Growth slows considerably in the second year of life (Burns & others, 2013). By 2 years of age, infants weigh approximately 26 to 32 pounds, having gained a quarter to half a pound per month during the second year to reach about onefifth of their adult weight. At 2 years of age, infants average 32 to 35 inches in height, which is nearly half of their adult height. What are some recommendations for families of young children in each of these areas?
Construct Development and Scale Creation (Academic Redshirting and Kindergarten) Using the construct of concurrent validity is operationally defined as the extent to which STAR Early Literacy Scores correlated with scores on external measures and both test were given within the same two-month period. Comparing children that has been redshirted to children who is in a classroom constructed environment. An operational test is Early Literacy test which is valid and operational. “According to NCES, boys are more often redshirted than girls, and children born in the latter half of the year are more likely to be redshirted than those born earlier” (Katz, 2000. p. 2). NCES reports children enters kindergarten later than their birthdays allows includes 9% of the population (Katz, 2000).
That usually means reverting to street crimes. These crimes include burglary, vandalism, and selling drugs. Those individuals feel that street crime is the only way they will obtain material success. Merton's theory may stand true when comparing social status with street crime; however, his theory becomes weak when the crimes include white-collar and business crimes. Therefore, Merton's theory has become an “anomie theory”.
1. High level of language development Graciella entered school speaking very little English, but caught right on. By the end of first grade, she was one of the top readers in the class. In the past, Graciella’s brother has accompanied his mother to parent/teacher conferences to translate. This year, they’re thinking that Graciella may be able to do a better job.
(Notebook: education information from schools, business, research and professional organizations). District Administration, (Vol. 38). (12), 10. Retrieved July 31, 2011, from Academic OneFile via Gale: http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.memphis.edu/ps/start.do?p=AONE&u=tel_a_uofmem Schmidt, R. (2008,Summer) 122 JROTC students from 30 different high schools out-do 766 typical high school students on personal development.
In 2006, the proportion of mothers with newborns that were in the workforce was at 57% (“Working Parents”, 2012). That number increased to 61% in 2008 (“Working Parents”, 2012). There are many single working mothers who have not finished High School or received a GED. This leads to problems down the road. Thirty percent of teenage girls who have dropped out of school listed pregnancy or parenthood as the primary reason (“Teen Pregnancy Prevention”, n.d.).
320 students are served in the bilingual education program. 44 students are enrolled in Pre-Kinder. 95 students in Kinder, 77 first grade students, 95 second grade students, 78 third grade students. 73 fourth grade students, 88 fifth grade students, and 79 sixth grade students. The total staff at Thunder Kat Elementary is 34.
Lisa’s mother, a teacher in DISD, divorced the father four years ago and intentionally moved to Highland Park for the quality of the school district. Lisa is four foot, four inches and weighs seventy-five pounds. Lisa’s mother believes her daughter is about to go through a growth spurt as her stomach area appears to still have some “belly fat” and her trunk has yet to elongate. Lisa’s room was decorated in pink and held a wide assortment of toys, dolls, movies, and electronic equipment such as a television, DVD player, game system, and a laptop. She is a fourth grade student at John S. Armstrong Elementary School in Highland Park and was eager to show us her homework assignments and various worksheets she had recently completed at school.
The race demographic from 2010 was as follows: 21,530 White, 234 Black or African American, 28 American Indian or Alaska Native, 304 Asian, 8 Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, and 202 of two or more races. Specifically, there were 35 White American Indian or Alaska Native, 43 White Asian, 43 White African American, and 47 White mixed with another race. One of the students is an English Language Learner, who just moved to the United States from Serbia. There are 3 students who are ESOL students, whose families speak Spanish at home. The classroom I chose to observe is a kindergarten level class, initially with 18 students, but with 19 before the end of the school year.
When a performance is rewarded, a subject will produce more of it and naturally when a performance is not rewarded, a subject will produce less of it. It is also known that the government rewards crime labs verifying unknown substances to be illegal narcotics, for finding a driver’s blood alcohol content to be over a certain number and determining a package of drugs is over a certain weight so a heavier charge can be imposed. Police often share their suspicions regarding suspects with lab workers before forensic examinations are performed. This introduces prejudice to lab personnel in areas such as fingerprint examination and chemical testing for accelerants in arson investigations. Some lab examiners feel they are part of the prosecution