Sources of Inequity in Highly Tracked Courses

Study groups are important in increasing the success rates of nursing students. It enable students to connect with other nursing students, as well as studying together and sharing study habits. Another advantage of joining or starting a study group is that students are surround by liked minded people that understand the psychological and physical pressures of nursing school (Anderson, 2016). A great way to test how well you know a topic is to teach it to someone else, study groups make that possible.

The study group would also provide a sense of influence as students would feel that they are not only being influenced by their peers and their motivation or study tactics, but that they are influencing others to become more practical or efficient in their studying. Students may also notice that this group helps expand their recourses that they are sharing. The group would provide a place to network with other members, creating a higher sense of integration and fulfillment of needs. Altogether, the presence of shared emotional connections, influence, and integration and fulfillment of needs, all add to creating a higher psychological sense of community in the graduate program at

6. Group study is extremely useful because discussions will help make the material and concepts easier to remember and deepen your understanding. You will be asked to work in small groups in class—take advantage of this learning opportunity!

The challenge faced by some students in our AP center is their low grades in some subjects, which caused by many reasons from different aspect. It is argued that providing more periods for students to self-study and ask teachers questions can solve this problem, but a small group of students will take advantage of these periods to paly computer games instead of studying and making appointment with their teachers. Another alternative is to assign more homework and quizzes by teachers; however, top students think that it will bring more stress that leads low grades. Therefore, the best solution is to design buddy groups in each house so that it can encourage more students to ask senior academic questions and learn from seniors’

Throughout my academic career, most of the courses I’ve taken were self-disciplined and few projects I was involved with involved teamwork and collaboration. Despite this, my classmates and I would always have group study sessions to do homework and to study the night before a big test. My best examples of collaboration are from my experience while playing varsity basketball.

For the first century of the United States, Congress had a restricted but active position in education, which expanded after the Civil War in 1865. At that time, the federal government mandated new union states to offer free public schools and established an early form of the Department of Education. From the late 1930s to the early 1990s, the Supreme Court's opposition to congressional power decreased, clearing the way for a greater federal role in education. The federal role in education increased as Congress provided funding for the construction of schools, teacher salaries, and school lunch programs. However, this assistance was geared toward wealthier school districts, which negatively impacted poorer, urban schools (Martin, 2012).

Minnesota is known to have one of the largest academic achievement gaps between whites and minorities. Due note though many articles and studies focus more on between whites and blacks. Heather Brown states in her article Good Question: Why Such A Large Achievement Gap In MN Classrooms?, that only 4 out of 25 black students are college ready. In the 2010 census 19% of Minnesota comprises of black and American Indians. Minnesota has the lowest graduation rates for Hispanic and Native american in the country and the second lowest for blacks. THe AVID (Advancement through Individual determination) program may be the best way to reduce or eliminate the Achievement Gap.

Most teachers tend to give too much homework and expect the students to have it all done by the day, which in turn, causes the students to stay up late working on the homework. When the students turn in the work it is usually not done well and is rushed. With study hall, students are not only able to get the work done, they are able to get help from teachers as well. Furthermore, Study hall will benefit the teachers as well. They will no longer have students

My classmates and I formed study groups at the library, facilitating discussions about mechanisms and concepts. This improved our study habits and reinforced the material. Organic chemistry lab further enhanced my learning as it highlighted how beneficial collaborating with peers is. Our lab consisted of students from various majors, so each person provided a different perspective. The pairing of lab groups allowed for my classmates and I to efficiently divide and accomplish our tasks for each

Bruffee’s solution is to use collaborative learning to help college freshmen. However, this is a possible solution, but is it clearly not meant for everyone. There could be some students who would desire to be alone when working while there will be those who would want to work together. Bruffee also did not mention any examples of collaborative learning that would help the reader get a clear understanding as to what he meant in collaborative learning. Even though Bruffe gave a solution there was not any given creditable sources given to help prove that this would actually help college students. According to Bruffee only juniors and seniors will start to identity social interaction with academic interest. This means that when the students get into their junior or senior year they will start to interact within a certain group of people that fit into their interest unlike joining a fraternity. Bruffee may have believe that this is true, but however not only does juniors or seniors does this instead most students began to identify social interaction with academic interest during their sophomore year. Another solution that Bruffee could had mention is to empty out frat and sorority houses. This solution however will prove to be extremely difficult because frat and sorority house have somehow power in them that will prevent them from being shutdown

To me, this tool will solves majority of our problems as we can use this throughout the semester to meet to complete our work. I feel like many people will enjoy their group this semester because no one will feel pressured to agree to a time that does not correlate with their schedule and have to rush to leave meeting, and as a group we only have under thirty minutes to knock out as assignment. This tool will allow our group to agree on time where members can meet for more than thirty mintues to complete and give feedback to each other on assignments and group discussions. Having valuable group time like I described in the previous sentence, gives each of us the ability to learn more, understand the material, and that as a group allows us to not turn in subpar work. In a previous class, this tool was recommended to all groups to use. I believe if we had used this tool it would have made the course a little more stress-free. To this day, I never met the people who I work with in that class, because no one wanted to meet and we just communicated through

I feel that tracking contributes to the achievement gap because this practice of putting schoolchildren in groups based upon their race and economic status limits children’s educational outcome at early ages. In chapter 8 it states, “Many studies have found that non-white children are more likely to be placed in low-ability groups, beginning in elementary school, whereas white children are more likely to be placed in college-bound tracks in high school.” (PG. 224) This explanation was the most convincing because not everyone is given the same opportunity to learn the same which can have a major effect on how they do when they later decide to further their education. From my personal experience when I transferred from a college preparatory high school to a public school, because of my family’s financial hardships, my educational experience changed tremendously. During my time of attending this school, I noticed that the courses weren’t as difficult as they were at my other high school, nor did the teachers at this public school grade my assignments like they were supposed to. I was constantly given A’s for showing effort in my work regardless if the answers were correct or not. This public school that had a population of majority blacks, also had a low graduation rate and poor test scores. Overall being that I personally experienced tracking by attending a public school, it showed me that children who didn’t have the money to live in a good school district was given very basic education.

A student should be able to juggle their classes, school work and the distractions they take part in. If a student does go out and joins a club, they should make sure they time manage well. They should never let the distractions get in the way of their school work.

By sharing their diverse perspectives, working together on assignments or on research, or simply supporting each other, students can achieve more. In addition, I personally prefer a cooperative environment over a competitive one. Some of my most enjoyable experiences during the last four years have been with my school math team and the New York City Math Team, working together with the other members to help each other perform well on the competitions. We helped our teammates understand how to solve different types of problems and learned their strengths and weaknesses, eventually forming into a community. In college, I hope to find a new community of students with whom to share my

Some people are never able to learn effective study habits in high school. Thus, they may struggle through their first semester of college. A student should figure out how he or she studies the best; many people cannot frantically create a quality essay at four in the morning being sleep deprived and distractions all around like having music and televisions on. Although poor study habits may cause the student to struggle, which results in unhappiness, he can become connected by joining clubs, music groups, or sports that will help a person make more friends while balancing his life, thus making him a happier student. So, students should get involved! School does not have to be limited on schoolwork. One should find an activity that his school offers, and join it if his schedule allows it. Yet, some people have a harder time adjusting to school than other people and may feel that success is impossible. However, a student can achieve happiness in school through academics in many ways, such as by being on time for class, keeping an assignment notebook, and managing his time.