Clayton George

British Literature 3
Ms. Trotter
November 14, 2016

Annotated Bibliography
Cherif, Abour H., Gerald E. Adams, Farahnaz Farahnaz Movahedzadeh, Margaret A. Martyn,
and
Jeremy Dunning. "Home." Learning Environments | 2014. Higher Learning Commission,
n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.
http://cop.hlcommission.org/Learning-Environments/cherif.html
In this article, the authors of the text explore the reasons why students are failing their
classes. Through the authors research and statistics, they have found that the most common
reasons why students fail their classes are lack of effort, lack of motivation or interest, and
personality issues. The authors explain how each of these factors lead to the students failing a
class. Lack of effort comes from students that are satisfied with a C or D and try to do the
minimum just to get that grade. Lack of motivation in students comes from students not wanting
to be in school. Personality issues like being more shy does not allow the students to get involved
more in school, leading to them doing worse in classes. Ultimately, the authors believe that the
reason why students fail classes comes from their lack of effort, motivation, and social skills.
This article provides an excellent overview of the many reasons why students fail classes with
many pieces of evidence supporting their claims. This article will help me understand the many
reasons why students fail classes, and it will help me connect these reasons to my future research
about how students can improve their grades in school.

"10 Habits of Highly Effective Students." Study Habits of Highly Effective Students. N.p., n.d.
Web.
18 Nov. 2016.
http://www.educationcorner.com/habits-of-successful-students.html
In this article, the author explains ten different study habits that students can use to
improve their overall grades in school. After researching what are the most common study habits,
among the most successful students, the author came up with ten study habits to help improve
overall grades for students. Some examples of the study habits that the author composed were do
not cram your studying into one session, start with the most difficult subject, and use study
groups effectively. The author tries to give a list of study habits that will apply to a wide range of
students and will lead students towards success. In the end, the author provides ten really great
study habits that will help improve students study sessions and overall grades in school. This
article provides a great overview of the many different ways how students can improve their
study habits. This article will help further my research by connecting other pieces of research to
it, and comparing the different techniques.
Zalaquett, Carlos P. "So Whats Your Problem?" Study Skills for Middle and High School
Students.
N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2016.
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/zalaquett/Help_Screens/study_skillsMHS.htm
In this article, Zalaquett explore some keys tools that will help students from around the
world improve their grades and study habits. After coming up with 5 main points that act as
sections to his article, Zalaquett presents the key tools that will assist a student in receiving the
grade they want. He breaks up all of his tools into five section, and those sections are motivation,

study skills, effective reading, memory, and study hints. Within these five section, the author
talks about how students can improve each section and gives some techniques on how to do so.
Ultimately, Zalaquett believes that students can achieve their goals regarding school work with
motivation, study skills, effective reading, memory, and study hints. This article provides an
excellent overview of how students can improve their grades, and this information will help me
identify the problems that lead to students failing a class.

Sullivan, Bob. "Students Can't Resist Distraction for Two Minutes ... and Neither Can You."
NBC
News. NBC News, 18 May 2013. Web. 19 Nov. 2016.
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/students-cant-resist-distraction-two-minutes-neither
-can-you-1C9984270
In the article, Sullivan explores the common problems that cause students to fail their
classes, and the most common one is a distraction. After researching the many problems that
cause students to fail a class, Sullivan found that the most common problem that is most relevant
to students today are distractions. Sullivan says that a study shows that students, even when on
their best behavior, can not concentrate on homework for more than two minutes without looking
at their social media accounts. Ultimately, Sullivan came to the conclusion that the most common
problem among students in school are distractions keeping them from finishing their work. This
article provides an excellent overview of the question asking what are the problems causing
students to fail their classes. It does this by giving the most common problem in todays students,
which are distractions, and elaborates on it. This information links back to the rest of my
research, giving a reason to the very basic question of what causes students to fail their classes.

Knowing this information will help me build a solution to the problem of distractions for
students that are struggling in classes.

Sawyers, Susan. "High School Students Can Make up Credits Online - The Hechinger
Report." The Hechinger Report. N.p., 26 Nov. 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2016.
http://hechingerreport.org/students-can-make-up-credits-online/
In this article, Sawyers explains the new online classes are a widening phenomenon,
providing high schoolers credit recovery for classes they failed in the past. Sawyers found that
the online credit recovery classes are a better option than summer school classes for many
students and the online classes are self-paced for each student. While looking through this
subject, Sawyers believes that this is the best way for students to make up credits for classes they
failed earlier. Ultimately, Sawyers believes that the self-paced online classes are a great
opportunity for students to make up credits for classes they failed in the past. This article
provides an excellent overview of the ways a student can make up credit for a missing class or a
class the student failed. I can use this information to inform students that are behind on credits to
take these online courses at their own paces to make back those credits.