Tertiary education

Matters: In Schools We Trust” (The Merrow Report, 2013), the evolution of education in the United States is highlighted. This evolutionary history includes what schools were to do for society, its social obligation, and the individuals and entities that felt they should be in charge. Various individuals discuss mass education in an effort to answer these various questions. Education, as it was conceived prior to mass education, was primarily for the wealthy of society and charity schools were…

Student surveys were used to collect data at the beginning of the study. The pre-survey consisted of 20 questions that were answered on a Likert Scale with possible responses of strongly agree, agree, undecided/neither, disagree, or strongly disagree. The survey was to discover students’ attitudes toward math and group activities versus individual assignments. There were questions to determine how they viewed themselves as far as skill level and ability to learn mathematics. There were also…

Hechanova-Alampay et al. (2002) claim that NNES students in higher education experienced less social support than native English speaker students, most likely because their academic friends were at a greater distance. Lack of active participation of learner differences students is often a concern to instructors because student…

1.) Initially, I wanted to explore the functionalities of Haitian Americans within the American education system, but once I began to search the different databases , there was little to no literature on the topic. So therefore I then selected a different research topic, Same Sex Schools and how the environment affected learning outcomes. However, that research topic fell into my lap as I searched the OneSeach database and found lots of material posted about the topic. In the end, that topic was…

Education is the key to success. If you want your child to succeed you must be there for him or her always. Without education the world would be in so much danger but because there are a lot of people who are educated. Things change every day. People who are educated change technology, create laws, and helps us achieve peace. We must fight for our education no matter what comes in our way. We must fight for our education because education is the future of our generation, and the next generation.…

mathematics. I agree that concepts of Algebra, Geometry, and Statistics be taught but I also think that students should be taught mathematics that deals with finances earlier then the college level. Everyone I let know says I am crazy for going into Math education. Then I ask them about their educational history and their dislike of math stems from bad experiences. They either had a terrible teacher or believe that math serves no purpose…

From Adolescence to Adulthood: Writing at the College Level Well known for her research and publications on student writing, Nancy Sommers—now Harvard’s Expository Writing Program Director—discusses revision strategies in the journal College Composition and Communication. Throughout this essay, I will be focusing on three articles: “Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers” (1980), “Between the Drafts” (1992), and finally, “the Novice as Expert” (2004) which she…

School suspension has been a method used for over 100 years and still is an ongoing form of punishment. This practice’s purpose is and always has been to aid students feel safe and valued. School suspension varies on the behavior of a student and the principal 's view of the issue. A student is capable of facing in and/or out of school suspension depending on the trouble. A student is usually punished in school suspension when he/she has attendance issues or is using foul language. Out of school…

experimentalists also tracked the test scores of the students. The students showed an increase of a quarter standard deviation in test grades so far in the project. That is a very significance increase, especially in a country such as Kenya where education is most needed. This study is very important to use as proof that uniforms will help children across the world. The table below is proof that the study was successful…

Though the novels Old School by Tobias Wolff and The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy each portray a young male narrator’s experience at all-male, private schools in the 1960s, the two schools they portray are of entirely different natures. The unnamed school in Old School is an academically focused, small, liberal-arts style college preparatory school in the northeast while the Carolina Military Institute of The Lords of Discipline is a rugged, military based school in Charleston, South…