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The Benefits Of Teaching A Foreign Language To Students In The Primary Grades, Suzanne G. Wetzel
The Benefits Of Teaching A Foreign Language To Students In The Primary Grades, Suzanne G. Wetzel
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
Research in the field of second language acquisition has existed for decades, proclaiming that children who are pre-pubescent are at the optimum age to start learning a new language. Why, then, do most American educational systems insist on delaying second language acquisition until high school? Why is there such a big gap between the research and the common practices in the American educational system? The answer to these questions stem from both a lack of resources and a lack of knowledge on how students learn a target language best. Research on second language acquisition still remains a little known body …
The Reggio Emilia Approach To Education, Anna E. Benoit
The Reggio Emilia Approach To Education, Anna E. Benoit
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
Educators are constantly searching for more effective ways to teach children. This thesis describes one approach to educating, the Reggio Emilia Approach. The history and philosophy of this approach, which caters to children from birth to age six, is explored. Links to systems of education within the United States are also made. Particularly important is the idea that Reggio Emilia serves as a model for the Developmentally Appropriate Practices suggested by the National Association for Young Children.
An Analysis Of Critical Thinking At A Liberal Arts College, Amy Goebel
An Analysis Of Critical Thinking At A Liberal Arts College, Amy Goebel
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
This study investigated the differences among first-year, sophomore, junior, and senior college students in critical thinking skills and dispositions as measured by the California Critical Thinking Skills Test and the California Critical Thinking dispositions Inventory. Tests were administered to college students from a small, private institution in a rural area of the Midwest enrolled in general education courses with a majority being first-year and senior students. Consistent with the hypothesis, critical thinking skills and dispositions differed significantly between first-year, sophomore, junior, and senior students. Scores on the two tests were significantly correlated with each other, and scores on the skills …
An Analysis Of Chicana Feminist Rhetoric As Exemplified By Cherrie Moraga, Heather M. Rogers
An Analysis Of Chicana Feminist Rhetoric As Exemplified By Cherrie Moraga, Heather M. Rogers
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
Cherrie Moraga, a Chicana lesbian feminist advocate, cannot completely identify with the Chicano movement, American's women's movement or the Gay/lesbian movements. Even within the Chicana movement, Moraga experience subjugation because of her sexual orientation. The majority of her work has focused on reassessing the role of Chicana, lesbian, and feminist ideology by concentrating on multiple identities and the confluence of oppressions. Moraga has exposed these layers of oppression by using them as the subject of her rhetoric. In her essay La Guera and her poem, Winter of Oppression 1982. Moraga takes the difficulty that multiple identities present and turns that …
Global Awareness' At Csb/Sju, Felicia Dawn Tibayan
Global Awareness' At Csb/Sju, Felicia Dawn Tibayan
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
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A Study Of The Development Of Mathematical Problem Solving In Relation To Cognitive Development, Margaret Cooper
A Study Of The Development Of Mathematical Problem Solving In Relation To Cognitive Development, Margaret Cooper
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
No abstract provided.
Motivation Of Student Employees In The Financial Aid Office At The College Of Saint Benedict, Terra Ohlhauser
Motivation Of Student Employees In The Financial Aid Office At The College Of Saint Benedict, Terra Ohlhauser
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
This thesis examines the effectiveness of the motivational practices used at the Financial Aid Office at the College of Saint Benedict and provides suggestions for ways to further motivate student employees. Information was gathered through interviews with the student employees and from the results of the Job Diagnostic Survey which was administered to the students. Positive factors in this workplace included the all-female environment, a feeling of group belonging, the amount of responsibility given to students, and the amount of appreciation shown and rewards given to the students. There are four primary areas that need to be examined or improved …
A Century Of Brotherhood: Student Development At St. John's University 1857-1955, Chris Welter
A Century Of Brotherhood: Student Development At St. John's University 1857-1955, Chris Welter
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
Underlying student development at St. John's over its first century (1857- 1955), the University's mission was to help its students become educated, principled, and virtuous men whose experiences at St. John's would be an integral part of their adult lives. Within that century, however, there was a shift in St. John's approach to student development. From 1857 to 1920, the University concentrated more on the students' external discipline. Students were to pattern their livelihood on a series of rules and regulations. They also were under constant supervision, while at class, at church, in study hall, on their dorm floor, or …
A History, Analysis, And Application Of The Whole Language Teaching Philosophy, Joanne Bongaarts
A History, Analysis, And Application Of The Whole Language Teaching Philosophy, Joanne Bongaarts
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
In this paper, I explore the whole language teaching philosophy and instructional strategies. I defend the claim that this is an effective way to teach the language arts and other subject areas with an exploration of its general characteristics, the foundations of the whole language teaching philosophy, and an application of a broad whole language strategy, literature-based thematic units.