Literacy Research Proposals Samples For Students

1. Introduction

Background of the Research

Ethiopia is a Sub-Saharan country located in the Horn of Africa. The population of Ethiopia is estimated to be over 100 million inhabitants, making it the most populated landlocked country in Africa, and the second most populated country in Africa after Nigeria. Ethiopia is the only country in the Sub-Saharan Africa which has got a history of having its alphabets and calendar. Paradoxically, Ethiopia which has possessed alphabets for centuries is still one of the most illiterate countries in the world. This is the reason why some writers refer to Ethiopia as one country with alphabet and ...

Statement of the Problem

There are many crimes across the world that can be committed by the educated or rather the informed and the uneducated groups. Some crimes are committed due to lack of information that obviously raises the incarceration rates. Education through schools, colleges and universities is one way of raising literacy levels in any society (Margaret 79). Another way of passing relevant information can be through other means such as media. This research will seek to evaluate and compare incarceration and crime rates across the different states or countries in the world, in developed and undeveloped regions while relating the subject ...

Family literacy is a program that aims at elevating the language and literacy skills of parents and their children through parent and child learning, and the acknowledgement of parent’s responsibility in the development of their children’s literacy and language development. I agree with Darling’s argument that family literacy is relevant for families since studies reveal that individuals with high literacy levels have higher chances of getting employment, to work more, and earn more than individual with lower qualifications, and would like to investigate this claim (18). Hence, my topic will be Relevance of Family Literacy.
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Thesis: Text messaging negatively affects the ability of college-aged teenagers to write a formal essay by encouraging the use of abbreviated or symbolic variations of the English language in communication.
With the development in technology, among the main trends has been text messaging. This service has become available to users of all ages and has become part of what people are doing on a daily basis. All over, in restaurants, public vehicles, and even on the streets, individuals have their phones on their hands and texting. The trend has become common with the young people, including teenagers (Plester, Wood & Joshi, ...

How texting affects college students' academic grades

Introduction
With the emergence of information technology and advancement in engineering smaller portable, multifunctional and affordable mobile devices have emerged. These devices have been integrated in schools and colleges to deliver and disseminate information between students and teachers. With the emergence of social media and affordable telephone services students have been using texts as a common communication tool (Vosloo). According to (Horstmanshof and Mary 75) the current modern college students multitask more than any other in the past. Today’s Net Generation University students multitask more than any previous group, mainly utilizing e-communication tools (Horstmanshof and Mary 75). This ...

Abstract

Television is a strong media form that can have significant influence to the minds of the minors. Behavioral and psychological effects of television have been documented in research studies, but what is most significant is how literature reviews demonstrated the impact of television shows in the communication of minors and their mindsets. Television, in its various media forms, has the ability to influence behavior and may result in persuasive effects in the use of words and other forms of communication in order to attract its viewers, especially the minors. As the young audience is exposed to television in its ...

Proposal for Research

Teen Gang Violence in the Community

Teenage gangs sometimes called juvenile gangs have been a historical problem in the United States (US). That is because some change in society starts the rise or the fall of certain types of gangs and also affects their membership numbers. One of the causes in the US has been immigration which causes two basic types of gangs to band together: the local teenagers already living in the area and the new teenage immigrants to the area. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines the difference between street gangs and the neighborhood or local gangs ...

Research Question Discussion

Climate change has become one of the hottest issues not only for environmentalists but also for policymakers and their subjects in their respective jurisdictions . With research and news-related reports about the consequences of climate change such as the increasing frequency of natural disasters, the unpredictability of previously predictable disaster models, among others, proliferating, there is no other perfect time to start acting than now ; one of the first steps needed would be to conduct a situational analysis, that is, knowing the world’s position as far as climate change is concerned. Such analyses can be supported by researches such ...

A growing number of probation officers, judges, prosecutors as well as other juvenile professionals are advocating for a juvenile justice system which is greatly based on restorative justice. These groups of people have been frustrated by the policy uncertainty between retribution and treatment as well as unrealistic and unclear public expectations. As a primary mission, the balanced approach or policy allows juvenile justice systems together with its agencies to improve in their capacity of protecting the community and ensuring accountability of the system and the offenders. It enables the youths to become productive and competent citizens. This guiding philosophical framework for ...

NEXTGEN FOR SMALL AIRPORTS

Project Proposal
Abstract
The proposed research will be an in-depth assessment of what is required to purchase and utilize NextGen for Airports in a small airport scenario. The NextGen system has already proved itself in small and large airports in the United States of America. It is innovative technology is constantly evolving to provide greater benefits down the line. NextGen’s future capabilities will include improvements to enhance accessibility and safety for piston and turbine powered general aviation aircraft. These additional enhancements are particularly valuable for small airports.
Aviation has historically followed an upwards growth curve that ...

Abstract

Given that the relationship between music education and mathematics education has been speculated for a long time, the study seeks to investigate whether music education has effect on mathematics education or not. It is perceived that children who learn mathematics through music and dance tend to be more active, and would retain the same information well even by verbal instructions. Using a controlled randomized experiment, the study will involve 6th grade school going children from one city. Before the tests are administered in the factors, as music and mathematics, letters seeking permissions from parents will be sent. The letters ...

Introduction

It has been established in a separate review of related literatures that bilingualism can have numerous direct and indirect advantages and disadvantages. Although bilingualism does not only affect a state’s educational system, this paper would focus on its effects on an established educational system. Some of the pertinent findings about bilingualism and its effects on the educational system include buy may not limited to the ones that suggest that:
There is a set of social factors that may be used to determine the likelihood that individuals within an educational system would adopt bilingualism. These factors are social input, ...

Abstract

Overview: It has been shown that there is a positive correlation between a reduction in recidivism and prisoners’ acquisition of education while in prison. Correctional institutions have invested heavily in the provision of education for prisoners in order to reduce recidivism. Career and vocational programs are the most important. Prisons collaborate with a number of businesses in the provision of vocational education to inmates in the form of release programs where inmates get acquired with various job skills through on-the-job training occasions.
Objective: To evaluate the role of Bandura’s social learning theory and self-efficacy and self-determination theory in the learning ...

Research question:

Hypotheses:
If communication technologies are more accessible to students and usage made easier, then university learning will increase.
If communication technologies are available for every student, then on campus classes will reduce in number.
Theory
Technological advancement often has the impact of improving the lives of those who utilize new technologies. Technologies like internet-adapted smartphones, for instance, allow the user access to any information that he or she could possibly want from anywhere on the planet. As information becomes more accessible to students, they are more likely to engage in the learning process and will ...

Teaching strategies for ESL students in the Mainstream High School English Classroom

Introduction
The rise of the English language as a basic communication skill needed in the corporate world has become one of the reasons why non-native English speakers find it of utmost importance and therefore, would enroll in English language courses.
The TESL First Annual Panel in Ontario (2007) published that at least in Ontario, Canada, teaching ESL or English as a Second Language dated back to post-World War II when a great number of immigrant soldiers were included. Hence, the rise for the need of a language program for newcomers was administered by the Ministry of Education. One and a half decade ...

English

Education in the United States has forever been in the limelight for varying reasons. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (No Child Left Behind), which was made a federal law by the then President, George W. Bush, in 2002; Children with Learning Disabilities; Technology-Assisted Learning, English for Foreign Learners; and Role of Parents in Education, to name a few, has been making headlines in the education sector for a number of years. The number of children leaving school education is growing alarmingly because of their inability to learn, or for personal reasons. It is for this reason that I have taken a special ...