A Case Study
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A 3 page research paper/essay that answers questions that pertain to a case scenario in which a fourth grade Cuban-American boy is recommended by his teacher for special education classes and suspension. The writer discusses the boy’s background, the circumstances, and recommends that the child should be kept in a general education classroom, but could benefit from a classroom in which the teacher takes a constructivist approach to learning. Bibliography lists 1 sources.
Filename: khalcast.rtf

A Case Study in the Classroom: Mathematical Instruction Through Nature
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A 9 page presentation of one teacher’s experience working with a mathematically challenged boy. This paper provides an overview of the theories of Piaget and Spelke and ties them in to a classroom experiment which capitalizes on a child’s fascination with a bird nest in order to successfully introduce basic mathematical concepts. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPedBird.rtf

A Challenging Learning Experience
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A 5 page research paper that offers a first-person account of a challenging learning experience personal to the writer/tutor. This account discusses the writer’s feelings and attitudes toward the experience in terms of classical conditioning and negative reinforcement. The writer then relates how the learning was finally accomplished in terms of the constructivist paradigm. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khchlex.rtf

A Comparison of Educational Perspectives: Whitehead and Chaudhuri
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This 8 page paper considers the perspectives of Alfred North Whitehead in his work The Aims of Education, and Haridas Chaudhuri in his work The Evolution of Integral Consciousness. This paper outlines these 2 different perspectives on education, creates a critical analysis of both and then identifies the beliefs of each of the authors as they compare to existing perspectives on education. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MHAimsEd.wps