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Casting doubt
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Fingerprint evidence is an established way of proving guilt in
court, but HAYDEN WALLES finds some scientists challenging its
validity.
Forensic science is firmly entrenched in our culture, and with
television programmes such as The X-Files and CSI it has even become
glamorous, but some aspects of the field are under attack.
Even fingerprinting, the epitome of forensic science, has been
losing credibility in the eyes of many experts.
Few crime-fighting tools can match the usefulness and success of
fingerprinting, both in the courtroom and the public mind.
Your fingerprints are unique -- at ...
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Maria Montessori: PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN
Magazine article from: Montessori Life
; ...story recounts young Maria's knitting for the...responsibilities helped Montessori develop a sense of mastery...technical institutes. Maria Montessori was one of these young...histories, and tales of Maria Montessori portray her as the fust...
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Maria Montessori: the children's champion
Magazine article from: Italian America
; ...world. Physician and Teacher Maria Montessori's life was marked by great...region of Le Marche. In 1896, Maria Montessori became the first woman to graduate...social and academic needs. Maria Montessori saw the Children's House...
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Dear Maria Montessori
Magazine article from: Kappa Delta Pi Record
; Responding to Montessori's work, the author penned this...s hearts. -Angeles Arrien Dear Maria Montessori, Seven weeks into his third-grade...lesson yet." Having come from both Montessori preschool and elementary classrooms...
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Montessori principles work for Alzheimer's: what did Maria Montessori discover in her work with children that could be useful in the care of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias? (Feature Article).
Magazine article from: Nursing Homes
; ...kathleen ustick In the early 1900s, Maria Montessori was the only female physician...merely maintain their health, Montessori discovered that by having their...focus on a task. The techniques Montessori pioneered are still used today...
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Maria Montessori and Educational Forces in America
Magazine article from: Montessori Life
; When Maria Montessori addressed two wildly enthusiastic...article will explore that clash: Montessori and optimistic American families...at the tum of the 20th century. Maria Montessori's presentations at Carnegie Hall...
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California homicide victim identified as runaway great-great granddaughter of Maria Montessori
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...descendant of famed Italian educator Maria Montessori, authorities and family members said...circulated her photograph on its Web site. Montessori was the great-great-granddaughter of Maria Montessori, the early 20th century Italian educator...
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Death of Maria Montessori: May 6th, 1952. (Months Past).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History Today
; MARIA MONTESSORI ended her life sitting in the garden...Lorenzo slum district of Rome. The Montessori system was based on the principle of...with the teacher in the background. Montessori schools sprang up in numbers, while...
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Alameda educator keen on challenge "Always in our presentation we must give something that does not exceed the child's powers, and yet at the same time, calls forth effort." -- Maria Montessori
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune
; LINCOLN Middle School Administrator Kevin Allen has fashioned his educational values around Maria Montessori's simple philosophy. "Our kids come from lots of different backgrounds," said Allen, "but we must take these kids the way...
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Maria Montessori.(Education)
Newspaper article from: Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
; Italy's first woman doctor, became interested in education while working with special needs children. She began to devise educational methods that would stimulate their interest and help them to develop understanding through self-discovery - first the education of the senses, then the education of
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Excerpt from 'The Absorbent Mind' by Maria Montessori
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette
; Ours was a house for children, rather than a real school. We had prepared a place for children where a diffused culture could be assimilated, without any need for direct instruction. Yet these children learned to read and write before they were five, and no one had given them any lessons. At that
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