Diffey 1
Haley Diffey
Psych 38
Proffesor Reynolds
24 April 2015
Second Writing Assignment
Summary
"Oklahoma! Where the Kids Learn Early," is about the title basicly, children in Oklahoma particularly starting off their learning early in a Pre-K program. The author, Nicholas D. Kristof, Discusses little research in the begginingf the article, giving me on research example about kids from welfare homes and kids from professional homes, and how the Professional children are introduced to 30 million more words by the age of 4. However, the title of the study or conductor was not enclose. The proposed solution, that is being used in Oklahoma research, is a free preschool program for 4-year olds and even some lessons for parents on how to read and speak to children more fregently. Oklahoma also provides additonal help to children under 4 in need. He talks a bit about Obamas propostion of a program like this and the critizsims republicans have of it, which are that it may be a fuzzy new social program, or a legacy for Obama. The article did explain the cause, early preschool, very well and I do see how it is lnked to development, because of the articles importance of nurture during the childs developement and our childrens learning developments relationship to later choices in life, such as crime, pregnancy, and dropping out.
Discussions
1. The position of the article is pretty clear before I even got to the authors name. The Authors choice of words, " high-quality preschool" and "Oklahoma!" just feel so positive to me, almost like an ad to join in. Throughout the paper all I recieved was more postive vibes. He spoke of two account of research, one at the very end of the paper from a team of researchers in Georgetown. This research suggests that the pre-k program leads to better social skills, reading, writing, and self-regualtions. These researchers suggest