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Integrating Visual Arts In Every Lesson, Maddie Hommey, Karly Harwood, Kai Sizemore, Casey Mcbride Apr 2020

Integrating Visual Arts In Every Lesson, Maddie Hommey, Karly Harwood, Kai Sizemore, Casey Mcbride

2020 Virtual Spring Student Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

In this presentation, we, as future educators, provide numerous benefits to integrating visual arts into the classroom. Our rationale challenges the arguments teachers make against doing so as the impact the arts have on education is clear. Using examples from our own lives, others, and research from well known theorists, we hope to encourage other teachers to use visual arts in their classrooms to improve students’ engagement, self-worth, motor skills, language development, academic achievement, and more.


Making “Sense” Of Grammar Instruction: A Multisensory Approach To Teaching Grammar, Sarah Myroup Apr 2020

Making “Sense” Of Grammar Instruction: A Multisensory Approach To Teaching Grammar, Sarah Myroup

2020 Virtual Spring Student Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

A piece created by a future teacher for future teachers, this presentation is based upon an article written to submit to the annual journal published by the Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar. Intended to foster ideas to create a multisensory approach to grammar instruction, this presentation offers three recommendations for future teachers to consider: make grammar instruction personal, adaptable, and inquiry-focused. This presentation will detail each recommendation with evidence from research and personal experiences.