Reflective Essay In Education, APA Style
Reflective Essay in Education, APA Style (Gibson)
Running head: SERVICE LEARNING: ERIC
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A Reflection on Service Learning:
Working with Eric
Onnalee L. Gibson
The header consists of a shortened title in all capital letters at the left margin and the page number at the right margin; on the title page only, the shortened title is preceded by the words
“Running head” and a colon.
Full title, writer’s name, and school halfway down the page. Michigan State University
Author Note
This paper was prepared for Teacher Education 250, taught by Professor Carter. The author wishes to thank the guidance staff of Waverly High School for advice and assistance.
An author’s note lists specific information about …show more content…
Thus, if a student is doing every homework
Source: Hacker Handbooks (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011, 2007).
SERVICE LEARNING: ERIC
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assignment and is still failing tests, this breakdown of the grades may effectively highlight how the student can be helped.
It was this unique way of evaluating students that led to my first meeting with Eric Johnson, an 11th grader to whom I was assigned as a tutor. Eric is an African American male who grew up in a nuclear middle-class family in a Lansing suburb. Teachers noticed
Transition leads from background information about the school to
Gibson’s personal experiences. over time that Eric’s grades were dropping, yet his attendance, participation, and motivation were above average. Surprisingly,
Eric himself was the one who asked for a tutor to help him raise his grades. What initially struck me about Eric was the level of responsibility he seemed to take for his own academic achievement.
At the time I wrote in my journal (January 31, 2006), “He …show more content…
to his success.
Another key to Eric’s success will be the resources he enjoys as a student at Waverly. Abundance of or lack of resources can play an important part in students’ opportunities to learn and succeed.
Because nearly half of all school funding comes from local property taxes (D. Carter, class lecture, April 4, 2006), areas with smaller populations or low property values do not have the tax base to fund schools well. As a result, one education finance expert has
Class lecture
(personal commu n ation) is cited in ic the text only, not in the reference list.
argued, some children receive substandard education (Parrish,
2002). Waverly does not appear to have serious financial or funding issues. Each student has access to current textbooks, up-todate computer labs, a well-stocked library, a full art and music curriculum, and numerous extracurricular activities. While countless schools are in desperate need of a better-equipped
Running head: SERVICE LEARNING: ERIC
1
A Reflection on Service Learning:
Working with Eric
Onnalee L. Gibson
The header consists of a shortened title in all capital letters at the left margin and the page number at the right margin; on the title page only, the shortened title is preceded by the words
“Running head” and a colon.
Full title, writer’s name, and school halfway down the page. Michigan State University
Author Note
This paper was prepared for Teacher Education 250, taught by Professor Carter. The author wishes to thank the guidance staff of Waverly High School for advice and assistance.
An author’s note lists specific information about …show more content…
Thus, if a student is doing every homework
Source: Hacker Handbooks (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011, 2007).
SERVICE LEARNING: ERIC
3
assignment and is still failing tests, this breakdown of the grades may effectively highlight how the student can be helped.
It was this unique way of evaluating students that led to my first meeting with Eric Johnson, an 11th grader to whom I was assigned as a tutor. Eric is an African American male who grew up in a nuclear middle-class family in a Lansing suburb. Teachers noticed
Transition leads from background information about the school to
Gibson’s personal experiences. over time that Eric’s grades were dropping, yet his attendance, participation, and motivation were above average. Surprisingly,
Eric himself was the one who asked for a tutor to help him raise his grades. What initially struck me about Eric was the level of responsibility he seemed to take for his own academic achievement.
At the time I wrote in my journal (January 31, 2006), “He …show more content…
to his success.
Another key to Eric’s success will be the resources he enjoys as a student at Waverly. Abundance of or lack of resources can play an important part in students’ opportunities to learn and succeed.
Because nearly half of all school funding comes from local property taxes (D. Carter, class lecture, April 4, 2006), areas with smaller populations or low property values do not have the tax base to fund schools well. As a result, one education finance expert has
Class lecture
(personal commu n ation) is cited in ic the text only, not in the reference list.
argued, some children receive substandard education (Parrish,
2002). Waverly does not appear to have serious financial or funding issues. Each student has access to current textbooks, up-todate computer labs, a well-stocked library, a full art and music curriculum, and numerous extracurricular activities. While countless schools are in desperate need of a better-equipped