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Preferred Behavioral Management Strategies Of 3rd - 5th Grade Teachers, Anna Dowdell May 2017

Preferred Behavioral Management Strategies Of 3rd - 5th Grade Teachers, Anna Dowdell

Honors College Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the preferred behavioral management strategies among 3rd - 5th grade teachers. The study explored the main discipline problems that these teachers experience in their classrooms and how they handle them. It also explored the teachers’ opinions of the effectiveness of their preferred behavioral management strategies.


Alchemy In Education: Towards A Preschool Model In College Classrooms, Brad Van Alstyne Apr 2017

Alchemy In Education: Towards A Preschool Model In College Classrooms, Brad Van Alstyne

Brad Van Alstyne

Education has long been a necessary, yet standardized procedure with little difference from program to program or school to school. In this paper I argue that more of a creative approach using existing educational models such as preschool education would serve us well in the development of student skills at all levels, including college. I also contend that an alchemical metaphor would be useful in the application and acknowledgement of the value of such an approach.