There is a joke within the teaching community that goes “What are the three main reasons for teaching? June, July, and August”. While some teachers may find this joke funny, parents of children are trying to figure out what their children will do in June, July, and August. S. Gershenson from the American University decided to do some research on time use of grade school aged children with sub-groups of household income, and parental education level. Gershenson wrote the article Do Summer Time-Use Gaps vary by Socioeconomic Status in the American Educational Research Journal in 2013 outlining the prior research on similar subjects, his research and methods, and his conclusions and results of his findings.
Gershenson did a lot of research himself prior to beginning his own studies. He wanted to help eliminate the gap between students of different socioeconomic levels. Socioeconomic is a term that classifies humans into cultures based off of …show more content…
It was well organized and thought through, however, I wish there would have been less variables and more focus on the way that time used in the summer is effecting the educational gap in our American schools. I feel that some of this information will be helpful for me to defend my position on year-round education. The article Do Summer Time-Use Gaps Vary by Socioeconomic Status? by S. Gershenson is helpful in understanding time used on television, reading, and conversation with adults by youth in the summer months.
Bibliography
Entwisle, D. R., Alexander, K. L., & Olson, L. S. (2001). Keep the faucet flowing: Summer learning and home environment. American Educator, 25(3), 10-1.
Gershenson, S. (2013). Do Summer Time-Use Gaps Vary by Socioeconomic Status? American Educational Research Journal, 50(6), 1219-1248. Retrieved from
Gershenson did a lot of research himself prior to beginning his own studies. He wanted to help eliminate the gap between students of different socioeconomic levels. Socioeconomic is a term that classifies humans into cultures based off of …show more content…
It was well organized and thought through, however, I wish there would have been less variables and more focus on the way that time used in the summer is effecting the educational gap in our American schools. I feel that some of this information will be helpful for me to defend my position on year-round education. The article Do Summer Time-Use Gaps Vary by Socioeconomic Status? by S. Gershenson is helpful in understanding time used on television, reading, and conversation with adults by youth in the summer months.
Bibliography
Entwisle, D. R., Alexander, K. L., & Olson, L. S. (2001). Keep the faucet flowing: Summer learning and home environment. American Educator, 25(3), 10-1.
Gershenson, S. (2013). Do Summer Time-Use Gaps Vary by Socioeconomic Status? American Educational Research Journal, 50(6), 1219-1248. Retrieved from