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Using Reflective Practice To Change Students’ Perceptions Of Technology And Engineering Education, Josie Gage
Using Reflective Practice To Change Students’ Perceptions Of Technology And Engineering Education, Josie Gage
SACAD: John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activity Days
Objective: Evaluate the effect reflective practice has on Technology and Engineering (TEE) students
Design: Non-experimental, mixed methods, comparative
Setting: TEE / CTE classroom at secondary level
Participation: 9-12 grade TEE students for one school year
Results: Pending results and data collection
Getting Into Character: A Qualitative Study On Readers’ Theater And Fluency, Natalie Frericks
Getting Into Character: A Qualitative Study On Readers’ Theater And Fluency, Natalie Frericks
Journal of Applied and Educational Research
The need for fluent readers is clear in schools today as many readers are lacking reading fluency. This qualitative study examined the influence Readers’ Theater, a reading strategy, has on reading fluency. The following questions were addressed: 1) How does Reader's Theater influence reading fluency? 2) How did students’ selfassessment influence reading fluency? 3) How did teacher assessment influence reading fluency? The participants included four third-grade students from an elementary school in the Midwest. The findings suggested that Readers’ Theater positively influenced student’s reading fluency. Students’ self-assessment was helpful in getting students to become more aware of their reading. Teacher …