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Connecting Stem Curriculum With Social Emotional Learning In Early Childhood, Aaron Peterson
Connecting Stem Curriculum With Social Emotional Learning In Early Childhood, Aaron Peterson
Undergraduate Research Journal
The purpose of this study was to explore how STEM based curriculum integrated with the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) framework can enhance learning and overall development in early childhood learners. Participants were preschoolers (N=24) between the ages of 3-5 enrolled in the Child Development Center during summer at a Midwestern mid-sized university. This study collected both quantitative (rubric scores) and qualitative data (interviews and observations) and used control and experimental groups. The control group followed the standard curriculum procedures already in place and the experimental group included STEM curriculum without SEL instructions. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Using the …
Teacher Perceptions And Effects Of Sustained Silent Reading On Measures Of Academic Progress Scores, Elaina Eddy
Teacher Perceptions And Effects Of Sustained Silent Reading On Measures Of Academic Progress Scores, Elaina Eddy
Undergraduate Research Journal
Sustained Silent Reading is reading silently for an amount of time in a distraction free environment. Sustained Silent Reading is an important attribute for literacy development. If students read daily and learn to enjoy it, they will become lifelong readers, which leads to improvement in many skills. However, reading instruction varies in schools. Many schools use incentive based approaches to reading. This practice teaches children to read for a prize, instead of reading to read. Many struggling students are assigned to read in isolation or assigned to finish homework during reading time. This method leaves struggling readers with little time …
A Half-Century Of Nebraska Education, Theodore Degner
A Half-Century Of Nebraska Education, Theodore Degner
Undergraduate Research Journal
The pioneers’ journey across Nebraska was rough and ever changing, and the same can be said for the educating of Nebraskans on the state’s history. Since the centennial of Nebraska statehood in 1967, changes to the education of Nebraska history has made students metaphorically traverse over both rough, hilly topics and flat, grassy lessons. These changes can be seen by examining sources from various Nebraska schools dating back to the 1960s. The variety and pace of Nebraska history curriculum change throughout these schools is wild and varied, with periods of little changes between the decades to overarching changes in only …