Given the present climate of improved student test
scores, the stakes are high to ensure that children are proficient in their
core subjects such as reading, writing, and math. School administrators and
staff now face increased transfers and poor evaluations if district standards
are not met. Proper writing skills are crucial for continued success in school
and in numerous professions. I am interested in how elementary school students
develop their skills in ways that exceed the minimum passing score. While
school children are continually drilled in these exercises in what can be
called “teaching to the test”, there are teachers that employ methods that make
writing fun for their students while giving them a firm foundation on this
subject. I will conduct research in this area in order to educate myself and
others on which techniques will get the most out of young children instead of
on the agonizingly dull lessons we are no doubt familiar with from our past.
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