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How to Review an Article
How to Review an Article

A few tips on how to review an article and a sample review. Also lists the importance of using primary sources in your research.

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Theoretical Framework
Theoretical Framework

Do your Theory and your Research Question WORK together??? See how clean that picture is? That’s how it looks when your shit matches up nicely and flows in your Dissertation. Boss.

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How to Write A Problem Statement
How to Write A Problem Statement

Writing the dissertation, one blog post at a time!

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How to Use Phonics to Teach Reading
How to Use Phonics to Teach Reading

There’s no best order, or best program… No matter what you read on the internet! You can do this on your own, with a little bit of guidance :-) YOU know what is best for your child or student. Start with letter names and sounds. Then move to blending words by sound out the letters, c – a – t, and then say the word, cat. Move on to 2-letter blends, and then vowel patterns.

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Cognitive Processing
Cognitive Processing

Responding to the reading from Chapter 9 on Cognitive-Processing Theories

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