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Culture and history's influence on high school music education

In his later years Byrd seems to have had more involvement in the Catholic cause, and, from 1593, withdrew even further from London life, setting up his household in Stondon Massey in Essex, where, as Philip Brett points out, he would have had the "benefit of joining a well-established and…

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Defining violence and examining video game effects on youth

"It depends," Eisenman (2004) stresses in regard to whether playing violent video games, one of the primary contemporary substitutions for yesteryears' play, increases violence in youth.

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Same-sex couples and adoption policy in the United States

Adoption is an important social and legal process whereby children without parents are placed in homes and given full status as members of a family.

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Comparing the research experience of traditional and professional doctoral programs in Australia

Educational institutions around the world have undertaken various benchmarking initiatives in recent years in which they compare themselves to other universities on various metrics in an effort to document their current levels of performance and to identify opportunities for continuous…

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Evaluating the Tall Buddies peer mentoring program for struggling readers

Teachers are faced with several major challenges that place increasing stress on them. They are faced with a federal mandate to increase overall reading scores and to make certain that every child performs to at least minimal standards.

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Individual versus group teaching on kidney transplant recipient learning

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of individual and group teaching on the cognitive learning of adult kidney transplant recipients on an inpatient transplant unit.

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Emotional intelligence as a predictor of adolescent smoking cessation success

The purpose of this research is to determine the impact of emotional intelligence on the success of various strategies to prevent smoking in adolescents.

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Teacher-centered and student-centered educational philosophies compared

Progressivism, Social Reconstructionism and Existentialism vs." Essentialism and Perennialism The face of the American educational system has been changing dramatically over the past several decades.

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Centralization and decentralization in American and Japanese education systems

Public education provides for many things in one's life, such as improved social standing, an educated electorate, and a greater opportunity for citizens of a democratic society. Education is a marker for career achievement and serves as an indicator of social equality or inequality.

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The evolution of computer hacking from legitimate programming to cybercrime

"The Hacker Ethic: Access to computers and anything which might teach you something about the way the world works - should be unlimited and total.

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