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Empowering Learners Through Habits Of Mind And Personalized Pathways: An Ethnographic Study, Megan Amundson
Empowering Learners Through Habits Of Mind And Personalized Pathways: An Ethnographic Study, Megan Amundson
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While teaching using a personalized learning concept, it was discovered that learners did not have the necessary social emotional skills that they needed in order to successfully make decisions for their learning. Throughout researching personalized learning, engagement, self-pacing, and empowered learning three different Habits of Mind, the school district’s social emotional learning program, were identified to teach to a small group of learners in grades three through six to help them better understand what personalized learning is and why they are doing it in order to take ownership of their learning. Therefore this research question was created: How does the …
Effects Of Student Choice On Student Motivation And Engagement Within An Elementary Classroom, Sarah Theesfeld
Effects Of Student Choice On Student Motivation And Engagement Within An Elementary Classroom, Sarah Theesfeld
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The purpose of this research is to determine the effects of allowing student choice on student motivation and engagement in an elementary classroom. Specifically, the study will focus on student engagement during reading instruction and motivation to participate when they are offered choice in reading materials versus when they are not offered choice in reading materials. Students will provide information about their thoughts on lessons; when they are able to choose their reading materials versus when they are chosen for them. This study aims to determine best teaching practices for student engagement and motivation during reading instruction. Student feedback and …