Research Skills ActivityResearch Skills ActivityAccording to the University of Phoenix, week two materials (2013), the Research Skills Activity Project is intended for students to find an appropriate document for each topic using various databases provided in the University’s online library. The research tutorial on the University’s Library (2013) web page demonstrated how to conduct a library search and narrow down the broad subjects into easier researched topics by subject.
The project calls for students to analyze a list of ten topics, using at least five, on educational related themes. For the purpose of the project, the five topics below were selected based on my interests. I completed an online search for related publications. Once a source was selected, a copy of the abstract was pasted into this document. I paid careful attention to ensure proper citations and references of the online sources were used. The following five topics were selected: filtering of children’s internet access; the effect of class size on teacher hiring; regulation of home schooling; the use of standardized tests to determine student promotion; and finally, the relationship between parental involvement and student achievement (University of Phoenix, 2013).
The site uses public education data to help its research. An interest in the subject matter of school choice for preschoolers is appropriate for this purpose. Education to a young child is a valued aspect of children’s lives. Children are expected to develop into good, intelligent, hard-working adults who are motivated to pursue education. They are expected to learn by doing and develop at home. However the number and characteristics of the parents that influence what the child does for a living is not well understood and that, in general, is different in different states. The goal of this page is to present information relevant to the individual child, what they are interested in, and the process by which they learn the same information for at-risk children. This information also helps me to identify how this information is relevant to the needs of the group and for the groups who are interested in children’s education.
Each of the five categories of child and student information is presented to the principal as a single, standardized, issue-by-issue, research-based document. Data collection, analysis, testing and reporting are conducted under contract with the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Public Health Research Center (OSTPC) with the Center for Juvenile and Adolescent Development at UCLA. In addition, we use data from the California Department of Public Health and the School of Medicine of UCLA, which used data from the Office of the Director for Medical Statistics (ODLS).
About The Department of Public Health, Los Angeles County, California.
This page uses publicly available data to provide timely information about the children of various states in Los Angeles County, California. Our primary purpose is to assist parents and child care providers in making appropriate decisions about child education. As California provides the nation with a robust preschool system and an expanding number of local public funding for child care, this page can help parents and their advocates help to create a more comprehensive system working for children, families, and communities. While many of the information in this page is readily available online or in person, we also provide more information online at: www.ppcc.gov/policies/
Filtering of children’s internet access was the first topic selected. For this topic, an article written for Wyoming Tribune-Eagle by Scott Smith (1998) was chosen and is represented by the following abstract:
Where should censorship stop? In the last few years, the concern over what children view on the Internet has become the focal point of many discussions. That debate has now moved into the courtroom. A lawsuit is being played out in a Loudoun County, Va., courtroom. The library board installed on every terminal the X-Stop software filter, which blocks access to scores of non-sex-related web sites, including those sponsored by the Quakers and the American Association of University Women. The library system is being sued by library users and publishers of Web pages for violating their First Amendment rights. Now Congress is jumping into the fray (p.7).
The second topic selected was the effect of class size on teacher hiring. This topic is represented by an abstract from an article written for The Sun, by Mike Bowler (1997), which states:
The national shortage of math teachers, for example, is severe, and science isnt far behind. College graduates proficient in math and science can write their own tickets at beginning salaries much higher than the citys $24,600.
For example, the Resident Teacher Program, designed to attract and retain top-notch instructors in Baltimore schools, couldnt find a single qualified math teacher for this years crop of 40.Do they think smaller classes will result in improved student achievement? Evidence for that argument is far from clear. Robert E. Slavin, the Johns Hopkins University education