit of combined skills and talents are utilized in a team environment without saddling the individual programmer with the excessive structures that traditional project management techniques often do."
Abstract This paper ascertains whether students engaged in a peer-tutoring, collaborative environment would increase their self-esteem and decrease their dropout rate. The hypothesis reads as follows: 'We hypothesize that a class based on a collaborative peer tutor teaching program would elicit greater positive changes than would classes based on traditional group leaning activities, or traditional individual learning activities.' Specifically, participants are compared on measures of self-concept and school-based attitudes.
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Abstract The paper discusses a number of studies to suggest that peer rejection, especially during adolescence, may be a significant stressor that is associated with harmful adjustment problems both as an adolescent and an adult. The paper states that research findings reveal that peer rejection is particularly related to increases in developmental issues. The paper discusses the findings with specific references to theories,studies and research on the subject.
From the Paper " Social belonging is a primary human need, therefore it comes as no surprise that research suggests people are more psychologically healthy when part of social groups. To the contrary, being excluded or isolated can be very emotionally painful and associated with a number of negative effects including anxiety, depression, anger, and shame (MacDonald & Leary, 2005). Early positive attachments and being integrated into a loving and responsive adult-child relationship is clearly necessary for mental health and well being. As a child ages into adolescence, the need for peer group membership develops normally. Peer rejection in adolescence is found to have an especially negative impact as compared to at a younger age. Adolescents rely on peers as a basis of comparison for appraising themselves for social and personal worth, because of their increased reliance on peers for guidance, support and intimacy. Thus, adolescents who are not accepted may have problems in identity development and forming a sense of personal worth and self-concept."
Abstract This paper examines the myths about women by men in a patriarchal society as portrayed in Glaspell's short story, "A Jury of Her Peers".
From the Paper "Glaspell demonstrates how the cultural norms and myths about women in "A Jury of Her Peers" affect the women characters? sense of self by creating an incident where the women are forced to reckon with the myths that have been created about them in their patriarchal society, and to come to terms with the reality of their feminine self-definition. Through the unfolding of events in the story, we readers see the women characters? sense of self evolve. Their realization is important not only to the outcome of the story, but also, to the women readers who may see themselves in the roles of those characters. "A Jury of Her Peers? supports this thesis. "
Abstract In this article, the writer looks at Susan Glaspell's play "Trifles" based upon the short story "A Jury of Her Peers". The writer discusses these works in terms of the ideas of crime and punishment. The writer also examines the cultural context of each work.
From the Paper "This research examines ways in which social experience informs conscience and behavior in Susan Glaspell's play "Trifles" and the short story on which it was based "A Jury of Her Peers". The research will set forth the cultural context of the narrative and show how inter-penetrations of conscience and social constructs in that context affect explain or justify behavior. The social milieu of Glaspell's story is a decisive component of the narrative. In the drab farmhouse where the action of 'Trifles' and 'Jury' unfolds all the people are ... "
Abstract In this analysis of Susan Glaspell's short story "A Jury of Her Peers", the writer focuses on the attitudes toward women, as expressed by the Sheriff and County Attorney. The writer discusses the male preconception of women.
From the Paper "The attitudes toward women in Glaspell's 'A Jury of Her Peers'illustrate those of a former era when women were rigidly defined in terms of roles and attributes by a male dominated patriarchy. The attitudes of the Sheriff and the County Attorney are so locked into their preconceptions of women that they fail to recognize Minnie Foster murdered her husband. This is not something that escapes the attention of the other women in the story because they have a fuller understanding of ... "
Abstract This paper relates that Susan Glaspell, in "A Jury of Her Peers", demonstrates the injustice of male superiority during the early 20th century, when the story was written. The paper describes the way the men misjudge the intelligence and instincts of the women in the story, thus portraying the men as overpowering, ignorant and foolish. The paper further explains that the plot shows indirectly the men's disrespect to the women by making a mockery of all the kitchen items and anything relating to victim Minnie's domestic duties. The author concludes that the unity of the three women strengthens Glaspell's point of making the superiority of men unjust.
From the Paper "Glaspell describes Minnie's life as extremely lonesome which allows the reader to sympathize with Minnie; once again making men like John Wright look harsh and inappropriate. For example, her house is described with words of abandonment and depression: "Maybe because it's a down in a hollow and you don't see the road. I don't know, but it's a lonesome place and always way." In addition to living in such a miserable environment, Minnie did not have any kids. Once again, the reader and both the women sympathize with Minnie."
Abstract This paper discusses that one possible improvement to the juvenile system is trying violent juvenile offenders as adults. The author points out that there are proponents for the idea that a juvenile defendant is entitled to be tried in front of a jury of his or her peers. The paper concludes that changes to the juvenile justice system should be guided by solid research, rather than by subjective notions that bad children will necessarily become bad adults.
From the Paper "Forty-year-old printer Terry King was asleep in his Florida home when he was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat and his home set ablaze in an apparent attempt to destroy the evidence. His longtime friend Ricky Chavez and his two young sons Alex, 12 and Derek, 13 stood trial separately for his murder. Chavez, a convicted child molester who admittedly molested both Alex and Derek for years and was implicated in the murder of Terry King, was found not guilty; but both Alex and Derek (who were tried as adults) were found guilty and sentenced to serve prison terms."
