Based on research that has shown that academic decline can occur during middle school, and based on teacher observations and report cards, a needs assessment was conducted with the seventh grade students at Hawaii Academy of Arts and Science (Akos & Kurz, 2016; Dhuey, 2013). Based on the data, classroom guidance lessons that support self- and time-management, organization, test taking and homework strategies, and study skills were implemented with sixth grade students to support their academic success as they transition to seventh grade. This paper evaluates the process of collecting pre- and post-intervention data and provides a table and narrative of the data in order to interpret and evaluate the information. It also discusses the …show more content…
The average student response was determined and the percent of change was determined for each question to identify growth (Young & Kaffenberger, 2013). The table shows the pre- and post-survey average results and the percent of change. The results indicated that there was growth in all areas and that on average students moved from undecided to agree on each question. This shows that the student’s perceived a gain in their knowledge of understanding in each of the specified areas with the highest gains for question one, understanding what they need in order to be successful in middle school; question five, knowing their learning style and how that can help them with homework and classwork; question six, knowing what skills they need to develop and having a plan to improve them. Further, informal teacher observations indicated that students were more regularly writing down assignments to stay organized and were more regularly turning homework in on time. Based on the results, guidance lessons to support students’ academic success during the transition to middle school was an effective intervention because the students indicated growth in all
One of the biggest changes between the high school and middle school is the amount change in homework (BE9). While being in the seventh and eighth grade, teachers weren’t allowed to give out homework to students on a Wednesday night, due to church. Also, teachers would rarely hand out homework on game days, as the student athletes will return home late. In high school, it is a completely different story. Homework gained in high school could be anything from writing an amazing paper for English class, to finishing up the math homework assigned that day. Teachers will assign homework any day of the week, therefore students could have nine different classes with homework given (BE11). Students may finally go to bed late, homework
“…apart from the prime and given responsibility of teaching selected content and skills, middle school teachers must be about the business of helping students believe in themselves, form their character, discover their interests, nurture their potential, gain a sound perspective on their physical development and related health issues, and develop those universally and critically important humanitarian and social skills—all while daring them to be their best selves, to breath deeply, and to live well at the moment.”
While studying five middle schools in South Central United States, Waxman, Huang, & Padron, (1997) determined that motivation was a key factor. About 78% of the resilient students indicated that they would graduate from high school while only 43% of the non-resilient students planned on graduating. The resilient students also were less likely to be late or skip class (Waxman, Huang, & Padron, 1997). Resilient students also indicated that they spent significantly more time doing homework each week than non-resilient students, these students also spend more time on additional readings (Waxman, Huang, & Padron, 1997). These resilient
Pickhardt states that in some cases the middle school teachers give parents the wrong message. This message is to let the student not do the work and fail as they will learn more from their consequences. Pickhardt explains how most of these students need to learn from the academic failure and letting them fail would mean that there would be a lack of effort in wanting to do work. Here parents can help the students by giving them support to continue giving the most academic work that can be done. Sixth grade students don’t get the attention that they
Many people endure three years of middle school and four years of high school. It is an eventful time for children between 11 to 18 years old. During the adolescent years there are hormonal changes, environmental changes and emotional developmental gains. Middle school is the beginning of transitioning towards independence under the constant eye of adults. During high school they are challenged with real-world challenges that help them transition into adulthood. The behaviors of these individuals change as the factors change around them. For every person, the experience of high school or middle school may be different. Either way, both have the same goal of wanting the student to succeed and evolve. Even so, the similarities and differences vary. Middle school and high school are alike in the areas of receiving an education, socializing with others, and having teachers while different in areas of maturity, difficulty in work, and independence.
Interested participants were issue a questionnaire for completion and following a six Week intervention, each participant patients
Sycamore Community School District 427 is a well rounded school district for the amount of ELs that are within the community. With the small number of ELs, it poses a challenge on the administration on how to best service the student body to give them the best educational experience possible to help them thrive inside and outside of school. The school demographics being majority white and English speaking, and the ELs of a very diverse background, poses a challenge on creating two-way dual language programs in the district which would benefit the students most. According to The Bilingual Advantage, “Even if children and adolescents are not fully proficient in their primary language, enabling students to use their
Most of the homework adolescents tend to receive from their teachers is busy work, and children and family agree this is not fair to them. This issue is affecting adolescents, parents, and families. When students are overloaded with responsibilities from schoolwork, their participation in extracurricular and social activities decreases. An argument over homework might seem trivial, but there are many negative effects on children who are attending school and go through this pressure.
All of these can be nurtured throughout the child’s schooling by incorporating challenging and engaging work and providing tasks that push students to think. The major effects found in the parental influences fall in the area of encouragement and expectations that are provided to the children. It is suggested that parents understand and utilize the language of schooling, allowing for conversations and expectations to parallel at both home and school, creating the greatest affect. The school’s most powerful influence over student achievement are climate, lack of disruptions, principal leadership, adaptation of curriculum, and peer influences. Curriculum influences on student achievement occur when teachers utilize curriculum to challenge surface and deep knowledge and understanding of content. Content is best understood when teachers help students construct meaning from text, with planned, deliberate, and explicit lessons. The teaching itself holds influence especially when utilizing multiple strategies, clear objectives are set, and understanding when mastery is reached. Teachers must provide goals and standards for meeting goals in order for a student to have
In this essay I will analyse the concepts of health, disability, illness and behaviour in relation to users of health and social care services. I will take a look into how perceptions of specific needs have changed of time. I will also include the impact of legislation, social policy society and culture on the ways that services are made available to individuals with specific needs. This will include me analysing the needs of individuals with specific needs, explain the current system for supporting individuals with specific needs. I will also evaluate the services available in a chosen locality for individuals with specific needs.
The four accepted articles were analyzed and summarized. Article validity, reliability, and bias are included in the discussion. An overview of the articles are included in Table 2, indicating evidence level, design, population characteristics, intervention specifics, outcome measures, and PICO question relevance.
When I attended the second AA meeting, one individual stated that they had been a member of the Alcoholics Anonymous group for twenty two years. The individual stated that they started drinking at the age of eighteen years old. The individual stated that they started off consuming 1 case of beer a day for a couple of months, then gradually started consuming two cases daily, until they stopped getting the desired effects of beer; therefore, they started drinking harder liquor, brown and clear. The individual stated that they would consume at least 2 bottles non mixed liquor a night. The individual stated that they had something to drink every day, at least three
Ever since elementary school, academic success has come very easily to me; I breezed through first through eighth grades, gathering a multitude of All A Honor Roll Awards. In ninth grade, I began to have larger amounts of homework and had little time especially while juggling Lincoln Douglas Debate on top of it all.
The ability of a student to learn effectively and comprehend what they have learned depends on the interaction of multiple factors. These factors include the level of connectedness between the student and their teacher, the role of a parent in motivating the student to learn as well as the student’s own effort. For a sixth grader, who shows fluctuating classroom performance with better test performances but poor on homework, a partnership between the student, teacher and parents can be forged to improve the student’s performance. This would be done through data collection on their progress by observation, documenting, measuring and monitoring the data for implementation.
Yet, the education does not stop at middle school, for high school really puts all the basic skills from elementary and middle school to work as the assignments and the exams become more challenging. We do not only learn about reading, writing, history, and math, we learn about the people around us as we associate with different personalities, and as we see what we have grown up to be and what we want to be later in life. Accordingly, the high school years are a time when teachers emphasize the importance of graduating and attending college in order to have a “succesful future.”