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The Impacts Of Social Interaction On Literacy Learning, Megan Marie Donisch
The Impacts Of Social Interaction On Literacy Learning, Megan Marie Donisch
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
This thesis will show the importance of including social interaction in the classroom and how it can help students to develop their literacy skills. In my teaching, I intend to find a balance of direction instruction, practice and socially based interaction that best serves students. After doing this research I see that this balance will be heavily weighted by the interactive aspects. So much of what effective teachers do puts children in contact with peers or teachers. They must observe others practicing the skills of literacy if they are to learn these skills.
Teaching To The Technological Demands Of The 21st-Century Classroom, Michelle Trainor
Teaching To The Technological Demands Of The 21st-Century Classroom, Michelle Trainor
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
Learners of the 21st century are met with the need to collaborate, problem solve, critically think, and synthesize various sources of information. Simultaneously, teachers and learners are expected to utilize rapidly evolving digital technologies as tools to make teaching and learning more effective. As digital technologies become increasingly prominent in K-12 classrooms, the question becomes: in what ways are preservice teachers learning to teach to the technological demands of the 21st-century classroom? Dr. Punya Mishra and Dr. Matthew J Koehler of Michigan State University propose the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework as a means for effective technology …