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Critique of an ESL news report writing lesson plan

ESL lesson plan based on writing a News Report. The lesson is for over 16-year-old students.

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Vonnegut's struggle to write the unspeakable in Slaughterhouse Five

It is accepted, by the literary illuminati of history, that a plot, to be a plot, must organize itself around a question, often one with a yes-or-no answer centered on the novel's main character: Will Ahab kill the great, white whale? Will Pip escape the meanness of his upbringing?

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Effective methods for fostering adult learning through constructivism

According to studies cited by Yi learning may be defined as "the process of acquiring knowledge" (Schwen, 1998) but is also "a pertinent change in human performance or potential" (Driscoll, 1994).

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The digital divide: causes, consequences, and potential solutions

New media technologies have driven technological innovation and economic change in the past couple of decades. There are, however, costs associated with adopting new media in the form of both capital and time.

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Centralized versus decentralized family structures and communication

What is the difference between a centralized and de-centralized family? A centralized family would be one that would be under the control of one central authority or family member. A decentralized family on the other hand would be one in which the authority would be spread out among many members.

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Noam Chomsky's theory of generative syntax and universal grammar

Syntax is the theory surrounding the basic template of language -- constructing sentences out of words. It is a higher level of cognition than morphology (the manner in which words are constructed), and is far more than just a topic for grammarians.

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Kantian ethics and decision-making in business management

Deidre McCloskey, the Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006). [HB501 M55341 2006 -- Grad]

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Erikson and Kohlberg's theories of psychosocial development stages

First, this is an interesting exercise and one that is sure to give a better understanding of self. My life has progressed much like many others for the most part, but there have been detours down which development past something was difficult. As happens with most lives, the path was not linear.

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Counseling an eleven-year-old girl struggling with social isolation and low self-esteem

The case of Beth, an eleven-year-old attending the sixth grade at a local elementary school within her community, involves many of the symptoms common in cases where a child is simply within the wrong environment.

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The bystander effect and psychological barriers to altruism

The "bystander effect" refers to the sociological phenomenon that believes that the more bystanders there are during an emergency, the less likely it is that any of them will actually try to help.

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