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Papers On Special Populations & Conditions
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Continuing Medical Education
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A 16 page paper providing an overview of the current state of continuing education for physicians. Not only medicine has changed in todays world, however, so has all of education. Continuing medical education (CME) holds promise today that never existed in the past. The paper discusses characteristics of adult learners; new approaches to interactive learning; patient outcome; changes in physician behavior resulting from CME; and implications of commercial (i.e., pharmaceutical company) involvement. The paper also includes proposed changes in accreditation of commercially-supported programs current in 2003. Bibliography lists 19 sources.
Filename: KSmedContEdu.rtf
Cooperative Groups For Non-Native English Speakers
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5 pages in length. The writer discusses the positive impact of cooperative learning upon non-native English speaking students. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCCoopGroup.rtf
Cooperative Learning And Learning Disabilities
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This 8 page paper discusses a number of theorists, including Piaget, Dewey, Vygotsky, Bandura, Lave, Pask and Smith. The purpose of the discussion is to set up the rationale for using cooperative learning when teaching reading and writing to students with learning disabilities. The writer also offers comments regarding the behaviorist approach as promoted by Skinner. Two examples of cooperative activities to enhance reading and writing skills are included. bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: PGclldrd.rtf
Cost-Benefit Analysis: Massachusetts Educational Law Change
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A 7 page paper discussing a change in Massachusetts law within a cost-benefit framework.
The change discussed is that replacing "special needs" with "disabled" in preparation for
Massachusetts' switch from its own special education standard to that of the federal
government. Requiring that all special education students be disabled in some manner
excludes all those without a specific disability, saving $125 million annually that can be
redistributed or invested in special education for the disabled. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KScostBenAnal.wps
Counseling a Culturally Diverse Student Population
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This 8 page paper takes a look at the subject of student counseling and considers how a culturally diverse student body should be treated. Various theories are explored . Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA249cul.rtf
Counselor Education - Review Of Two Articles
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A 3 page paper. The brief synopsis of each article is provided followed by comments about the usefulness of the article to counselors. One article addresses multicultural competency instruments, the other addresses the use of response-to-intervention assessments to diagnose disabilities. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PGcnarc.RTF
Creativity And Intelligence: Positive Correlation
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9 pages in length. The separation between intelligence and creativity has long been considered quite vast, inasmuch as the two divergent applications do not typically intersect at any junction: One is intellectually adept or creatively talented, not both. This theory, however, has been somewhat shattered of late by contemporary ideology that claims there can be at least one intersection between the two otherwise different elements. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCcreat.wps
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