Revising plans, what tips helped the most?

The tip(s) that I considered related to the structure of my paragraphs and the use of commas in my citations.  I reworded a couple of my paragraphs to keep the idea I was presenting together and removed commas from my in text citations.   

Annotation and citation of "The Southpaw's Secret Semantics"

Brownlee, Shannon. “The Southpaw’s Secret Semantics.” U.S. News &World Report 24 Feb. 1992: 66. Print.

In the article, “The Southpaw’s Secret Semantics” Brownlee discusses the development of language in left-handed versus right-handed people. There are many clues that left-handed people have provided into how the brain works.  It is a belief that language is learned differently in left-handed people than in right-handed people.  Debates have been ongoing regarding whether language is learned through the environment or genes.  It has been known to researchers that left-handed people operate differently from those who are right-handed and that different areas of the brain are used.  One researcher suggested that if language is associated to genes than a right-handed family with at least one left-handed family member would learn language differently from a right-handed family with no lefties.  After conducting several experiments it was realized that right-handed people from left-handed families use associations and memories to learn language and that right-handed people from right-handed families use the rules of grammar to learn language.  These results heightened the belief that rules of grammar are located in the left hemisphere of the brain while words related to memory and association may be located in both areas of the brain.  To one researcher this evidence may link the possibility that the left-handed gene(s) may be linked to how the brain organizes language.  Eventually, with a better understanding of the different learning styles it may be determined the parts that environment and genes play in the learning of language.

I found this article interesting due to the fact that I never really considered the relationship between language development and how a person learned language based on whether you are left or right handed.  I do believe that children are born with some sense of language and that it is fine tuned after birth through experiences.  I feel that this article will be a valuable resource for my topic on how left handed people are different.  

List of worst grammar issues and online grammar sites

My worst grammar issues involve the use of:

                Then and than

                Accept and except

                Colons and semicolons

                Commas

Places I visited online to help address grammar issues

I don’t use the internet to address my grammar issues.  I use a dictionary for spelling issues.  For punctuation problems I use Quick Study sheets which I purchased and The Little, Brown written by Jane E. Aaron.  I have never used the internet to check my grammar, but I did locate two websites that may be beneficial.

Websites to check grammar:

                Grammarly  http://www.grammarly.com

                Guide to Grammar www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/document

What is the differences between:

a.       Fact and opinion- Fact is a something that can be verified.  Opinion is a belief or idea that cannot be proven.

b.      Summarizing and paraphrasing- Summarizing is using your own words to relate the main ideas of someone’s work, shorter that the original.  Paraphrasing is retelling someone’s work in your own words, usually the same length as the original.

c.       Thesis and support- Thesis is the main idea of a research paper written in one or two sentences.  Support is the evidence provided within the text that supports the main idea.

VARK questionnaire results

After answering the questions on the VARK website, I learned that my learning preference is multimodal. 

My scores: Visual- 6

                      Aural- 5

                      Reading/Writing- 11

                      Kinesthetic- 8

I was surprised to see that I scored higher in Reading and Writing, as I never considered myself a strong reader.  I knew that I was a hands-on learner and that I needed to hear and see what was being taught.  This website provided information related to the different types of learning and I will use this information to improve my study habits.

Should a student be considered a "customer"?

I feel that students should definitely be considered a customer.  The student is paying money for a product (education) and the provider (colleges and universities) are accepting money to provide a service (education).  It is the provider’s responsibility to provide the education and the student’s responsibility is to learn the materials provided.

Thesis and Outline: The Importance of Early Childhood Education

The education of our preschoolers is very important to the child’s success in school and in their future lives.  Through early education, children learn social and emotional skills, participate in activities that are developmental appropriate, and have long term benefits to society.

I.        Early Childhood Education

1.       What is early childhood education

2.       Supporting organizations

a.       Pennsylvania Keystone Stars

II.      The education of young children

1.       Learning prime time

2.       Social and emotional development

3.       Intervention

III.    Parent involvement

1.       Within the preschool

2.       Outside resources

IV.    Benefits of early childhood education

1.       Benefits to child

2.       Benefits to society