Advantages And Disadvantages Of Developmental Classes

High schools do not focus enough on college readiness. “Our findings suggest that high schools have prioritized credit accrual necessary for graduation over knowledge and skill development that would prepare students for

    In the article “Are Too Many People Going To College,” Charles Murray claims that a lot of colleges are filled with students that lack certain skills and qualities that are needed for the college level. Murray goes on to say that not all students learn at the same level, but he still believes there are ways for lower ability students to be successful in college it taught better throughout K-8 and high school. Charles Murray wants all students to learn the importance of all subjects taught at college. However, he believes these students should be taught more in high school in order to be more prepared for college. Murray certainly expresses how important K-8 and high school can be when stating, “More people should be getting the basics of a liberal education. But for most students, the places to provide those basics are elementary and middle school.” Murray argues that core knowledge is very important to reading and writing comprehension, stating that familiarity of these concepts is important when going to college. He believes K-8 is the perfect time to teach the core knowledge, which should raise the students effort right away in elementary school. Murray wants kids to be taught more throughout kindergarten and eighth grade, and believes students in high school should learn by surveys and classes that are just slightly below college level courses. Another interesting quote

College started to be the direction many students take after high school. During junior year, all the teachers start telling their student to consider college and the major that they want to pursue. Correspondingly, the students start to take the SAT and ACT tests. In junior year many students start to think if they are ready for college. Also, they start thinking about the major they want to enroll in if they decide to apply for college. More questions come in mind such as, would college be suitable for everyone? And is college worth the money the students would have to spend on tuition every semester until they graduate? From Leonhardt perspective, college is worth even with the debt it comes with. According to Matthews’s argument, college degree is needed because it is becoming more valuable with time. The arguments that both of Leonhardt and Matthews give prove that college is worth it and it is a good financial decision for most of the students.

accurately measure a student’s knowledge and that these tests fail to assess the full potential of the student (Evans, Ashman).

In his essay “Are Too Many People Going to College,” libertarian Charles Murray argues that people should have already learned core courses in K-8 grades. Meanwhile, high school students should have more involvement in humanities and social sciences. The issue is that students are learning what they have already been taught in their earlier years of education. I agree that we should learn more then what we’re being taught in class. Murray states that four years of college courses may not be necessary due to the fact that the average student has taken more than enough courses that are required for their appropriate field of study. Some people suggest that getting a B.A. is the right decision to make coming out of high school. But Murray thinks

College Education Education allows one to improve in the world and creates many marvelous improvements to the world. Education teaches one understanding of new technologies, the ability to determine what’s right or wrong, and helps one to make better choices in one life so that one may pursue he/she’s dreams of happiness. To better achieve in life, one needs to get better education and for that, one needs to complete high school and college. In “Where College Fails us” by Caroline Bird, Bird talks about how college is not for every student and say that college is only for those who are hard workers and believe college is the only way to be successful. On the other hand, Barber, in his “America Skips School” argues that American children are learning many wrong lessons outside of school and that society does not care.

During my junior year, I read an article, “The Case against College” by Linda Lee. The main point Lee was trying to argue was that too many people go to college and the worth of a college education has diminished There’s one part that has stayed with me: “[h]ere is who actually goes to college: everyone. That everyone includes the learning disabled and the fairly dumb, those who have trouble reading and writing. . .” (Lee). The

In the article, ‘’Are Too Many People Going to College?”, by Charles Murray argues that too many people are going college when they do not need to and how core knowledge forces on your reading and comprehension. Murray supports his argument by explaining how core knowledge is taught in K-8 and liberal education be in college in order to show that 65% of students get a grade average of 2.7 in the first year. He also gives pro and cons for college that help students make decision to go to college or not. In college, we should be learning about our career not on the thing that was already taught in high school. For me, I am taking the same class that I took in high school in college. I agree with his point on how in college we should be preparing us for future jobs and not taking classes that unnecessary for us. Murray mentions that if the student should go to college or students get a dream job. In college, most students are taking unnecessary classes which causes them longer to finish college to get a degree. Nowadays people are required to have higher education in order to get a

This research study examines the effects of a developmental “boot-camp” on the standardized placement test scores of students enrolling in a community college. A developmental boot-camp is described as an online learning environment in which participants work at their own pace to refresh and enhance their skills in math, English, and writing in order to increase their placement scores and possibly place out of developmental community college classes. A community college in North Carolina implemented a developmental tutoring course in an attempt to raise placement test scores and place students into college-level courses (Hill, 2012, p. 2).

There are many theories on how a human develops. Most babies follow a certain pattern of development but the controversy is which person 's developmental pattern of development is correct? Erik Erickson, Sigmund Freud and Jean Piaget 's developmental theories are similar. Each of the theories goes through a human 's development chronologically, giving a guideline of when certain developments happen. For example when a child is supposed to walk or when a child is going to speak. It is only a guideline and these theories are not supposed to be held too strictly.

What are the key principles of developmentally-appropriate practices? Explain the importance of NAEYC and share some of its goals.

Like Dr.Jones' two students Jill and Jack, he meet them one by one, Jill said:" I had some trouble and couldn't keep up ,so I got a F. But I want you to know that that book we were discussing, really got me thinking. I finished reading it after the semester was over" that is what's she got, she got the knowledge for thinking but got a F grade. Another student Jack said:"I had your class last fall, got an A. I really need that A and a studied really hard. I'm glad i don't have to take your final today, because I don't think i'd get a single answer right" look at what's he got, it's just an A and nothing. For me, if I want to pass the physical class, only I need is just work out the question in book and remember the answer and method, I don’t have to know how the established law of physical work in our life. I do know the law in paper but I can’t use it. Which one is successful for the teacher? not me or Jack, is Jill. She" learning experience in the class and continued after the class was over, changed her understanding", what she got is the skill of learning but not the knowledge or some grade. Another simple example for the teacher’s teach in class, there is an apple in front of you with an axe, a knife and a mace, they will tell you direct the knife is the most easier tool for cut the apple, but not let you to try out it by yourself. What you learn is just the knowledge and the method but we don’t learn the

Child development is complex because it is influenced by a wide range of factors such as culture. A child’s culture begins to influence them long before they are born. Parents from around the world hold different beliefs and raise their children in unique ways. Cultural norms can greatly affect which values parents consider important and how they share those values with children (Christensen, 2013). The timing of the development of certain skills and characteristics in children, depends on the importance the culture places on them (Buechner, 2015). For example, a good deal of value is placed on academics in many Eastern cultures, and so children spend many hours each day on math and science activities from the time they are very young. But, in the United States children are given a great deal more freedom to express themselves and experiment with things, because we as a society place value on creativity and innovation (O’Sullivan, 2016). In the U.S., the nuclear family is considered the ideal structure for raising children, but in countries like Japan and India, extended family and community members take a much larger role in child care and parenting (Christensen, 2013). Because each child is unique, caregivers need to form partnerships with families in order to meet the developmental and educational needs of their students. According to Copple and Bredekamp (2009) by understanding a child’s culture, early childhood professionals can “make classroom decisions that are

Out of all of the high school graduates in the country, there are 31.4% of high school graduates that do not attend college. Students who do not attend college directly out of high school will struggle to learn the

In Charles Murray’s article Are Too Many People Going to College, Murray explains how students should be learning the liberal arts subjects when they are young and when they are older they should focus on the classes that are beneficial to them for their career path. Murray explains how students should learn the basics when they are in elementary and middle school and once they go to high school they should start pursuing classes that focuses on their career field (page 235). Although this is partially true, there is a flaw in his thinking. Hypothetically thinking if this happened, once students attend college and need to apply the knowledge learned before they went to high school, there might be a high possibility that the students