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Web 2.0 and social networking: technology, culture, and implications

The second phase of the Web development, commonly known as Web 2.0, has increased in significance and potential with the proliferation of the social networking phenomenon.

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How social, economic, and educational environments affect student learning

As we proceed in our quest to find new ways of doing things we have done before, and improving on the issues on hand by incorporating new philosophies, and new ways to resolve the issues, we need to be focused on the education we provide to our students.

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Multiple measures to evaluate positive behavior support: Mindy's case

Before the behavior escalated to more violent behavior toward herself as well as others, positive behavior support (PBS) was utilized as an approach to see if Mindy would reduce the self-injurious behavior and violent and inappropriate outbursts and replace them with more appropriate responses.

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Sue Monk Kidd's use of symbolism in The Secret Life of Bees

Author Sue Monk Kidd made effective use of creative ideas when she wrote The Secret Life of Bees. She builds a story based on a Black Madonna, bees, honey, a young girl caught in the middle of racial tensions with a hateful, abusive father.

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The Black Death's role in the decline of feudalism

Black Death affected feudalism in the Middle Ages. The Black Death began in 1347 and rapidly spread across Europe. After the plague ended nearly three years later, it had decimated the population, and many historians argue that the Black Death helped end the practice of feudalism.

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Graphology's validity in personality assessment and psychological research

The study and analysis of handwriting characteristics relating to human psychology, or graphology, has its roots in the late Renaissance.

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Spiritual disconnection in modern secular government and society

Religion and Reality. The levels of reality are terrestrial, intermediate, celestial, and infinite. One question for this perspective is whether these "higher" levels of reality, which are ultimately invisible, truly bring meaning to life. If they exist, then it makes sense that they would.

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Procedural due process in Gideon v. Wainwright and Miranda v. Arizona

The Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution was intended to give Americans certain guarantees of protection against threats to their liberty or property.

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Breaking cycles of illiteracy through adult education and self-directed learning

I am interested in the topic of undereducated and disadvantaged adult learners. I selected this topic because adult illiteracy is a pressing social issue.

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Characterization and doubling in Wuthering Heights

Charlotte Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights is one of the best examples of Romantic gothic literature. By creating realistic, yet larger-than-life characters, Bronte illustrates what it takes to make a novel live.

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