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Life Of Chaos, Life Of Hope: Dystopian Literature For Young Adults, Lisa Newgard
Life Of Chaos, Life Of Hope: Dystopian Literature For Young Adults, Lisa Newgard
Graduate Research Papers
As dystopian literature grows in popularity, teacher librarians many not fully understand the themes found within this new subgenre. The purpose of this research was to describe the themes in positively reviewed dystopian literature for young adults. Themes found during the research included: resilience of the protagonist, survival, government control, social conformity, and love between the protagonist and another young adult. Novels from 2001-2010 were analyzed for themes and lessons for young adults. Thirteen positively reviewed novels were chosen, read, and coded by the researcher. After the first reading of the novels, one novel was eliminated, leaving 12 novels to …
Curricular Integration In The Elementary Classroom, Jill Leibold
Curricular Integration In The Elementary Classroom, Jill Leibold
Graduate Research Papers
The No Child Left Behind Act and how it narrows the elementary curriculum is an important educational issue. Integration is a valuable teaching practice that is becoming more wide spread in today's classrooms because of the pressures placed on teachers by NCLB. Integration is used to relieve some of the pressures of NCLB by helping teachers create more time to teach all subject areas. Integration allows teachers to connect learning standards across the curriculum and make lessons more meaningful for the students. This paper describes what integration is and why teachers need to implement integration into their daily instruction. In …
The Effects Of One-On-One Peer Tutoring With Below-Grade-Level Seventh Grade Readers, Kelsi Salter
The Effects Of One-On-One Peer Tutoring With Below-Grade-Level Seventh Grade Readers, Kelsi Salter
Graduate Research Papers
Today students with disabilities are more commonly being included in general education classrooms. This can create large gaps in achievement levels in the classroom and can be stressful for both the teacher and the students. This paper investigates the use of peer-tutors during a 7th grade reading workshop class period with students who are performing below grade level. Eight seventh-grade tu tees participated in the study where reading comprehension, reading fluency, work completion, and attitudes about the tutoring program were examined. In addition, two students were selected for case studies where there was further analysis of tutoring plans and assignments. …
Supervision In The School Library Program: Administrator Expectations Of Paraprofessionals And Traveling Teacher Librarians, Dixie Forcht
Supervision In The School Library Program: Administrator Expectations Of Paraprofessionals And Traveling Teacher Librarians, Dixie Forcht
Graduate Research Papers
The purpose of this grounded theory research was to develop an understanding of administrators' expectations of the responsibilities, roles, and tasks of paraprofessionals and teacher librarians in Iowa schools where the teacher librarian travels between three or more buildings while paraprofessionals serve in the day-to-day operations of the school library. The findings from this research indicated that individuals involved in the upper echelons of administration and support for public schools possessed knowledge about and expectations for the role of school library programs, teacher librarians, and library paraprofessionals in Iowa schools. Because invited school-level administrators were unwilling to participate in this …
Kindergartners Can Read And Understand : Emergent Reading Strategies At Work, Kacey Lynn Beyer
Kindergartners Can Read And Understand : Emergent Reading Strategies At Work, Kacey Lynn Beyer
Graduate Research Papers
The need for kindergarten educators to be effective in teaching both word solving and comprehension strategies is paramount. Educators are challenged to teach even the most emergent readers to use strategies to help them read and understand what they have read. The explicit teaching of both word solving and comprehension strategies in kindergarten builds a strong foundation for literacy learning throughout a student's school career and beyond. Fostering a love of literature and an attitude of lifelong literacy learning can be achieved for all students with the proper supports in place. This paper defines each word solving and comprehension strategy …
The Development Of Musical Improvisation In Second Grade Children, Akiko Yoshizawa
The Development Of Musical Improvisation In Second Grade Children, Akiko Yoshizawa
Graduate Research Papers
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate if second-grade children could develop a solo improvisation on an Orff xylophone. Participants were five African-American children who attended a model school that followed an inquiry-based approach curriculum. These children also had a chance to learn music from a faculty and the researcher, who had been exploring constructivist methods of teaching music, with a special emphasis on invented songs, instruments, and notations. The three-day study focused on how children were able to create a solo improvisation. The study was guided by the following questions: (1) Can second grade children develop …
Are Students Ready For Post-Secondary Research?, Paula Winward
Are Students Ready For Post-Secondary Research?, Paula Winward
Graduate Research Papers
According to faculty interviews, entering college freshmen frequently did not exhibit consistent knowledge of information literacy skills needed to be successful. Schools have increasingly used models of team teaching between librarians and professors to ensure students have information literacy skills. The purpose of this study was to explore the expectations and deficiencies in information literacy skills of entering college freshmen. The researcher questioned professors about (1) what skills they expected college freshmen to have, (2) students dispositions and responsibilities, (3) research inadequacies of students, and (4) the effect they felt using embedded librarians would have in other college departments. The …
Homework : Providing Quality Activities That Engage The Students And Extend The Learning From The Classroom, Angella M. Blatz
Homework : Providing Quality Activities That Engage The Students And Extend The Learning From The Classroom, Angella M. Blatz
Graduate Research Papers
Many teachers require homework to be done to extend the learning from school to home. Homework expectations vary from elementary school to high school. This review attempts to look at the benefits of homework and also the issues that assigning homework brings. The review includes samples of variety of homework activities that are student-centered, developmentally appropriate, along with authentic, experiential, and challenging. It discusses ways to motivate students to complete homework and the need for teachers to assign more purposeful and creative activities. This review attempts to involve the parents also as partners in the education of their child as …
Social Discourse Of Literature Circles With A Focus On Gender, Laurie Hornor
Social Discourse Of Literature Circles With A Focus On Gender, Laurie Hornor
Graduate Research Papers
This research study examined the social discourse of literature circles with a focus on gender within a fifth-grade regular education classroom. The researcher examined the nature of social discourse that was held by students and examined whether gender appeared to influence social discourse. The results from this study showed that gender did have an impact on how students responded to literature within discussion groups. Two main gender-related characteristics of the discussions were noted. The first characteristic was that males and females did hold beliefs that paralleled culturally-determined gender roles. These beliefs had an impact on how students responded to literature. …