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E Getter

Ability grouping in secondary schools: Effects on pupils' self-concepts - 0 views

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  • E Getter on 20 Mar 09
     
    In this article the authors examine different self-concepts of 3000 students in England between the ages of 13 and 14 years. The subjects tested were English, science, and mathematics. The results were found to be similar to other test that had been done before. An interesting finding was that boys had significantly higher self-concept scores than girls, except for in English.
Brad Gregory

Motivation and financial literacy - 0 views

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    In this article the authors discuss the reason for lack of financial literacy among young people in today's society. Their main argument for the lack of financial literacy is a student's not having motivation. Research shows that this is true for students even after taking part in a financial literacy curriculum. The authors were able to find data to back up the point that lack of motivation leads to lack of financial literacy.
Brad Gregory

Why money sense is a top priority - 0 views

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    Bill Streeter addresses the situation of a lack in financial literacy among young people in the United States. He offers information that shows how serious of a problem financial literacy is and that education of financial literacy is the solution to the problem. He puts in his own ideas and believes that banks, organizations, and associations need to help the issue at hand.
K Spain

Parent Involvement in Reading - 0 views

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    This article is about how parents play a major role in a child's development of literacy. It tells you different programs to help parents communicate and get involved. Your child's academic success depends on their literacy so parents need to be active in this process.
Abby Purdy

How Classics Create an Aliterate Society - 0 views

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    Discusses how negative experiences of teenage students and their resulting attitudes toward assigned books have created an aliterate society. Examples of typical adolescent experiences with books; Valuable qualities of young adult literature; Recommended books. (Abstract from EBSCO.) An article well-worth reading for all students, regardless of paper topic.
Brad Gregory

Clowning around with money - 0 views

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  • Brad Gregory on 19 Mar 09
     
    This is an article that describes a financial literacy program in Queensland. The company Ethical Investor has created a play to help educate students on financial literacy. In the play students learn through the main character that is successful because of his financial literacy.
Brad Gregory

Financial literacy learning for life - 0 views

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    Due to the economic problems of today's society, governements are looking for possible solutions to help solve this problem. This article discusses steps that governements in the United Kingdom have already started. The most important of these steps is financial literacy education programs that are being implemented.
E Schickler

EBSCOhost: Athletic Expenditures and the Academic Mission of American Schools: A Group... - 0 views

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    Most studies find positive correlations at the individual level of analysis between athletic participation and academic success. One opportunity for scholarship left largely unexplored concerns the effect of athletics on group-level processes. The author used a resource-based perspective to explore the influence of athletic investment on academic achievement at the organizational level.
K Snyder

Supplemental Educational Services as a Consequence of the NCLB Legislation:... - 0 views

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    The author of this article talks about the No Child Left Behind law and how it can help urban city students. This law wants to help students raise their reading and math scores. He has also done a research study that brought in Supplemental Educational Serives and it was desgined to raise achievement levels of students throught tutoring programs. They found that one-on-one tutoring was very productive to the students.
Abby Purdy

A Conversation About Literature - 0 views

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    Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Hours" and other works, was artist-in-residence recently at the University of Maryland at College Park. This is part of a conversation he had with reporter Valerie Strauss about young people and literature.
L Stanley

The Civic Standard: An Alternative To No Child Left Behind - 0 views

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    This article gives a different idea for replacing the No child left behind act. The new idea would include more civics teaching to create citizens, which the author emphasizes is an important part of the system. Also, the author mentions that the NCLBA is too focused on economic success that it is blinsided by the actual facts. This is a good article if you are looking for information on NCLBA and the effects of it.
K Spain

The Contribution of Parenting to Ethnic and Racial Gaps in School Readiness - 0 views

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    This article talks about how race and ethics differs the way parents talk to their children. It shows that white mothers are more likely to talk and read to their children every day than black and hispanic mothers. It talks about how this affects the childrens readiness and there is a 20 to 25 precent gap with children that are white and other minority.
Abby Purdy

A Tale Of Two Literature Courses - 0 views

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    First in an occasional series exploring variations in how popular courses are taught.
Abby Purdy

Latin Returns From Dead in School Language Curriculums - 0 views

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    The resurgence of a language once rejected as outdated and irrelevant is reflected across the country as Latin is embraced by a new generation of students
E Schickler

EBSCOhost: The Relationship Between Biblical Literacy, Academic Achievement, and Schoo... - 0 views

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  • E Schickler on 03 Apr 09
     
    This article is about a study conducted to determine the connection between a student's Biblical literacy and their grades in the classroom.
J Castleton

EBSCOhost: Feds look to school us in finances - 0 views

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    Americans are not the only people facing a financial literacy crisis according to this article. The Canadian governments new budget calls for the creation of financial programs. During the recent economic crisis many Canadians have amassed debt and the government aims to quell this trend. The United States government is also trying to implement similar programs for its citizens.
J Graul

High School Students' Perceptions on Potential Links Between Media and Health Behaviors - 1 views

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    This article discusses how younger adults, and students health behaviors can be effected by the media they watch. About 84 students were tested in this and also covered other subjects like its effect on eating disorders, behavior, and violence.
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