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Child Life Story Circuit : A Resource For Child Life Specialists On Therapeutic Play For Adolescents Through Narrative, Melissa Pigden

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This paper describes the creation of the blog "Child Life Story Circuit." It was created as a resource for child life specialists providing ideas for interventions involving bibliotherapy, expression, and narrative medicine.

An Exploration Into The Gender-Based Achievement Gap In Literacy: Deficiency, Difference, And Teacher, Researcher And Measurement Bias, Theresa Orlandi

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This paper provides a review of the research pertaining to various explanations and causes for boys' underachievement in literacy.

Improving Pre-Service Teachers' Preparation To Integrate Music And Movement In Early Childhood Classrooms, Elaine Myrianthopoulos

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This study examines student teachers' fieldwork experiences, in order to better support their efforts to integrate music and movement in early childhood classrooms.

Quality Of Early Childhood Development Services Across Contexts : Experience With The Sithuthukile Trust, South Africa, Rachel Warren

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The purpose of this paper is to understand how the quality of early childhood development (ECD) programs is determined within two different contexts: western and South African.

Mindfulness And Children, Edna Moy-Rome

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The purpose of this study of mindfulness with third grade children is to describe the process using mindfulness as a tool and strategy to help children become self-aware of the present moment, and bring more calm, and focus and attention to learning within a classroom.

Towards A Constructivist Grammar Curriculum For The United States, Tyler Crafts Jennings

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The author argues that educators must forge an alternative method to teaching grammar: the explicit, constructivist teaching of grammar within the meaningful context of a writing curriculum.

The Sun Is Yellow, The Bird Is Black : Fostering A Progressive Pedagogy In Rural Rwanda, Stephanie L. Davis

Graduate Student Independent Studies

An experiential narrative of how the author applied asset-based progressive pedagogical approaches to develop curricular context and help foster creative teaching strategies at a rural public school in the village of Musha, Rwanda over the course of three weeks in June 2013.

Romps, Riots, And Revels In The Land Of Make-Believe : Imaginative Play As A Prerequisite For Social And Emotional Development In Early Childhood Through Adolescence, Shoshana Balk

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This paper explores the impact of imaginative play on child development, as well as its educational benefits when incorporated into the learning environment.

Fulbright Scholar Anthony Salazar ’15 To Teach In Germany, Jill Rodrigues

Featured News Story

German and international relations graduate earns Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Scholarship to work with schoolchildren in Germany.

2015 Commencement - Graduate - College Of Health Care Sciences, College Of Medical Sciences, College Of Optometry And College Of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

2015 Manifest Program, Columbia College Chicago

Manifest Urban Arts Festival Programs

A program for the Manifest Urban-Arts Festival held by Columbia College Chicago on May 15, 2015.

The Skatepark Mathematics Extravaganza, William Robertson

Selected Works Temporary Series

In the fall of 2014, a series of live demonstrations and field-based activities were lead by a team of educators and top action sports athletes who performed at local high schools. These events, entitled the “Skatepark Mathematics Extravaganza”, were done in order to engage high school students in focused explorations of mathematics set in a real world setting that is relevant to youth culture, namely skateboarding and bicycle motocross (BMX). These activities incorporated mathematics for the students to do after the demonstration in meetings with classes in which the Action Science Stunt Team performed maneuvers on ramps at the high …

2015 Commencement - Graduate - College Of Dental Medicine And College Of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Correlational Evidence Between The Processing Speed Index, Coherent Motion Threshold, And Achievement Scores Of Children With And Without Learning Disabilities, Thomas John Larosa

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the responses to three research questions. Is there an inverse relationship between PSI and CMT? Is a score on PSI associated with a child’s performance on math fluency and math calculation? Is CMT associated with PSI on math fluency and math calculation? Academic performance in math was measured by tests of math fluency and calculation. The study investigated the likelihood that a child with a slow PSI will have a high coherent motion threshold (CMT). The diagnostic status groups were comprised of 33 children from 2nd to 8th grades. The children were …

Gateway Reads: Finding Texts That Matter To Students, Anne Smith

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Editing And Revising With And Without Peers: Do Students Produce Better Writing Through Peer Writing Conferences?, Kathleen Busch

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

This mixed methods study will investigate the effects of peer-editing as compared to self-editing on a writing assignment. Collaborative practices such as peer-editing have been found in previous studies to improve student writing (Abadikhah & Yasami, 2014; Alfassi, 2009; Baleghizadeh, 2010; Orly-Louis & Soidet, 2008; Storch, 2005; Suwantarathip & Wichadee, 2014; Woo, Chu, & Li, 2013). Although some studies have interviewed students who have engaged in collaborative writing practices like peer-editing, few have also interviewed students in the same study who were assigned to the independent writing condition. This study investigates both student perspectives from those who collaborated to those …

Teaching Artistry As A Critical Community Of Practice: An Arts-Based Ethnography, Laura K. Reeder

Dissertations - ALL

There is increasing inequity in access to arts education among students in the United States that corresponds to an increase in demand for teaching artists - career artists who apply their artistry to teaching and learning. These increases have been documented both as a benefit and as a threat to arts instruction that is provided within standardized public school curricula. In turn, policy debate has emerged around professional positioning and development of teaching artists. This arts-based ethnographic study investigates resistance by teaching artists in the United States to policy recommendations for formal credentialing of the work that they do (Rabkin, …

City Of Birmingham, With Uab's Aeiva, Presents "The Freedom Exhibition: Two Countries One Struggle" From June 5-Aug. 8, Shannon Thomason

Browse All News

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The Skatepark Mathematics Extravaganza, William Robertson

Departmental Papers (TE)

In the fall of 2014, a series of live demonstrations and field-based activities were lead by a team of educators and top action sports athletes who performed at local high schools. These events, entitled the “Skatepark Mathematics Extravaganza”, were done in order to engage high school students in focused explorations of mathematics set in a real world setting that is relevant to youth culture, namely skateboarding and bicycle motocross (BMX).  These activities incorporated mathematics for the students to do after the demonstration in meetings with classes in which the Action Science Stunt Team performed maneuvers on ramps at the high …

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Leading A Mindful Classroom: A Study On Increasing Student Understanding Of Literature, Nyssa Giangregorio

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

In this study, the researcher utilized a mindfulness-­based technique of silent reflection and guided thinking in order to see how mindfulness could affect students' responses to literature and students' behavior as part of the learning environment. Before taking part in the class routine of journal writing, students were asked to simply think and reflect on the topic to gather their thoughts before attempting to write their responses as well as potentially calm them down from the chaos of a high school hallway. This study was inspired by recent studies in the field of mindfulness that suggest that it can increase …

May 15, 2015 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

2015-May-15-Etsu Doctor Receives $340,000 Federal Grant, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

We The People: A Simulation For Young Voters, Jessee Hankins

Honors Projects

This project discusses the evolution of my project from its inception through its completion. As a pre-service teacher in student teaching, my experiences directly influenced the development of this project. The project is one that discusses the use of simulations in a social studies classroom, and includes a lesson plan of the lesson that I used within my student teaching experience. The lesson plan also comes with materials that teachers may take advantage of the lesson plan, using it in their classroom to teach their students about the compromises that were created at the Constitutional Convention.

Preparing English Learners For Academic Language Demands Of Mainstream Mathematics, Tracie Lynn Cavalli

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

Secondary English language teachers and content mathematics teachers are called upon to develop the language and mathematics skills of students. English learners need learning methods in place that will aid in learning both sets of skills. This research outlines methods to incorporate language usage into mathematics instruction through incorporating direct vocabulary instruction, problem solving procedures and oral presentations. The research was conducted in a sheltered mathematics classroom over the course of two weeks. Data was collected from pre-­‐ test and post-­‐test scores, students presented problems after following a set of problem solving procedures, and a completing a written assessment where …

Blank Page: A Teacher Begins, John D. Wolfe

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Comprised of seven essays, this collection of literary nonfiction explores one man's journey into the teaching profession. The author recounts his experiences from just before he heard the call, to his first year teaching as an intern at Punahou School in Honolulu, through his first three years teaching full-time, and the challenges, mostly internal conflicts, he worked through as he taught freshmen and then two junior/senior electives before eventually going on sabbatical to Tanzania for his ninth year.

Stories Of Principals’ Roles As A Result Of High Stakes Teacher Evaluations In Louisiana, Jenna L. Galjour Chiasson

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

In 2010, the Louisiana legislature passed Act 54, a law that requires public school teachers to undergo a performance-based accountability evaluation. COMPASS (Clear, Overall Measure of Performance to Analyze and Support Success) asks principals to evaluate teachers using a rubric with components of Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching to evaluate teacher effectiveness (Act 54). Act 1, passed in 2012, ties Louisiana public school teacher’s pay and tenure to their score on COMPASS. Principals of Louisiana are now asked to evaluate teachers in a high stakes evaluation that is linked to teacher tenure and pay.

A qualitative study using narrative research …

2015-May-15-Textile Patterns Echo Regional Landscape In Exhibit By Patricia Mink, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

2015-May-15-Culture And Health Minor To Be Offered Beginning This Fall, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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The Echo: May 15, 2015, Taylor University

2014-2015 (Volume 102)

Goodbye for Now – Life After Taylor Part 5 – Stepping into ‘yes’ – Student Development structure to shift – Student Development Changes – ETR may be facing last days – Taylor students tackle trafficking – From Taylor to the real world – Around The World – Oh How The Years Go By – The FINAL Nugget – The best of senior memories – The LAST bachelor and bachelorette – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – Seniors ready for spotlight – “Providence” – “What Used to Be” – “One for the Mantel” – “The Unknown Country” – The cynical …