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The Impact Of Social-Emotional Learning Strategies On Performance Anxiety In The Fourth-Grade Music Classroom, Erika A. Bergson, Erin M. Lawler, Jennifer L. Mickels
The Impact Of Social-Emotional Learning Strategies On Performance Anxiety In The Fourth-Grade Music Classroom, Erika A. Bergson, Erin M. Lawler, Jennifer L. Mickels
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
No abstract provided.
The Effects Of Authentic Writing On Third-Grade Student Motivation And Achievement, Caitlin Barrett
The Effects Of Authentic Writing On Third-Grade Student Motivation And Achievement, Caitlin Barrett
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
This action research project sought to determine the effects of authentic writing on third-grade student motivation and achievement in writing. This study took place over the course of four weeks with 21 third-grade students in a suburban elementary school. Students participated in an authentic writing project that involved writing letters to a favorite author. Data was collected in the forms of pre and post-intervention writing attitude surveys, observational notes, and one-on-one student writing conference notes to assess the effects on student motivation. A rubric was used to grade baseline writing samples and post-intervention writing to assess the effects on writing …
"How Does Explicit Phonemic Awareness Instruction In A 6th-Grade Classroom, Influence Students Reading Fluency And Comprehension?", Danette M. Hendrickson
"How Does Explicit Phonemic Awareness Instruction In A 6th-Grade Classroom, Influence Students Reading Fluency And Comprehension?", Danette M. Hendrickson
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
The purpose of this study was to determine if using phonemic awareness lessons could help students with reading comprehension and fluency. This action research study was conducted in a rural 6th-grade classroom with a total of 38 students. The classroom is in west-central Minnesota. The student participants were two sections that included the entire 6th grade. The research entailed whole group lessons; which involved games, syllable instruction and explicit instruction on listening to the sounds in words and noticing the patterns that sounds and spellings have in words. Small group lessons were also implemented where students rotated in the classroom …
Impacts Of Using The Reggio Emilia Approach To Technology On Social Skills In An Early Learning Classroom, Nancy L. Nakaoka
Impacts Of Using The Reggio Emilia Approach To Technology On Social Skills In An Early Learning Classroom, Nancy L. Nakaoka
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
This action research was to study the impact of using technology (i.e.: iPad tablets and a media projector) on student’s social skills in an inspired Reggio Emilia Approach (REA) classroom. The setting was a class of four and five-year-old students in an urban early learning school in Minnesota. The study produced three data sources: 1) Data was collected by choosing three students at random, videotaping them each Wednesday for eight weeks and coding their interactions, 2) a teacher and students’ caregivers completed with questionnaires and 3) a journal with notes and other observations by myself. The study had a four-week …
The Impact Of Dialogue Journals And Circles On Social And Self-Awareness In 6th Grade, Karli Mann
The Impact Of Dialogue Journals And Circles On Social And Self-Awareness In 6th Grade, Karli Mann
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
This action research project aims to measure the social and self-awareness of 6th grade math intervention students in a suburban school in central North Dakota from the end of January to the beginning of March 2023. This study focused on two methods to promote student-teacher relationships and build a classroom community. The two methods employed were Circles for whole group activities and Dialogue Journals for individual correspondence between students and teachers to build that relationship. Surveys were done before and after the six-week intervention to gauge student perceptions on their own emotions, academic, and social-emotional activities in school. Students were …
Literacy Instruction And Student Writing In Middle School Social Studies, Nicole Hedman
Literacy Instruction And Student Writing In Middle School Social Studies, Nicole Hedman
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
The purpose of this action research was to determine whether using daily literacy strategies focusing on writing would make an impact on the scores of a high-level question (HLQ) among middle school social studies students. The research took place over seven weeks in a public suburban midwestern middle school. The population of students in the study included 104 sixth-grade students. The intervention included using various literacy strategies focusing on writing and incorporating reading, speaking, and listening. Data was collected from writing samples, HLQ scores, observations, and a student survey. Some positive effects of the study were an increase in the …
The Effect Of Goal Setting And Reflection On Student Motivation In High School Classrooms, Jodi Clark, Stephanie Moses
The Effect Of Goal Setting And Reflection On Student Motivation In High School Classrooms, Jodi Clark, Stephanie Moses
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
No abstract provided.
Mindfulness Practice/Mindful Breathing In The Classroom: The Effect On Unwanted Behaviors In The Classroom, Dana Banitt
Mindfulness Practice/Mindful Breathing In The Classroom: The Effect On Unwanted Behaviors In The Classroom, Dana Banitt
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
"Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine whether implementing mindfulness and mindful breathing, in a classroom setting, would decrease the number of unwanted behaviors in that classroom. The setting for this study was a first-grade classroom of 26 in suburban southeast Minnesota. The study took place for six weeks, two weeks without intervention, and four weeks with three mindfulness intervention techniques (mindful breathing, social-emotional stories, and mindful movement/meditation). Data was collected in five ways: an unwanted behavior tally chart, researcher field notes, specialist teacher questionnaires, individual student mindfulness journals, and one-on-one student conversations. After the six-week intervention, the …