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Hands Of The Future, Inc.: Connecting Youth With Nature, Amee Waltman, Rebecca Busse

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.

Reading Robot Light-Up Bookmarks, Professional Field Services

Hands-on STEM Activities

Materials: Robot Bookmark Template, LED light, 3V Lithium Battery, 3 strips of copper tape (approx. 3 in. or 8 cm.)

Self-Efficacy Of Early Childhood Teachers In Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics, Ariella Rachel Donnelley Smith

Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to identify the self-efficacy of early childhood teachers toward STEM subjects as measured on the Teacher Efficacy and Attitudes toward STEM Survey (T-STEM) and to explore factors that influence this confidence.

Methodology. A quantitative approach with two open-ended items was selected for this study, seeking to elicit both quantitative and qualitative data from participants. This approach allowed for multiple viewpoints to be expressed, with the qualitative data collected simultaneously with the quantitative data, and the former designed to illuminate reasons influencing the latter in a complimentary approach. The population for the study included …

La Estrategia De Enseñanza Resolución De Problemas Para El Desarrollo Del Pensamiento Numérico. Una Experiencia Realizada Con Estudiantes De Grado Tercero De La Institución Educativa Megacolegio El Progreso De La Comuna V De Yopal Casanare, Carlos Eduardo Ramírez Duarte, Ana Elsa Sepúlveda Caro

Maestría en Docencia (Yopal)

La investigación en curso titulada “La estrategia de enseñanza resolución de problemas para el desarrollo del pensamiento numérico. Una experiencia realizada con estudiantes de grado tercero de la Institución Educativa Megacolegio el progreso de la comuna V de Yopal – Casanare, realizada por Carlos Eduardo Ramírez Duarte y Ana Elsa Sepúlveda Caro. Se inscribe en el macroproyecto: “Estrategias para la Comprensión Lectora en Ciencias Naturales, Matemáticas, Ciencias Sociales y Lenguaje” que corresponde a la línea de investigación Educación, Lenguaje y Comunicación de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación en la Universidad de La Salle la cual se desarrolló entre …

La Pregunta Constructiva Como Técnica De Comprensión Lectora Para Resolver Situaciones Problémicas De Carácter Matemático Con Estudiantes De Grado Tercero De La Institución Educativa Divino Salvador, Freddy Nelson Mateus Chacón, Luz Dary Martínez Garavito, Martha Cecilia Parada Vargas

Maestría en Docencia (Yopal)

En este trabajo se analizó la pregunta constructiva como técnica de comprensión lectora para resolver situaciones problémicas de carácter matemático con estudiantes de grado tercero de la Institución Educativa Divino Salvador Sede la Niata, por ello, se encaminó a procesar información respecto a las prácticas de enseñanza de la comprensión lectora en el quehacer pedagógico del aula. El material empírico recolectado bajo el enfoque de investigación cualitativa con un nivel de conocimiento descriptivo e interpretativo se hizo a través de encuestas, entrevista semi-estructurada, aplicación de la técnica y plantillas de observación. A través del método análisis de contenido (Bardín, 2002) …

Representaciones Gráficas Del Conocimiento Como Estrategia De Comprensión Lectora Para La Resolución De Problemas Matemáticos Con Estudiantes De Grado Quinto De La Institución Educativa Braulio González, Sandra Leonor Ibarra Angarita, Juan Carlos Pérez Rozo, Javier Rojas Figueredo

Maestría en Docencia (Yopal)

Esta investigación de enfoque cualitativo y de tipo descriptivo - interpretativo surge como respuesta a las necesidades y debilidades de las prácticas pedagógicas sobre compresión lectora en los estudiantes de grado quinto de la I.E. Braulio González en el área de matemáticas. Se fundamenta teóricamente en categorías como prácticas pedagógicas, comprensión lectora, estrategias, representaciones gráficas y problemas matemáticos. Se enfoca en construir y analizar una estrategia basada en la adaptación de representaciones gráficas del conocimiento (mapa semántico, mapa mental, plano de tensiones y esquema escalonado) en sincronía con los pasos del heurístico de Polya (1990) para mejorar procesos de comprensión …

Learning To Think...Thinking To Learn, James C. Dean Mr., Julie Pfeiffer, Nancy Famulari, Julia Connett, Briana Kaparis

ICOT 18 - International Conference on Thinking - Cultivating Mindsets for Global Citizens

How do you create a systemic school culture of THINKING? In this interactive presentation learn how 3 Miami-Dade schools are using a set of consistent visual tools to teach critical, creative THINKING and communication to all learners. This session will capitalize on connecting the visuals to the latest brain research and its implications on the developmental needs of PreK-Adult learners. Examples of practice will be highlighted by these schools.

Teaching Place-Based Science In Kindergarten, Lucy Atkins

Capstones, Research Projects, and Curricula

This action research explores how kindergarten students learn about forces and motion through inquiry-based, place-based methods. The learning took place as part of an existing day spent learning outdoors, known as Forest Monday, that includes extended time for free play. The three sub-questions addressed 1) science content learning, 2) science practice application, and 3) the incorporation of science content and practices into free play time outdoors. It was a mixed-methods study, with science assessment data supporting observations and interviews. The participants were 12 kindergarten students in a rural elementary school. All students were assessed and interviewed but observations were focused …

The Importance Of Teaching Young Children Academics Through Multi-Sensory Activities, Tiffany Schardt

Senior Theses

In this project, one will find information regarding the benefits of multi-sensory learning. Multi-sensory learning is a hands-on form of learning. One will find information on how technology is causing children to spend less time learning through their senses. The project is accompanied by information for parents and what they can do to promote multi-sensory learning at home. Along with this information, parents will find a guidebook that incorporates academic concepts with multi-sensory lessons. The project is organized so that one can find information on technology, importance of multi-sensory learning, proof, and guidebook contents. The project is easily laid out …

Impacts Of Representation On Increasing Flexibility In Understanding Number Composition, Abigail Carr

Honors Theses

Place value is a mathematical concept that young children struggle to understand. A common misconception for children is that the digits that make up multi-digit numbers represent the quantity of that number itself, instead of the number according to its place value (i.e. the 1 in 18 represents 1, instead of 10). The base-ten representation is an efficient way to represent numbers and quantities, but it is not easily learned. One reason children may struggle to fully understand place value is the English language does not make the value of the number known and has hidden base-ten meanings. To contrast, …

Stem Storytelling: Using Picture Books To Integrate Mathematics - "Dare To Tinker", Lindsey Herlehy, Karen Togliatti

Publications & Research

This series of activities invites students to engage in a design challenge that elicits mathematical and scientific thinking. In the first activity, the picture book The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires will be used as a catalyst to discuss the engineering design process as experienced by the protagonist, a little girl. Suggested questioning techniques and inferential reasoning strategies will focus on the trials and tribulations, frustrations, and successes achieved by the little girl. Additionally, discussion prompts are included to provide students an opportunity to reflect on the little girl as a mathematician and scientist as she takes action and …

Sidewalk Math: An Innovative Approach For Engaging All Children In Mathematical Learning, Martha Barry Mckenna, Siobhan Dennis, Maureen Loony, Merideth Ekwall

Lesley University Community of Scholars Day

In kindergarten classrooms in six schools across Massachusetts young children are developing numbersense by walking, hopping, jumping, and skipping through colorful mathematical designs on carpets and sidewalks. The patterns and accompanying counting activities provide teachers with tools to engage young children in learning mathematics through movement and observation activities on colorful floor designs.

Lesley University’s Creativity Commons partnered with 20 kindergarten teachers and their 6 principals to form the Early Childhood Math Collaborative Inquiry Project in Fall 2017 to study the impact of the use of Sidewalk Math carpet patterns on children’s development of numbersense. Teachers from 3 urban schools …

Connecting Stem Curriculum With Social Emotional Learning In Early Childhood, Aaron Peterson

Undergraduate Research Journal

The purpose of this study was to explore how STEM based curriculum integrated with the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) framework can enhance learning and overall development in early childhood learners. Participants were preschoolers (N=24) between the ages of 3-5 enrolled in the Child Development Center during summer at a Midwestern mid-sized university. This study collected both quantitative (rubric scores) and qualitative data (interviews and observations) and used control and experimental groups. The control group followed the standard curriculum procedures already in place and the experimental group included STEM curriculum without SEL instructions. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Using the …

Effective Teaching For Place Value Understanding: A Case Study Of A Literacy-Integrated Math Curriculum Module, Young Rae Kim, Mi Sun Park

Curriculum and Instruction Faculty Publications

A lesson sequence for place value was developed as an early intervention for kindergarteners. The sequence begins with a children’s picture book involving language familiar to children and continues with hands-on activities for children to make connections between and within multiple representations of place value. Through engaging in the literacy-integrated math curriculum module, kindergartners deepened their understanding of place value and the base-ten number system, as they were consistently engaged in problem solving and mathematical discourse triggered by their own mathematical thinking, as well as purposeful questions prompted by the teacher.

Seeing Mathematics Through Different Eyes: An Equitable Approach To Use With Prospective Teachers, Christa Jackson, Cynthia E. Taylor, Kelley Buchheister

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

Teacher educators need to prepare prospective teachers by encouraging them to critically examine their current beliefs about the teaching and learning of mathematics while also providing opportunities for prospective teachers to develop an equity-centered orientation. Attending to these practices in teacher preparation programs may help prospective teachers observe actions that occur in classrooms and determine effective strategies that provide the opportunity to enhance all students’ access to high-quality mathematics instruction. As mathematics teacher educators, we must recognize what prospective teachers attend to as they direct their attention to various classroom events and how they relate the events to broader principles …