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    Responsibility of Corporate Environmentalists

    Since the study of indoor air pollutants scientists have found that many regular household items as well as non-household items attribute to decreased indoor air quality. For example, vinyl flooring, carpet, air conditioning/heating units, insulation, paints, cleaning products, furniture, and even construction products such as p

    Trapping Bacteria by Increasing Energy Efficiency in the Home

    What most people do not think about when it comes to indoor pollution is that as a general population we are making it worse by making our homes more energy efficient. When we spend money to try and seal and insulate our homes better, we are actually creating a better way to trap the bacteria and pollutants that are in our indoo

    Developing a Theory of Marriage and Family Counseling

    If you were to develop your own theory of marriage and family counseling, in general terms what would it look like? Include the underlying philosophy informing it as well as the core pieces of its theoretical foundation. Also suggest some of the key techniques your approach might incorporate.

    Influencing Policy that Supports Improved Learning

    1. How can a school leader work with the governing board and district and local leaders to influence policies that benefit students and support the improvement of teaching and learning? 2. How can a school leader ensure that the school operates consistently within the parameters of federal, state, and local laws, policies, r

    Returning Surveys for an Incentive

    Is it good for elementary teachers to send home a survey with students promising that if ALL surveys are returned students can have an extra ten minutes of recess? Please explain the reasoning behind your stance.

    Evaluating Trends in Financial Management for Higher Education

    Evaluate a current trend in revenues, expenditures or financial management of institutions of higher education. Analyze important issues associated with the trend. Synthesize practices that address the trend. Describe how to implement recommendations and explains why these are the most effective methods. Integrate li

    A Comparison of Discipline Models

    Compare and contract Wong's pragmatic classroom; Kagan, Kyle, & Scott's Win-Win Discipline; and Morrish's Real Disciple. Identify the respective strengths and weaknesses, and advantages and disadvantages, of each.

    Tallying Data on Agressive Behaviour

    How can one train four volunteer parents to tally aggressive behavior of kindergarten students in morning recess so that the inter-rated reliability of the data they collect will be high?

    Developing a Procedure for Data Collection

    An action research project contrasts the learning gained of students in three fourth grade classrooms (my classroom, X classroom, and Z classroom. - X and Z are collaborating on the study). Your outcome measures include an average math gain and an increase in self-confidence over a 6-week module using different teaching metho

    Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Air Pollution.

    1. What are some of the causes of both indoor and outdoor air pollution where you live, work, or attend school? How does this affect that environment? 2. Why do you feel there is debate about policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? How can science help resolve the debate?

    Types of Interactivity

    Please help with the following problem. Differentiate the different types of interactivity and evaluate the benefits of each. Please provide more than 200 words.

    Creating a Welcoming Activity for the First Day of School

    Imagine it is the first day of school and you are welcoming a whole new set of students to class. Create your own welcoming activity for the first day of school that demonstrates how you will incorporate differentiation through a growth mindset. Please help in addressing the following: - How you will provide a safe and secure

    Critical Literacy within the Classroom

    a) What is critical literacy? Why is it important? b) How often do you use critical literacy strategies within your classroom? c) Describe some of the strategies you use to engage students in critical literacy. d) Describe some of the activities in which students engage around critical literacy.

    Delivering a Framework for Academic Content

    - How might teachers develop strategies for delivering academic content within a framework of critical thinking skills? Explain your answer. - How can a teacher create text-based questions that encourage multiple readings of the same text? What are the advantages of encouraging multiple readings? What are some examples of que

    Curriculum Guides for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

    Create curriculum guides for teaching spelling, and mathematics as a reference in a format that will provide you and your professional colleagues with practical information necessary for effective teaching of students with Intellectual Disabilities (ID).

    Meeting the Basic Needs of Today's Student

    What can schools and teachers do to meet the basic needs of today's elementary students? Middle school students? High school students? It is said that the primary elements, curriculum, instruction, and the teacher, can help teachers in preventing behavioural problems. Why do you agree or disagree with this statement?

    Determining Appropriate Form of Data Collection

    As an educator, I have a new child at my school who is displaying very unusual and very varied behavior patterns. I would like to do a case study on the child to document the various behaviors as well as to try to help me understand the child's motivations for the behaviors. My data collection will include classroom, lunchroom,

    Data Staying Within a Budget

    As a curator of a museum, I would like to know which display gets the most attention. Of the three methods listed below to collect data, which will bring the most reliable data staying within a budget and why? a.Install video cameras and ask volunteers to your museum to video the recorded videos and count visitors at each di

    Conducting a Survey on Same-Sex Classes

    As an administrator of a large urban high school, I want to do a parent survey to determine how parents feel about same-sex classes. Should I mail a paper survey with return postage to the home of every 10th parent in my district? Or, use a random sampling procedure to select one half of the parents on the same list or email ad

    Performance Based Objectives and Instructional Strategies

    Just need your guidance with these Instructional Strategies. Instructional Strategies: I would love to have an even flow, and instructional strategies to reflect one's PBO's. One of my biggest goals in instructional strategies is to make sure I try to add every type of learning style in it to address everyone. I know it's

    African American Males in the U.S.

    What are the unique challenges of being African American and male in the U.S.? How is this different from that of females? What about as compared to young, African American males? How might this be different to or similar to young, Latino males and immigrants from Africa?

    DPE Goal Instruction for Intellectual Disabilities

    What are the diagnosis/prescription/evaluation and analyses of goal for a student with Intellectual Disabilities? What are the implementation and development of goal to be used? What role do such procedures play in the daily class? What are some important method(s) used for goal setting and instructional planning?

    Parent Concerns and NAEYC's Code of Ethical Conduct

    A family feels their child's teacher is not challenging their child intellectually. They feel this is because of the dynamics of the class, with children requiring special attention from the teacher which distracts from the "educational/academic" experience their child should be receiving. Refer to NAEYC's Code of Ethical Conduc

    How Can Literature Enhance A Curriculum

    Describe how each of the following content area teachers (math, social studies, and science) use quality literature to enhance their curriculum. a) Be sure to distinguish the differences in use among the three different content areas. b) Describe three activities that may be incorporated into engaging lessons. c) Describe an