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Can Addressing Language Skills For Fifth Grade Ells In A Multiplication Curriculum Help Address The Achievement Gap In Math? A Multiplication Workbook For Big Kids, Michelle Douglas
Master's Projects and Capstones
Currently, the state of California has 1,332,405 students from grades k-12 who speak a language other than English at home (Caledfacts, 2016). When I started my first year teaching fifth grade with 95% of my students being English language learners (ELLs), I was surprised to see an achievement gap of two to three years in my student’s reading and math skills. I found that my student’s developmental language and math skills contributed to a lack of engagement during math time. Upon further research, I found that these three factors play a role in the wide achievement gaps between ELLs and …
Claim, Evidence, And Reasoning: Evaluation Of The Use Of Scientific Inquiry To Support Argumentative Writing In The Middle School Science Classroom, Gabriela Mastro
Claim, Evidence, And Reasoning: Evaluation Of The Use Of Scientific Inquiry To Support Argumentative Writing In The Middle School Science Classroom, Gabriela Mastro
Dissertations, Masters Theses, Capstones, and Culminating Projects
In light of the essential science and engineering practices identified by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), this study focuses on the specific science and engineering practice, "engage in argument from evidence," and how classroom practices can serve to strengthen this skill (National Research Council, 2012, p. 71). The NGSS focus on inquiry necessitates students’ use of argument, particularly in writing, to communicate their knowledge and scientific findings and to develop an understanding of scientific practice. The purpose of this teacher action research study is to evaluate the influence of inquiry-based argumentative writing exercises, based on the Argument Driven Inquiry …
Vocabulary Acquisition: Implementing Word Walls With Images In Science For Ells, Mary Orr
Vocabulary Acquisition: Implementing Word Walls With Images In Science For Ells, Mary Orr
Master of Education Applied Research Projects
With increased concern about science instruction for ELLs, this quantitative applied research project sought to answer the research question, “Is there a relationship between the vocabulary instructional strategy of a word wall with images (WWwI) and the science vocabulary acquisition for ELLs?” The research design was a pre-test post-test control condition study using a group of ELLs in an ELL classroom for both the control condition and experimental condition. The quantitative data confirmed the results that there is a relationship between the students learning the science vocabulary words with the use of a WWwI since the experimental condition of ELLs …
Estrategias Didácticas Para Favorecer La Interdisciplinariedad Escolar De Lenguaje Y Matemáticas En Educación Media De La Institución Educativa Braulio González De El Yopal, Henry Pabón Gómez, Virginia Rodríguez Achagua, Clara María Vega Higuera
Estrategias Didácticas Para Favorecer La Interdisciplinariedad Escolar De Lenguaje Y Matemáticas En Educación Media De La Institución Educativa Braulio González De El Yopal, Henry Pabón Gómez, Virginia Rodríguez Achagua, Clara María Vega Higuera
Maestría en Docencia (Yopal)
Este trabajo es el producto de una investigación cualitativa de tipo Investigación-Acción titulado Estrategias didácticas para favorecer la interdisciplinariedad escolar de Lenguaje y Matemáticas en la educación media de la Institución Educativa Braulio González de El Yopal, cuyo propósito fundamental fue establecer estrategias didácticas que promuevan la interdisciplinariedad escolar para el desarrollo de competencias en estas dos áreas. El proceso investigativo se llevó a cabo durante dos ciclos completos que abarcaron las fases de observación, planeación, acción y reflexión y deja abierto un tercer ciclo que dará continuidad a la Investigación-Acción con la institucionalización de la estrategia didáctica denominada Taller …
Assessing Stem Literacy In An Informal Learning Environment, Maureen Ann Lafemina Cavalcanti
Assessing Stem Literacy In An Informal Learning Environment, Maureen Ann Lafemina Cavalcanti
Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences
This mixed methods study investigated methods for assessing STEM literacy amongst middle grades students participating in an informal learning environment, specifically, a summer STEM camp. Adopting a situated perspective on STEM literacy, this dissertation employed psychometric techniques and discourse analysis to answer the overarching research question: How can STEM literacy amongst middle school students be assessed in the context of a summer STEM camp? An integrated review of literacy within and across STEM disciplines first offered a new direction for conceptualizing STEM literacy. With this understanding, subsequent research methods applied novel approaches for investigating STEM literacy in the context of …