This paper was written with the topics that seem to cover almost all of my criteria. The paper gives research as to why a full day of kindergarten is beneficial to the cognitive, emotional, behavioral and social development of students. So much so that it gives record of students that are developing slower than others are recommended to attend two half-days, the session in the morning and afternoon (Martinez and Snider, Intro). The paper presents the real reason that there is no full day kindergarten because of an economical issue. This may be so because there is not enough money to run the program so the development of the child takes a back seat. Also the paper introduces how the parents and the teachers feel about the issue at hand. They all seem to come to an agreement that it is a good thing, as long as the program and curriculum are fit for a child in kindergarten. This might mean a more slow pace environment so that they can learn the concepts better.
At the Child's Trend Data Bank research and surveys show that children who are in full day kindergarten benefit over all than students in half day kindergarten. This can mean that students who attend full day kindergarten benefit more in academics than children that attend half day kindergarten.The progress in the academics can be seen through the reading and mathmatics scores of the children are much higher when they are in second grade if they attended full day kindergarten (Gullo, Dominic F. (2000)). This may be, because students in full day are interactive at a young age in academics and are able to see the benefits of learning the material or even enjoying the material. The research also shows the difference in the children that go to full day kindergarten by race, region and family income. This may lead to finding a pattern of what type of child attends full day kindergarten.
Clearing House gives many examples of what the benefits of full day kindergarten are and also the effective activities of a full day. The effective activities of a full day would include involved learning, such as hands on activities. Also whole day kindergarten emphasizes language and reading, this may help the students in social skills in interacting with others around them. One thing that I liked about this source is the use of an anaotative bibliography which helps me to go through and see what many sources wrote about full day kindergarten and its benefits.
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The points and interpretation of your points and text are very clear. You can understand that you are for full day Kindergarten by the criteria that you have found and the points that you have made. You have clearly stated the benefits to full day kindergarten verse half day kindergarten with the test scores and academic poof from your articles. You MLA format is provided in the summary. I see that you have provided three sightings, but I only see two actually sited throughout the summary. Great job!
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