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A 10 page paper that explores the reasons one child/student achieves in school and other does not. The first section discusses the differences among children, including family background, culture, personal traits and other factors, including teacher expectations and school climate. The next section reports what some schools have done to increase student achievement. The last section reflects an action plan, in table format, that includes two objectives. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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As the literature review will show, there are typical gaps between socio-economic backgrounds, races and cultures. The literature will also show there are other reasons some children achieve and some
do not. Some of the variables related to student achievement are family background, environmental social contexts in which the child develops, commitment to education, motivation and a number of personal
traits. Teacher expectations, teacher attitudes, school climate and school culture also influence how well a child will perform in school. This paper explores some of the many different variables
and factors that impact learning. The paper also provides examples of what some schools have done to increase academic performance. The action plan, presented in a table format, includes
two specific objectives, to increase teacher awareness of the cultural backgrounds of students they teach and to reduce the achievement gap. Strategies includes professional development seminars, adopting cooperative learning approaches
and using whatever technology is available to the teacher. Literature Review Variables that Influence Achievement There are numerous individual, family and school variables affect and influence the achievement of
students (Stewart, 2007). Researchers have been trying to find the reasons some children/students achieve and others do not for decades (Stewart, 2007). Different researchers have suggested that school commitment, school
attachment, and school climate each has an impact on student achievement (Stewart, 2007). Research that investigates these types of variables are following an "ecological theory of human development" (Stewart, 2007,
p. 16) as designed by Bronfenbrenner (Stewart, 2007). Bronfenbrenner argued that children "develop in a multitude of social contexts" (Stewart, 2007, p. 16). In turn, social contexts have been
found to have an affect on a students achievement in school and thus, they may be a major factor in explaining the differences found in academic achievement, attending college, occupation
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