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Residual Effects Of An Elementary Theatre Program, Karen D. Dietry
Residual Effects Of An Elementary Theatre Program, Karen D. Dietry
Master of Education Research Theses
This qualitative study reports student perceptions regarding residual effects of participation in an elementary school theatre program. The study was based on interviews of 22 students who were 11-16 years old and who attended a public school in a rural Midwestern community. Results showed that students perceived the following effects of participation in an elementary play: development of academic and personal life skills that were transferred to other areas of life, increased development of personal traits, such as self-confidence, development of positive social networks, and stimulated desire for continued involvement with performing arts.
An Action Research Study On Using Cooperative Learning During Graphic Design Classroom Crits, Anise V. Simpson
An Action Research Study On Using Cooperative Learning During Graphic Design Classroom Crits, Anise V. Simpson
Master of Education Research Theses
The author of this action research study surveyed both graphic design students and graphic design instructors about their critique experiences to discover instructors and students both identified a lack of student participation as well as the issue of students getting hurt feelings and becoming discouraged as common critique concerns. The author designed and implemented a treatment called Design Structures to increase student participation during crits. To improve the quality of experience of design students during crits, the author incorporated cooperative learning strategies developed by Spencer and Miguel Kagan (2009) into the Design Structures treatment. The author used the experience sampling …