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Improving Kindergartener’S Initiative To Problem Solve Through Integrated Stem, Jessica Walston
Improving Kindergartener’S Initiative To Problem Solve Through Integrated Stem, Jessica Walston
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Many teachers are familiar with students who are scared to try to solve a problem and instead look to adults for specific answers. Students need to be prepared to solve problems independently and collaboratively. One of the necessary skills to solve a problem is to first try, or take initiative. The purpose of this action research was to identify Kindergarten students’ initial initiative to problem solve by formal evaluation of student learning-related skills, taken from the Cooper-Farran Behavioral Rating Scale (1991). In this study, students were provided opportunities to take the initiative to problem solve through a series of integrated …