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Rote memorization versus critical thinking in high school mathematics

How important is it to teach students to think more critically, to connect and evaluate their ideas? Describe a course that you took in high school that you think would have been much more effective if it were taught through critical thinking instead of rote memorization and explain why.

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Ethnocentrism, stereotyping, and prejudice as barriers to intercultural communication

In what way do ethnocentrism, stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination act as barriers to effective intercultural communication?

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Eyewitness testimony errors and reliability in criminal justice

One of the fundamental assumptions of the American criminal justice system is that the testimony of eyewitnesses can be trusted -- in fact, that it can be trusted absolutely.

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Post-tenure review processes and effects on student satisfaction

To assess the ability of the post-tenure review process to enhance student learning, a quantitative study could compare students' satisfaction levels with professors at institutions that used post-tenure review with students' levels of satisfaction at institutions that did not utilize the…

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Why teachers leave the profession: retention and motivation in Canadian secondary schools

Teaching is one of the professions that many and indeed probably even most people enter with a large measure of idealism.

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Personal and political obliteration in Dickens' Tale of Two Cities

Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens portrays the cities of London and Paris at a time just prior to and during the French Revolution.

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Christian sexuality and marriage in the Penners' Gift of Sex

Human sexuality has been a prominent feature of the species and the culture since time immemorial, for reasons both obvious and more subtle.

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Britney Spears' personal crises and psychological problems

Pop recording star Britney Spears has become fabulously wealthy over the past decade or so by selling millions of albums, selling an avalanche of merchandise, and she has been a spokesperson for numerous products that have brought her addition exposure, cash, and fame.

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The Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, and Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention

During the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, two primary plans were forwarded that shaped the development and discussion at the convention that would forever impact the shape of American politics.

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Cellular phones and cognitive development: applying Johnson's media theory

Cellular telephones have changed many aspects of contemporary American society. Technology that was completely unavailable to ordinary consumers as recently as two decades ago has become so ubiquitous today that not owning a cell phone is almost as surprising as finding a "mobile phone" installed…

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