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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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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 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.
1,438 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 4 sources, $ 47.95
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 15 sources, $ 47.95
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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".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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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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Eliot and the Language of Difficulty, 1997.
A linguistic analysis of "The Four Quartets" by T.S. Eliot.
2,205 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 68.95
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This paper critically evaluates the complex linguistic structure of "The Four Quartets", focusing on circularity of Eliot's language and his frequent use of oxymorons. It argues that such linguistic devices signal Eliot's fundamental frustration regarding the inadequacy of language (both ordinary and poetic) and his search for a metalanguage. The paper also draws on Eliot's The Waste Land with its themes of hollowness and physical and linguistic disintegration.
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"The most striking and insistent characteristic of The Four Quartets must be its difficulty both of language and content. As a poem, it has no objective, no defined conclusion: 'In my end is my beginning' is the resounding message which, if unraveled, only serves to send the reader round in ever widening circles . The construction of the poem provides an explanation for the apparent lack of linear progression - written from 1936 to 1942, the four sections were only conflated for an American audience in 1943. However, together they possess a somewhat conflicting homogeneity both echoing and contradicting each other."
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"Effects of Leader Role, Team-Set Goal Difficulty, Efficacy and Tactics " by Durham, Knight and Locke, 2000.
A Summary and assessment of the study on effective leadership.
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"Human Resource Management and Team Effectiveness: An Article Summary
Introduction
This research summarizes the article ?Effects of Leader Role, Team-Set Goal Difficulty, Efficacy, and Tactics on Team Effectiveness? by Cathy Durham, Don Knight, and Edwin Locke. The summary is presented in relation to the following elements: literature review, hypotheses, method, analysis, and conclusions.
Literature Review
The study, the results of which were reported in this article, examined the relationships between leadership role, team goals, and team tactics, as independent variables, and team effectiveness, as a dependent variable. Concepts from..."
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PEG Tubes vs. NGT Feeding Systems, 2002.
An analysis of the effects of swallowing difficulty and speech difficulty on the quality of life in patients with PEG or NGT tubes.
1,784 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper discusses a research which measures the effects of having a PEG tube (as opposed to NGT) inserted, on the patient?s quality of life as it relates to their ability to communicate and swallow. Two research questions are answered in this paper: ?Does a PEG procedure have an effect on the patient?s ability to communicate their wishes and improve there satisfaction with the quality of their life in regards to self-care?? and ?Does the PEG method offer more satisfaction in regards to quality of life than the NGT method?? The paper illustrates the importance of taking the individual patient's feelings, concerns and wishes into account and not just focusing on the clinical side of things.
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"There are two primary methods for administering food to patients who can no longer swallow or have difficulty swallowing. The first is by way of an NGT tube, which is inserted through the nasal cavity and goes into the stomach. This procedure severely limits the patient?s ability to speak or swallow. The other popular method is PEG where a tube is inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall. In this case a patient?s ability is speak or swallow is not limited by the procedure itself. However, in stroke patients this ability may already be impaired. Many of us consider the ability to communicate our own wishes and enjoy conversation with other human beings a factor in determining our quality of life. Being unable to communicate with another creates a feeling of isolation or helplessness."
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