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The Gold Standard And Education Intervention Research: A Consideration Of Middle School Mathematics Interventions As A Particular Case, Sarah Nielsen , '16
The Gold Standard And Education Intervention Research: A Consideration Of Middle School Mathematics Interventions As A Particular Case, Sarah Nielsen , '16
Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards
This thesis explores the benefits and drawbacks of various experimental designs, outcome measures, and specific methodological techniques in education intervention research. Through an analysis of nine top-tier journals in education, I describe which experimental designs and outcome measures are most commonly used in current middle school mathematics intervention research. Then, four case intervention studies with different experimental designs are closely examined. This discussion is juxtaposed with consideration of evaluation standards published by government agencies. Each study represents different discourses about the effectiveness of the intervention reported. Although the standards for intervention research no longer only promote randomized quantitative research, I …
Earth Systems Science As Civic Participation: An Approach To Youth Action Research For Social Change, Ciara Williams , '16
Earth Systems Science As Civic Participation: An Approach To Youth Action Research For Social Change, Ciara Williams , '16
Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards
Just as environmental justice challenges dominant notions of "environment" that cannot account for connections between social and natural processes, earth systems science pursues connections between science and society, challenging a dominant discourse which asserts that both can be fully understood without the other. Grounding "environment" and "science" as socially situated concepts helps to foreground, in turn, the ways that race structures exposure to risk and the exercise of citizenship both nationally and globally. My thesis draws on these discourses while focusing on youth as citizens and civic participation through the creation of an elementary school science curriculum.