High School Article Reviews Samples For Students

Introduction

“A Reflection on Service Learning: Working with Eric” is reflectory essay written by Onnalee l. Gibson that chronicles his adventures in a Michigan school, Waverly High School tutoring a young African American 11th grader named Eric Johnson.
This well written piece utilizes a variety of literary devices and the final product is a really captivating tale. The underlying thesis of Gibson’s essay is that Waverly High School is unlike any other school because of its unique approach of handling the educational, social and behavioral needs of its students in an individual manner. This theory is comprehensively substantiated throughout the essay by ...

Article: Future Directions in Coaching Life Skills: Understanding High School Coaches’ Views and Needs (Daniel Gould, Yongchul Chung, Paige Smith, and Jackie White)
The article discusses the study designed to assess the knowledge of the social and personal issues by high school players and the possible perceived roles of coaches in developing the life skills in players. The focus on sports as the method to develop life skills in students has increased and the coaches play a significant role in this. The personal development facilitated by coaches and their role in it has evolved as a subject of research. This ...

Introduction

There are multiple definitions of racism as well as different perspectives. According to the oxford dictionary, racism is an advanced set of attitude that involves resentment based on the superiority of a particular group or an individual towards other supposed inferior groups or persons. Racism is solely premised on either the skin color or racial affiliation. In that sense, racism is relatively high in numerous educational institutional and is a real issue that consistently hits numerous social networks. Racist attitudes are critical issues as they can appear in any ethnic group and negatively implicate the current potential custom of ...

Sayreville War Memorial High School came into limelight last month when news regarding bullying and sexual harassment came on surface. According to the reports, a senior football players of the Sayreville team tortured freshman in the locker rooms. The victims reported that senior players targeted freshman in the locker room, pinned them on the floor and assaulted them via inappropriate manners which included touching their private parts and hit them while other senior players of the team held his arms and legs. (MARGOLIN) The news came as a shock to many, as charges were filed against 7 senior players of the ...

Abstract

In the society, there are various aspects that affect well being of people more so high school teenagers. High school teenagers are highlighted in this case as they are mostly prone to peer pressure from adolescence that drives them to some of the negative vices. The negative vices discussed in this paper are: absence of exercise; tanning in the sun; inability to deal with anxiety disorders; and binge drinking. They are discussed in the form of article reviews with personal opinions on how they affect the community being incorporated.

Article 1: Exercise is Wise

Summary

The article by Mary L. Gavin titled “Exercise is ...

Importance and Impacts of Mentoring

Abstract
In the present paper, the impact of mentoring on students and employees has been investigated. It has been hypothesized that mentoring positively impacts their overall well-being if provided considering the specific conditions of mentees. Development Mentoring is an approach to school-based mentoring in which high school students work with junior elementary school mentees. Rhodes (2002) stated that around 50 percent peer-mentoring meetings end within initial three months. However, there is a lack of research conducted on premature meetings termination and mentors' absenteeism. Karcher study, though, makes a significant contribution to the literature does not answer the reasons for ...

A Review

Part A
Working with the families of children with disabilities can be delicate for many reasons, not the least of which is that they may not be able to fully participate in ways which are meaningful (Dunst, 2002, 143). Knowing how to participate can also be difficult due to its changeable nature; in preschool families may be able to participate fully in the education of their child via the provision of special schools which allow for parental interaction during class (Dunst, 2002, 144), or by creating family-specific areas where they can ‘learn-by-doing’ when it comes to their children, perhaps ...

The story of LeBron James begins and ends with discussion about his legacy. He emerged as a 14 year-old boy in Ohio—the prodigal son destined to resurrect a city and end a championship drought. But when he struggled to produce, he was heavily criticized, and eventually left town for Miami where he promptly won two championships. James has returned to the city he left five years ago, hoping to bring the championship clout with him. Gary Washburn accurately displays this conflict in his Boston Globe article “LeBron James is giving us a lesson in leadership.”

Washburn quickly explains the conflict in ...

Why Lee's sub-questions are or are not good sub-questions? Select ONE sub-question that you think you could improve and rewrite it.
The article titled as ‘The impact of belonging to a high school gay/straight alliance’ by Camille Lee (2002) examines the impact of being a part of such an alliance on the academic performance of the student. To determine this relationship, Lee (2002) formulates several sub research questions which would guide him to carry her research. Since this is a qualitative study, the sub-questions of this research aid the data collection procedure conducted by the researcher. For this reason, these questions ...

This article, compiled by Brenda Morrison in February 2002 at the Australian Institute of Criminology, has critically analyzed bullying and victimization in schools especially in elementary and high school levels not only in Australia but also in many other parts across the world. The main idea that Ms Brenda Morrison has tried to bring out is that bullying in children that mostly take place in schools has both short term and long term effects, with effects affecting both the physical as well as the psychological wellbeing of the child both in his young age as well as later age, ...

Article Memo

The research is aimed at answering the question: Does Hard Work Help Students to "Make the Grade"?
Does the article use nomothetic or idiographic explanations? Explain how it does this to show that you understand the concepts.
The article uses nomothetic explanations; this is because the explanations seem to be based on the statistical concepts and laws that govern the fields of both qualitative and quantitative research. It uses the concepts of regression and correlation as in the statistical analysis to determine whether hard work help the students make the grade. The nomothetic methods as used in the ...

The deliberate hostile activity to cause physical harm or mass killing of a targeted population in places like schools, workplaces, places of worship, public gathering is a Hybrid Targeted Violence (HTV). The places of gathering where people have least option to shield themselves are the preferred locations for an HTV action. The weapons used in this kind of violence may be the conventional firearms or other explosive devices. These incidents of atrocity have multi-threat, and often go against the conventional procedural strategies of the relevant agencies of public safety to initiate a rescue or counter the violence. The initial moments are very ...

Smagorinsky, Peter, Elizabeth Anne Daigle, Cindy O’Donnell-Allen, and Susan Bynum. “Bullshit in Academic Writing: A Protocol Analysis of a High School Senior’s Process of Interpreting Much Ado about Nothing.” Research in the Teaching of English 44(4) 2010. 368-405

The paper describes five protocols employed by Susan in completing her assignment. It offers a detailed explanation from the tape recorder used by Susan in the think-aloud part of the assignment (Smagorinsky, 46). The availability of the tape, original essay by Susan, and a detailed analysis of available text accord this article credibility. Further, the inputs of Cindy O’Donnell-Allen, ...

"Moving Beyond AYP: High School Performance Indicators" by Lyndsay M. Pinkys examines the effectiveness of AYP and reveals how performance indicators need to be established to determine a school's effectiveness. Adequate Yearly Progress is a measurement defined by the United States federal “No Child Left Behind Act” that allows the Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically. It is based on the improvement in the tests results and minimal increase in total graduation rates, but it does not show the students’ readiness for the college and future career. In order ...

IMPULSIVE PURCHASING BEHAVIOR

1. What is the purpose of the article? Why did the author(s) conduct the research and/or write the article?
Impulsive purchasing is unplanned purchasing that depends on a rapid decision-making. There are many variables influencing the impulsive purchasing behavior such as demographic factors, income, cultural orientation, price promotions, and many other varying variables. The previous studies on the impulsive purchasing analyze the influence of these factors on the purchasing behavior. However, the previous studies miss an important point in analyzing the influential factors on the impulsive purchasing behavior: the influence of the social environment and the social relations ...

Purpose of Study

This study is a qualitative review on effective classroom management. It will identify appropriate strategies that teachers can employ to keep their students actively involved in all of their classroom lessons.

Description of Participants/Sample

The population/sample for this research includes teacher and a group of lower high school grade seven students.
The Research Design/Data Analysis
Research design, which examines the participants'/sample's definitions, goals and characteristics include, case study and grounded theory. The case study and grounded theory involve: (1) the purpose of the study (2) methods of data collection (3) data analysis and (4) outcomes

Methods of Data Collection

The data collection methods give update on ...

Bashir, S., Janaranjana., Tesfa, G. (2012). An Empirical Analysis of Higher Education and Economic Growth in West Virginia. Selected Paper for Presentation at Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012 Seattle, WA.
Bashir et al consider skilled labor as the single most important route to attaining maximal human development. According to the article, a person that is highly educated can more easily access a decent employment because skilled labor is associated with well paying jobs, lesser working hours and more attractive returns. With such a decent job, one can effortlessly afford to live a decent life with all the characteristics ...

Transitioning Mary McClain from high school to college needs to include discussions with the staff at the college so that the staff is familiar with Mary and her assistive technology (AT) needs to be successful at college. The second strategy to help Mary be successful at college is to assign her a mentor at the college. The mentor could be another special needs student who has been at the college longer than Mary has and can help Mary learn where she needs to go to have her needs met.
Let us assume the technical college Mary wants to attend ...