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Autoethnography Of Laughter: Transforming Identity By Teaching Composition And Linguistics Through Humor, Olya Cochran

Theses and Dissertations

The following dissertation is a story composed of humorous and humor-related experiences, lived by me as an immigrant student and instructor. I reflect on how those experiences influenced the transformation and performance of my teaching identity and shaped my humor-based pedagogy for Composition and Introductory Linguistics courses. The work is considering the effects of humor on my linguistic and cultural competences as well as my teaching practice. Along with that, the work provides an overview of scholarship on humor in education and the ways practicing academics utilize humor in their teaching and teaching identities. To reflect on how and why …

Implementation Of A 25-Minute Mini-Lecture On Learning And Studying In Large-Enrollment First-Year General Chemistry Courses, Shawn M. Miller

Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence

Poor results on the first exam in a course can be a shock to freshmen college students who found great success in high school. The experience can be demoralizing and put students in the mindset that academic success is out of reach. To convince such students that not only is academic success possible but readily achievable, I presented a 25-minute mini-lecture on learning and studying in two large-enrollment general chemistry courses (total N = 289) based on author Dr. Saundra McGuire’s work. The mini-lecture discussed human learning and practical study tools. The purposes of the mini-lecture were to: 1) examine …

Giving Students A Chance To Learn: Hitting Pause And Engaging Students, Michelle Arnold

Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence

A book review of Gail Rice's book, Hitting pause: 65 lecture breaks to refresh and reinforce learning.

No More Teaching Without Positive Relationships, Annie P. Spear

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.

Essential Practices For Disciplinary Literacy Instruction In Secondary Classrooms, Laura Gabrion, Michelle Renna, Megan Schrauben, Jenelle Williams

Michigan Reading Journal

In response to the call for increased literacy and more equitable learning opportunities across the state of Michigan, the 6-12 Disciplinary Literacy Task Force formed. The group’s first charge was to revise and publish the Essential Practices for Disciplinary Literacy Instruction in the Secondary Classroom: Grades 6 to 12, based on the work of lead researchers from the University of Michigan, Drs. Elizabeth Moje and Darin Stockdill. During the 2019-2020 school year, education consultants and educators from around Michigan participated in the Regional One-Day Institute, which served as an introduction to the Essential Practices for Disciplinary Literacy Instruction in …

From A Distance: Teaching, Learning, And Parenting During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Melanie Love

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.

An Educator's Response To Michigan's Stay At Home Order, Kristin M. Scherkenbach

Michigan Reading Journal

This article examines the educational impact of the stay at home order issued in the spring of 2020. It explores methods that were used to connect with students during this time such as YouTube videos, book drop offs, parent education PowerPoints, and online teaching. It concludes with the understanding that a passion for literacy can be ignited in students even in challenging situations.

Let's Read A Story!: Collaborative Meaning Making, Student Engagement, And Vocabulary Building Through The Use Of Interactive Read-Alouds, Shaya Helbig, Susan V. Piazza

Michigan Reading Journal

The interactive read-aloud has long been a practice during early literacy instruction in schools and in homes. Reading aloud to children provides a platform for teachers or caregivers to model meaning-making interactions with text. Students are able to collaboratively engage in conversations to create a collective understanding of texts. Interactions during a read-aloud can foster engagement, create meaning, and promote vocabulary acquisition. This article examines current research that supports the use of interactive read alouds to engage learners in meaning-making processes and translates research and theory into practical recommendations for effective interactive read-alouds.

The Effect Of Using Circular House Strategy On Teaching International Relations Unit On Achievement And Attitudes Towards Social And National Studies For Grade 8 Students, Maha Ibrahem Alkaltham

International Journal for Research in Education

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the roundhouse strategy related to teaching international relations unit on grade eight students’ achievement and attitudes toward national and social studies module. The researcher prepared a teaching unit in international relations embedded in the one of the units of national and social studies module taught to grade eight students. The researcher also prepared a teacher’s guide in using roundhouse strategy. The sample comprised forty students in grade 8 at Al- majmaah governance. The students were divided into two groups: an experimental group taught using roundhouse method, and a control …

Poverty, Literacy, And Race: A Middle School Teacher's Iterative Investigative Journey, Rebecca Tuttle

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Theses and Other Student Research

This study describes an iterative design process that helped me gain a better understanding of the problems (how motivation affects learning and gaining the trust of children that I worked with) I was inquiring about. The design process chronicles three iterations before reaching my final research question focused on building relationships with children of minoritized communities within their learning environment and integrating culturally relevant pedagogy into their learning. By combining these two strategies, the children in this study seemed to embrace being part of a culturally relevant experiment. The components of these iterations include pre-reading activities, read alouds, group discussions, …

درجة معرفة معلمي العلوم بإستراتيجية التعليم التكاملي واستخدامهم لها في لواء الرمثا في الأردن, Mousa Ababna

Al Jinan الجنان

هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى استقصاء درجة معرفة معلمي العلوم في لواء الرمثا في محافظة إربد في الأردن إستراتيجية التعليم المتمازج، واستخدامهم لها. وقد تكوّن مجتمع الدراسة من 170 معلما ومعلمة من لواء الرمثا وتمّ اختيار عيّنة الدراسة عشوائيا من مديرية لواء الرمثا، وكان عددهم (32) معلما ومعلمة، وقد استخدم الباحث في هذهالدراسة استبانة مكونة من (20) فقرة تقيس مستوى معرفة معلمي العلوم لإستراتيجية التعليم المتمازج. وقد أجريتالدراسة للإجابة على ثلاثة أسئلة هي :

ما درجة معرفة معلمي العلوم في مديرية التربية والتعليم في لواء الرمثا باستراتيجية التعليم المتمازج واستخدامهم لها؟

هل يوجد فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية في درجة معرفة معلمي …

L’Enseignement De La Modélisation Et Ses Effets Sur Les Productions Des Élèves Etude De Cas En Classe De Seconde Au Liban, Nawal Abou Raad

Al Jinan الجنان

Dans ce travail, nous nous intéressons à dégager les effets de l’enseignement de la modélisation en classe de Première Secondaire )ES1( dans le système éducatif libanais, à partir de l’objet de savoir »Système linéaire«. Nous articulons notre travail autour de la question suivante : les élèves de la classe de seconde (ES1) ont-ils des diffcultés à modéliser un problème extramathématique ? Pour répondre à cette question, nous avons analysé les travaux des élèves autour de deux problèmes, l'un plutôt classique et l'autre nécessitant une recherche des inconnues implicites. Nous avons trouvé que ces élèves fonctionnent en » automates «. Pour …

فاعلية برنامج تعليمي قائم على اللعب في تحصيل أطفال الروضة للمفاهيم البيئية وتنمية اتجاهاتهم نحو البيئة, Reham Mohtadi

Al Jinan الجنان

هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى استقصاء فاعلية برنامج تعليمي قائم على اللعب في تحصيل أطفال الروضة للمفاهيم البيئية وتنمية اتجاهاتهم نحو البيئة، وقد تم اختيار أفراد عيّنة الدراسة والبالغ عددهم(168) طفلا من روضتي القبس الحديثة، والنهضة الخيرية التابعتين لمديرية التربية والتعليم لقصبة معانقصديا، وتم توزيعها عشوائيا على مجموعتي الدراسة (85) طفلا في المجموعة التجريبية و (83) طفلا في المجموعة الضابطة . أشارت النتائج إلى وجود أثر للبرنامج التعليمي ولصالح المجموعة التجريبية في تحصيل الأطفال المفاهيم البيئة وتنمية اتجاهاتهم نحو البيئة، في حين لم يظهر أثر للبرنامج حسب متغيّر الجنس في تحصيل الأطفال للمفاهيم البيئية، ولكن ظهر في تنمية الاتجاهات نحو البيئة …

مدى فاعلية نظام التكاليف المبني على أساس الأنشطة كأساس لقياس وتحديد تكلفة الخدمات التعليمية في الجامعات الأردنية الحكومية والخاصة, Baker Al Tarawneh

Al Jinan الجنان

This study mainly aims at identifying the possibility of using Activity Based Costing )ABC( as one of the modern principles in the process of calculating costs to measure and determine the cost of educational services in state and private Jordanian universities. It also examines the impact of using this principle on providing accurate information in the process of making and rationalizing administrative decisions. The study also aims at identifying the effect of using »ABC« system in determining the cost of those services objectively and accurately. In order to achieve the above objectives, the following two approaches were used: The Inductive …

The Impact Of High-Fidelity Simulation On Nursing Student’S Flexible And Reflective Thinking In Higher Education, Hungwei Tseng, Lori Hill

Higher Learning Research Communications

This study evaluated the effect of high-fidelity simulation with both mannequins and live actors on flexible and reflective thinking of nursing students. Students enrolled in an undergraduate nursing program were recruited to participate in this study. Ninety students, all female, completed both pre- and post-surveys. The researchers conducted a paired samples t-test to determine if there is a statistically significant difference in students’ level of flexible thinking before and after they experienced the high-fidelity simulation. Moreover, we conducted multivariate correlational analysis to examine the relationships between flexible thinking and reflective thinking. In general, statistical results in this study provide …

2019 Pulaski County Education Report Card, Sarah Mckenzie

Education Report Card

Our goal is to help parents, school personnel, community members, and policy makers understand how effectively the students in their community are being served.

Pulaski students are demonstrating similar growth in achievement on the ACT Aspire as students in the state overall, but in achievement, graduation rates, and School Quality and Student Success, Pulaski County schools are performing below the state average.

This report card presents information about these key performance indicators for the districts in Pulaski counties. The Growth, Achievement, School Quality, and Overall scores of the four traditional districts are compared to the average for that group, and …

Reimagining Education, Not Relocating It: A Reflection For The Covid-19 Pandemic, Brian Robert Taberski

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education

As we prepare for the upcoming academic year and the new normal COVID-19 initiated, how are we as teachers framing our approach? Are we asking how we teach online? Or, are we asking what learning looks like for online and hybrid experiences? The author suggests that the questions we ask guide our decisions and identifies the obstacles we face. By contextualizing the challenges and change we are presented with as adaptive, we can become more conscious of what may be impacting our work and consider paths forward that ensure the equitable success of our students.

Design And Implementation Of Competency Based Lis Pedagogy: An Experiential Approach With Dlis Centre At Rajagiri College Of Social Sciences (Autonomous) Kerala, India-A Case Study, Neethu Mohanan, Vijesh P V

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Utilization of collective manpower in an effective manner is the key to the success of every organization. LIS Students need to be more practical and trained with intensive and extensive knowledge about the use of IT, Communication as well as Soft skills. A competency-based pedagogy and interdisciplinary approach within the institutions can deal with all these. Pedagogy is the approach to learning, refers to the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences the social, political and psychological development of learners. LIS schools have redesigned their teaching-learning techniques to a great extent to keep track of the latest …

The Effectiveness Of A Proposed Learner- Centered Program On Jordanian Efl Learners, Abdulrahman Abu Jaleel

Al Jinan الجنان

This study aimed at investigating the effect of a proposed learner- centered instructional program on Jordanian EFL tenth grade students’ achievement. The population of the study consisted of (374) tenth grade students in Jordanian public schools in Bani Kenaneh Directorate of Education in the academic year 2012/2013. The sample of the study consisted of (80) male and female students. The findings of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences in the students’ achievement at (α = 0.05) in favor of the experimental groups. The results also showed that there were significant differences due to gender at (α = …

أثر الخرائط المفاهيمية المحوسبة في اكتساب طالبات الصف الأول المتوسط للمفاهيم العقدية في مادة التوحيد في منطقة الجوف, Etaf Ayasrah

Al Jinan الجنان

هدفت الدراسة إلى معرفة أثر استخدام طريقة الخرائط المفاهيمية المحوسبة في اكتساب طالبات الأول المتوسط للمفاهيم العقدية، في مادة التوحيد وذلك من خلال الإجابة عن سؤال الدراسة الآتي: ما أثر استخدام استراتيجية الخرائط المفاهيمية المحوسبة في اكتساب طالبات الصف الأول المتوسط للمفاهيم العقدية، في مادة التوحيد مقارنة بالطريقة التقليدية؟ وتكونت عينة الدراسة من (39) طالبة في الصف الأول المتوسط للعام الدراسي 1434/1435هـ. أعدت الباحثة اختبار اكتساب المفاهيم العقدية مكونا من (30) فقرة من نوع الاختيار من متعدد. اتسمت بالصدق والثبات، وقامت الباحثة بتطبيق اختبار اكتساب المفاهيم العقدية، كاختبار قبلي على مجموعتي الدراسة للتأكد من تكافؤهما، وكاختبار بعدي على مجموعتي الدراسة …