Friday, January 31, 2014

1.31.14 Published Piece

Ian H
Year Round School Essay
January 31, 2014


Year Round School 
Is it a good idea?

         Year round school is not a good idea because it takes away the students motivation in school to do well and have a summer break to look forward to and there is no sign of test score improvement so far so what's the point. In fact, Teresa Greenfield (1994) found that although teachers and parents may have observed some improvement, the results of standardized tests showed no such improvement. And should not be done by other schools thinking that it improves academic achievement( compclass.us).  And because of that there is no effect to year round and the regular calendar why should schools do it. Also in addition, Dr Gary Peltier notes that when the scores of year-round school students ca were compared to those of traditional calendar students, no significant difference was seen(compclass.us). And even though we have the same amount of vacation day to students it seems the we have less for what ever reason maybe the break is not that long as the regular calendar. And adding to that  "Since 1980, 95% of schools trying Year-Round School have returned to a traditional  calendar. Thus, they have changed their calendar twice and had to suffer the disruption, frustration, and wasted time that this entails." (auburn.edu). Also teachers  that say it prevents summer learning loss  it is actually on them because they don't assign enough homework over the break that we would do to keep us up with the methods.  


Work Cited

Greenfield, Teresa  "Year Round School." compclass.com,  January 2014 
McCoal, Devon "Year Round School...Or Not" auburn.edu, January  2014
Peltier, Gary "Year Round School." compclass.com, January 2014

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

1.29.14

Ian H
Mr. Joseph
January 17, 2014


Year Round School 
Is it a good idea?

         Year round school is not a good idea because it takes away the students motivation in school to do well and have a summer break to look forward to. In fact, Teresa Greenfield (1994) found that although teachers and parents may have observed some improvement, the results of standardized tests showed no such improvement. And should not be done by other schools thinking that it improves academic achievement( compclass.us).  And because of that there is no effect to year round and the regular calendar why should schools do it. Also in addition, Dr Gary Peltier (1991) notes that when the scores of year-round school students ca were compared to those of traditional calendar students, no significant difference was seen(compclass.us). And even though we have the same amount of vacation day to students it seems the we have less for what ever reason maybe the break is not that long as the regular calendar. And adding to that  "Since 1980, 95% of schools trying Year-Round School have returned to a traditional  calendar. Thus, they have changed their calendar twice and had to suffer the disruption, frustration, and wasted time that this entails." (auburn.edu). Also teachers  that say it prevents summer learning loss  it is actually on them because they don't assign enough homework over the break that we would do to keep us up with the methods.  
Work Cited


Greenfield, Teresa  "Year Round School." compclass.com,  January 2014 
McCoal, Devon "Year Round School...Or Not" auburn.edu, January  2014
Peltier, Gary "Year Round School." compclass.com, January 2014

Monday, January 27, 2014

1.27.14

Ian H
Mr. Joseph
January 17, 2014


Year Round School 
Is it a good idea?

         Year round school is not a good idea because it takes away the students motivation in school to do well and have a summer break to look forward to. In fact, Teresa Greenfield (1994) found that although teachers and parents may have observed some improvement, the results of standardized tests showed no such improvement. And should not be done by other schools thinking that it improves academic achievement( compclass.us).  And because of that there is no effect to year round and the regular calendar why should schools do it. Also in addition, Dr Gary Peltier (1991) notes that when the scores of year-round school students were compared to those of traditional calendar students, no significant difference was seen(compclass.us). And even though we have the same amount of vacation day to students it seems the we have less for what ever reason maybe the break is not that long as the regular calendar. And adding to that  "Since 1980, 95% of schools trying Year-Round School have returned to a traditional  calendar. Thus, they have changed their calendar twice and had to suffer the disruption, frustration, and wasted time that this entails." (auburn.edu). Also teachers  that say it prevents summer learning loss  it is actually on them because they don't assign enough homework over the break that we would do to keep us up with the methods.  


Work Cited


Greenfield, Teresa  "Year Round School." compclass.com,  January 2014 
Peltier, Gary "Year Round School." compclass.com, January 2014
 McCoal, Devon "Year Round School...Or Not" auburn.edu, January  2014

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

1.22.14

Ian H
Mr. Joseph
January 17, 2014


Year Round School 
Is it a good idea?

         Year round school is not a good idea because it takes away the students motivation in school to do well and have a summer break to look forward to. In fact, Teresa Greenfield (1994) found that although teachers and parents may have observed some improvement, the results of standardized tests showed no such improvement. And should not be done by other schools thinking that it improves academic achievement( compclass.us).  And because of that there is no effect to year round and the regular calendar why should schools do it. Also in addition, Dr Gary Peltier (1991) notes that when the scores of year-round school students were compared to those of traditional calendar students, no significant difference was seen. And even though we have the same amount of vacation day to students it seems the we have less for what ever reason maybe the break is not that long as the regular calendar. Also teachers  that say it prevents summer learning loss  it is actually on them because they don't assign enough homework over the break that we would do to keep us up with the methods.  



Work Cited


Greenfield, Teresa  "Year Round School." compclass.com,  January 2014 
Peltier, Gary "Year Round School." compclass.com, January 2014
 

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Williamsburg Tour Of Math

15  Or More Bullet Points

-How to find ratios 
-How to find pi
-How to find perimeter
-How to find area
-How to find area of spokes 
-How they used math in Virginia 
-What they do in there daily lives
-How they feed the army
-How to make bread
-You need math for every job you will have
-You had to have a gun by 16
-They used inches and feet like us
-They uses large scales to weigh food and items
-People look ugly back then
-They did stuff like puzzles 
-I learn what a muskets ball carte  
-They did not use calculator
- Woman and men managed jobs needing math
 
 

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

1.15.14

                                                   Year Round School Essay Is It Okay
                                                                       By Ian H

          Year round school is not a good idea because it takes away the students motivation in school to do well and have a summer break to look forward to. And should not be done by other schools thinking that it improves academic achievement. Even though we have the same amount of vacation day to students it seems the we have less for what ever reason maybe the break is not that long as the regular calendar. Also teachers  that say it prevents summer learning loss  it is actually on them because they don't assign enough homework over the break that we would do to keep us up with the methods.  
          

Thursday, January 9, 2014

1.9.14

Today I Hyperlinked My DRN And Updated All Of My Reading Links