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Exploring the Research

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The idea that parents and school professionals should work together to improve the education of children has a great deal of history and can be thought of as a broad topic that applies to both general and special education as mentioned in this paper.
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The general idea that parents and school professionals should work together to improve the education of children has a great deal of history and can be thought of as a broad topic that applies to both general and special education. In special education, however, this important concept can be traced to a distinct set of events and legal precedents.

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Influences of Perceived Crisis Response Strategies on Organizational Reputation: A Case of Solai Dam Tragedy in Kenya

TL;DR: A Thesis Submitted to the School of Communication in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirement for the Degree of Master of Arts in Communication Studies as discussed by the authors was submitted to the school of communication.
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The effects of psychosocial and economic factors on the quality of life of patients with end-stage renal disease and their caregivers in Klang Valley, Malaysia: protocol for a mixed-methods study

TL;DR: This two-phase sequential explanatory mixed-methods design, incorporating a quantitative design (phase I) and a qualitative study (phase II), is to be conducted in 4 government hospitals and 10 other non-governmental organisations or private dialysis centres within Klang Valley, Malaysia.
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The playability of a selected computer game and its impact towards the improvement of English vocabularies

TL;DR: The significant findings of this study indicate that the study's selected computer game was easy to use (playable) and impactful, because there were improvements in English vocabulary amongst participants, resulting from the game.
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Understanding high-achieving publicly engaged scientists' commitment to engage: push, pull, and drag forces

TL;DR: The authors examined the public engagement with science (PES) pressures and expectations perceived by publicly engaged scientists and found that high-achieving, publicly-engaged scientists mitigate those pressures through employing certain engagement strategies, such as by overproducing academic research and selectively sharing PES news with institutions and colleagues.
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The New Meaning of Educational Change

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a brief history of educational change at the local and national level, and discuss the causes and problems of implementation and continuation of change at both the local level and the national level.
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Ecology of the family as a context for human development: research perspectives

TL;DR: A review of research on the influence of external environments on the functioning of families as contexts of human development can be found in this article, with a focus on the patterning of environmental events and transitions over the life course as these affect and are affected by intrafamilial processes.
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Cooperation and Competition: Theory and Research

TL;DR: One day, you will discover a new adventure and knowledge by spending more money as discussed by the authors. But when? Do you think that you need to obtain those all requirements when having much money? Why don't you try to get something simple at first?
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School/Family/Community Partnerships: Caring for the Children We Share:

Joyce L. Epstein
- 01 Nov 2010 - 
TL;DR: When schools form partnerships with families and the community, the children benefit as discussed by the authors, and these guidelines for building partnerships can make it happen, but they need to be adapted to the specific needs of each community.
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Stages of Small-Group Development Revisited

TL;DR: The authors examined published research on small-group development done in the last ten years that would constitute an empirical test of Tuckman's (1965) hypothesis that groups go through the stages of "forming," "storming," "norming," and "performing".