" In my opinion, this quote embodies the true value of literature. ... Studying both the languages has been an equally wonderful and fulfilling experience. Spanish Two has helped to improve both my continuous study of the English language and literature work immensely. ... I am currently studying for my first AP class over the summer, AP Psychology, through BYU Independent Studies. ... AP Literature will be a vicissitude during my junior year; however, the course will improve both my essay writing and English literature comprehension portion of the SAT and ACT tests. ...

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Table of Contents List of Tables iv Table 1 A Sample Table Showing Correct Formatting 52 iv List of Figures v Section 1: Introduction to the Study 1 Introduction 1 Problem Statement 4 Purpose of the Study 8 Definition of Terms 10 Assumption, Limitations, Delimitations and Scope of the Study 13 Significance of the Study 14 Summary 16 Section 2: Literature Review 17 Introduction 17 Rural Communities 18 The Influence of Technology 20 Minorities in Rural Settings 21 Transportation Needs in Rural Communities 23 Rural Student Distinctiveness and Inspiration 24 Minority Student Achievement 27 Getti...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Is a preparation tool for job interview Literature Review U.S. ... HPU, Center for Graduate Studies: "2001 Graduate Profile Salary and Employment Report". ... The survey will be randomly handed out to students who are under various degrees of study. ... This is relevant to my study because they survey is based strictly on educational level i.e. ... The study shows that as more education is obtained the more money one can expect to earn. ...

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Previous literature indicates that adolescent females have lower participation rates than males and tend to drop out of physical activity from the ages of 10 – 19. ... Personal reasons for both taking and not taking part proved to be most agreed with which related to much of the previous literature. ... Current literature indicates that this lack of physical activity increases through age and in particular, amongst adolescent females (Sallis, Prochaska and Taylor, 2000). ... Literature review There is a world obesity epidemic with most recent figures suggesting that 1 in 3 UK children ar...

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Once possessing some of the highest test scores in math, science, and literature, America currently fights to reacquire the scores it once had. ... Measures taken to focus on mathematics, literature, and science have been made by cutting art programs completely out of schools. ... This is because many believe that electives such as art have stolen from student's time in core subjects like math, science, and literature. ... A release of studies has revealed a considerable correlation between art education and academic performance. ... Further studies performed by Kronkosky provided the aca...

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The purpose of this study is to understand how the people most affected by the development of charter schools (the students) feel about them. ... In conclusion there is not a large variety of literature on the topic of charter school efficacy from the student perspective. ... This study is limited due to the small sample size and lack of a standardized instrument. ... Some studies indicate that there may not be a loss of fund allocation among public school districts in districts shared by charter schools (Karanovich, 2010). ... In one study, teachers from both institutions were provided a sta...

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At the beginning of my second marking period, freshman year, my Social Studies class would be my first attempt at the requirement. ... Stewart assigned a research paper about Western Civilization in the 16 hundreds, it was a chance for the whole class to get their Information Literature paper out of the way. ... I could use a past research paper from senior year and he could go in through the schools gradebook and have it count as the information literature paper. ... During ceramics I and II, and three independent studies in ceramics, the class. she taught me how to make clay, how to thro...

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One could argue that it can be somewhat illogical for a writer's work to hold great weight in society if the said individual has not had any exposure to the thousands of years of literature before them. ... By no means is it unlikely for equally great scholars of our time to emerge, but it is much more improbable for these people to have innovative ideas isolated from studying the knowledge and texts of our predecessors. Although my process of learning reading comprehension was completed years ago, this course taught me how to read literature rhetorically, and why it is so important. ... ...

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The studies compiled by Mullis, Owen, and Phillips, indicated that most students seem to develop basic skills, which involve low-level cognition. ... In addition, the study indicated a decline in performance on tasks requiring high-level cognition (Patrick 2). ... He goes on to note that a similar pattern of deficiency in knowledge achievement is revealed by the NAEP studies of mathematics, history, literature, geography, and civics. ... Increase the amount of time in which all students, at all levels of schooling, are systematically engaged in studying and learning core subjects. .....

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Statement of the Problem The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of a school uniform policy on the behavior and attitudes of the students. ... Review of the Literature As students prepare for a new school year they are wanting to go to a happy and safe environment. ... (Sowell, 2012) Another study wanted to determine if the rise in school uniform policies has a negative, neutral or positive effect on behavior in the classroom and on campus while other school safety initiatives are also in place. Seinghee used data, sampling, different measures implemented in the school such as: ...

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Another study, Options Solutions Educational Consultants (OSEC, 2015), states that being in a high school will teach a young person to be a good student. ... The academic literature suggests that gap years provide a great opportunity for young students to develop skills and confidence, which will make them more competitive in educational and career markets (Heath, 2007). ... Orly (2012) learned from experiential studies that taking a gap year provides many opportunities to gain confidence. ... "Studying skills will have been diminished by taking a gap year, making it hard for a student to adju...

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The upper classes were taught literature and military arts on a strong basis of Neo-Confucian learning while the less privileged studied reading and writing and arithmetic at schools called terakoya located in urban areas and supported by nobility or the government of the city in which it was located. ... In a Case Study Project conducted by the United States government it is explained that Monbusho is Japan's Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture. ... Education in social studies has slipped back toward the old training in morality that it was supposed to replace" (158). ... In...

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In addition, parents should use the home environment to foster good study skills, complete homework before play, and to offer praise for good work. ... Instead they should use community resources such as the library or church workshops where they may offer tutors or study aides. ... Though workshop topics may cover anything from children's literature to diabetes prevention, the district always devoted several springtime sessions to giving parents strategies for helping their children prepare for the math, science, and writing sections of the TAAS. ... Moreover, when community and bus...

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However, when parents show regular and ongoing support and concern about their child's studies, their child tends to embody that same sense of care and ownership over their own education. ... Review of Related Literature Lack of parental involvement is one of the biggest problems facing our public schools today (Desimone, 1999; Epstein, 1991; Hill, 2004, Ladson-Billings, 2001). ... A parent study in a socio-economically disadvantaged community that looked at parental behaviors and how they were influenced by multiple factors that included such things as how welcomed they felt at school, t...

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School administrators use their power to decide what may or may not be viewed both in literature (books, magazines, etc.) and school-created news media, such as school newspapers and yearbooks. ... Sabato, director of the Center for Governmental Studies at the University of Virginia, once wrote that critics see journalists as "hypocritical of others yet vengeful when criticized ... wrapping themselves in the First Amendment when challenged on virtually anything." ...

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For the illiterate, all schools should divide curriculum into expensive classes with professional educated teachers who have succeeded in science, literature, and art. ... In school, she was behind the English class and she was not interested in studying; because of deep suffocation she was not able to adjust her abilities in to studying. ...

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Letting God Back In As long as there were test that I forgot to study for I was praying in high school. ... The classes were held during the day and you had a choice on which denomination to study. ... The court had to rule this way because the students were required by state truancy laws to go to school and attendance was monitored by state officials to make sure that children were either in these religious classes or study hall during this time. ... The same status isnot held by other religious literature including the Quran and other holy books. ...

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Abstract A review of literature on pregnant women smoking efforts found that few programs heed epidemiological patterns of smoking and is not empirically designed. ... Methodology Evaluation Concerns While controlled research studies indicate tobacco control strategies with the potential to reduce teenage tobacco use when applied more widely, evaluation of the extent to which they achieve these aims when implemented in practice as part of comprehensive tobacco control programs is rather more difficult to determine. ...

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The evidence in the scientific literature indicates that the answer to that question is yes. For example, a 2006 study of Texas middle school students participating in a sex education program designed by medical school professionals found that these students expressed an intention to delay sexual activity until after high school (Sulak et al.) ... Another study looked at two middle school sex education programs, one that emphasized risk reduction by promoting delayed sexual activity and the use of condoms, and another that emphasized risk avoidance by abstaining from sex until marriage (Doskoc...

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One particular study in New York City schools used conflict resolutions and peer mediation training to reduce student fighting. ... Violence-prevention literature and experts consistently associate at least seven characteristics with promising school based violence prevention programs: 1} A comprehensive approach 2} an early start, long term commitment 3} strong leadership and disciplinary policies 4} staff development 5} parental involvement ...

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So, considering these regulations, how is it suitable to read them on every page of a seemingly high school - appropriate work of literature? ... His inane ramblings are not beneficial for teens to read because, although he seems the epitome of every person trying to find their way in life, he is really a very special case and not "a case study of all of us" (Jones 26). ...

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These initiatives are aimed at improvement through high standards, great expectations, and accountability, yet real improvement has not been borne out in the literature. ... Nichols, Glass, and Berliner's (2012) study about the NAEP test scores in reading and math pre- and post-NCLB concluded that students were making greater gains in math before NCLB legislation than after it; reading achievement has been unchanged pre- and post-NCLB. ... The narrowing of the achievement gap between higher and lower income groups has not occurred according to some studies (as cited in Nichols, Glass, & B...

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Army, and went on the graduate from NYU with a degree in Literature (without having a high school diploma). ... Most of the children at this school were of southern European decent and, he was told, they were studying to be auto mechanics or beauticians, therefore didn't really need to do well in these classes he was teaching. ... What he thought would be English he was to teach, turned into classes on Economic Citizenship and Social Studies, but most often turned into the task of "keeping students occupied". ... There isn't any talk of the two groups switching studies and it is a...

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In the United States " [a] public school student is suspended every second and a half, and a recent study found that 95 percent of out-of-school suspensions are for nonviolent, minor disruptions such as tardiness or disrespect" (Fine et al., 2003).  ... The history of zero tolerance policies in the United States in addition to psychological research and case studies, provide evidence that these policies cause more harm than good to schools and students.  In reviewing the existing body of literature, I will underline the detrimental impact that zero tolerance policies have had on U....

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I was studying a lot for the middle school graduation test and offers exams in many subject areas, including history and literature, science and mathematics and foreign languages. ... I was really motivated all my grades were perfect and I was just studying for the exam. ...

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