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Student-Teacher Relationships In An Alternative Setting, Stefanie Soukup
Student-Teacher Relationships In An Alternative Setting, Stefanie Soukup
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations
This capstone explores how positive and negative relationships can make a difference in an alternative learning setting and how they impact student’s academic performance and classroom behavior. The paper researches three theories that can impact a student’s relationship with their teacher, those theories are: Attribution Theory, Noddings Theory, and Attachment Theory. A research study that consisted of a student survey and an examination of student’s grades to see if there is a connection between the students' feelings and them passing or failing classes. Ultimately, this study helped identify a connection between the two. Finally, the final chapter of this paper …
Impacting Student On-Task Behaviors Through Classroom Based Physical Activity And Movement, Katelyn Allen
Impacting Student On-Task Behaviors Through Classroom Based Physical Activity And Movement, Katelyn Allen
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations
The research question addressed in this thesis study was: How do different amounts of physical activity and movement implemented into a suburban kindergarten classroom setting impact student on-task behaviors? The literature topics researched and reviewed before conducting this study were on physical activity and movement, classroom management histories, classroom behaviors, and classroom physical activity. In this study, the mixed methods design was used in monitoring and collecting data with the quantitative method as the main approach and the qualitative method as the secondary. Over a five-week period, 16 kindergartners in a suburban classroom participated, and were monitored, before and after …