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Full-Text Articles in Education
Human Geography Without A Map, William E. Demars, Laurel Rosenberger, Jimmy Rogers, Trent Hardee
Human Geography Without A Map, William E. Demars, Laurel Rosenberger, Jimmy Rogers, Trent Hardee
Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects
Course materials developed for a 9th grade course on human geography, focusing on human rights, terrorism, and globalization.
Revision And Rewriting, Theory Of Knowledge, Grade 11-12, John D. Miles, Victoria Putnam, Candice Cliff
Revision And Rewriting, Theory Of Knowledge, Grade 11-12, John D. Miles, Victoria Putnam, Candice Cliff
Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects
This project takes into consideration something that high school writers often overlook—revision and rewriting. We visited the classroom on three occasions to lead different kinds of revision workshops. Victoria led workshop one that focused on structure at the thesis and paragraph level. The second workshop was developed using some specific methods from Dr. Miles. We also took time to individually help students discuss structure on the larger scale and how to make that structure useful at the level of argumentation. The third visit was for individual and group conferences with students. Tori also took the role of mentor for two …
American Government In Action, Cynthia Suarez, Lea Elizabeth Allen, Mary Ford
American Government In Action, Cynthia Suarez, Lea Elizabeth Allen, Mary Ford
Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects
This AVD project will focus on the development of student-centered learning activities and instructional strategies for a secondary government and economics teacher, Mary Ford, at Southside High School in Greenville, SC. The materials were created to provide more opportunity for students to be involved in their own learning process, analyze primary sources, and participate in self-guided learning in an effort for Government and Economics to be understood by students with varying interests and learning styles. This project was completed in three separate sections which each provide diverse lessons and address varying standards. The first section contains multi-purpose supplementary materials for …
Using Physlets In Hs Physical Science, Mackay Salley, Matt Menard
Using Physlets In Hs Physical Science, Mackay Salley, Matt Menard
Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects
The project proposed involves using physlets as a means of getting students engaged and delivering ideas and concepts in a novel manner. Physlets are Java applets that are designed to address a specific Physics concept. There are many similar applets for other fields such as chemlets which address Chemistry topics. There are many resources regarding physlets and we have chosen to focus on one repository, Physlet Physics by Wolfgang Christian and Mario Belloni. With the funding from the Arthur Vining Davis Jr. Grant, we can purchase a reference text and a copy of a CD with approximately three hundred physlets …
Can The Strong Get Stronger? A Laboratory Investigation Of Natural Selection For Antimicrobial Resistance, Tracie M. Ivy, Natalie W. Spivey, Sarah Grace Keaveany, Elizabeth Ramsey, Patrick Sellars, Deborah Stripling
Can The Strong Get Stronger? A Laboratory Investigation Of Natural Selection For Antimicrobial Resistance, Tracie M. Ivy, Natalie W. Spivey, Sarah Grace Keaveany, Elizabeth Ramsey, Patrick Sellars, Deborah Stripling
Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects
The students, Sarah Grace Keaveany and Elizabeth Ramsey, completed original research with to investigate 1) standing variation among common bacterial species (Escherichia coli and Stapholococcus epidermidis) in the amount of resistance to triclosan, a common anti-microbial used in hand washes; and 2) the capacity for these bacteria to develop increased resistance to triclosan through selection. The students have developed lab modules based on this research. One module includes a wet lab, where students will culture their own bacteria. The other module allows students to obtain data from photographs of bacterial plates in lieu of a wet lab component.
Vocabulary Acquisition And Technology, German I/Ii, Grade 10-12, Beate U. Brunow, Travis Trojan, Arthur Turfa
Vocabulary Acquisition And Technology, German I/Ii, Grade 10-12, Beate U. Brunow, Travis Trojan, Arthur Turfa
Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects
Information technology plays an important role at Blythewood High School and the recent purchase of chrome books for students will be part of our project. All students will have access to chrome books, and Dr. Turfa also uses the social learning network “Edmodo” to communicate with his students. The project focuses on developing lessons for beginning German classes that combine knowledge and understanding of German-speaking cultures with communication. This approach reflects the current ACTFL standards for foreign language learning (preparing for the 21st century) with the guiding learning principle: “Knowing how, when, and why to say what to whom.” …
Finances & Algebra Too!, Anne J. Catlla, Jonathan Foster, Charlene Frazier
Finances & Algebra Too!, Anne J. Catlla, Jonathan Foster, Charlene Frazier
Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects
The focus of this project is to provide an application-based approach to teaching algebra 2. Students will study algebraic concepts and functions through the lens of personal finance. After each unit of study, students will complete a financial application project that will go into each student’s “financial” portfolio.
Censorship And Fahrenheit 451, Natalie S. Grinnell, Michelle Stinson, Susan Miles
Censorship And Fahrenheit 451, Natalie S. Grinnell, Michelle Stinson, Susan Miles
Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects
The goal of this project was to apply the censorship found in Fahrenheit 451 to other situations present in different areas of “the real world”. The students, after doing so, would then create a video of images and their voice, discussing themes of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451and how it’s used in other areas outside of the book. The purpose is to have students use analysis in literature and applying it in different areas as well as to do so in a different way other than through writing. By using the video software, they are changing the way that traditional …
Advanced Placement American History In 3-D, J. David Alvis, Steve Jobe, Erin Frost
Advanced Placement American History In 3-D, J. David Alvis, Steve Jobe, Erin Frost
Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects
The purpose of this project is to create an online collection of visual works that will enable high school teachers to supplement their instruction of AP American history as well as local history in Spartanburg, SC. We are grateful for this grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation and believe that this project will be a credit to their generosity. It is a commonly acknowledge fact in pedagogy today that visual stimulation enhances learning and makes it more enjoyable. Art can introduce social studies, literature, civics, and even science and math in an immediate, tangible way. In AP American History, …
Aprender Con Aventuras (Learning Through Adventures), Camille L. Bethea, Peter Elbaum, Katie Haney
Aprender Con Aventuras (Learning Through Adventures), Camille L. Bethea, Peter Elbaum, Katie Haney
Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects
This project focuses on developing learning modules that combine grammar and culture for beginning and intermediate level high school Spanish classes. The objective of this project is to make grammar more interactive for students, while at the same time highlighting the cultural richness and diversity of the Spanish-speaking world. This approach reflects the current ACTFL standards for foreign language learning (preparing for the 21st century) and the South Carolina Academic Standards for Modern Languages. Ms. Haney wanted to make learning grammar more enjoyable and accessible to her students. She was also interested in exploring ways of using technology more …
¡Hablemos Con Más Fluidez! Increasing Oral Proficiency, Begona Caballero-Garcia, Benjamin Green, Lindsay Knox
¡Hablemos Con Más Fluidez! Increasing Oral Proficiency, Begona Caballero-Garcia, Benjamin Green, Lindsay Knox
Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects
Students that study a foreign language in high school generally graduate with a solid base in reading and writing the language; however, speaking it remains a struggle. This project was designed to develop a series of activities and a framework on which future activities can be based. The activities are meant to engage students and help them practice speaking so as to increase their oral proficiency. By doing such activities two or three times a week, students can become more accustomed to speaking a foreign language and will gain confidence. They will also have practice using vocabulary relevant to the …
The Dunlap Decade: The Presidency Of Benjamin Bernard Dunlap, 2000-2013, Phillip Stone
The Dunlap Decade: The Presidency Of Benjamin Bernard Dunlap, 2000-2013, Phillip Stone
Library Exhibits
This exhibit featured elements of the 13-year presidency of Benjamin Dunlap, from 2000-2013
Using Graph Theory To Solve Scheduling Problems, Joseph A. Spivey, Melissa Gaddy
Using Graph Theory To Solve Scheduling Problems, Joseph A. Spivey, Melissa Gaddy
Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects
This document is intended to introduce the instructor to the curriculum materials that we have compiled as part of the Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows project. In this electronic packet, each of the following documents are included in PDF and LaTeX formats for your use: Class Handout for graph theory lesson, Instructor copy of Class Handout, Appendix containing additional examples, Presentation with applications of graphs, Student assignment with scheduling problems, Answer key to student assignment