This article explores the reflective attitudes of college students concerning high school. College students are asked to reflect on whether their high school experience helped or hindered them. It also interviews teachers in high school and college to survey how each educator felt about their students and whether or not adequate methods were/had been empolyed to prepare them for college.
This study addresses the levels of writing that are done in high school to prepare for college writing courses. This study assesses whether or not these activities of writing are adequate in prepping students for college. The questions asked are: What types of writing do high school teachers assign?
Do high school teachers apply evidence-based writing practices?
What adaptations do high school teachers make for struggling writers?
What writing assessment practices do high school teachers apply?
Are high school teachers prepared to teach writing?
Do high school teachers believe that writing is important beyond high school?
Do high school teachers believe students possess and will acquire needed writing skills?
This article focuses on the differences in preparation for students of different ethnicities that are enrolled public school, private school, or are home schooled.
The article mainly focuses on public schooling and how different students with certain precursors (grades, ethnicities, number of years in a subject) will likely fair in a college class. I would have liked the article to discuss the differences among several high school curriculums but sadly it was not that in depth.