...Running head: PARENTS AND STUDENTS READING A Proposal to study Effects of Parental Involvement with Reading levels Alexis Leonard Research Proposal Wayne State University December 08, 2013 Table of Contents Abstract 4 Chapter I: Introduction 5 Problem Statement 5 Purpose 5 Description of Community 5 Description of Work Setting 6 Writer’s Role 7 Chapter II: Study of the Problem 8 Problem Description 8 Problem Documentation 10 Literature Review 13 Causative Analysis 21 Chapter III: Outcomes and Analysis 23 Goals and Expectations 23 Expected Outcomes 24 Measurement of Outcomes 25 Analysis of Results 25 Chapter IV: Solution Strategy 26 Statement of Problem 26 Discussion 26 Selected Solutions 29 Chapter V: Results and Recommendations 30 Problem Statement 30 Goals 30 Results 30 Discussion 31 Recommendations and Plans for Dissemination 33 References 36 Appendix A Calendar 40 Appendix B1 Teacher Survey 42 Appendix B2 Parent Survey 43 Appendix C Graph Results 44 Abstract The ARP is intended towards advancing schools achievement rate for children within comprehensive the setting for middle schools who have lack of parental involvement. Middle schools have many problems dealing with parental involvement. The quantity for increasing parent teacher conferences is the goal for all middle schools. Middle schools would have a better percentage of parents being involved with teacher conferences, once the percentage of parents...
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...Robert Nalepa Assignment 1 Article Critique Does HOPSports Promote Youth Physical Activity in Physical Education Classes? The purpose of this study was to compare the physical activity levels of youth that were engaged in HOPS based physical education classes to those who were engaged in regular physical education classes. This was a longitudinal intervention study where children in grades 4th-8th participated in. The sample size of this study was 387. When using the HOPS program the children were significantly more active. This study suggest that HOPS can be the most effective way to promote diverse and dynamic program options that physical education teachers cannot. With the possibility of increasing physical education classes because of budget the use of this technology may be beneficial to increase physical activity and fight rising levels of youth obesity. The specific research problem that has been identified in this study is that physical inactivity of youth due to rising levels of watching television, videogame use, and obesity. The youth today are less engaged in the outside world and are less physically active than when their parents were younger. Youths today increased use of technology can be linked to reduced leisure time physical activity because these activities take up the same time where kids can be engaging in different kinds of physical activities. This is a quantitative study because it measures minutes of moderate and vigorous physical...
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...Framework (SPF) State Incentive Grant (SIG) The Grant is Being Administered Under the Supervision of the Co-Chairs, Sheriff Roy Dominguez and Prosecutor, Bernard A. Carter John Ayre Key Jr., Chief of Staff With Support from Calumet College of Saint Joseph’s Public Safety Institute Completed Monday, March 18, 2008 Our Vision: A Healthy, Safe and Drug-Free County Encouraging and Enhancing Creativity and Productivity Among All Citizens Our Mission: To Eliminate Substance Abuse In Lake County This document is written for key community stakeholders and policymakers and presents data and analysis to support the development of a county-wide systemic framework and approach to reducing alcohol use and abuse and eliminating drug use in Lake County, Indiana. This document and the efforts described herein were funded through a Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) from the Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) and the Indiana Department of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHA). For additional copies of this document, contact: Lake County Drug-Free Alliance John Ayre...
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...2009 Abstract Socioeconomic status is a very real problem for children in American society. It affects many areas of their lives, but most importantly, it affects their education. For this reason, it is imperative that parents, teachers, administrators, and communities ban together to ensure that at-risk students from low socioeconomic backgrounds are given the same opportunities as those from a higher socioeconomic background. We can do this by eliciting the best teachers, quality schools, and administrators to instruct these disadvantaged children. We can also do this as parents by making sure that we have educational attainment as our goal for our children by providing different instructional avenues in the home to facilitate learning and desire for learning by our children. If all of these parts of the puzzle can be put in place correctly, then at-risk youth at least have an equal opportunity to succeed in this world of inequality that we all live. Equality in the public school system is a joke. In other words, it does not exist. There are certain criterion that must be met before schools can even start to be considered equal: “equal access, common curriculum, differential curriculum, desegregated schooling, and equality of results” (Riordan 2004, p. 2). In some underdeveloped countries, certain people are excluded from an education, from the poor to the women, it just depends. Another extent to where people are excluded is common curriculum...
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...differences in communication can pose problems in social exchanges leading to prejudice, anger, and stress as well as a decrease in efficiency. This is exceptionally serious in business organizations but even more so in your everyday world and therefore a scrutiny of these differences in the first step to understanding the issues involved and moving towards better communication. Nearly a one fourth of all working women are considered part-time, more than men. The number of men who are stay-at-home dads has just about more than doubled over the last ten years. Society molds these women's so-called choices by telling them that they are care givers by default. Women are more likely to be punished for staying home to take care of a sick child. Are men more ambitious? Most women's first jobs straight out of school ware at a lower pay grade than men straight out of school, and men had higher starting salaries. In 2009, the Department of Labor posted a study by the CONSAD Research Corporation, “An Analysis of the Reasons for the Disparity in Wages between Men and Women.” Department of Labor official Charles E. James Sr. summarized...
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...Argument Analysis In a recent article titled “Can Students Have Too Much Tech?” published in the editorial of the New York Times, opinion columnist makes a genuine attempt to question certain policies announced by president Obama in regards with the promotion of “free and open Internet” for the education of American children. The article is highly effective in convincing the audience that encouraging students, especially those from low income families, to use network devices will not necessarily guarantee academic progress. The writer makes a forensic argument by citing several examples from the past which helps the readers understand the possible outcome of the topic in question. The writer enriches the argument by making a logical appeal to the audience and presenting research findings conducted by economists and education researchers. As Everything’s an Argument (Lunsford, Ruszkiewicz and Walters, 2013) explains about logical appeal that “audiences respond well to the use of reasons and evidence (i.e. logical appeal) — to the presentation of facts, statistics, credible testimony, cogent examples in support of the argument” (p. 27). For example, the writer presents research conducted in early 2000s by Duke University economists Jacob Vigdor and Helen Ladd. The research was aimed to study the academic progress of nearly one million disadvantaged middle-school students when they were given access to networked computers. The economists concluded: “Students who gain access...
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...Annotated Bibliography for Underage Drinking Heather Myers DeVry University Annotated Bibliography for Underage Drinking The author stares that, “39% of current 8th graders, 58% of 10th graders, 72% of 12th graders, and 85% of college students have tried alcohol” (Bowersox 2013). Now think in eighth grade the teen is only fourteen years old! That is seven years under the state designated drinking age of twenty-one years. Why is the community allowing teens to drink under the age of twenty-one? Maybe because they think it makes them “cool” parents. This shouldn’t happen there are many reasons on why adults should become less lenient and should not allow their children, friends or family to drink underage the legal drinking age. Our community should be aware of the effects that alcohol has on teens, families, school, and communities. Our young generation does not need alcoholic beverages because those years leading up to the 21st birthday are years to cherish that don’t involve alcohol. After the 21st birthday adults have their whole entire lives to go out and drink minimally without damaging their bodies. Bowersox, J. (2013, March 29). NIH Fact Sheets - Underage Drinking. Retrieved September 22, 2014. This source is categorized in past, present and future facts. It shows different facts about underage drinking in the United States. For example, in the year 1960 to 1970 the legal drinking age in the U.S. was only 18 years old. Later, it was raised to 21 years. This kind...
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...scientific habits of mind.” (NRC, 2011, p. 3-6). Yet several researchers describe the decline of student questioning and curiosity as they progress in school (Dillon, 1988; Engelhard, Jr. & Monsaas, 1988), and in particular, there is a preciptious decline in questions from low achieving students (Good, Slavings, Harel, and Emerson, 1987). What we see instead is that the majority of questions are initiated by the teacher, answered by students, and then evaluated by the teacher (Lemke, 1990). Conversely, when the students generate and ask the questions, it creates a far more powerful metacognitive and more scientific practice. I seek to encourage my 8th grade Earth Science students to ask their own questions at every opportunity. This article describes a variety of strategies used in a Rocks and Minerals unit for 8th grade students, but the techniques are adaptable to any concept or age group. Strategies to increase student questions Novel items are a great source of questions, although unfamiliar content may generate lower level questions (Chin, Brown, & Bruce, 2002; van Zee et al, 2001). At the beginning of the unit students examined several...
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...11th Grade Afro-Asian Literature Course Syllabus | Educ 508 – Principles of College Teaching | Submitted by:Jonathan Jay F. BaniagaSubmitted to: Dr. Wilhelmina Q. Tomas | LONDON.MANILA.TOKYO.SEOUL Tomoeda Academy Tomoeda Academy Julia Vargas Avenue, Ortigas, Pasig City 11th Grade World Literature Course Syllabus Mr. Jonathan Jay F. Baniaga 2015- 2016 I.Subject Code: English 101a II. Subject Description: Afro-Asian Literature III. Credit Units: 3 IV. Pre-Requisite: none V. Duration: 18 weeks (54 hours) – 1 meeting per week (3 hours per class session) VI. Course Overview: Afro-Asian Literature is a survey course in reading and writing. The text focuses on selected works of Afro -Asian literature ranging from 3,000 B.C. to the present and is augmented with a wide array of novels and other supplemental materials. All literary genres will be covered. Students are expected to critically read all genres of literature and write cohesive, clear, and well-structured analyses/critiques about what they have read. Students will write a variety of rhetorical modes and for a variety of purposes including narration, information, and persuasion. Students’ papers will reflect a sophisticated level of original analysis and include references to the read text or to outside sources where appropriate. VII. Course Objectives: Students...
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...Ja'Kevia is a 2018-2019 school year. Her favorite colors are pink and purple. Math is her favorite subject. Ja'Kevia attends school on a regular basis. She very seldom misses a day of school. Ja'Kevia has mastered her behavior goals. She is very focused and concerned about her education. At home, Ja'Kevia states" she is responsible for washing dishes, cleaning her room and caring for a younger sibling". Hanging out with her friends is her favorite activity to do outside of school. She enjoys playing basketball. According to Parent Questionnaire, Ja'Kevia's mother wants her to finish the 8th grade and graduate from high school. Also, she states that Ja'Kevia's attitude towards school has changed. She has a more positive attitude about school and actually enjoys coming to school. According to Student Transition Planning Survey, Ja'Kevia states that she is punctual most of the time. She enjoys working with others and learning new tasks. Her mom is very involved in Ja'Kevia's education. She assists Ja'Kevia with her homework and helps prepare her for weekly tests....
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...Race and Poverty: Factors of the African American Achievement Gap Abstract The proposed action research study will pinpoint factors that contribute to the African American academic achievement gap. These factors impact not only the lives of families in the African American community but continues a vicious cycle of generations of poverty that hinders our country’s ability to effectively compete economically and also threatens America’s capacity to provide social equality for all. The participants in this study will comprise of parents and students of highly concentrated poverty - low academically performing African American public schools. Thirty two parents and thirty two students from eight low performing-poverty schools in the research study will be interviewed and surveyed online. Collected information and data will be researched employing qualitative and quantitative practices. Introduction There was a time when children of color were denied the hope and expectation of equal education because of racial isolation and discrimination in America’s education system. Although it’s been well over 50 years since Brown –vs.- The Board of Education which established equal education for all, today we are still faced with large racial disparities in reading and math proficiency between African American children and their thriving white contemporaries. This purpose of this study is to illustrate the connection that occurs between race and poverty with the academic...
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...second semester of a 2-semester general chemistry sequence that you began in Chem 102 last semester. In Chem 104 we will cover the topics of kinetics, equilibrium, acids and bases, buffers, complex ions, thermodynamics, electrochemistry and nuclear chemistry. Chem 104 is a demanding course (more so than Chem 102) and to achieve success in this course you will need to organize large quantities of information in coherent ways so that you are able to recall and apply your knowledge. In addition you will have to learn to organize your time efficiently. And the mathematics is more demanding than in Chem 102! This semester general chemistry is run using a flipped classroom model. In this model you will watch videos and complete online homework at home and then come to class to complete workshop assignments (during your recitation section) and participate in peer-learning activities using an iClicker (during lecture every Friday). On Tuesdays during lecture we will stream the class videos for the week. This class is an optional component of the course. You should plan to spend at least 10-15 hours per week watching videos, doing your online homework, engaging with your classmates and learning the material. It is your responsibility to prepare yourself for every topic before you come to class to engage in the workshop or iClicker activities. You must keep up with the material – it is unlikely that you will be able to catch up if you fall behind. Text: For the purposes of this...
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...Analysis of Business Issues, Writing In the Disciplines (WID) BADM 2003W (93752): BADM_2003W.SEC.11 Monday Combined Class: SEMESTER: Spring 2014 LOCATION & TIME: Funger 209, Monday 2:20 PM-3:35 PM PROFESSOR: Dr. Bret Crane Department of Management Office: Funger Suite 315N Email: bretdcrane@gwu.edu Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:00-2 PM or by appointment TEACHING ASSISTANTS & WRITING LABS: | | | |Section # |Begin |End |Day |TA |Email | |30 |08:00 AM |09:15 AM |Wed |Mark De Cicco |mdecicco@gwmail.gwu.edu | |31 |09:25 AM |10:40 AM |Wed |Mark De Cicco |mdecicco@gwmail.gwu.edu | |32 |10:50 AM |12:05 PM |Wed |Tess Strumwasser |tstrumwa@gwu.edu | |33 |12:15 PM |01:30 PM |Wed |Tess Strumwasser |tstrumwa@gwu.edu | |34 |01:40 PM |02:55 PM |Wed |Daniel Berkhout |berkhout@gwmail.gwu.edu | |35 |03:05 PM |04:20 PM |Wed |Daniel Berkhout |berkhout@gwmail.gwu.edu | |36 |04:30...
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...The Ted Rogers School of Business Management and The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education Course ID: CACC 504 Course Name: Accounting Cases and Concepts Session: Spring/Summer 2015 Instructor Information Name: Joel Shapiro Phone: HOME - (416) 485-9142 FAX – (416) 485-9105 RYERSON – (416) 979-5000 ext 6743 E-mail: shapiro@ryerson.ca Ryerson Office Location: TRS2-121 Approximate Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 5-6 PM and after classes COURSE Information Prerequisites and/or Exclusions: ACC 514 or equivalent is a pre- or co-requisite. If you have not passed this course previously, you must be taking it simultaneously with this one. If you are taking the two courses simultaneously and you drop ACC 514, you will be required to drop this course too (but not the other way around – so you may drop this course and keep ACC 514). Posting of Grades and Feedback on Work: Before the final exam, term marks to date will be brought to class, sorted numerically by the last five digits of one’s student number, without names. Students who do not want their course grades so listed must inform the instructor in writing before the second session. Students will receive the results of their first test and completed term work to date before the final deadline for dropping courses without academic penalty. All assignments submitted for grading will be handed back within one week (occasionally two). E-mail Communication: Students must use the...
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...individual at a time. The community is the client only when the nursing focus is on the collective or common good of the population instead of on individual health. Although the nurse may work with individuals, families or other interacting groups, aggregates, or institutions, or within a population, the resulting changes are intended to affect the whole community (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). The Community Health Partnership (CHP) is a community development process that engages communities to make local decisions and develops ways for the communities to improve local health care systems and improve health status of area residents. Public health programs include community health assessment and interventions based on assessment results, analysis of health statistics, public education, outreach, case management, advocacy, professional education for providers, disease surveillance...
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