Let me pick your brains a little.
My belief is that retention is a useless strategie. But I have not read enough research based studies to really have an informed opinion.
My logic is the following: a slow learner will stay a slow learner, a child with a disablity which prevents effective learning will stay a disabled child,etc.. Some kids will simply never be at the same level as their peers or slightly younger peers. There are some countries which do not practice retention and they have the best test scores (I'm thinking northern european countries such as Finnland, Sweden).
Now, I know the school will eventually want to retain V. I find it futile but would like to be able to present evidenced base research. I think I could google all year on the subject and still come up with new search result! lol
Any studies that serve as a reference in this area?
My belief is that retention is a useless strategie. But I have not read enough research based studies to really have an informed opinion.
My logic is the following: a slow learner will stay a slow learner, a child with a disablity which prevents effective learning will stay a disabled child,etc.. Some kids will simply never be at the same level as their peers or slightly younger peers. There are some countries which do not practice retention and they have the best test scores (I'm thinking northern european countries such as Finnland, Sweden).
Now, I know the school will eventually want to retain V. I find it futile but would like to be able to present evidenced base research. I think I could google all year on the subject and still come up with new search result! lol
Any studies that serve as a reference in this area?
. and hows heres my question My son is almost 5 years old we have done everything that we know but he gets mad really easy. I had him by C-section and I was taking medications for depression when got pregnant with him and I had a car reck when pregnant with him also had diebties due to being pregnate with him. I have never taken him to the dr for anything like this but I wanted to ask someone b4 I did so that I might get some ideal on what maybe going on with him. He was born a floppy baby and he was born real late. My water had broke but the doctors didn't believe me they give me shots to keep him inside and then they found out that after he was born there really was not fluid around him that my water did break when I said it did. So now that he is almost 5 and will be on the 3rd of april he has gone off on me, his dad, his grandpa, his little brother and one of my friends. The main people though has been just us and not my friend. All he flys in to us by hitting and screaming at us and he pulls his hair when mad and cries and picks up toys and hits us with them. Here lately he has been taking his toy cars and lineing them up in rolls. He can be happy having fun one minute but the minute you tell him that he needs to come in or that I am going to the store and he cant go then he flys mad. Was wondering if you could him me with this by telling me what this sounds like to you these are really the only signs I am seeing. Now my youngest son the one I was talking about is scared of really loud noises he dosent like to sleep by himself he dosent want to be alone he is scared when he is around allot of people he is not talking only saying 2 to 3 words he falls when he walks it dosent matter if its even ground or not he falls. It dosent even matter what shoes he is wearing This baby also chokes easy and is diebetic he is also a floppy child born that way complications I had he was c-sectioned so was the other one. I was taking shots for him not to come early but he did at 36 weeks he was on a feeding tube for the first 5 mins of life and O2. I was diebtic with him type 2. So maybe you guys can help me I hope.
