Critical Thinking among College Students – Part 1

Encouraging college students’ critical thinking skills Abstract The paper describes the purpose of critical thinking skills in college students. It begins by describing what critical thinking means. The paper goes…

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Double negation in the English language

Introduction Negation is one of the major linguistic areas in theoretical grammar. Many grammarians interested in negative polarity are fully aware that there are still unresolved issues to be explored,…

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Exercises and Conclusions

Exercises 1) Choose the right word. A _______ of playing cards. a) flock b) pack A shoal of ______ a) fish b) birds A _____ of keys. a) bunch b)…

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American vs. British Usage

It’s worth mentioning that Americans and British distinguish collective nouns in different ways. Americans tend to treat collective nouns as single units, so it is more common to use the…

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Introduction to сollective nouns

By way of introduction it will be natural to stress that the noun is an important part of speech that is used to name a person, place, thing, quality, or…

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Summary

In summary, there are many things a teachers can do to make their classroom a place where children from all cultural and class backgrounds can succeed in learning to read.…

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Conclusions – Part II

Effective Methods for Teaching Asian Pacific American Students As a teacher, it is also important to remember that Asian students are not always the best students, even though many teachers…

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Animal testing: pros and cons

24 April in the calendar of ecological dates is marked as the world day of protection of laboratory animals that was established by the International Association against painful experiments on…

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Conclusions

The research reviewed in Chapter Three has revealed several practices that may encourage culturally relevant teaching. In considering the past and present experiences of minority students in school, it is…

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Culturally Responsive Literature and its’ Effect on Students – Part III

A study by Grice and Vaughn (1992), sought to explore the effect of using multicultural literature on African American and Caucasian children. Thirteen children in a southern city were asked…

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