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A Case Study Of The Perceived Pedagogical Strategies Used To Increase Student Motivation And Effective Technology Use In The Secondary Classroom, Adam Herring Nov 2024

A Case Study Of The Perceived Pedagogical Strategies Used To Increase Student Motivation And Effective Technology Use In The Secondary Classroom, Adam Herring

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this single-instrument case study is to understand the strategies that educators perceive to be effective in successfully increasing student motivation when using personal technology in the high school classroom at River Valley High School in the Southeast United States. The theory guiding this study is Ryan and Deci’s theory on self-determination as it examines the relationship between motivation and academic achievement. The central research question in this study, that is, how can relatedness, competency, and autonomy support the use of personal technology in the secondary education classroom, explores how personal technology could influence the perceived motivation of …


Home Educators’ Experiences Teaching Beginning Readers: A Phenomenological Study, Meghan K. Allred Nov 2024

Home Educators’ Experiences Teaching Beginning Readers: A Phenomenological Study, Meghan K. Allred

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to investigate how home educators describe their experiences teaching literacy to beginning readers in the United States. The theory guiding this study was Gagné’s conditions of learning theory as it relates to the literacy teaching experiences of presenting literacy content, eliciting performance of literacy skills, assessing literacy performance, and enhancing literacy retention and transfer in homeschool settings. The central research question was: How do home educators describe their literacy teaching experiences for beginning readers? A transcendental phenomenological approach was used to explore the shared homeschool experience of teaching beginning readers. Participants were selected …


Spectrum, Volume 53, Issue 9, Sacred Heart University Nov 2024

Spectrum, Volume 53, Issue 9, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Results Are In! 47th U.S. President Decided -- WSHU Hosts Diplomat Speaker -- Trumbull Mall Safety Concerns -- La Hispanidad: Campus Hub for Hispanic Pride -- Multicultural Kickback Brings SHUdents Together -- New Mental Health Workbook for Students -- Inside Student Athlete Support Services


Uab Heersink School Of Medicine And Uwi-Mona Faculty Of Medical Sciences Announce Collaboration To Advance Medical Education And Research, Staff Nov 2024

Uab Heersink School Of Medicine And Uwi-Mona Faculty Of Medical Sciences Announce Collaboration To Advance Medical Education And Research, Staff

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Generational Differences And Teacher Burnout In The Post-Pandemic Era, Michelin Springer Nov 2024

Generational Differences And Teacher Burnout In The Post-Pandemic Era, Michelin Springer

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the intricate relationship between generational cohorts and the efficacy of technology integration in the context of teacher burnout, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As educators transitioned from virtual online instruction back to blended or traditional face-to-face learning environments, this study explored teachers’ sense of technological efficacy in adopting and integrating various technological strategies and its relationship with their experiences of burnout during these shifts. Additionally, this study examined how different generational groups may experience teacher burnout and report their efficacy in technology integration in the post-pandemic context. Surveys which …


The Poetic Experience As Supported By A Teacher/Poet’S Heartfelt Empathy, Joseph S. Pizzo Nov 2024

The Poetic Experience As Supported By A Teacher/Poet’S Heartfelt Empathy, Joseph S. Pizzo

New Jersey English Journal

This poem focuses on the productivity that is possible when a supportive teacher/poet establishes a supportive classroom environment within which their students can write and explore in a classroom where the positive outweighs the negative, thereby encouraging creativity.


Where The Poems Find You, Bill Meissner Nov 2024

Where The Poems Find You, Bill Meissner

New Jersey English Journal

No abstract provided.


Reading A Poem Written In Invisible Ink, Bill Meissner Nov 2024

Reading A Poem Written In Invisible Ink, Bill Meissner

New Jersey English Journal

No abstract provided.


To The Middle School Talent Show Kids, Oona M. Abrams Nov 2024

To The Middle School Talent Show Kids, Oona M. Abrams

New Jersey English Journal

This poem pays homage to the courage it takes to "show up, get up, and stay up," affirming middle schoolers' collective potential to dream audaciously and shape the world.


Prose Poem With A Timer Set, Oona M. Abrams Nov 2024

Prose Poem With A Timer Set, Oona M. Abrams

New Jersey English Journal

Exploring the tension between poetic idealism and daily obligations, this prose poem captures the fleeting moments of creative ambition in the midst of everyday life.


Joyful Learning: Station Rotation Activities In A High School English Class, Annie Yon Nov 2024

Joyful Learning: Station Rotation Activities In A High School English Class, Annie Yon

New Jersey English Journal

Alfie Kohn, an American author and lecturer in the areas of education and human behavior, asserts in his essay “Feel-Bad Education” that “joy has been in short supply in some classrooms because students tend to be regarded not as subjects but as objects, not as learners but as workers.” He explains that students are forced to sit through prefabricated lessons in a sterile classroom, whose purpose is not to promote thinking, much less the joy of discovery, but to raise test scores. In other words, richer thinking cannot come from monotonous multiple choice exams or never-ending worksheets but from “an …


Cultivating Joy Through Digital Pleasure Reading: Whose Pleasure Is It Anyway?, Lauren Zucker, Kristen Hawley Turner, Rachel Besharat Mann Nov 2024

Cultivating Joy Through Digital Pleasure Reading: Whose Pleasure Is It Anyway?, Lauren Zucker, Kristen Hawley Turner, Rachel Besharat Mann

New Jersey English Journal

Digital reading in English class can bring students pleasure. The authors argue that teachers should incorporate student-selected digital texts in their curricula and create opportunities for students to read, share, and reflect on the digital texts that bring them pleasure. The authors share examples of teachers who include digital pleasure reading in middle school, high school, and higher education classrooms. Digital pleasure reading may bring added benefits (e.g., boosting digital literacies), but it can be promoted as an end in itself.


Centering Joy In The Classroom: Authentic Pedagogy Through Purpose And Mindfulness, E Mariah Spencer Nov 2024

Centering Joy In The Classroom: Authentic Pedagogy Through Purpose And Mindfulness, E Mariah Spencer

New Jersey English Journal

This essay explores the need for authenticity as key to a joyful classroom and outlines the ways in which this authenticity can be achieved. Purpose and mindfulness are the linchpins to creating an authentic and joyful learning environment.


Facilitating Joy In The Literacy Classroom By Recognizing Preferences Of Core Personality Styles, Amy L. Ruglio Nov 2024

Facilitating Joy In The Literacy Classroom By Recognizing Preferences Of Core Personality Styles, Amy L. Ruglio

New Jersey English Journal

This article describes how educators can use knowledge of personality types to facilitate an increase in students' enjoyment of reading in the classroom.


Join Me In The Eagle’S Nest: An Essay On Cultivating Connection, Belonging, And Joy In Turbulent Times, John Pascarella Iii Nov 2024

Join Me In The Eagle’S Nest: An Essay On Cultivating Connection, Belonging, And Joy In Turbulent Times, John Pascarella Iii

New Jersey English Journal

This essay shares the personal story of a novice English teacher galvanized to teach race-conscious culturally responsive lessons, while confronting the assumptions he made about his students, colleagues, and himself during his yearlong practicum in the south ward of Newark.


Finding A Balance: Navigating High-Stakes Testing And Standardized Curricula For Joyful Teaching And Learning, Samantha Musa, Kevin Cataldo Nov 2024

Finding A Balance: Navigating High-Stakes Testing And Standardized Curricula For Joyful Teaching And Learning, Samantha Musa, Kevin Cataldo

New Jersey English Journal

This essay explores the impact of high stakes testing and standardized curricula on joyful teaching and learning experiences for urban English Language Arts (ELA) educators in Northern New Jersey. It discusses the need to balance legislative requirements with providing culturally responsive pedagogy to a diverse student population.


(Why) Haven't We Figured It Out By Now?: Cultivating Joyful Teaching And Learning In Ela, Janet D. Johnson Nov 2024

(Why) Haven't We Figured It Out By Now?: Cultivating Joyful Teaching And Learning In Ela, Janet D. Johnson

New Jersey English Journal

This essay explores how joy can be deeply connected to literacy learning through absence, art, and awareness.


Teaching Writing: Fostering Joy In Writing Through “Commentarying”, Ellin Kim Nov 2024

Teaching Writing: Fostering Joy In Writing Through “Commentarying”, Ellin Kim

New Jersey English Journal

For over 15 years, the author taught at an after-school English Language Arts center. Initially emphasizing perfection, enthusiasm waned. A graduate course changed the author's views on writing, stressing personal reflections. Implementing this, students' perceptions shifted, using "commentarying" to foster understanding and engagement in discussions on topics such as racism.


“Joy And Pain” Strategies For Transformative Learning In The English Language Arts Curriculum, Alanna Harris Nov 2024

“Joy And Pain” Strategies For Transformative Learning In The English Language Arts Curriculum, Alanna Harris

New Jersey English Journal

The purpose of this paper is to examine joy in English Language Arts (ELA) as a form of resistance. Drawing inspiration from the soulful tunes of Maze, particularly Frankie Beverly's compositions, the narrative delves into the duality of joy and pain as a recurring theme in black culture. Grounded in personal reflections on familial experiences, the exploration expands to encompass the transformative frameworks of influential educators and scholars: bell hooks, Gholdy Muhammad, and Cynthia Dillard. This paper examines how joy becomes a deliberate act of resistance against oppressive educational norms by analyzing their perspectives.


Hamlet And Happiness: How Changing Curriculum Brought Back Joy, Alice Daken-Stefanski Nov 2024

Hamlet And Happiness: How Changing Curriculum Brought Back Joy, Alice Daken-Stefanski

New Jersey English Journal

A personal essay regarding how a shift from the canon to contemporary texts and independent reading brought joy back to the classroom


Healing Through Expressive Writing, Jennifer Chauhan, Christine Demarsico Nov 2024

Healing Through Expressive Writing, Jennifer Chauhan, Christine Demarsico

New Jersey English Journal

Expressive writing has the power to heal and transform education.


Finding Joy Through Vulnerability In The English Classroom, Darlene Calderon, Kayla Sullivan, Emily R. Smith Nov 2024

Finding Joy Through Vulnerability In The English Classroom, Darlene Calderon, Kayla Sullivan, Emily R. Smith

New Jersey English Journal

Moments of joy in the English classroom feel tragically few and far between, often snuck in during pauses in the "real" curricula. This practitioner-oriented piece shares vignettes from our classrooms that illustrate ways in which we--as English teachers--have nurtured moments of joy in of our lessons by centering our and our students' vulnerability.


Writing Horror: Culturally Responsive Genre Literacy, Carly Berwick Nov 2024

Writing Horror: Culturally Responsive Genre Literacy, Carly Berwick

New Jersey English Journal

This case study of horror writing explores how student-led culturally responsive genre discovery can connect to existing curricular mandates, affirm student knowledge, and allow for sustained and engaged student work. The author offers four principles for uncovering students' existing, out-of-school genre understandings.


It Was Our Classroom, Adele Bruni Ashley Nov 2024

It Was Our Classroom, Adele Bruni Ashley

New Jersey English Journal

The author reflects upon her own student experience in a second-grade classroom in considering how to create joy-filled high school ELA classrooms as a teacher today.


Cover, Editors' Note, Front Matter, Lauren Zucker, Susan Chenelle, Katie F. Whitley Nov 2024

Cover, Editors' Note, Front Matter, Lauren Zucker, Susan Chenelle, Katie F. Whitley

New Jersey English Journal

No abstract provided.


[Full Issue] Cultivating Joyful Teaching And Learning In Ela Nov 2024

[Full Issue] Cultivating Joyful Teaching And Learning In Ela

New Jersey English Journal

No abstract provided.


Using Chatgpt For The Acquisition Of Computational Thinking Skills: A Case Of African Indigenous Games, Dick Ng’Ambi, Mohamed A. Mitwally, Mwewa Peter, Oluwaseun Oyekola Nov 2024

Using Chatgpt For The Acquisition Of Computational Thinking Skills: A Case Of African Indigenous Games, Dick Ng’Ambi, Mohamed A. Mitwally, Mwewa Peter, Oluwaseun Oyekola

The African Journal of Information Systems

This paper proposes using a ChatGPT-generated algorithm for an indigenous game to mediate the acquisition of computational thinking skills. The paper seeks to answer the question: How can the ChatGPT-mediated algorithm for indigenous games foster the acquisition of computational thinking skills? Using a Participatory Action Research approach, 19 collaborators from 11 African countries gathered 185 indigenous games. The paper focuses on one of those games that is played in all 11 countries. The paper concludes that involving collaborators, who are indigenous members of their communities and have experiential knowledge of the game, led to their acquisition of computational thinking skills.


The Impact Of Coordination Training On Motor Skills In Adolescent Handball Players Aged 14–15 Years: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Michał Spieszny, Wojciech Wąsacz, Zbigniew Kamys, Tadeusz Ambroży, Krzysztof Kasicki, Paweł Kapuściński, Łukasz Rydzik Nov 2024

The Impact Of Coordination Training On Motor Skills In Adolescent Handball Players Aged 14–15 Years: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Michał Spieszny, Wojciech Wąsacz, Zbigniew Kamys, Tadeusz Ambroży, Krzysztof Kasicki, Paweł Kapuściński, Łukasz Rydzik

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Introduction: Motor skills are fundamental to athletic performance, particularly in sports like handball, where coordination, speed, and power are critical. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of an innovative coordination training program on the profile of motor skills of adolescent handball players compared to traditional training methods. Materials and Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 27 young handball players. Participants were divided into an experimental group (n = 15) receiving additional co-ordination training and a control group (n = 12) following standard training. The participants’ motor fitness was assessed using selected population tests from the …


2024 November 12 - Student Government Association Minutes, Student Government Association, East Tennessee State University Nov 2024

2024 November 12 - Student Government Association Minutes, Student Government Association, East Tennessee State University

Student Government Association Agendas and Minutes

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Landform Lessons: Applying Terrestrial Geography To Mars Landing Site, Lindsey Herlehy Nov 2024

Landform Lessons: Applying Terrestrial Geography To Mars Landing Site, Lindsey Herlehy

Publications & Research

In this hands-on, STEM integrated workshop, educators will explore the fascinating parallels between Earth's landscapes and the Martian surface to enhance their understanding of planetary geography. Through a progressive series of activities, participants will compare environments and landforms on Earth and Mars, using actual data from spacecraft orbiting Mars to collect evidence and construct conclusions about these terrestrial planets. Then, applying this information, educators will construct multi-layer maps aimed at selecting the most advantageous landing site for a manned mission to the Red Planet. Finally, utilizing an online mapping application, participants will virtually explore their chosen landing site and examine …