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Summing It Up: Comparing And Contrasting Constructivist-Based Teaching Practices, Megan T. Kohanik
Summing It Up: Comparing And Contrasting Constructivist-Based Teaching Practices, Megan T. Kohanik
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast various aspects of focused teaching practices supported by constructivist learning theories in a mathematics classroom. This paper will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of three focused teaching practices and connect the results back to current literature in mathematics education. The three focused teaching practices observed were 1) involving students in classroom discussion (Discussion-Based Classroom), 2) implementing a flipped model of instruction (Flipped Classroom), and 3) incorporating problems related to real-world contexts (Real-World Applications Classroom). Each focused teaching practice corresponded to one secondary or post-secondary classroom that was observed over the …
Keeping Students Safe: Student Perceptions Of Campus Safety At A Mid-Sized Virginia University And The Impact For Prevention, Response And Risk Reduction Strategies, Elaine Roberts
Masters Theses, 2010-2019
The nexus of social factors, the college experience, and campus safety research represents an empirical gap in the literature surrounding campus safety issues. There is a need for new and creative outlooks on how to approach this culturally sensitive and complex issue(s); a need this research will begin to fulfill. This study intends to ascertain themes regarding the socially constructed reality of campus safety perceptions and concerns, of both male and female students, at a mid-sized Virginia university. A mixed methods procedure was used which included a focus group interview as well as a survey. As Kelly and Torres (2006) …