Kindergarten Readiness after Prematurity: Integrating Health, Development, and Behavioral Functioning to Optimize Educational Outcomes of Vulnerable Children - A Web Article Evaluation

Kindergarten Readiness after Prematurity: Integrating Health, Development, and Behavioral Functioning to Optimize Educational Outcomes of Vulnerable Children - A Web Article Evaluation

Process used for finding web article

On any given topic there is always thousands of data available on the World Wide Web. However, it is best to begin with setting up a criterion for data search. I too decided that I will be searching for data which is relevant, current and authentic. This criterion also met the requirements of the web article evaluation assignment. I searched for my article from the college online library as it subscribes many journals - professional, academic and peer-reviewed. These contain up to date information on any given topic. However, for parents finding an article on this topic from the web may be more relevant as they may not have access to online libraries. Many professional and academic journals as well as various blogs on child health and well being will make a good source of information.

Practical experience vs scientific information as credible sources of information

Before drawing an article from the World Wide Web, it is vital to decide which type of data will be better. Any subtopic on how to optimize the development of children or how to improve family functioning can be covered from two perspectives. It can be based on personal experience and it can be based on scientific research. The target audience of the two articles will be different in that the former will be written in easier more comprehensible language for parents and others who are non child development people. on the other hand, the latter will be written in jargons and the target audience will be professionals involved with development of children and/or family such as health practitioners, psychologists, pharmacists, administrators of schools and other institutions and others.

As far as the credibility of the two sources is concerned, I believe the two go hand in hand in that the analysis made in the scientific research as well as research results only gets reinforced with personal experiences. In addition, if the personal experience relates a different tale then it gives the researchers a sound base for further research on the topic.

Summary of the chosen article

The article that I have chosen is Kindergarten Readiness after Prematurity: Integrating Health, Development, and Behavioral Functioning to Optimize Educational Outcomes of Vulnerable Children penned by Bauer and Msall in 2010. The authors suggest that neonatal medicine has undergone many positive changes in the past two decades. The three main points of the study are described hereunder:

Neonatal complications that relate with extremely preterm infants were a major cause of their demise. However, the probability of survival for these infants has increased with medicinal advancements (Bauer & Msall, 2010). These children as well their families are faced with many developmental and health challenges which continue through to their period of ...