Descriptive research plays an important role in educational research because it has greatly increased our knowledge about what happens in the classroom. What is descriptive research? Descriptive research can involve collecting quantitative information‚ or it can describe categories of information such as patterns of interaction when using technology in the classroom. Although it may employ fundamentals of both quantitative and qualitative research‚ descriptive research does not fit neatly into the
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION "C’mon. Everyone’s doing it." So why shouldn’t you? It’s almost expected that you will experience peer pressure frequently throughout your teen years. Say you’re invited to a party where you know there will be alcohol or drugs. A friend decides to cut class. Someone offers you a cigarette. Or friends talk about having sex with their boyfriends or girlfriends. How do you respond? Are you tempted to follow their examples‚ or can you stand strong in your own belief system
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MODULE 2: RESEARCH ARTICLE CRITIQUE Vandana G. Kotapally Grand Canyon University: SPE 557 04/25/2012 Abstract Causes of dyslexia or reading disabilities have been hotly debated by researchers and educators. Knowledge regarding the causes of reading disabilities is important as they define the strategies that will used to help students with dyslexia learn. Dyslexia is caused by differences in the information processing patterns of learning disability students. Language and phonological skills
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ENGL 111 English Composition Statewide Online Course Principles of Peer Review Concerns about Peer Review and How to Handle Them In this class‚ you will be asked to review one another’s writing as a regular‚ graded assignment. You will be provided with a series of questions to guide you as you read and respond to one another’s drafts. In this handout‚ we address some general concerns many students have about reviewing classmates’ work. If you have these concerns‚ you are not alone. The
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Protein Article Research Kristen Roberts Immunity is the ability of a body to resist infection or to counter the harmful toxins produced by infecting organisms (Martin‚ Hine 2008). Antibodies and white blood cells are defensive cells and substances‚ these things produce an immune response. If such an encounter such as‚ bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites occur can make the macrophages engulf the microorganism and secretes cytokines and chemokines. This attracts immune cells to the infected
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DEMONSTRATION PROJECT: PEERS AND DELINQUENCY 18 CJ 798 008 University of Cincinnati June 5‚ 2009 Introduction The problem of how to deal with juvenile offenders has plagued society since before the establishment of the first juvenile court in 1899. (OJJDP‚ Juvenile Court Statistics 1999) Prior to that development‚ delinquent juveniles were processed through the adult court and often received harsh punishments. The American juvenile justice system was designed to
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Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing: What is the risk? Every day‚ millions of computer users share files online. Whether it is music‚ games‚ or software‚ file-sharing can give people access to a wealth of information. You simply download special software that connects your computer to an informal network of other computers running the same software. Millions of users could be connected to each other through this software at one time. The software often is free and easily accessible. Sounds promising‚ right
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adolescents make regarding their motivation‚ engagement‚ and achievement in school (in life) and the satisfaction they obtain from their choices depend‚ in part‚ on the context in which the make such choices. (Ryan‚ 2000) Teachers‚ parents‚ and peers all provide adolescents with suggestions and feedback about what they should think and how they should behave in social situations. These models can be a source of motivation or lack thereof. Modeling refers to individual changes in cognition‚ behavior
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Scholarly Journal Article I chose this article because my step sister is currently going through postnatal depression. I wanted to learn more about it‚ and how they have tried to cure it. It very sad that a lot of mothers go through this and are so defeated by it. I’m glad I got to learn more about Postnatal depression. There are many women who have postnatal depression and don’t know quite how to cure it yet‚ that’s the many reason they did this research. The current study was necessary because
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A Quantitative Research Article Review Shannon Davis TSU Role Development 5040 Dr. DeCuir September 28‚ 2012 A Quantitative Research Article Review I chose to critique the peer reviewed publication A Quantitative Correlational Study on the Impact of Patient Satisfaction on a Rural Hospital. There are various reasons why I chose this article. I am an agency nurse and work at various different emergency departments around Middle Tennessee. Most of them are concerned about patient satisfaction
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