Both agreed that testing results reflect reading levels in elementary grades, but Sizer questioned further uses of tests. Telling reporters that they haven't asked what tests suggest about students, he gave his strong opinion: "They correlate with rich parents and not much else. We have to stop equating serious education with test scores."
These are 2 different theories about school one (Sizer) that is teaching you how to think better and ask good questions, the other (Hirsch) is asking to memorize stuff! In my own experience I wont through both of these theories since I went to 2 different school during high school, and I think both of them has some good stuff and some bad stuff, the good think about memorizing stuff is you know a lot of information in your head that is important, as Hirsch says "Students should be able to read and know basic number facts by the end of the first grade". But the bad think is that it doesn’t teach how to think of things better and develop new ideas which is important!
The other theory (Sizer) helps me to think better and ask better question. And its good because it helps you to think better of everything. But the thing that I don’t like that its more focusing on teaching on how you need to think and it doesn’t give you this much of information of stuff around the world.
But if I was to pick which one is better.I think Sizer is better because in my own experience, when I first got here to America coming from school that teaches Hirsch’s way and went to a school that teach in a Sizer way, the school in the U.S (Sizer way) helped me to learn English in a year because its talking and thinking. As Sizer states, “Inspiration, hunger: these are the qualities that drive good schools. The best we educational planners can do is to create the most likely conditions for them to flourish, and then get out of their way.” This is why I was able to develop the language faster more than if it was focusing on memorizing stuff.
Monday, March 22, 2010
H.W # 44
in Obamas article its saying that school is to give students education and help them to understand stuff better and get them ready for college! and that everyone should work hard because there having all the money and stuff and that he didnt get and of those when he was a student and that his mom used to wake him up early to teach him showing that he worked so hard!
in the other article they didnt focus on what school for or anything they basically were talking about teachers and how they sould love there jobs because there teaching kids and developing new thoughts ad new future!
in my p.o.v i think that we need to work hard because student in the U.S have all the resources and they should take advantage of that to succeed because other student in other countries are not having what student in the U.S students having and there doing better in some areas! what i think school for, is to give us the education and let us know what going around in the world so we understand everything and that we can think of new stuff so in the future we can develop new stuff that effects better on the world!
in the other article they didnt focus on what school for or anything they basically were talking about teachers and how they sould love there jobs because there teaching kids and developing new thoughts ad new future!
in my p.o.v i think that we need to work hard because student in the U.S have all the resources and they should take advantage of that to succeed because other student in other countries are not having what student in the U.S students having and there doing better in some areas! what i think school for, is to give us the education and let us know what going around in the world so we understand everything and that we can think of new stuff so in the future we can develop new stuff that effects better on the world!
Monday, March 1, 2010
H.W #42
PART A
n this web site it says that “the study’s says says that single sex school doesn’t really matter on the pupils exam results, but it also says in single class school girls do better in chemistry and physics while boys do better in A English and male-dominated subjects”
This site also says that some parents prefer there daughters to be in single sex school because they think that when boys are not in class girls pay attention more and do better! But the number of girls that do better is higher than boys even in mixed school!
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Research/ressinglesex.html
this site is saying ” that single sex class may have positive effects on girls” so its agree-ing that single sex class room are better for girls! In my point f view boys most of the time be trying to act like there 2 cool to do homework so they don’t do good even if there is no girls in class!
http://www.jstor.org/pss/1501861
part-b
Do boys/girls do better in single sex school or mixed schools?
I wanted to write about this topic (how single sex classroom are better) because I used to go to a single sex middle school and 2 years for high school, then in my third year of high school I moved to the .U.S and went to a mixed high school.
So I had some experiences about it and how it feels and if its better single sex school or mixed?!
this question is important for people to know because if it does really make a diffrent for student when it be single sex in class rooms and on there grades! then we would make more single sex school to make student gets better and think better and this way we have a better future for evryone!but if it doesnt really matter then we wont be worried if we have mixed schools!
n this web site it says that “the study’s says says that single sex school doesn’t really matter on the pupils exam results, but it also says in single class school girls do better in chemistry and physics while boys do better in A English and male-dominated subjects”
This site also says that some parents prefer there daughters to be in single sex school because they think that when boys are not in class girls pay attention more and do better! But the number of girls that do better is higher than boys even in mixed school!
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Research/ressinglesex.html
this site is saying ” that single sex class may have positive effects on girls” so its agree-ing that single sex class room are better for girls! In my point f view boys most of the time be trying to act like there 2 cool to do homework so they don’t do good even if there is no girls in class!
http://www.jstor.org/pss/1501861
part-b
Do boys/girls do better in single sex school or mixed schools?
I wanted to write about this topic (how single sex classroom are better) because I used to go to a single sex middle school and 2 years for high school, then in my third year of high school I moved to the .U.S and went to a mixed high school.
So I had some experiences about it and how it feels and if its better single sex school or mixed?!
this question is important for people to know because if it does really make a diffrent for student when it be single sex in class rooms and on there grades! then we would make more single sex school to make student gets better and think better and this way we have a better future for evryone!but if it doesnt really matter then we wont be worried if we have mixed schools!
h.w # 41
in this web cite, its telling us that single sex class’s are better than mix ones because they be mixed girls are not assertive about there education if boys are in class room! And that teacher give more time for boys to answer a question more than they give to girls!
This quote on the cite shows the most of what I am talking about!
“Research has shown for a long time that girls are not assertive about their education if boys are in the classroom. Girls also receive less attention from teachers. Studies have shown that teachers wait longer for boys to give an answer than girls.”
http://educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm/single_sex_classrooms
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this cite tells us that when the class be mixed (boys, girls) each sex be shy in front of the other on doing some stuff in class, and boys behavior be different when girls be around, so its basically not agreeing on having kids of different sex in the same class!
http://www.springerlink.com/content/vp6k47wt30502030/
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Single sex classrooms effects better on both (boy, girls), and it also says that girls are more successful than boys in school and state of South Carolina is determined to offer a single-sex classroom experience to all middle school students within the next few years.
And I like those points they have on the cite
Whats good about single sex classrooms
* Teachers can spend extra time with topics that boys or girls may struggle with.
* Classes can be differentiated by gender.
* Students may branch out and try new things without the other gender to impress.
* Discipline problems decrease
* Academic achievement increases
* It is inexpensive. Separating the two genders does not require changing walls or hiring more teachers.
What’s not good about single sex classrooms!
* Social skills between genders get put on hold.
* Not all studies show academic improvement.
* Some feel it is discrimination. The ACLU believes that boys do not learn differently than girls and can lead to unequal education.
* This theory has not stood the test of time.
And as we can see the good stuff are more than the bad ones! S I guess single sex classrooms are better than mixed ones!
http://educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm/pros_and_cons_of_samesex_classrooms
This quote on the cite shows the most of what I am talking about!
“Research has shown for a long time that girls are not assertive about their education if boys are in the classroom. Girls also receive less attention from teachers. Studies have shown that teachers wait longer for boys to give an answer than girls.”
http://educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm/single_sex_classrooms
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this cite tells us that when the class be mixed (boys, girls) each sex be shy in front of the other on doing some stuff in class, and boys behavior be different when girls be around, so its basically not agreeing on having kids of different sex in the same class!
http://www.springerlink.com/content/vp6k47wt30502030/
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Single sex classrooms effects better on both (boy, girls), and it also says that girls are more successful than boys in school and state of South Carolina is determined to offer a single-sex classroom experience to all middle school students within the next few years.
And I like those points they have on the cite
Whats good about single sex classrooms
* Teachers can spend extra time with topics that boys or girls may struggle with.
* Classes can be differentiated by gender.
* Students may branch out and try new things without the other gender to impress.
* Discipline problems decrease
* Academic achievement increases
* It is inexpensive. Separating the two genders does not require changing walls or hiring more teachers.
What’s not good about single sex classrooms!
* Social skills between genders get put on hold.
* Not all studies show academic improvement.
* Some feel it is discrimination. The ACLU believes that boys do not learn differently than girls and can lead to unequal education.
* This theory has not stood the test of time.
And as we can see the good stuff are more than the bad ones! S I guess single sex classrooms are better than mixed ones!
http://educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm/pros_and_cons_of_samesex_classrooms
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
H.W #39
Part A-
List of Questions:
1. How did school come to be?
2. What was the first public school ever?
3. Will there ever be an alternative to school?
List of Ideas:
1. School separates us based on the knowledge we show to have.
2. School can either make or break someone's self esteem
3. School goes hand in hand with the putting out there the ideas that media wants us to believe
List of Experience:
1. Small group of friends in all my years of school.
2. Stress of grades and keeping up with the work in a way you have always done.
3. Seeing how people get treated.
Part B-
When people think of school I'm sure the first thing that comes to their heads are "education, friends, knowledge" but do they ever think " gossip, enemies" and things of that sort? Most of the time no. Though school is made as a pathway to knowledge and a brighter future , at the same time there is a hidden pathway to depression, loneliness and so. We must admit that school was started with "good intentions" a way to keep us mentally healthy? To have a social life, while at the same time learning new things, but as time went on it turned into something soo deeply complicated.
School, for some people can be the greatest time , while others just pray for it to end as quickly as possible. Some can't handle the stress, some can't handle the bullying and the negativity from peers, this can ultimately lead to disasters. But what can be done? We can't blame the system for the way people are, because I believe the reason school has become so negative is due to the way people are. I believe school can lead some people to do things that they wouldn't other wise due. So far in all the years of school I've seen people who are extremely shy, they are picked on constantly , they are taken advantage of, and all I can think of is "why?" Why must people be this way to others? School is like a second home we spend about 6 hrs surrounded with the same group of people for yrs, shouldn't we treat them like family maybe? I would be interested in seeing why or how this can be changed.
Posted by Personal/PoliticalCarol at 7:25 PM 0 comments
* Finally got it up, not going to go on about why its late, but here it is*
My group for this art project was Ellen and Moe. Initially we had a set plan on what our video would look like, it was going to be the "8 Rules of Cool" BUT as you can see that didn't really work out. We were stuck on ideas and decided to take a break and started having just random conversations , which Ellen so slickly (-_-) tried to record on the camera. We went on with topics of anything that came to mind, but ended up on the topic of alcohol and different lifestyles.
The insight i guess could be portrayed as showing different views of cool, based on our back round. As we know Moe is Muslim, so his view and ideas of what is good, wrong, bad, right and cool is very different from my 23 yr old cousins lifestyle, that she is ultimately used to. I guess people can see from our video that cool varies, cool is made out of what we believe , and were raised to believe. This just proves the point that cool can be soo different .
Based on this project making art is not soo cool, its actually really difficult, when it comes to a video at least, there's a lot of thinking and planning that goes into it, very different from a simple painting or drawing, as i did in the last unit. When it comes to the final outcome art is very cool though (not sure if our video falls into the category tho) Seeing the hard work being paid off and how beautiful the outcome is , is ultimately cool.
List of Questions:
1. How did school come to be?
2. What was the first public school ever?
3. Will there ever be an alternative to school?
List of Ideas:
1. School separates us based on the knowledge we show to have.
2. School can either make or break someone's self esteem
3. School goes hand in hand with the putting out there the ideas that media wants us to believe
List of Experience:
1. Small group of friends in all my years of school.
2. Stress of grades and keeping up with the work in a way you have always done.
3. Seeing how people get treated.
Part B-
When people think of school I'm sure the first thing that comes to their heads are "education, friends, knowledge" but do they ever think " gossip, enemies" and things of that sort? Most of the time no. Though school is made as a pathway to knowledge and a brighter future , at the same time there is a hidden pathway to depression, loneliness and so. We must admit that school was started with "good intentions" a way to keep us mentally healthy? To have a social life, while at the same time learning new things, but as time went on it turned into something soo deeply complicated.
School, for some people can be the greatest time , while others just pray for it to end as quickly as possible. Some can't handle the stress, some can't handle the bullying and the negativity from peers, this can ultimately lead to disasters. But what can be done? We can't blame the system for the way people are, because I believe the reason school has become so negative is due to the way people are. I believe school can lead some people to do things that they wouldn't other wise due. So far in all the years of school I've seen people who are extremely shy, they are picked on constantly , they are taken advantage of, and all I can think of is "why?" Why must people be this way to others? School is like a second home we spend about 6 hrs surrounded with the same group of people for yrs, shouldn't we treat them like family maybe? I would be interested in seeing why or how this can be changed.
Posted by Personal/PoliticalCarol at 7:25 PM 0 comments
* Finally got it up, not going to go on about why its late, but here it is*
My group for this art project was Ellen and Moe. Initially we had a set plan on what our video would look like, it was going to be the "8 Rules of Cool" BUT as you can see that didn't really work out. We were stuck on ideas and decided to take a break and started having just random conversations , which Ellen so slickly (-_-) tried to record on the camera. We went on with topics of anything that came to mind, but ended up on the topic of alcohol and different lifestyles.
The insight i guess could be portrayed as showing different views of cool, based on our back round. As we know Moe is Muslim, so his view and ideas of what is good, wrong, bad, right and cool is very different from my 23 yr old cousins lifestyle, that she is ultimately used to. I guess people can see from our video that cool varies, cool is made out of what we believe , and were raised to believe. This just proves the point that cool can be soo different .
Based on this project making art is not soo cool, its actually really difficult, when it comes to a video at least, there's a lot of thinking and planning that goes into it, very different from a simple painting or drawing, as i did in the last unit. When it comes to the final outcome art is very cool though (not sure if our video falls into the category tho) Seeing the hard work being paid off and how beautiful the outcome is , is ultimately cool.
H.W #40
Interview with my brother!
Do you think having boys and girls in the same class effects on there grades?!
No because if there going for the goal of getting educated and learning then it wont matter if they be with the other sex in the same class!
If we put boys and girls in separate schools, who do you think would do better (boys or girls)? Girls, because most of the boys are always trying to act like there too cool to do homework!
Why is it easy to go on (Face book and aim…etc) but it’s hard to do homework?
Because homework is something that has to be done on a certain date and time so they have to do it, and when you have to do something its harder to do it, but face book or aim...Etc is something you do for fun so it’s easier!
What’s your experience of being a student? Was your school different then the high school of this year?! Being a student is a responsibility of doing homework and waking up for school, and my school was separated where I only was with boys and it was more serious then high school in America!
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Interview with a cousin
Do you think having boys and girls in the same class effects on there grades?!
Yes, because the age of the students in high school (teen) is the age that the person be thinking of the other sex a lot so In my opinion it does effect on there grades!
If we put boys and girls in separate schools, who do you think would do better (boys or girls)? Boys, because the mentally ability of thinking is more active in boys then it’s with girls, so I think boys would do better!
Why is it easy to go on (Face book and aim…etc) but it’s hard to do homework?
Because Face book is something for fun, homework is something boring to do and it something that you have to think hard to get it done so the student would rather face book and aim and all those stuff better than doing his homework because he’s already bored from school!
What’s your experience of being a student? Was your school different then the high school of this year?
It was hard being a student because I never liked to wake up early nor do homework and I think it’s the same because I went to a high school in America and it was basically the same.
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Interview my self!
Do you think having boys and girls in the same class effects on there grades?!
I think it does effect because boys or girls be focusing on getting dressed and trying to get the other sex attention more than doing homework and focusing on school!
If we put boys and girls in separate schools, who do you think would do better (boys or girls)? I think girls would do better then boys, because guys are always paying attention to cars and getting money and girls! But I think girls pay attention more to school than guys!
Why is it easy to go on (Face book and aim…etc) but it’s hard to do homework?
Because we think that going to school is enough and its time to have fun and go on Face book and aim and all of those stuff so well just go on face book to have fun and forget about doing homework!
What’s your experience of being a student? Was your school different then the high school of this year?
Being a student is a big responsibility from going to school on time and doing work and studying, I went to high school in the Middle East for the 9th and 10th grades and then moved here! It was more serious over there and I was getting better grades when I was in a class with only guys and no girls at all! And the teaching system was way different and serious then America high school system!
Do you think having boys and girls in the same class effects on there grades?!
No because if there going for the goal of getting educated and learning then it wont matter if they be with the other sex in the same class!
If we put boys and girls in separate schools, who do you think would do better (boys or girls)? Girls, because most of the boys are always trying to act like there too cool to do homework!
Why is it easy to go on (Face book and aim…etc) but it’s hard to do homework?
Because homework is something that has to be done on a certain date and time so they have to do it, and when you have to do something its harder to do it, but face book or aim...Etc is something you do for fun so it’s easier!
What’s your experience of being a student? Was your school different then the high school of this year?! Being a student is a responsibility of doing homework and waking up for school, and my school was separated where I only was with boys and it was more serious then high school in America!
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Interview with a cousin
Do you think having boys and girls in the same class effects on there grades?!
Yes, because the age of the students in high school (teen) is the age that the person be thinking of the other sex a lot so In my opinion it does effect on there grades!
If we put boys and girls in separate schools, who do you think would do better (boys or girls)? Boys, because the mentally ability of thinking is more active in boys then it’s with girls, so I think boys would do better!
Why is it easy to go on (Face book and aim…etc) but it’s hard to do homework?
Because Face book is something for fun, homework is something boring to do and it something that you have to think hard to get it done so the student would rather face book and aim and all those stuff better than doing his homework because he’s already bored from school!
What’s your experience of being a student? Was your school different then the high school of this year?
It was hard being a student because I never liked to wake up early nor do homework and I think it’s the same because I went to a high school in America and it was basically the same.
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Interview my self!
Do you think having boys and girls in the same class effects on there grades?!
I think it does effect because boys or girls be focusing on getting dressed and trying to get the other sex attention more than doing homework and focusing on school!
If we put boys and girls in separate schools, who do you think would do better (boys or girls)? I think girls would do better then boys, because guys are always paying attention to cars and getting money and girls! But I think girls pay attention more to school than guys!
Why is it easy to go on (Face book and aim…etc) but it’s hard to do homework?
Because we think that going to school is enough and its time to have fun and go on Face book and aim and all of those stuff so well just go on face book to have fun and forget about doing homework!
What’s your experience of being a student? Was your school different then the high school of this year?
Being a student is a big responsibility from going to school on time and doing work and studying, I went to high school in the Middle East for the 9th and 10th grades and then moved here! It was more serious over there and I was getting better grades when I was in a class with only guys and no girls at all! And the teaching system was way different and serious then America high school system!
Monday, February 8, 2010
H.W #39
Part A
3 questions I really thoughts were good about school were
1-why do we take useless math in school?
2-why teachers take it wrong (or get mad) when the student tries to improve them wrong?
3-why is it boring to be at school?
Part B
My first year at a high school in America was my junior year (2008/2009) I moved from another country from the Middle East, it was hard for me, new people and new language and new everything basically! I didn’t know what to do; I felt everything was awkward for me.
Even though it was awkward and hard, I knew deep inside that I would do it and fit in the school, and I knew learning English and graduating from high school is the best for me and its going to help me in my future, by going in a college with my diploma and major something and work…. and my life would go on.
3 questions I really thoughts were good about school were
1-why do we take useless math in school?
2-why teachers take it wrong (or get mad) when the student tries to improve them wrong?
3-why is it boring to be at school?
Part B
My first year at a high school in America was my junior year (2008/2009) I moved from another country from the Middle East, it was hard for me, new people and new language and new everything basically! I didn’t know what to do; I felt everything was awkward for me.
Even though it was awkward and hard, I knew deep inside that I would do it and fit in the school, and I knew learning English and graduating from high school is the best for me and its going to help me in my future, by going in a college with my diploma and major something and work…. and my life would go on.
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