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Utilizing American Sign Language In The Early Childhood Setting, Samantha Hakim
Utilizing American Sign Language In The Early Childhood Setting, Samantha Hakim
Graduate Student Independent Studies
Explores the benefits of using American Sign Language (ASL) in a general education classroom as a tool for classroom management, as well as a way to create an inclusive setting for deaf and hearing impaired children.
Inclusive Early Childhood Classroom Management Plan, Megan Janosky
Inclusive Early Childhood Classroom Management Plan, Megan Janosky
Honors Projects
Effective classroom management is essential in order for any classroom to run smoothly. However, this topic is largely overlooked by many current classroom teachers and those who are training emerging teachers in university programs. Therefore, the purpose of this plan is to provide research-based procedures, routines, and systems that will set a positive foundation for learning and keep my classroom, and those of others, running smoothly all year long. In order for effective learning to take place, the classroom environment must be set-up and managed in such a way that enables students to focus on learning. Having a pre-developed plan …
Determining Whether Classroom Dojo Will Decrease The Number Of Behavior Referrals, Venessa Martinez
Determining Whether Classroom Dojo Will Decrease The Number Of Behavior Referrals, Venessa Martinez
All Capstone Projects
This is a quantitative study that uses A-B design to determine whether the use of classroom management behavior intervention Classroom Dojo would decrease the amount of behavior referrals. This intervention was implemented in a special education classroom in the south suburbs of Chicago with 8th grade students that attend an alternative school for behavior issues that were exhibited while at their district school. All of the students were exposed to the intervention while two students with the highest number of behavior referrals were progress monitored on a weekly basis using a data collection system called SWIS Data. This data collection …
General Education Teachers' Perceptions About Teaching Students With Autism In Urban Schools, Sabrina Denise Evans
General Education Teachers' Perceptions About Teaching Students With Autism In Urban Schools, Sabrina Denise Evans
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are included or mainstreamed in general education classrooms, yet general education teachers receive little, if any, formal training for working with children with ASD. The conceptual framework for this study was differentiated instruction, which is a best practice intended to improve educational experiences for children diagnosed with ASD. The purpose of this research study was to explore general education teachers' perceptions of providing differentiated instruction to these students. The research questions examined teachers' perceptions of barriers that can affect their ability to differentiate instruction in their classrooms and strategies teachers use to facilitate …