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Inclusion Of Special Needs Students In A Montessori Elementary Classroom, Sunny Day Talbert
Inclusion Of Special Needs Students In A Montessori Elementary Classroom, Sunny Day Talbert
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
This study project was designed to study the effectiveness of implementations to aid in the successful inclusion of special needs students in a Montessori elementary classroom. This study also looked at the impacts that inclusion has on special-needs students. This study took place in a small Montessori upper elementary classroom of fourth through sixth grade in the southern United States. The implementations included self-control building, self-regulating and calming activities, Grace and Courtesy lessons, team building activities and oral reading, discussions and journal entries of Wonder (Palacio, 2012) Data was collected using student journals, an observational tally, researcher’s field journal, discussion …
Where Are The Stem Girls: The Effects Of Gender Equitable Teaching Strategies On The Enrollment Of Female Students In Stem Courses?, Jared Sanger
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact that Gender Equitable Teaching Strategies (GETS) has on young women and their interest in pursuing STEM electives and career pathways at our high school. The research was conducted in an eighth grade STEM course called Automation and Robotics and with a focus group of six female students at the high school in grades 9-12. All 65 eighth grade students received GETS interventions throughout the study, but data was analyzed for the 30 female students only. Data was also gathered from the discussion with the six girls that participated in the …