RJA #15b

I have learned a lot from this class. I have been able to find valuable researching tools. That I will use on all of my research papers. I also was able to get connected with blogger and also with some more accounts that I would never had known about if it wasn't for this class. I also feel that it should be more than one paper because,I still was unclear on how to site some of my resources and I think that if I would have had more practice than I would have more confidence when I write my next paper. This class was a lot better than my Eng 121. I have come away from this class knowing that I can write a good paper.

RJA #15a

This is my extra credit.
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/445456/my_wordle.com
This was neat to see the words that I used most on my repot.

RJA #13b

This is one of my resources, it is a book.

Edward B. Fiske. _Smart Schools, Smart Kids_. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991.

This book is about why some school work and others don't. This book talks about how a public school can be changed and how the schools should hold the teachers accountable as well as, the principals. This is a good resource.
Here is another one of my resources it is also a book.
John A. Stormer. _None Dare Call it Education_. Florissant, MO: Liberty Bell Press, 1999. This book is about the public school system. This book is for private schools and against public schools. Has a lot of information regarding public schools and is a good resource. This is another one of my resources it is a website.
Robert Kennedy. "Private and Public Schools Compared." goggle. 29 November 2009. .
This website compares private and public schools and how the differ. Some of the other things that are compared are the class sizes and where the money goes in the different schools. This is an OK resource.
Council for American Private Education. "Private Education." google.
My last resource is also a website.
. This website is for private schools and has a lot of information on the tests scores of private schools and public school. This is a good resources for graphs.

RJA #13a

I did a survey for my research paper. Here are some of the question that I asked.

1. Have you ever went to private school?

2. Has any of your children attended private school? For how long?

3. If money was not an issue would you consider private schooling for your children?

4. In your opinion is private school better or public school?

I got mixed answers on these questions. Most of the people surveyed seemed to be more for public schools than private ones.

Rja 12c

I made a comment on Walter's and michelle's journal.

Rja 12b

For my presentation I plan to include the flowing:

* Introduction of what my topic is about

* Brief history

* The argument of my topic

* Where I stand in my argument

* My interviews that I have with the teachers.

* Conclusions

RJA#12a

These are the things that I have accomplished so far on my paper

* I have completed all of my research on my topic

* I have started my introduction

* I have my thesis statement and I'm happy with it.

These are the thing that I still need to do-

* I need to decide which argument I'm going to make

* I need to start writing my paper

* I need to check my resources and make sure that I have the required amount of resources. I plan to get most of this done this week to the end of next week.

RJA #11c

I posted comments in Stevie's blog and Matt's blog.

RJA #11c

I posted comments in Stevie's blog and Matt's blog.

RJA #11b

Here is a list of my visual aids:

1. I'm going to use a graph for a visual aid that shows the difference in test scores between private and public schools.

2. I'm going to have a visual aid showing how the money is spent for public and private schools..

3. I could have my survey I did on a private school teacher and a public school teacher.

4. Have a chart showing how many kids graduate from private schools and how many kids graduate from public school.

5.Showing a graph of how many children are currently enrolled in private schools and how many are enrolled in public schools.

RJA 11a

This is the introduction to my paper: When we have children as parents we often prepare for our children to go to school. There is many choices when it comes to schools. Often times the question is should my child go to private or public school. Private school is not always the cheapest way to go but private schools offer better student to ratio, the teachers focus more on the children and the children that go to private school succeed better in college.

RJA 9

My website that I looked at was www.msnbc.com . This seems to be a reliable website. I also went onto a website that is called http://idopodcast.wordpress.com this website is not a reliable site. This is the opinion of one women. My book is Setting the record straight: responses to Misconceptions about Public Education in the United States. This was published by The Association for Supervision and curriculum development. In was published in 1997. Seems to be a reliable book. My article was Public VS Non public schools: Over three Decades of Public Opinion Polling Public VS Private Schools. The publisher is Washington DC, National Education Assoc. It was published in 1984. This also is a good resource to use in my paper. Because it shows the opinion of a lot of different people.

RJA 8c

I went to www.blinkx.com. There is a video on there with the former governor of Mississippi talking about public vs private school. Key words I used were public vs private school. Date used was 10/26/09

RJA 8b

I went into www.addict-o-matic.com . This site was neat. It brought up things like google. It brought up one called digg. I used keywords public and private schools. The date was 10/26/09
Found a website call www.livescience.com

RJA #8a

I used the search engine www.carrot2.org.
My key words were public versus private school and also private and then public school.
Date was 10/26/09
I found several journals and articles on my subject. This search engine was very helpful.

rja#7c

For my field research I'm going to interview two teachers at a private school and two teachers from a public school. Here are some of the questions I will be asking.

Do you think that the children at a private/public school are getting a good education?
What do you think are some of the advantages for the children at a public/private school?
Do you think that public or private school is better for our children?And why.

Rja #7b

I went to www.allipuls.com and my key words were public and private schools. Date was Oct 19.
I also went to www.scholargoogle.com and my key words were private versus public schools. Date was Oct 19.

Raj #7a

When I do my research I use:
www.scholargoogle.com
www.yahoo.com
These are the easy to use and I can usually find what I'm looking for.

RJA #6a

I found most of my information at the prospector site. Here is what I found:
Setting the Record Straight by Gerald W. Bracey
A call to Vilage By Wara l Duhart
Public versus Nonpublic Schools:Over three decades of public polling.
Pub By:Washington D.C. National Education

RJA #5b

I found a book titled: Public relations for Public Schools. The author is Doyle M. Bortner. It is published by:General learning press,1972.
Another book I found was:A Brief Profile of America's Private Schools. The publisher is Washington D.C., US dept. of education,National Center for Education statistics,2007.
The last book I found is:Public and Private Schools:How do they differ? The author of this book is Susan P. Choy. The publisher is Washington D.c., National center for education statistics, US dept. of education, office of educational research and improvement.

RJA #5a

On the website www.infoplease.com, I found an article about public schools. It was in the encyclopedia. This was a very informative article
is was about public schools and how they began and also the meaning of a public school. Went on another cite call www.about.com, there I read a article about the class sizes of public and private schools as well as,the budget on both public schools and private schools. This article was by Robert Kennedy.

RJA #4b-Search Strings

Here are some of my search strings

1. public+private school
2. "public schools"
3. "private schools"
4. private and public schools
5. private or public schools
6. public not private schools

RJA#4a

The words that I came up for public are

• Not private
• open
• accessible
• government
• widespread

The words that I came up with for Private are:

• Reclusive
• one-on-one
• closed
• independent
• special
• reserved

Rja #3c

My research question is: Is public school better than private school? I think that this question will help me with my research paper. This is the main reason why I choose this topic, I want to know if private school is really better than public school. And also if it is better than what makes private school better than private schools.

Rja #3

My research is going good so far. I have found several informative cites. I found a site called www.greatschools.com on this site it gives you a break down of different schools. This site also gives you information, for example at a private school there is tuition and at a public school there is no tuition. I found that there is a lot of different issues when it comes to this subject.

Jornal # 2

For my argumentative paper I will be researching the different theories in teaching. I think that doing this research will help me because, I plan on becoming a teacher and by educating myself I can then use them in my classroom. I know that there are a bunch of theorist when it comes to education. Some are used in today's classrooms. I don't know much on this subject that it one of the main reasons why I choose it as an argumentative paper. I know that some of the theories came from along time ago and some are fairly new. Maybe I can argue if the new theories work better or the new ones are better. I hope I can learn an abundance through my argumentative paper.

Eng 122,research journal

These are some of my scholarly and academic interests:

• Elementary Education
• Theories of academic achievement
• CSAP
• Best teaching practices
• Standards of teaching
• School leadership