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The Difficulties in Archaeological Investigation, 2006.
This paper examines archaeological methods for identifying sites of imperial control in the ancient world.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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In "Dimensions of Imperial Control: The Vijayanagara Capital," Carla Sinopoli and Kathleen Morrison confront this difficulty in archaeological investigation, attempting a more cautious and evidence-based analysis of the sites of power in and around the capital city of the Vijayanagara empire. They begin their assessment, rightly, with a basic ideological assumption about the nature of archaeology of ancient empires: overarching models that describe imperial control and loci of power that are relatively useless.
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"Archaeology can be a frustrating discipline. The scholars who form the ranks of the world's archaeological institutions spend lifetimes sifting through scant clues to reconstruct the intimate details of civilizations long gone. Mistakes are easily made. Evidence is easily misinterpreted. It takes years of pointed training to develop the practical and intellectual skills to draw some meaningful conclusions regarding the characteristics of the ancient world. It's somewhat akin to trying to solve a murder mystery with only the briefest of clues that happened thousands of years prior. (In fact, Bob Brier--a famous Egyptologist--did just that, working to solve what he concluded was the murder of Tutankhamen)."
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Teaching Students with Reading Difficulties, 2005.
This paper discusses two programs for teaching students with reading difficulties: Edmark and Reading Matery.
1,395 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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This paper explains that one of the greatest challenges for any educator is dealing with a student with reading difficulties. However, a number of different programs exist to deal with the different forms of comprehension difficulties: Edmark Reading Program and Reading Matery programs. The author points out that the auditory and picture matching approach of Edmark has been shown to be helpful for students from developmentally and socially disabling backgrounds. The paper relates that since dyslexics often report grappling with frequently misused letters and miss substituting of vowels and consonants; the program Reading Matery,designed to underline the specific dyslexic's need for reinforcement in his or her word sorting capacity and to learn other decoding methods to compensate for potential cognitive decoding difficulties, is better than the overall reinforcement of pictures, words and sounds in Edmark.
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"The experimental group students received 15 minutes per day of tutoring by America Reads Volunteers in the Edmark Reading Program, a highly structured sight word program; control group students were simply read aloud to for 15 minutes each day by the same volunteers. Results indicated a significant difference in the performance of experimental group of students on the WRMT-R Passage Comprehension subtest and Edmark posttest. Qualitative data indicated that more experimental group students than control group students exhibited significantly improved reading ability, attitudes toward reading, attitudes toward school, and attitudes toward self. Results suggested that schools should consider the use of volunteers to implement one-on-one tutoring in the Edmark Reading Program to teach a supplementary sight word vocabulary to at-risk first graders. Thus, Edmark's 'hands on' approach may be helpful for students from disadvantaged backgrounds as well."
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Detection of Learning Difficulties, 2007.
An analysis of the effectiveness of assessment tools for teachers in detecting learning difficulties.
4,852 words (approx. 19.4 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 123.95
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This paper evaluates the assessment approaches available to teachers in the detection of learning difficulties. The paper particularly discusses the need to detect dyslexia at an early stage, in order to prevent damage to the child's learning. It describes the various assessment approaches and screening tests available and how effective they are for teachers.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Learning Difficulties
Aims of Assessment
Assessment Approaches
Screening Test
Miscue Analysis
Non-word Reading Test
Evaluation and Conclusion
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"Every self-respecting teacher should know how to recognize a dyslexic pupil and what remedial measures can be done so that the child involved is not effectively denied access to the curriculum. Teachers and nursery attendants need to be aware of the signs before a child gets formal schooling because the damage to be wrought by late recognition of dyslexia may be irreversible. Psychological and behavioral studies, however, warn against relying on signs and folk beliefs in detecting learning difficulties. If these patently unscientific methods are made as basis of instructional programs, it will create more harm than good. Thus, many state laws today compel the education sector to use systematic methods of assessment that would measure possible obstacles to learning with more confidence and accuracy. There is a good number of such assessment strategies now available to the classroom teacher in the detection of children's learning difficulties, especially dyslexia."
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Archaeological Evidence to Support Mythology, 2004.
Looks at modern archaeological evidence as a possible source for ancient Greek myths and legends.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper looks at specific fossil and archaeological evidence and specimens as possible sources for ancient Greek myths. It explores specific fossil bed sites and their relationship to the ancient world, as well as possible theories of how the ancients must have come across and created legends for various species of pre-historic creatures. The paper includes photographs.
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"The ancient scholar Pausanias described some of these bones as ?enormous but apparently human? when he visited the sanctuary of Askiepios, a rich fossil bed. Many fossils were claimed by the ancients to be the bones of local heroes, since many of these heroes were said to be of extraordinary height and stature. When these bones were found, they would be reburied in a ceremonial fashion and placed inside large coffins. These sites were then lost to the local?s knowledge; so later in time Greeks would dig up large coffins with bones in them and then reclaim to have found the buried remains of local heroes."
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Greek Archaeological Sites, 2002.
A discussion of Greek archaeological sites and the problem of theft of artifacts.
720 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper provides a brief discussion of Greek history and Cretan art. The paper examines the phenomenon of looters and theft from Greek archaeological sites. The on-going battle against looting and smuggling antiquities is described, including an overview of international laws.
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"Looters can be dated as far back as 134 B.C. when the Romans originally stole from the Greeks. Only during the last century did countries such as Greece become concerned about their cultures, since the high prices of the artifacts have lead to more of their treasures being stolen. In the 1960?s, the popularity of marble statues encouraged thieves to loot the Aegean Islands for statues produced by the Cycladic culture during the Bronze Age. The looters destroyed over 12,000 graves in the course of their thefts. While many of these statues are in private collections, few have been recovered by archaeologists."
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Archaeological Dating Methods: A Case Study, 2002.
This paper discusses four major methods of archaeological dating: stratigraphy, dendrochronology, obsidian hydration dating, and radiocarbon dating.
2,380 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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The paper introduces archaeology, and explains that the concept of dating is central to the science of archaeology. Two broad categories of dating, relative and absolute, are introduced, and four major specific types of dating are presented to the reader; stratigraphy, dendrochronology, obsidian hydration dating, and radiocarbon dating. Each of the four methods are discussed in great detail, each with a closing paragraph devoted to the underlying problems with that particular method. For example, the section on stratigraphy begins with a brief history of the method itself, and introduces such concepts as the law of superposition, temporal sequences of data within stratified deposits, context evaluation, and determining age through the relative position of superimposed artifacts. The negatives of stratigraphy are then discussed, and include deformation, overlapping and reverse stratigraphy, and the method is evaluated on the whole. This format is then applied to the other three types of dating discussed. Finally, a concluding paragraph states that although the four types of dating discussed are infinitely valuable to archaeologists all over the world, there are still problems associated with each that need to be accounted for when using them to address the age of fossilized remains and other artifacts.
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"Archaeology is the study of past human cultures, and archaeologists must uncover and interpret material remains in order to reconstruct past ways of life. To understand the purposes of these remains, Archaeologists have the task of constructing a chronology of prehistory, using various dating methods. ?Without knowing the age of materials, little can be said about the activity that made them part of the site (David L. Webster, Susan Toby Evans & William T. Sanders, 1993: 128).? Dating is defined as the placement in time of events relative to one another or to any established scale of temporal measurement (Jeffrey S. Dean, 1981: 375). Dating methods used by Archaeologist incorporate the scientific method and have the advantages of objectification, application to isolated cultural sequences, and an expanded span of human prehistory for which an absolute chronology can be built (Keith Brannigan, 1974: 100-101). Scientific methods of dating are invaluable for the prehistoric periods and have revolutionized the archaeologists? ideas about the absolute chronology of the prehistoric culture sequence (Brannigan, 1974: 101), yet each of these scientific methods has many difficulties. Dating techniques fall into two categories?relative and absolute?and include the following: seriation, ceramic dating, potassium argon dating, thermoluminescence dating, archaeomagnetic dating, fission track dating, stratigraphy, dendrochronology, obsidian hydration dating, and radiocarbon dating. This paper will discuss the latter four methods, with an emphasis on the shortcomings of each."
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Difficulties Following the Abolition of Slavery, 2008.
A discussion of the difficulties that many African Americans continued to face after the abolition of slavery due to their relationship with White Southerners.
868 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper details some of the difficulties that African Americans continued to face after the abolition of slavery. It looks especially closely at the relationships between Black and White Southerners and the perceptions that these two groups had about one another. The paper discusses issues of ownership, perception, status and violence.
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"After the end of slavery, Blake notes that it was also hard for blacks to have anything of value for their own. As slaves, they were allowed things like whiskey and food and other extra items. But as a hired person working as a sharecropper, "we couldn't make nothing, just overalls and something to eat" (Blake). It seems that the white man had become used to making so much from slaves, that he still found a way to make as much by making sure the blacks just made even less than they had before. Life after slavery found blacks with even less than they had materially as slaves."
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Difficulties in Shakespeare's "Othello" and "The Winter's Tale", 2000.
Looks at the difficulties of each play, specifically the heroines Desdemona and Hermione, and the problems that critics had with them.
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"Though the above words were written in the opening decades of the 19th century, many present day readers find themselves agreeing with those ?some critics?; while they cannot deny that Shakespeare?s works are brilliant, they are by no means perfect or flawless. In Othello, the ?beautiful flowers? that the aforementioned passage mentions might include the dramatic intensity of the play, or the rendering of Iago?s character, but for present day readers a ?weed? almost invariably sprouts up when the depiction of Desdemona is considered. How could a woman who knew she was completely blameless submit so easily to her death at Othello?s hands? In Shakespeare?s The Winter?s Tale the ?flowers? of the text might be the power of the final scene, or in the way the pastoral imagery in the fourth act is written. But once again a ?weed? may grow for the reader who focuses on the tone of the play. Are the first three acts a tragedy or a comedy, and how does Hermione?s death work to make the play seem like one or the other? Since both Desdemona and Hermione face essentially the same situation, the wrath of their irrationally jealous husbands, it is interesting to consider what would happen if their places were switched -- if Desdemona were a character in The Winter?s Tale, and Hermione a character in Othello. By closely examining the problems presented by both Desdemona and Hermione and their effect on their respective plays, and then by conducting the thought experiment in which the two women are exchanged, it can be clearly seen that, while the inconsistencies are not ?fixed,? the character switch does bring a certain kind of unity to each play. "
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The Key to Hamlet's Difficulties, 2005.
This paper discusses the lead character of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' and argues that the key to Hamlet's difficulties are false appearances.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This is a short essay on Shakespeare's famous tragedy Hamlet. The paper argues the position that the root of Hamlet's problems in the play is the fact that appearances are deceiving, or that there is a gap between appearance and reality. The writer maintains that for one thing, Hamlet is put in a position where he cannot trust his friends or family. Further, the writer discusses that Shakespeare also puts other deceptive appearances into the play.
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"The tragedy of Hamlet is sometimes seen as the downfall of a particularly vulnerable or feeble personality - that of the lead character - and his inability to cope with the adverse circumstances surrounding him which must, after all, have been relatively commonplace in the courtly families of the dark ages. We have only to compare Hamlet's reaction to the murder of his father to that of Laertes to realize that Hamlet's level of personal difficulty in coping is 'off the charts', so to speak."
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Communication Difficulties & Autism, 1997.
Original research covering a case study analysis in which an autistic child is assessed on responsiveness to various theoretical treatments for communication difficulties.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 11 sources, $ 135.95
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" Communication Difficulties and Autism
Introduction
Autism is a disorder that affects many different aspects of the child's development. Symptoms may shift and change as the individual grows older, with some appearing later in life and some gradually disappearing (Frith, 1996). The major difficulties affecting individuals with autism are categorized under four headings: (1) impaired relationships; (2) communication difficulties; (3) obsessions and right behaviour; and, (4) idiosyncratic development (Ellis, 1990). Diagnosis is generally performed by referring to Wing's triad of impairments which includes these major difficulties.
Each of these problems can have a major impact on the life of the child and adult affected by it. In this essay, the focus.."
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Difficulties Faced by Temporary Employees, 2000.
An overview of the difficulties faced by temporary workers, even in the face of government attempts to provide fair employment for the disadvantaged.
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"Government has always tried to be a ?model employer?: with job standards, protection against discrimination, proactive hiring for diversity and benefit to the citizens who tend to need the opportunity, and other considerations which might be better termed idealistic rather than from concern for productivity and efficiency. While government can never be judged in terms of profit, the basic function of jobs within organizations and agencies can be judged in terms of overall mission achievement and the peripheral benefits provided to the public and the employees involved. "
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Difficulties of Love, 1993.
Examples of the pain of romance in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew", "Twelfth Night" and the Sonnets.
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"The idea expressed by Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream that "the course of true love never did run smooth" (I.i.134) represents a theme the runs through many of Shakespeare's plays and indeed through much of world literature. The statement itself embodies several ideas. First, it assumes that there is such a thing as true love and that it is a conception based on the idea that two people are literally meant for each other. Second, it states that these two people, though meant for each other, may have to endure a good deal before they can actually achieve the love they feel. Shakespeare works these ideas through in several of his works, and the theme can be seen clearly in Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, and the Sonnets.
The Taming of the Shrew brings the idea of endurance and ..."
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HIV-AIDS and Psychological Difficulties, 2001.
Discusses problems that stem from the physical illness & its psychosocial stressors incl. stigma, social isolation, discrimination, chronic grief, high risk sexual behaviors.
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" Introduction
The HIV/AIDS patient suffers from psychological difficulties that stem from the physical illness as well as resulting psychosocial stressors. Patients tend to experience an overload of emotional distress due to the loss of their own health, bereavement from the death of friends and lovers, and social stigma or discrimination from prior and new social groups. Research demonstrates that additional variables such as ethnic background are important aspects in dealing with HIV/AIDS.(1) These and other topics, including definitions, theoretical perspectives, study examples, medical relevance examples, and demographic differences will be explored in this overview."
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The Difficulties of Conservation Between Cultures, 2002.
A review of Cox's "A Tale of Two Villages: Culture, Conservation and Ecocolonialism in Samoa".
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This essay will examine Cox's "A Tale of Two Villages: Culture, Conservation and Ecocolonialism in Samoa" in order to crystallize what Cox is describing, his motives and intentions in writing the chapter, and how well he carried out his argument.
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Difficulties in Writing, 2005.
A discussion of the importance of writing skills in adult life and how these skills need to be pushed in children with learning disabilities.
1,425 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper argues that it is possible to think clearly and precisely about how to teach writing to students who struggle with that skill and that it is possible to provide them with the tools to evaluate and improve their writing themselves. The writer reviews articles and research in the field.
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"Written expression is one of the three academic areas under which a student can be classified as learning disabled under our special education laws. While reading, and to a lesser extent math, generally get more attention, the development of written expression skills is crucial to all students' eventual success. Students will have to write essays and research papers in high school, write essays on applications to college, and be able to write more advanced papers in college. If they do not go on to college, they will still have a distinct advantage if they can communicate well using writing as many businesses are making more and more use of e-mail for communication among employees (Hansen, 1998). In addition, writing can be a tool to access one's emotions and explore one's feelings and attitudes by such activities as keeping a personal journal (Karge, 1988). In spite of the importance of acquiring writing skills, difficulties with writing continue into adulthood in persons with learning disabilities (Karge, 1988)."
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