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About the Author Diane Ravitch is a Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education. From 1991 to 1993, she was an Assistant Secretary of Education and Counselor to Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander in the administration of President George H. W. Bush. She was responsible for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement in the U.S. Department of Education (Ravitch, 2013). As Assistant Secretary, she led the federal effort to promote the creation…

If a character is placed in a room with furnishings, the character might smash vases or slam the door in a fit of anger. If a character is upset, he/she might dive into the bed and sob into his/her pillow. That being said, Cat 4 emotive vocab is the most undesirable among the 4 when individuals are learning emotive vocab. It may be useful in certain essay settings but individuals are looking for vocab phrases that can be used in almost ANY essay. They want universality. In addition, a child who…

PART A “The Use of Cloze Test to Determine the Proficiency Level of ESL Students” by Jeanette Lim and Tunku Mohani Tunku Mohtar is a research paper written in purpose to describes and discuss the development or the evolution of the viable test instrument used to measure and determine the level of English proficiency among students in Malaysia who are enrolled in private university in this country. The purpose of the research is to determine the level of proficiency among students through several…

INTRODUCTION Teachers need to help students boost their thinking skills. The traditional teaching strategy is no longer effective as it does not motivate students to become higher-level thinkers. In traditional group learning, students work in groups with no attention paid to group functioning. In contrast, group work in cooperative learning is systematically prepared, structured, and monitored. Research shows that cooperative learning has numerous positive outcomes. At the academic level, it…