Students with Emotional Behavior Disorder (EBD) are one of the most challenging and difficult student populations to work with. Additionally, according to Allday et al. (2012), teachers are not equipped to work with the challenges that students with E . . .

This project addresses engaging at-risk African-American and Latino Middle School students through relevant, student-centered, argumentative discourse and writing. Although there are several theoretical approaches to motivating at-risk, minority popul . . .

This project addresses the issue of Spanish Speaking English Language Learners having difficulty acquiring the academic vocabulary necessary to becoming successful in reading comprehension. Although schools have utilized vocabulary systems in the past . . .

When Korean students learn English in school, they are not aware of biased images included in English textbooks. It is because they are being taught passively without critical thinking. As a result, Korean students may easily become biased against oth . . .

The current educational system in South Korea does not meet students’ needs in English. Currently, the national curriculum of English in South Korea has an objective of building communicative competence. However, the reality of the English classroom o . . .

Motivation is highly important in foreign language learning. Motivation influences factors which affect language learning such as effort, study time, and development of language proficiency (Brown, 2001; Deci & Ryan, 1985; Dörnyei, 2005; Gardner, . . .

Middle Easterners and Muslims have historically been ignored or inaccurately portrayed in literature and curriculum based textbooks, as the limited information found was offered exclusively from a Western perspective (Wingfield & Karaman, 1995). E . . .

In the area of literature analysis, fifteen-year-old students American are not competitive with their international peers (OECD, 2010). Students are currently taught to recall information on a test and not think critically through problems (Jennings & . . .

This project is an experiential learning curriculum though lost wax casting for a Master Arts in Education: Curriculum and Instruction. It is a curriculum to be followed by secondary art teachers to teach lost wax casting using the experiential learni . . .

Statement of the Problem In K-12 educational institutions, educators are dedicated to teaching students how to be active citizens in this democracy. However, while educators do their best to teach to the standards and prepare students for the rigors o . . .