Short and to the Point

The blog article, "Advice to New Teachers and New Students: Learning is a Quest" has a very simple delivery and style.  The author, Maryellen Weimer, PhD, gets directly to the point in her blog.  She talks about some tips for new teachers such as "Consider questions more important than answers" (par. 5).  By this she means that questions are how students understanding, so when they do ask questions it means they are learning or at least attempting to learn.  Weimer's style is so simple and to the point that it is perfect for the way it is delivered, in a blog.

The scholarly article, "Universal Screening in Mathematics for the Primary Grades: Beginning of a Research Base," the style is very formal.  The author's give a lot of facts that most people would not find interesting.  They go into details that almost seem unnecessary and make the reader want to stop reading if they don't have any reason to know any of the facts.  The delivery of this article is also very complicated only found on an online library which means whoever was reading this article wanted to find it for a specific reason.

The style and delivery of theses two articles make it very clear who their audience and purpose are. For the first article by Maryellen Weimer, PhD, is for any teacher interested.  She just states a couple interesting and helpful tips for any teacher to use.  The purpose of her article is specifically for the average teacher or anyone interested in teaching or even learning.  For the scholarly article the audience would have to be some researchers, either for a simple paper or maybe a parent looking for some answers about their child.  The purpose of the article would be to give out facts and details about why some children struggle with math and will always struggle.  The scholarly article is for a more specific group while the blog could be for anybody.

Sources:

Clarke, Ben, Gersten, Russell, Haymond, Kelly, Jordan, Nancy C., Newman-Gonchar, Rebecca and Wilkins, Chuck. "Universal Screening in Mathematics for the Primary Grades: Beginning of a Research Base." Exceptional Children; Summer2012, Vol 78 Issue 4. (2012): 423-445. Web. 13 Sep. 2012.

Weimer, Maryellen, PhD. "Advice to New Teachers and New Students: Learning is a Quest." Faculty Focus. Magna Publications. 12 Sep. 2012. Web. 13 Sep. 2012.