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Morgan Sipes
Mr. Salow
English 11
2 December 2016

Annotated Bibliography
Rambo, Ernie. Why Electives Matter. Teachingquality.org. 04/13/2011. Google. CTQ.
11/21/2016.

Rambo talks about how and why electives matter. According to him electives matter
because electives help students learn and focus- and achieve. Electives help students because
they get free time to do something that they want to do. Not every kid likes math class, otherwise
than history class. So electives give them the time to do something they enjoy.

Thurber Rasmussen, Harriette. Beyond The Core: Peer Observation Brings Common Core to
Vocational and Electives Classes. Eric.ed.gov. June 2014. Eric. Staff. 11/21/2016

Thurber Rasmussen talks about how they have done studies with actual students in actual
schools, about electives vs non electives. There studies conclude that students tend to do better in
school with electives rather than without electives. This is because they are allowed free time to
do as they please with something they enjoy.

Comer, Debra R. Factors That Affect Students' Capacity to Fulfill the Role of Online Learner.
Eric.ed.gov. 2015. Eric. 11/21/2016

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Rambo talks about how and why electives matter. According to him electives matter
because electives help students learn and focus- and achieve. Electives help students because
they get free time to do something that they want to do. Not every kid likes math class, otherwise
than history class. So electives give them the time to do something they enjoy.

Thurber Rasmussen, Harriette. Beyond The Core: Peer Observation Brings Common Core to
Vocational and Electives Classes. Eric.ed.gov. June 2014. Eric. Staff. 11/21/2016

Delta Kappan talks about how why school? this is important because they arent just
talking about elective courses but school in general. Half of the adults in America say that it is
important academically prepare the students for college and or the work field they want to go
into.

Thurber Rasmussen, Harriette. Beyond The Core: Peer Observation Brings Common Core to
Vocational and Electives Classes. Eric.ed.gov. June 2014. Eric. Staff. 11/21/2016

Rasmussen College board talks about how it is important to not only take electives in
high school but also in college. It is important to have time to yourself, to be able to enjoy
yourself rather than just work. Especially in college when everything is super hard and stressful
you need a class (or extra time to study) rather than another hard class to stress you out even
more.

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W.A. Leon. Elective Vs. Required Classes. Ehow.com. 2016. Google. 11/21/2016

Leon expresses how he thinks that it is up to the person themselves if they want to take
all core classes or core classes and electives. Some kids have such a busy schedule and do not
have time for electives, they want to get the AP classes and things that look good for a college
transcript, rather than just another art class that has nothing to do with their profession.

Yip, Tor. Evaluation of an Online Instructional Database Accessed by QR Codes to Support

Biochemistry Practical Laboratory Classes. Eric.ed.gov. Sep 2016. Eric. 11/21/2016

Yip expresses that elective/online classes are not important because you are here to learn
about one thing, for instance if you want to go into the medical field you don't need 5 different
art classes talking about how to use color. You need math and science classes that will teach you
what you need to know for the rest of your life.

Sanft, Rebecca. Experimenting with Mathematical Biology. Eric.ed.gov. 2016 Eric.

11/21/2016

Sanft talks about how Mathematical Biology is now a elective course, this means that
core classes are now starting to be electives. They are stripping the meaning of electives and
making everything core. Electives are classes like Art, Gym, or Woodworking, not Biology, or
Math. These classes are more than likely AP classes that you can choose to take but do not have
to.