His students knew that as soon as they got picked up from the auditorium at 8:25am, they were to come into the classroom, put away their belongings in their designated hook in the closet, put their homework folder in the correct bin, get a breakfast tray and eat. ... Those included the domains, which were basically the topics the students would focus on for a certain amount of time and all their subjects (math, reading, writing, etc.) would all have to do with that one topic (i.e. the four seasons). ... I'd do as I was told and head to the main office, where I would get a visitor's ...

• Word Count: 6745
• Approx Pages: 27
• Grade Level: High School

"If you want students to be open and forthcoming in the ways they present themselves, then you should be prepared to do so as well" (Kottler, Kottler & Kottler, 1998). ... This will also be the same kind of atmosphere, as the one-hour session after school, except there relaxed pace will not be the same do to time constraints. 3. ...

• Word Count: 2637
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Music does not only affect students, but it has affected history as well. ... So how does Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) fix this problem? ... Many students complain about other people talking as a disruption while doing homework or another task. ... Instrumental music, while still not the best for doing English homework or studying for a test, can help students stay focused while working on math or science homework. For students who get easily distracted, it is better to plug in some ear buds while doing your math homework and get done an hour earlier than you would've not listen...

• Word Count: 3372
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In response to these statistics regarding Mexican-Americans, the San Francisco Chronicle in 2000 stated that, "`They do all the menial jobs, here. ... They attempted to complete their homework, using an English-Spanish dictionary, meticulously looking up every word. ... Martinez, who had always helped her sons with homework in their former bi-lingual school, displayed great concern that "`their grades will fall, because I"m no longer going to be able to help them as much [due to the language barrier]."" ... Martinez was unable to read the words in the textbooks and in their homework, and t...

• Word Count: 4836
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of student led conferences on minority student achievement. The study focuses on the social problem of student achievement and understanding how parental involvement influences minority student achievement. It is important for parents, as...

• Word Count: 9089
• Approx Pages: 36
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

We tend to want to do what we want to do when we want to do it. ... From a young age I was taught to work and to do it with compliance. ... I was living independently and on my own time doing whatever I wanted to do. ... I started becoming lazier and ended up not turning in homework, or staying in bed all day rather than going to class. ... It was a hard for me to decide what I was going to do. ...

• Word Count: 3429
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Do the students like this method of teaching? Do the teachers like teaching to the test or do they feel like it is ineffective? ... How does each student individual score reflects the teacher? ... If half of the students a high school manage to do well in college and the other half ends up dropping out, Does that mean the school did a superb job or does it mean the school did the exact opposite? ... It is easy to fail or have a decreasing score on a test that does not fully engage the students. ...

• Word Count: 2854
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School