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Activities For Elementary Libraries To Integrate Nonfiction Reading, Cynthia L. Debock
Activities For Elementary Libraries To Integrate Nonfiction Reading, Cynthia L. Debock
All Graduate Projects
The focus ofthis project was to create activities that would encourage Kindergarten through Fourth grade elementary students in the use of nonfiction texts for personal enjoyment and information gathering. The project consists of activities designed to increase reading of nonfiction by the early elementary student. The activities are developed based upon a review of research that indicates improved reading comprehension of expository text among students who are taught to use interactive strategies. The activities include activation of prior knowledge through K-W-L, various graphic organizers, and DR-T A/DL-TA and providing a method for the reader to discover the structure or organizational …
A Model Staff Development Program In Technology Skills For Selected Secondary Schools, Suzanne Keil
A Model Staff Development Program In Technology Skills For Selected Secondary Schools, Suzanne Keil
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The relationship between staff professional development in technology that enhanced staff efficiencies were studied. A model staff development program in technology has been developed to make connections between teacher's readiness and their mastery of technology skills. Research has been obtained that indicated a direct correction between teachers' readiness in technology and their implementation of technology into the classroom. Secondary teachers must be taught using inservices, practice skills and given opportunities to share their experiences with colleagues. Administrators must take leadership in developing and supporting a quality technology training program that recognizes the staffs' individualized needs.
Extra-Curriculuar Leadership And Service Learning Program For Fifth Grade Students, Barbra Ann Muffett
Extra-Curriculuar Leadership And Service Learning Program For Fifth Grade Students, Barbra Ann Muffett
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The design of leadership education for fifth grade students was studied. Through the review of literature it was found that leadership education should have a student-centered approach. Leadership education and service learning can be taught together because students can directly apply their leadership skills to an authentic situation. From the review of literature it was discovered that true service learning involves several key elements. The benefits of service learning, specifically for at-risk students are addressed.
Evaluation Of The School Psychology Program At Marshall University Graduate College, Mary L. Winters
Evaluation Of The School Psychology Program At Marshall University Graduate College, Mary L. Winters
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
This research evaluates the structure, purpose, and efficiency of the School Psychology Program at Marshall University Graduate College and will be utilized as baseline research for further measures of program efficiency and accountability. This study investigates the satisfaction levels and opinions of the student population, including all current and recent students who have graduated from the program. The methods of data collection were a survey, developed primarily from the goals and objectives of the program, and telephone interviews. The information requested in these methods was structured to provide both qualitative and quantitative data. Frequency analysis of the data resulted in …
Applications Of The I-Thou-It Framework To Teaching English As A Foreign Language In Macedonia, Zora Busovska
Applications Of The I-Thou-It Framework To Teaching English As A Foreign Language In Macedonia, Zora Busovska
MA TESOL Collection
This paper is based on David Hawkins’ framework of the I-Thou-It with an expanded and personalized interpretation. It aims at defining more precisely the roles of the I, the Thou, and the It in the author’s classroom. The paper also cites research related to this framework and compares the findings, differences and similarities of author’s research with those of other researchers. The paper examines each of the roles and the interplay that takes place between and among them.
The paper explains the advantages of the subject-centered classroom, i.e. dominance of the It. Thus, the emphasis of the paper is on …
Exploiting The Auditory, Visual, And Kinesthetic Modalities In The Language Lab, Christine P. Brennan Mori
Exploiting The Auditory, Visual, And Kinesthetic Modalities In The Language Lab, Christine P. Brennan Mori
MA TESOL Collection
The primary purpose of this paper is to introduce new methods of maximizing the traditional language lab by overlaying a framework of the perceptual modalities on different classroom activities.
Question Forms And Their Use: A Self Reflective Examination Of The Use Of Questions And Feedback In Two Self Observed Taught Lessons, Chris Mangham
Question Forms And Their Use: A Self Reflective Examination Of The Use Of Questions And Feedback In Two Self Observed Taught Lessons, Chris Mangham
MA TESOL Collection
This project is a self reflective study examining my use of question forms in two self observed lessons. The second lesson having been planned and taught in a way that was informed by findings resulting from the first lesson. The question forms examined were taken from a variety of sources and are defined in this paper. The main aim of the project was to discover if, through awareness of how I use questions, it was possible to increase the fluency of student responses. A further aim was to see if students were able to use more of their language skills …
Gender Issues, Core Curriculum, And Statewide Content Standards, Scott Douglas Godwin
Gender Issues, Core Curriculum, And Statewide Content Standards, Scott Douglas Godwin
Theses Digitization Project
This project is a discussion of the continuing need to address gender issues while teaching core curriculum in English classes at the secondary level.