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“Want More Student Participation??... Bring On The Engagement!!”, Armando Palmerin
“Want More Student Participation??... Bring On The Engagement!!”, Armando Palmerin
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Student engagement in the classroom is vital to academic achievement across all grade levels. This is especially true during middle school, where in-class participation can have a positive impact on emotional and cognitive development. Due to COVID-19 and school closures, students were forced to attend class virtually which had a negative impact on class engagement. Therefore this Capstone project focuses on how middle school teachers are keeping their students engaged during distance learning. This is an important issue that needs to be addressed because if students are not participating in their synchronous class meetings then they are not learning. It …
"Just Kidding" What Bullies Say, Christina Marie Gumbin
"Just Kidding" What Bullies Say, Christina Marie Gumbin
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
The focus of this Capstone Project is on how present and past staff members of MM Middle School have addressed bullying in their classrooms and what they think could be done to prevent further bullying. This is an important issue for teachers of any grade because bullying affects children at any age. An argument is made that during middle school, bullies tend to say that they are just kidding without knowing why they are bullying. Consideration of the issue, required obtaining the perspectives of the principal and both current and former teachers. Three themes emerged from an analysis of the …