Essays on Elementary School

Most college students enter secondary school with an idea of what they want to study, and most college students probably have an idea of what career they would life to pursue after graduation. It can be difficult to commit to a path, in college, which will ultimately determine how much money they earn, the hours they will work, and how much stress is included with the demands of their job. However, it is important for all college students to consider how happy their career will make them, and if they will be happy with their choice. According to Nicholas Lore, ...

In the recent past, school violence has been identified as a serious problem in several countries, and the problem has been made worse in the incidents where guns and knives are involved. Generally, the violence involves fights between students, as well as physical fights carried out on school staff. One form of school violence which has received a lot of attention from the media, as well as the public, is school shootings. This arises from the fact that school shootings pose a serious threat to public safety, and the stakeholders have a reason to worry about that. In the last decade, one of ...

Music education plays an important role in the retention of elementary school students. This is by improving the progression of students’ retention in the elementary schools and states the ways and factors of retaining a student in elementary school. Music education improves students’ retention in many ways which are included in this book. Some of these factors are the reading performance, effectiveness of the administration and promotion. One of the important factors improving student retention in elementary school is the student’s performance level for reading. According to this book, this will be done through class work, observation, ...

For my elementary school, I attended a public school which was a Muslim school. The socioeconomic class of most of the people who lived in the neighborhood was medium and low. The fee structure of my school was low and provided proper learning facilities. So people used to send their children in this school As it was a Muslim school most of the children that came there were Muslim only. My school was a boy’s school only. So they were given difficult physical activities and we had rigorous physical training classes. I did my high school from a private school. Certain changes had ...

The article

Critical Week in Senate for Gun and Immigration Bills emphasizes the attempts by the United States Senate to put more legislative regulation on the gun acquisition and use. This heated debate follows the recent bloody shootings of the Sandy Hook Elementary School children. In this deliberation, there is conflicting stands between the Democrat senators and their Republican counterparts. The democrats advocate for the expansion of federal background checks on individuals seeking to purchase and own fire arms in the United States to verify their eligibility. The democrats also believe that 90 percent of the United States citizens are backing ...

Introduction

The education system in America has over the years been faced with a recurrent and never ending problem that has compromised the quality of education and subsequently impact ted negatively on the future of the young generation. Teacher turnover is a problem that has remained persistent yet too little has been done to curb the ever rising rates of attrition. Teacher attrition or turnover is the tendency to resign from all duties within the education sector and pursue other sectors of the economy due to reasons other than retirement or health issues (Wushishi, 2013). The elementary education forms the foundation upon ...

Abstract

Violence in schools has passed the bullying phase for a long time. The access to weapons of any kind has led to violent gun attacks, ending up in killing innocent students and teachers. While there is no profile of the attackers that use schools for unloading their guns, public opinion requests for gun control policies. The Presidency also considers that gun control is a requirement for protecting the safety of the children and the national security in United States. The recent gun attacks that occur in the United States, which fulminated with the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut, have ...

Introduction

Motivation is an incredibly important factor in education; it plays a critical role in student learning. This motivation can be intrinsic; namely, the motivation comes from a student’s own desire to learn. However, two other major motivating factors for students include extrinsic motivation from parents and teachers. These outside forces place a great deal of pressure on these students, placing expectations on them to perform in a certain way. However, these expectations may have unknown effects on these students. Students from ages 5 to 7 are in the early stages of education, and so trends and expectations established here can carry through ...

Discuss the role of the teacher and the learner in the selected lesson plans.

The role of the content-specific lesson plan is to get the student engaged in the scientific learning process. The objectives that are stated in the lesson plan are that the “The learner will state two critical attributes of liquids—taking the shape of containers and taking up space”—understanding these particular attributes of liquids is fundamentally important for the development of student understanding of the scientific process and of the properties of liquids as a type of matter (Appleton, 2006). Alternatively, the long-term objective of the role-play lesson plan is stated as, “The learner will participate in collaborative problem solving ...

Section A: Front-end Analysis .3

Target Audience Description 3 Procedure for Determining Information Processing Steps 3 Learning Objectives .... 7 Terminal Learning Objective .. 7

Enabling Objectives . 8

Section B: Instructional Strategies, Specifications, Documentation .. 13

Background .13

Terminal learning objective 13 Expanded Events of Instruction 14 Introduction . 14 Body . 15 Section 1: Basic Words 15 Section 2: Advanced Words 15 Conclusion 17 Teaching Elementary Children To Read A Second Language Section A: Front-end Analysis - Target Audience Description The target audience is elementary school children. To learn any new language, children must start early. The ...

Personal History

Thesis This paper is on the topic of personal life history reflection paper. This paper is divided into five sections that are namely; birth and infancy, elementary school, junior school, high school and university. I will cover this paper will memories from my different parts of my life and I will include personal and emotional experiences that I have gone through from the day I can remember.

Introduction

Growing up in capital city of China, Beijing I always wanted to come to United States for my University education. Looking back at my early life in Beijing where my family ...

The World Health Organization defines health promotion as the “process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health” (WHO, 2013). Throughout these past decades, the concept of health promotion has expanded from mainly focusing on lifestyles and the individuals towards taking into account socio-ecological factors including “economic inequalities, social problems, and environmental issues” (Rangruber, 2012, p. 36). With these changing perspectives, the role of nurses in health care has also expanded. WHO recognizes that nurses have an important role in the way society’s current challenges would be addressed (Linsley, Kane & Owen, 2011). Nurses ...

Part I: Mathematical Anxiety and Defining “Good Teaching”

Anxiety in mathematics is a long-studied field of educational psychology, and is a problem that has many suggested causes. To understand the issues that arise for many people when confronting mathematics, it is important first to understand what the psychological concept of “mathematical (math) anxiety” is. Math anxiety is a perceived notion, defined by Ashcraft and Kirk (2001) as: “a feeling of tension, apprehension, or fear that interferes with math performance” (Ashcraft and Kirk, 2001). Notably, math anxiety or math phobia is not an actual inability to do mathematics; it is the perceived inability to do mathematics. This observation and the resulting research ...

Introduction

Bullying in schools is not a new phenomenon but is an activity that has been in existence for ages. A good proportion of students and adults have accounts of their experiences with bullying or have witnessed their peers bullied in what a turned out to be a serious problem in the society with variant detrimental effects that range from emotional effects to negative effects on a student’s academic performance. Teens between the age of 13 and 19 year are perhaps the greatest users of the technology, particularly the internet. The National Crime Prevention Council (2007) contends that teens between the age of ...

Introduction

In health promotion, objectives play a central role. Objectives are aims and desired results that a person or organization commits to achieving. This study develops an intervention program to promote health by preventing obesity. The proposed intervention program targets elementary schools and consists of a policy change to incorporate Physical Education (PE) lessons for all students and a physical activity program to be offered for free after school. This essay sets the program’s objectives by evaluating the elements of good objectives, deriving various objectives for the program and highlighting the indicators to measure each objective.

4a: Elements of Well Written Objectives

Objectives are realistic targets and well written ...

- Proposed Research Question Post your research question for your session-long project and indicate how your research question meets the following criteria: Is the substandard housing in Owsley County, KY a predictor for poor health among the elementary school children. - Is it relevant to the field of public health? There is a clear link between substandard housing and health. 57% of the children come from households that live below the poverty level. This is an indicator of poor health conditions that requires government intervention. - Is it novel (e.g. previous studies have been limited or inconsistent) ...

Part 1: US Today News

Health risks stack up for students near industrial plants This article was updated 12th October, 2008 after being written by Blake Morrison and Brad Heath (2008). It highlights a toxic air phenomenon occurring in schools in an Ohio community. The reporter began by lamenting that the sounds of elementary school children chatter has been replaced by the air monitoring equipment at the Meredith Hitchens Elementary School in this Cincinnati suburb along the Ohio River. Further clarifications alluded to school officials three years ago removing students from the location after sample containing high chemical levels were found close to the ...

Introduction

Technology Administration is an important aspect of any organization today. Over the past decade, institutions are increasingly focusing much attention on technology administration and delegating these responsibilities to professionals such as technology coordinators and administrators. Traditionally, these roles were handled by teachers who had little or no knowledge in technology administration (Hubbel, 2012). Information technology is becoming a key component in nearly all learning processes today and as such, more intricate IT processes are developed to aid the leading learning process. These processes require a dedicated team of professionals to help in the planning, implementation and adoption of these emerging technologies. ...

Introduction

The main reason for going to school is to impact on one’s community positively. This can be achieved through several means. First, is the classwork which instil knowledge needed in helping learners to understand how to work with other people. Secondly, the means comes as outside class activities which expose a person to communities. Volunteering falls under the second means. There are many benefits for volunteering, these cut across the community being assisted as well as the person offering their services and time. Benefits that are basic through volunteer work include; making new networking contacts, development of ones skill, ...

Enjoying good health being the most important facet of life; in the process of acquiring a general knowledge about it, I observed that with the increasing technological advancement and its effects, people develop “Stress”. That the stress plays a predominant role in the life-style of population, be it in the youth or the older generation. Besides the stress-related ailments like diabetes, hypertension, depression and the like; an array of health conditions such as public health, environmental health, policy health, epidemiology, global health and health education are the main focus for disease prevention and health promotion of wider population. In order ...

Introduction

Elementary school - Kindergartens; - Age; - Subjects.

Middle school

- System; - Subjects; - “Technicums” in Russia. - Subjects; - Exams.

General information

- Schools; - Buildings; - Time of lessons; - Breaks.

Conclusion

Introduction The aim of education is clear – passing knowledge to the youth. Every day, year and century children go to school to learn new information – about nature, people, history and world in general. However, there are also other things that teachers are willing to share with their students – these are moral principles, ethics and basics of behavior. These ...

Attitudes toward and opinions regarding stricter gun control laws in the United States seem to be growing following the dreadful reality of the recent Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ("edition.cnn.com"). There now seems to a nationwide discussion going about regarding the issue of stricter gun control as if it is the solution to prevent such tragedies in the future. People on the news and everywhere else have started talking about the second amendment of the US constitution, which states that “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and ...

Argumentative Essay Elementary School Education's Quality Physical Education

Physical Education in elementary schools is an important aspect of development academically in terms of improving their grades and kids become more physically fit and active. Quality physical education program does not only promote a positive classroom behavior among students, but it also contributes to their cognitive development (Trost, Stewart G. Phd, 2007). When an elementary student is not physically well-rounded and fit at all times, it affects their academic performance, making them unable to cope up with the stress in school. Enhancing the elementary student's motor skills has an attribution for social development which they need to interact in ...

I have identified three ways in which the issue of the toys shipment can be resolved. I have indicated each of the alternatives below together with their impact on financial, legal, and ethical perspectives.

The company can decide to overlook the toy that has small traces of lead so that it can deliver the toys in time and avoid incurring losses associated with re- production and packaging. The process used to select such an alternative is cost- benefit analysis. The company may decide not to reproduce and repackage the toys since the cost would be higher than it would ...

Introduction

Increased social problems have led to many cases that need to be addressed by psychologists. For instance, in schools there are increased cases of students’ violence that have caused riots and other social problems in schools. Cases of sexual abuse have also drastically increased in modern society. Cases of rape are reported on a daily basis in the media just as reflection of moral corruption in the society. All these social problems are causing dilemmas among psychologists who are supposed to help in solving these problems. This paper will therefore analyze some of these dilemmas among the psychologists.

Sexually abused child

In dealing ...

According to the research, the impact of the conflict between students and teachers can be long term. All those children who experiences a conflicting relationship with their teachers in the first grade reflects very low level of achievement in the academics and are not likely to get along well with their teachers (Buyse et al). According to Baker, it is highly important for children to have a good relationship with their teachers as poor relations between students and teachers may result in learning problems of behavioural difficulties. When the children are able to gain trust of their teachers and develop closer ...

Introduction

The scientific method of research uses investigation of phenomena and using newly acquired knowledge or prior knowledge to analyze it. It involves a series of steps all of which should be directed towards achieving verifiable results. When looking for an elementary school for the child, the child’s abilities should be put into consideration, his learning styles, the social environment best for him and practical matters such as the extracurricular activities he should join.

How to find the best Elementary School using the Scientific Method

Observation: Listing down the schools that seem consider desirable would be the first priority. Observing the students from that school would follow. That would be in ...

The D.A.R.E Project was originally developed in the United States of America as a school-based drug-education program with a heavy funding of over $200 million every year, and aims at equipping elementary school children with skills for resisting both peer pressure to experiment with tobacco, drugs, and alcohol and the use of drugs. As I see it, the program is good and has a great overview at first glance, therefore making it effective for the first two years after training in elementary school, but then wears off and hence is not effective in high school and college where the largest number of ...

Education has been among the first and prominent benefits following the modern Saudi Arabia development. The directorate of education was started in 1925 followed by basic regulations in the following year that laid down the centralized national system foundation. A new era in modern education development also started in 1953 and this was enhanced with the establishment of a new board in December the same year that served the purpose of the ministry of education as part of council of ministers. The first appointed minister in the education council, King Fahd Ibn Abdulaziz tirelessly guided the ministry through modernization and ...

I understand that being an elementary school teacher means becoming responsible for children’s upbringing. And I hope to be worth this mission. I will be responsible for the kids’ outlook on life and I want them to learn all the good things from me. I want to treat them like individuals, who, once having grown up, will be doing great things for the world, and hopefully will remember me as somebody who helped them become what they are. I understand that being an elementary school teacher means taking control of everything and organizing the proper discipline. This ...

CITIZENSHIP FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Applied Research Project (Proposal Defense)

Introduction

Developing countries of the world today are facing unprecedented challenges in attaining sustainable development. Many developing countries are plagued by issues such as poverty, population growth, terrorism, dearth of qualified teaching staff, and territorial conflicts. To find a solution to this, many economists have devised various strategies both at the macroeconomic and microeconomic levels. Many people around the world will tell you that fossil fuel is Saudi Arabia’s greatest natural resource, but they are wrong because the children are the greatest resource. An excellent education of Saudi Arabian children is the key to ...

Introduction

According to Burns (99), learning is comparatively permanent change in behavior, whereby behavior is the observable activity as well as internal processes such as attitudes, thinking and emotions. Burns holds that learning may not show itself in observable behavior immediately the educational program has happened. Learning occurs in different settings such as at home, during play, at work or more commonly, at school. In formal settings, learning takes place in a classroom, library or laboratory. Teachers facilitate learning on different levels. On the other hand, apprenticeship is a combination of training on the job and related classroom instruction through the supervision ...

Clermont, Florida is one of the fastest developing cities both within the Florida state and the whole country. It is situated within the south Lake County at the intersection of State Road 50 and U.S. 27. Clermont city is endowed with social amenities and various assets making it attractive to families, new industries, educational activities, office expansion, and health-fitness facilities. The city covers an area of 14.8 square miles which is roughly about 30 km2 and is about 8.54% water. Clermont is an open place for business and is also an ideal environment for growing families and an attraction ...

Introduction

In this paper, I am going to show the effect of school quality on price of housing in the metropolitan area. In the next paragraph, I will conduct a literature review on the various factors that influence the choice of schools by parents and the value of the residential property. In the next section, I shall discuss hedonistic pricing model that can generate effects of school quality on house prices. I will analyze the data collected, explain the method of data collection and discuss the results obtained in the study. The last section is the conclusion of the study. ...

Motivation is one of the major factors that must be incorporated within the internal environment of an organization. All organizations must work with a team to ensure that they achieve their selected goals and objectives. A team is made up of employees who are very important when it comes to the normal operation of an organization. Therefore, employees must be motivated in order to maintain the spirit of work. The several ways in which they might be motivated is by involving them in decision making process, creating employee time by the managers, and offering intrinsic and extrinsic awards to employee ...

Child study Project

Barney Fernandez is seven years old. An attractive boy with dark, curly hair and a sharp nose, resembling his father. He is of average stature, just right for his age, and can be described as a little slim, compared to other children of his age. A close observation would reveal that the expression on his face is dull, listless, normally. There are sudden bursts of enthusiasm when there are prospects of doing what he likes. For example, playing out of doors. Swinging, sliding, jumping, dancing. Barney is not interested in painting, cutting, pasting or playing carom or cards. His preferences are ...

This study attempts to show the close connection between the quality of schools and residential property values in the metropolitan area. In as much as the quality of education has been integrated into pricing models of residential property, other factors such as the close proximity to each school where the house is zoned and certain neighborhood characteristics have been found to have an impact on property house values. The closer proximity to schools has a positive value to the house prices while an increase in the distance has a negative impact. The quality of education at all levels (elementary and high ...

Clermont, Florida is a glorious city housed within Lake County. Clermont has undergone several changes since the Lake County was formed in 1840. Clermont is now one of the most attractive places to live in throughout the country. The area is endowed with several attractive features such as good homes, well-paying jobs, tourist attraction features, high performing schools, and it also offers the residents a peace of mind. Clermont, FL, is suitably positioned near Orlando and other area attractions. This city is known to have various features that make it unique and quaint. Over the recent past, the city has ...

Personal Statement

As an early childhood Saudi teacher, I am applying for a doctoral degree of Early Childhood Education at the University of North Texas. Being a mature teacher and researcher, my educational aspirations linked to the doctoral program involve seeking sustainable pedagogical methods of exploring issues, such as Children Development and Encouragement of Social Change through elementary school curricula. Presently, I have two years of major teaching experience in my primary concentration area. Throughout my professional career, I have also worked as Assistant Manager to the school principal. My rationale for applying to the desired program is to pursue an earlier ...

Abstract

This study tested if stereotype threat affects people’s choices when answering Implicit Association Test for Race. Stereotype threat is used to describe the psychological phenomenon whereby a negative stereotype about one’s group puts an individual at risk for confirming that negative stereotype (Steele & Aronson, 1995). During President Obama’s inauguration, studies showed that the performance gap between white and black students diminished (Mattimore, 2009). We are interested to know through our study if this change in attitude is reflected by the people’s attitude to the different races as well. Our class gathered 74 participants, 60 females and ...

Introduction

Education refers to the skills acquired, a student who learn write, to read and count will proved to their families and countries as a whole a better future. There are so many areas which were positively affected by education. Knowledge sums up as the main known form of societal sustenance. Education forms the basis of knowledge in individuals, whereby students are called upon to emancipate on different concepts. The knowledge necessitated by any form of education creates awareness in relation to the world on how people live and how it works among us. An illiterate person is more likely to live a life ...

- Introduction Gun control is one of the major problems in the society especially in the united states. There has been a number of cases that involves the shooting of individuals in the united states. The homicide rates in the United States are higher compared to any other country in the world. Some of the worst shootings have occurred recently such the Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children were killed. - Chicago underground gun market Chicago has higher rates of underground market because the place is filled with people who are of poor background or are ...

The first step is to identify the need for the laboratory and the objectives of the laboratory which are:

- Learning computer creating a learning environment for 18 elementary school students with 3 special needs students. - Internet access for the computer class of 18 elementary school students: These tasks will need several equipments and software, these can be easily purchased but they must be of a good quality and standard to warrant good performance. The most important items are the machines with a choice between a Mac and a PC. There is a slight difference between the two but both are computers that use almost the same type of hardware. PC is abbreviation for Personal computer and the MAC is a ...

As a consequence of the recent horrible reality of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, more and more people have been debating the need for more rigorous gun control laws in the United States. In fact, the entire nation seems to be involved in the decision about whether or not more rigorous gun control laws will help in preventing such tragedies from occurring in the future. On the other hand, gun rights supports all over the nation have started protesting against gun control advocates based on the second amendment of the US constitution, which states that, “the right of the ...

ABSTRACT

Mass shootings by mentally ill persons have become so common in the United States that the pubic have become numb to them. In the recent wave of massacres, though, including at an elementary school In the U.S. the real causes of crime and gun violence are social and economic, including an elementary school in Connecticut, the issue of gun control is back on the political agenda for the first time in decades. Although groups like the National Rifle Association (NRA) insist that the Second Amendment guarantees individuals the right to own firearms and the Supreme Court has upheld this, ...

Impact of Technology on Supporting First Grade Students’ Creative Thinking in Mathematics

Abstract: This research provides an in-depth examination of the impact of technology in supporting the acquisition of mathematical creative thinking skills among first-grade student. It examines how technology can be properly integrated with mathematics to promote math’s performance without declining creative thinking skills in mathematics among the elementary students. Social constructivism theory as the method of learning in first-grade mathematics students is advocated; it defines the developmental stages of a child and relates to his or her learning and problem-solving ability. Its requirements can properly be integrated to Computer-aided learning processes. The value and importance of ...

ELL assessments

Introduction

This paper outlines the procedures that Lumberg Elementary School uses to identify ELLs, the formal and informal assessments that are conducted to determine students' language proficiency levels and how English language development is monitored over time. The paper also includes a description of the methods used by ELL teachers to ensure students access grade-level content and develop language simultaneously.

Procedures for identifying ELLs

The following procedure is used to identify ELLs:

i. When students enroll in Lumberg Elementary School, they must take part in a Home Language Survey (HLS). This survey is mandatory for all new students and is used to help in determining ...

Gun control controversy is an issue that has been in debate in the American politics. For more than seven decades the gun politics have formed a basis for the reviewing of the US constitution regarding the safety of the citizens. The debate on the gun politics has been the need for restriction as well availability of firearms within the borders of the United States.

The Guns Debate has been characterized by a standoff between a right to own a firearm stated in the second amendment of the US constitution and the obligation that the United States government prevents crimes that are associated ...

Recent statistics have reported the increasing prevalence rate of obesity and other lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in both developed and developing countries (De Onis et al., 2010). Albeit, considered to be lifestyle-associated in etiology, the occurrence of these diseases is solely evident among adults but alarmingly also among children.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has documented the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity worldwide. In 2010, 43 million children were diagnosed to be overweight or obese. A significant number (35 million) of these children lived in developing countries. The worldwide prevalence rate of obesity among children ...

Book review: Families, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children, 5th Edition by Chandler H. Barbour, Nita H. Barbour and Patricia A. Scully

Introduction

Families, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children, 5th Edition offers more choices for teachers and students than the previous editions. The authors are all educators and their combined experience easily reaches 100 years. Professor Chandler Barbour has retired from an elementary school teaching career but he is still actively involved as a volunteer to his community’s projects with public schools, church boards, directing a fishing advocacy group and as a member on a hospital board. He ...

- Paragraph one, sentence three – the author uses description well; he allows the reader to visualize vividly how the boy comes into a room when he is late. The reader can see the door pushed open and swinging back with so much force it slams on the wall, rattles the glassware and frightens the cat to run for safety. Paragraph –five explains what the sixties were like; it was a colorful time when extremely bold colors, if worn now would be grounds for rediclude, were acceptable. One dressing with such boldness was thought of as being chic.

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1. Outline the categories of violence as described by Jamil Salmi.

According to Salmi, the phenomenon of violence has many characteristics, with particular causes per characteristic and with particular causational agents per cause. Violence also exists in several forms, including direct violence, indirect violence, repressive violence, and alienating violence.

Direct violence is characterized by any physical, in-person act causing intended harm. In this category would be included A) any act resulting in death (homicide, genocide, infanticide); and B) any “coercive or brutal” (Module 6, 44) at threatening or resulting in physical or psychological damage or suffering—including rape, spousal abuse, political imprisonment, for example.

Indirect violence is characterized by ...

- Overview

Early education is an important phase of children’s life. Therefore, this phase should be handled with care and professionalism. In order to enhance the success of early education, a professional academic structure has to be in place. In regard to the creation of an effective early education model, this paper takes a position about an ideal early education Head Start model which can adequately address the needs of elementary school children.

- Introduction

It is important to note that education at any level is a collective responsibility. As much as the beneficiary of the education model is the student, the fact remains that ...

A. Brief Overview of “Is Hooking Up bad for Young Women?”

Several authors look at the sex culture in today’s youths in comparison to the baby boomers. Jessica Valenti(2010) for instance argues that the problem with America today is not the casual sex as it is not new but the moral panic that exists. The mass media has driven sociologists and psychologists to investigate young hookups even more closely. Statistics by CDC and the NHSLS show that young adults today are having far less sex than the baby boomers. Hookups are not free for all as portrayed by the media but is rather a safe manoeuvre by young adults ...

Chapter One

Despite the fact that in 1996, Supreme Court Justice Scalia called single-sex education in public schools “functionally dead,” Single-sex education has become an increasingly popular model in schools since the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 was passed. This federal legislation promoted innovative programs for states to implement that included single-sex classrooms and schools (U.S. Department of Education, 2006). Within any educational setting there were many factors that impacted student achievement that related to boys’ and girls’ physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs. A single-sex environment provided boys and girls with a setting that promoted specific gender related ...

Good nutrition is critical for growing children, both for physical and cognitive development. Elementary age children are challenged every day in school and a nutritious and balanced breakfast is critical for them to learn. Many studies have been completed that consistently demonstrate the importance of a good breakfast on learning. According to a study completed by Anjos et al (2013), good nutrition begins with expectant mothers and continues throughout a child’s life from infancy to childhood. The acquisition of nutrients is important for proper brain development. The authors have implemented a large scale research project named NUTRIMENTHE which is examining the effects ...

Dyslexia refers specifically to learning disabilities encountered in reading. It may at times be characterized by difficulties that occur in recognizing, decoding and spelling words correctly. Due to these challenges brought forth by the disorder, there may be problems caused with reading comprehension and slowed down vocabulary growth. In addition to the outcomes brought about by the disorder, dyslexia may lead to poor fluent loudly out reading. It is thus considered a neurological disorder. It offers hindrance to aspects involved in the learning process such as reading, writing, and spelling and to some extent speaking. The neurological disorder affects the ...

Several states across America are proposing that school employees should be allowed to carry concealed weapons at school. This was prompted by the Sandy Hook mass murder. Twenty first-graders and six adult staff members were killed in mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the quiet village of Sandy Hook in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. Adam Lanza, the man behind what is now considered the second deadliest mass shooting by a single person in American history, was reported to have killed his mother at their Newtown home before driving to the school. Despite the upgraded security protocol ...

Courses

Autobiography Racial and Ethnical Prejudice Both of my parents are white. My brother, who is four years younger than me and I, grew up in Virginia in a neighborhood where majority were white. It was however common to spot people from different racial or ethnical backgrounds in the neighborhood for instance African Americans and Asians Americans. My preschool and elementary school years, majority of my classmates and close friends were white. In those years, I had developed a negative perception about the African Americans from the experiences I had and from the history I read especially in regard to the ...

Introduction

Every child’s development process is unique and complex. Even though children normally develop through predictable levels and milestones, they may at times not proceed through these steps at the same pace. Usually, a child’s development process is largely influenced by his or her environmental factors and the experiences that they gather from it. Understanding the child development is vital because it allows us to appreciate the emotional, social, physical, cognitive and educational progress of the child at a particular level of their growth into adulthood. Various theories attempt to describe every aspect of child development and largely focuses on ...