Mahwah Essays

  • I Hate Change Short Story

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    I hate change. My whole life I’ve loved the constants that I lived with: my family, my dog, my house, the flowers in my backyard, my books, my music, my best friends. I lived happily when I knew that the things I treasured most would be with me when I woke up the next day. Of course, as in any story, any life, this would all change. My friends were some of the best things that happened to me. A jovial, opinionated band of smart girls, we stuck together all through Joyce Kilmer and Ramapo Ridge.

  • The Crossroads Development in Mahwah

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    The Crossroads development has dominated the local conversation in Mahwah for the past 9 months. Over the past few years, the Crossroads Developers had put forth various proposals for development of the site, only to have them rejected by the Mahwah Township Council. This past March, the Developer once again came to the Council in order to ask that their property be rezoned from office use to mixed-use/retail to allow for the construction of a complex of retail stores, restaurants, a movie theater

  • 5th Grade Analysis

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    she posted, and gratefully found that she still used her account. I used one of Instagram' messaging features in order to contact her. My message said something along the lines of, "Hey! It's Vanessa from Mahwah. We all really miss you here!" Either she didn’t care about her Mahwah past anymore, or simply didn’t use Instagram DMs. All I can know is that I watched her use the app to upload new pictures, but she never responded to my lame attempt to contact her. I was really upset about

  • Exploring Ethnographic Observation in Middle and Higher Education

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    PROMPT 1 Middle and higher education are my work contexts as a teacher. Ethnographic observation seems to be hard to plan and apply since most of my students have a part-time job and they do not spend much time at home. Ethnographic observation demands to devote a lot of time and planning. However, it is worthy since it provides teachers with the opportunity to develop themselves as researchers and to improve their professional practices. It allows teachers know students contexts and the marginalized

  • The Cause and Effects of Long Distance Relationships

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    Cultural Variations. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 04 April 2014 Gunther, Randi. "Chapter 1 - What Causes Relationship Sabotage?" Relationship Saboteurs: Overcoming the Ten Behaviors that Undermine Love. New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 2010. Books24x7. Web. Apr. 13, 2014. http://common.books24x7.com.ezproxy1.apus.edu/toc.aspx?bookid=46505 Stafford, Laura. Maintaining Long-Distance and Cross-Residential Relationships. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum

  • The Debate Over Euthanasia

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    org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kevorkian/medicine/quill2.html(4 March 1999). - Larue, Gerald, Th.D. Playing God: Fifty Religions Views on Your Right to Die Wakefield, NJ: Moyer Bell, 1996. - Manning, Michael M.D. Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1998.

  • Obsessive Relational Intrusion Research Paper

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    relational intrusion and stalking. In B. H. Spitzberg, W. R. Cupach, B. H. Spitzberg, W. R. Cupach (Eds.) , The dark side of close relationships (pp. 233-263). Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers. Cupach, W. R., & Spitzberg, B. H. (2004). The dark side of relationship pursuit: from attraction to obsession and stalking. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Cupach, W. R., & Spitzberg, B. H. (2014). The dark side of relationship pursuit: from attraction to obsession and stalking

  • Physical Activity

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    (n.d.).Retrieved from http://www.learningseed.com/_guides/1025_Middle_Childhood_Physical_Growth_And_Development_Guide.pdf Pellegrini A.D & D.Bjorkland, (1996-1997). Recess Its Role in Education and Development: The Importance physical activity. Mahwah,NJ: Lawrence The Australian Medical Association,Obesity.(2009) Retrieved from http://www.ama.com.au/node/3033. Dietz.W.H.,( n.d).The Role of Schools in Preventing Childhood Obesity, Retrieved from http://generalhealthtopics.com/role-schools-preventing-childhood-obesity-1102

  • Tv And Sexuality Essay

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    Arthurs, Jane. "Television and Sexuality: Regulation And The Polotics Of taste [e- book]." Maidenhead: Open University Press. Library of Congress. NY, 2004. Arthur’s e-book offers honest facts about the influences on the instruction of sexuality on tv. She discusses how the digital revolution was one of the main agents for sparking publicized sexuality. She than discusses the different theories that people have including feminist theories. She closes her discussion with sexual citizenship in the

  • Reading Comprehension Of College-Level LCD Students

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    TESL Canada Journal, 15(1), 1-21. Lems, K., Miller, L., & Soro, T. (2010). Teaching Reading to English Language Learners: Insights from Linguistics. New York, NY: Guilford Press. McKay, S. L. (2006). Researching second language classrooms. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Mokharti, K., & Sheorey, R. (2002). Measuring ESL students' awareness of reading strategies. Journal of Developmental Education, 25(3), 2-10. Retrieved from ERIC database.

  • The History of Multicultural Education

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    Theory & Research in Social Education Jul. - Aug. 2005: 1-22. Education Research Complete. Web. 14 June 2010. Zeichner, Marilyn Cochran-Smith; Kenneth M.. Studying Teacher Education: The Report of the AERA Panel on Research and Teacher Education. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005. Print.

  • When Therapists Cry in Therapy

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    Introduction Crying has always been recognized as a significant and frequent part of the therapeutic process (Blume-Marcovici, Stolberg, & Khademi, 2013; Nelson, 2012). During the therapy process, tears are often shed by both the client and the therapist. Because therapy tends to be focused on uncovering repressed emotions, working through traumatic experiences, processing grief, or adjusting to life’s circumstances, tears are often associated with the work that is done during therapy. Because mental

  • Special Education Placement in Public Schools

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    Special Education Placement in Public Schools History of Public Schools Before the 1840’s the education system was only available to wealthy people. Individuals such as Horace Mann from Massachusetts and Henry Barnard in Connecticut believed that schooling for everybody would help individuals become productive citizens in society. Through their efforts, free public education at the elementary level become assessable for all children in American by late 19th century. By 1918 all states passed

  • Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning

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    the Counseling Profession: Advocacy, Ethics & Essential Professional Foundations. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. Hersen, M., DiagnoPorzeliussis,K. (2002). Conceptualization and Treatment Planning for Adults: A Step-by-Step Guide. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

  • Second Class Citizenship Essay

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    (2004). Critical inquiry in qualitative research: Feminist and poststructural perspectives: Science “after truth”. In K. deMarrais & S. D. Lapan (Eds.), Foundations for research: Methods of inquiry in education and the social sciences (pp. 203-216). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Rosser, S. V. (1998). Applying feminist theories to women in science programs. Signs, 24, 71-200. Thompson, A. (2003). Caring in context: Four feminist theories on gender and education. Curriculum Inquiry, 33

  • Conceptualization of Learning Online

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    longleaf.net/ggrow. Hannifin, M., Land, S., & Oliver, K. (1999). Open learning environments: Foundations, methods, and models. In C. M. Reigeluth (Ed.), Instructional-design theories and models: A new paradigm of instructional theory, 2, pp. 115-140. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

  • Literacy, Technology, And The Social Self

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    Introduction The way we define who we are is a direct result of what we know. "Literacy reflects contradictions and complexities in how we understand ourselves and construct roles for ourselves through language in that world. X." Since the arrival of the Feed in ____, emphasis on the individual has become less central in our lives. This lack of focus has led to relationships that are left vulnerable and weakened. In this section we will be considering the impact of the decline in literacy on the

  • Similarities and Differencces between Christianity and Islam

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    the respective holy books. However, Christianity and Islam share great differences hence it is appropriate to conclude that Christianity is different from Islam. Works Cited Jaoudi, Maria. Christian and Islamic spirituality: sharing a journey. Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press, 1993. Print. Kavanaugh, Dorothy. Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Broomall, PA: Mason Crest Publishers, 2004. Print. Renard, John. Islam and Christianity: theological themes in comparative perspective. Berkeley: University of

  • Marital Conflict Essay

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    . Marital conflict Most studies in marital conflict pertain to three particular dimensions of communication. The first dimension is affect which refers to messages that express positive or negative feelings about another person, such as supportiveness, hostility, confirmation, coercion, sarcasm, or global positiveness or negativeness (e.g., Gottman, 1979 and Sillars and Wilmot, 1994). The second dimension to characterize conflict behaviors is whether they are constructive or destructive for the

  • Second Language Acquisition

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    (1999). Functional neural subsystems are differentially affected by delays in second language immersion: ERP and behavioral evidence in bilinguals. In D. Birdsong (Ed.), Second language acquisition and the critical period hypothesis (pp. 23- 38). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.