Behavior Therapy and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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A 5 page overview of the benefits of behavior therapy in treating attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Defines the physiological basis of these conditions, their behavioral traits, and emphasizes the importance of changing this behavior through behavioral therapy rather than relying exclusively on drugs. Provides a brief review of the literature on the subject. Annotated bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Essay Title: Behavior Therapy and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Reading, History, and Cooperative Learning: Working Together for Success
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A 5 page paper discussing learning the subject of history by incorporating content reading and cooperative learning into the curriculum. By combining the various methods and approaches to learning, the student can expect to gain much more valuable information out of history, a subject often confined to lectures. The content area reading method is discussed and defined, as is the method of cooperative learning. Bibliography lists 6sources.
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Essay Title: Reading, History, and Cooperative Learning: Working Together for Success

Teaching Reading to At Risk Students
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Teaching reading can be a difficult process for primary educators and Special Education educators alike. But the problem of teaching reading is compounded for at-risk populations, which include children with emotional and social disorders, individuals in impoverished communities and children who are speakers of other languages (SOLs). This 17 page paper considers the problem of instructing at-risk students with a particular focus on reading instruction. This paper also considers the issues that stem from children with minimal English proficiency, specific language impairments, and emotional and psychological disorders as these impact the process of learning to read. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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Essay Title: Teaching Reading to At Risk Students

Accelerated Reading
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This is a 6 page paper that proposes a study on the effects of the accelerated reading program designed by Advantage Learning Systems on the reading comprehension and retention of middle-school students. It also proposes to study the effect of that program on the motivation of the students to read outside the classroom. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Essay Title: Accelerated Reading

Early Reading Development
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A 25 page research paper that investigates the factors and skills involved in learning to read and comprehend focusing on beginning readers. Topics covered include the decades-long debate about the value of whole language versus phonics; semantics; syntax; lexical and sublexical routes; phoneme awareness, phonological awareness and the alphabetical principle. Numerous research studies are reported. The write concludes with a recommendation regarding the most effective way to teach reading and comprehension based on the research cited. Bibliography lists 30 sources.
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Essay Title: Early Reading Development

Effective Strategies For Motivating Children To Read
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A 10 page research paper which looks at a wide variety of the theories which are applied to the task of learning how to read and then to some of their practical applications in the classroom to provide motivation for reading. The writer also examines look for practical applications in current research. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Essay Title: Effective Strategies For Motivating Children To Read

Improving Educational Models for Reading Programs in the Middle School Level
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Middle school educators have recognized the significance of success in reading as an indicator of academic advancement and overall performance for individual students. Reading is a fundamental process necessary to attain learning in many different subjects, and the success of reading programs enhances the outcomes for students across disciplines. This 12 page paper considers the problem of addressing reading programming for a varied population of students, and outlines a study of these students in terms of performance outcomes. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Midschol.wps
Essay Title: Improving Educational Models for Reading Programs in the Middle School Level