Scenario One You have a friend, Daran Brown, who is teaching for the very first time this year at a local high school, and he has not had a motivation class. He tells you his concerns regarding one of his sophomore students, Caitlin. Caitlin is a new student at the high school who moved to the Valley with her mother this summer from Tucson following her parents' divorce. Although Daran believes that she is very bright, Caitlin is barely pulling a C in Daran's world history class. She seldom takes notes, even when Daran reviews material for tests, and instead makes jokes to other students about how she does not care about school.
The ideal was to establish a set of basic academic standards that all students should achieve, hold the schools accountable for meeting these standards for all students, ←and→ then give educators the choice of how to meet the standards. The way NCLB is currently being administered must be fixed, otherwise we will have both new ←and→ seasoned talented teachers leaving the profession in droves. Although reading ←and→ math tests would remain in the administration's proposal, schools could also include student performance in other subjects as part of overall measurements of progress. Critics say that the current education law has narrowed the curriculum for students:→ Many teachers zero in on math ←and→ reading at the expense of other subjects to help students prepare for the required tests. (Douglas) Students need a well-rounded education," the blueprint declares, and it cites disciplines including history, civics, foreign languages, and the arts.
Traditional students are weak in reading and writing due to the “No Child Left Behind Act” implemented in 2001. Students were passed on to higher grades, not knowing the basics. The adult students were held back grades until they learned what was needed to continue. Traditional students are taught in schools how to use computers and the internet. Computers are now being introduced in kindergarten classes.
4-Audience: I think her audience in her essay is parents ,that with getting agree with her could be stand behind any teacher who is going to use “Flaking “style for their children in schools ,with that knowledge this method is useful for them. 5-Induction:In my opinion her induction for using flaking as a style of teaching ,has not enough strong to influence parents or other teacher to use flaking .she must be more specific with more details and
Empowering Students In the essay “Why Are Students Turned Off,” by Casey Banas, she tells us about a teacher named Ellen Glanz who pretends to be a student and sit on a few classes. Glanz found out while sitting in on these classes that they were manipulative and boring. She found students were doing little as possible to pass and get good grades. Found that the students even use poor excuses to avoid assignments. Ellen Glanz concluded that many students are turned off because they have little power and responsibility over their own education.
Imagine your child who is a 4.0 student who has made outstanding grades their entire life sit down to take one test that dictates their future. How heartbreaking would it be for that child to make a score on their ACT that doesn’t truly dictate their intelligence due to test taking anxiety? The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) recognizes test taking anxiety as a serious disorder. Some of the physical symptoms that can come from test anxiety are, “Headaches, nausea, diarrhea, excessive sweating, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, light-headedness, and feeling faint can occur” (ADAA 1). In a test that only allows an average of one hour per section, any of these symptoms could destroy all self-confidence as well as opportunity to do well on a standardized
I believe that the problem behind American students not studying is solely due to the lack of determination to study and excel in schoolwork. Welsh mentions in his article that American students
Sitting at her desk, Eunice Bates received her graded crossword assignment. She only found it slightly odd to be doing a crossword puzzle in her senior physics class. Her paper was covered in purple ink with words of encouragement and suggestions for better answers. Eunice was not alarmed or confused by the check minus that she received on her assignment. She had little reason to be concerned about schoolwork with only two days left in the semester and no finals.
Counselor Interview On Tuesday September 11 2012, I had the opportunity to interview Mrs. Gloria Williams about her life as an elementary school counselor. Mrs. Williams has been a counselor for eight years all at Barton Chapel Elementary. She has a Master’s Degree in Counseling from Augusta State University. She expressed to me that she became a counselor because of the lack of dedication and motivational individuals in the counseling field, especially in the school systems. She said that most students do not have the means or the opportunity to seek outside help with academics and social problems.
Students with diverse backgrounds and skill levels are expected to answer questions written for the white, abled majority. English language learners have to take tests in English before they have mastered the language, and special education students take the same tests as other children, receiving few of the accommodations usually provided to them as part of their individualized education plans. These factors demonstrate how you can’t design one test to fit the needs of all students. While it is nice to believe that we can administer one all- encompassing test that accurately quantifies a student’s knowledge, it is unrealistic. We can’t issue the same test to everyone, simply because everyone is not the same.