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Research-based strategies for increasing student achievement

Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock's Classroom instruction that works: research-based strategies for increasing student achievement (2001) gives a thorough overview of recent research on effective teaching methods for elementary, middle, and high school grade levels.

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Experimental design for studying negative advertising's effect on voter turnout

In order to provide the best possible research results, the researcher therefore must make decisions regarding the appropriateness of any particular research design to the study in question.

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Qualitative and quantitative research methods for studying workplace diversity

Compare and contrast elements of qualitative and quantitative research methods in terms of survey and case study designs. Which characteristics of qualitative and quantitative analysis would be useful to acquire a more comprehensive understanding of the impact of cultural diversity in the workplace?

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Ethical issues in using animals for psychological research

Both psychologists are addressing the ethical issues involved in using animals for experimental psychological research.

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Logical fallacies in Edwin Meese's Miranda ruling critique

The Supreme Court's Miranda ruling (giving defendants the right to have a lawyer present during questioning) is wrong and only helps guilty defendants. Suspects who are innocent of a crime should be able to have a lawyer present before police questioning.

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How the healthcare market differs from competitive service markets

The healthcare market is basically different from other economic organizations. The two main differences are that the doctor is both the supplier of healthcare services and the advisor who make a decision about what a person needs for healthcare, and the dissociation of payer and customer.

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Gestalt, behaviorist, and social learning theories of learning

There are different theories to how people learn and interpret the world around them. According to Gestalt psychologists, "people see patterns in stimuli before them and conjoin isolated events into meaningful structures" (Gilbert, 1998, p. 67). In order to learn, we use proximity and equality.

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MicroRNA biogenesis, function, and developmental regulation across species

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) belong to a newly-appreciated and diverse class of small, regulatory, 21-25 nucleotide RNAs (Ke and al). They are endogenous, exist across many species from bacteria to mammals, and perform various regulatory functions related to physiology and development (He and Hannon).

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Jealousy, possession, and murder in Browning's "Porphyria's Lover"

Last Duchess" by Robert Browning is an horrifying poem about jealousy and rage, and the extent to which the narrator acted out towards his wife. In the poem, the narrator objectifies his last wife, and nonchalantly recounts the nature of their marriage and how it came to an end.

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Strategy development for international trade negotiations and mediation

The process of developing a strategy for negotiation in an international trade context must involve some level of immersion in the culture, political identity and social characteristics of the trade partner nation.

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