Students' Aims of Academic Studies, and Means of Achieving Them

For my educational plans, I have a clear understanding and vision of where I want to go and who I have the desire to be. For now, I would like to graduate with my Associates in Arts degree in Nursing from Indian River State College. I believe Indian River State is an excellent place to begin my journey and recieve my education in order to better prepair myself for what is yet to come. After I recieve my Associates degree from Indian River, I plan to transfer to the University of South Florida in order to extend my education and potentially recieve my Bachelors and Masters of Science degree in Nursing.

Class size is a very popular topic that is greatly research through out educational settings. Class size deals with how many students are in the classroom at once. Class size can vary greatly. It can depended on the location of the school, where the more rural areas have only one high school while in a city environment there could be twenty-three high schools in one area. Location also depends on the amount of population in that area. Class size also can depend on the level of schooling. Such as in a major university there could be two hundred students in one class, while in a local elementary school there is only eighteen students in one class. Class size can depend on what kind of class is being taught. In

To me “taking ownership of your learning implies that I am solely responsible for my studies. It therefore calls for me to plan very well for the new responsibility I have vested upon myself so that will achieve remarkable success.

Having smaller classes will help me to concentrate in class and better concentration can help me to achieve better grades. I find that when I am in a classroom with a large group of students

Researchers studies on the class size have differed. Some have found no significant impact; others have discovered that student achievement declines slightly as class size increases. More recently, others have found that students in a smaller class learn more because of the size and one-on-one time. Medium classes have

A small class is consider to be twenty students or less. In smaller schools there are not as many students so the teachers will be able to help the students more one on one. Students can have a better idea of the content that they are learning and even if they don’t understand then the could talk to the teacher to have a better understanding. In a recent study, students and teachers were randomly assigned to a small class, with an average of 15 students, or a regular class, with an average of 22 students. This large reduction in class size (7 students, or 32 percent) was found to increase student achievement by an amount equivalent to about 3 additional months of schooling four years later. Also, increasing the pupil/teacher ratio in the U.S. by one student would save at least $12 billion per year in teacher salary costs alone, which is roughly

In 2008, a study was done by Zahorik and a few of his colleagues, and they found that in smaller classes, the discipline was actually worried about less than in bigger classes, thus proving that students have better behavior in smaller classes because of the student and teacher ratio and the desire to be less distracting. Students with learning or behavioral disabilities also will get the chance to have more individualized plans and more one on one teacher time.

The message he wants to convey in this essay is quite simple that parents shouldn't put so much pressure on the students and try to support there them as much as possible.As student have enough on their minds before.

The classes more discussion-oriented and students are expected to be ready to discuss reading and assignments each class. Most college students feel more comfortable asking for help in smaller class size. In addition, the teacher better understands student strengths and weaknesses. Also, teachers are more apt to help students and it is easier to class become a group of friends. However, in large college, the quality of understanding with professor is not as good and attendance is less likely to count toward your grade. Nonetheless, some people think it is more important to learn from famous professors than to have a small class. According to Stephen Pemberton, class size can make a difference in your education. (“The importance of class size, Match 09, 2009). Conversely, according to Mark Montgomery, educational consultant, smaller classes are taught by the least effective teachers.

The number of American classroom is in 20 or so. It belongs to the small class teaching. The small classroom is like a laboratory in China from the function.In such small classroom teaching ,the teacher ,on the one hand,can understand the students more faster and better. The teacher have more opportunity to understand each student’s learning conditions, personality hobbies, special skill, ability and so on and the teacher also has more time to guide students individually and can get better communication with students.On the other hand,Students can take full use of multimedia technology for homework as much as possible .Each student has chance to use technology in class to give their presentations and involve in the teaching interaction in the small classroom.

For decades there have been debates about whether or not class size matter. I think more people believe this to be true than false. I believe it can be either true or false depending on the circumstances. I remember having about 30 to 32 students in the class room when I was in grade school. It was never a problem for me then. I believe the class size matters when the students are in elementary school. Let’s face it we weren’t born knowing how to be successful in school. I believe that at some point we are responsible for how we’re doing in school. Learning outcomes can be a result of the teacher’s teaching skills, the student may have a learning disability, or the student is simply not motivated and focus in class for numerous reasons. The size of a class may or may not affect learning outcomes depending upon the circumstances.

The article begins by summarizing over 25 years of work over class size reduction (CRS). It gives the reader some short and long term effects of smaller classes in earlier grades. Some of these effects include improved school engagement, reduced grade retention, and taking advanced course work in high school. The author continues by giving the reader several definitions for pupil to teacher ratio, class size, and average class size. It discussed that the average class size was between 14 and 16 students, which to me is odd because my biggest class is 26. The author then shows us what all small classes bring to the education equation. This information is broken into four sections: learning, teaching, classroom/context and other benefits. Some of these things include early intervention, effective teaching methods, variable room arrangements, and mixed ability grouping. The article wraps up but telling us how we can use small class sizes in cost-efficient ways.

It is pretty apparent that in America, and elsewhere, most parents and general adults want what is best for their children in terms of education. This mindset can be seen reflected in the legislative aspects of our education system; there are many incentives pushing through the school boards and legislatures of our nation in order to attempt to further refine the education system. This is important as it allows us to refine traditional American education in order to improve upon it, and one of these attempt refinements and improvements has to deal with the subject of class size. For many people, large classroom sizes are a spawning ground for many issues with the education system: high distraction in the classroom, teacher inefficiency, among a plethora of others. Although it may seem regressive to favor small classes over bigger, more potentially diverse classes, small class sizes are more beneficial for education in that it is less distracting for the students and raises the possibility of staying focused, it potentially raises teacher-student relationships, and it allows for better results and better statistics coming from these smaller classes.

increase stress to pass a class. Reducing class sizes at an early age can "improve

Everyone should have personal goals that evolve around anything that needs to be accomplished. I set goals on a daily basis. One goal that I seem to have not truly focused on has been my college education. Considering all things, I decided I needed to focus on my college education. The first thing I needed to accomplish was to enroll in an institution for higher learning. Now that my enrollment is complete, I am an official student at the University enrolled in the undergraduate program for business management. As a student at the university, I now have to set personal goals so that I will be successful in my endeavors. My personal goals are to gain personal growth and development and graduate from my undergraduate program in business