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Taking A State Conference Virtual, With The Result Being Record Attendance, Joni Meade
Taking A State Conference Virtual, With The Result Being Record Attendance, Joni Meade
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
No abstract provided.
Curricular And Cocurricular Use Of Social Media To Transform Learning Outcomes In Higher Education, Riley Justis, Amy Mcginnis, Rachel Esterline Perkins, Eric L. Buschlen
Curricular And Cocurricular Use Of Social Media To Transform Learning Outcomes In Higher Education, Riley Justis, Amy Mcginnis, Rachel Esterline Perkins, Eric L. Buschlen
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
No abstract provided.
The Relational Exchange Model For Academic Partnerships (Remap): A Transition From Transactional To Transformational Relationships Between Pk-12 School Districts And Institutions Of Higher Education, Kaleb G. Patrick Ed.D., Gregg Dionne Ph.D.
The Relational Exchange Model For Academic Partnerships (Remap): A Transition From Transactional To Transformational Relationships Between Pk-12 School Districts And Institutions Of Higher Education, Kaleb G. Patrick Ed.D., Gregg Dionne Ph.D.
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
Education is in an incredible time of transition. Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was mounting importance on the need for professional development to meet the ever-increasing demands of students, families, and communities along with ongoing accountability and improvement measures. This increased need of professional development for educators in PK-12 school districts has only accelerated in the wake of COVID-19. Considering this need, a new model for sustainable, mutually beneficial, relationships between PK-12 school districts and Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) is critical. A movement from the currently existing, singularly beneficial, transactional finite relationships to a sustained, mutually beneficial, …
Cover Pages, Journal Editors
Cover Pages, Journal Editors
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
No abstract provided.
Response To Intervention For English Language Learners (Ells): Using Data Collection, Goal Setting, And District Level Support For Instructional Improvement, Stacie K. Pettit, Nao-Cheng Kuo
Response To Intervention For English Language Learners (Ells): Using Data Collection, Goal Setting, And District Level Support For Instructional Improvement, Stacie K. Pettit, Nao-Cheng Kuo
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
Response to Intervention (RTI) has become a mandatory educational policy in many states. However, issues on how school districts use RTI to support English Language Learners (ELLs) has not been fully discussed in literature. In this study, artifacts including school RTI manuals and handbooks for instructing ELLs were analyzed. A survey with all school district ELL coordinators in one of the states where RTI is mandated in K – 12 was also conducted. The purpose of this study is to help educators and researchers in the field of language education understand how schools use RTI to support ELLs and how …
4 Advanced Comprehension Strategies To Use With Adolescent Readers, Gerlinde Beckers, Elizabeth M. Wadlington
4 Advanced Comprehension Strategies To Use With Adolescent Readers, Gerlinde Beckers, Elizabeth M. Wadlington
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
Reading comprehension involves an intricate interaction between the reader and attention to the text. Teachers should employ reading strategies to increase comprehension skills required by adolescent students to address the increase in use of informational text and text complexity as stipulated in the newly adopted Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Four advanced reading comprehension strategies that teachers can use to help their students navigate the increase in higher level comprehension skills stipulated by the CCSS are presented here. Also, presented are a justification for why to use the strategy, information on how to use the strategy, research that supports the …
From Epistemological Pragmatism To Educational Pluralism, Matthew B. Etherington
From Epistemological Pragmatism To Educational Pluralism, Matthew B. Etherington
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
Much of K-12 and higher education today reflects John Dewey’s pragmatic vision of education. Pragmatism as an epistemology has utility such as the ability to solve real concrete problems; however Dewey’s vision lacks comprehensiveness because it privileges scientific knowledge over other types of knowledge. Consequently, Dewey’s epistemological pragmatism cannot accommodate all types of knowledge learners and their traditions. For schools to be inclusive of all learners today they must move away from Dewey’s epistemological pragmatism and adopt educational pluralism.
Minority Students In University Remediation: A Phenomenological Analysis Of Their High School And First Semester College Academic Experiences, Savannah L. Kelly
Minority Students In University Remediation: A Phenomenological Analysis Of Their High School And First Semester College Academic Experiences, Savannah L. Kelly
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
The existence of remedial curriculum at four-year universities remains a well-established, albeit controversial, component of contemporary higher education. Incoming students are required to enroll in postsecondary remedial coursework as a direct result of standardized test scores. It is well established in the literature, however, that minority students both underperform on standardized tests and are also overrepresented in remedial courses. This qualitative study explored the intersections of minority students’ high school academic experiences with their first-semester university academic experiences. The sample included eight minority students who were each enrolled in three remedial and at least one non-remedial course at a public, …
Cover Pages, Journal Editors
Cover Pages, Journal Editors
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
No abstract provided.
Diversity Issues In Literacy Teacher Education, Sue Ann Sharma, Wendy C. Kasten, Lynn A. Smolen, Abha Gupta, Julie Kidd, Tanya S. Wright
Diversity Issues In Literacy Teacher Education, Sue Ann Sharma, Wendy C. Kasten, Lynn A. Smolen, Abha Gupta, Julie Kidd, Tanya S. Wright
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
In this study, the researchers examine how diversity and knowledge about diversity were viewed and integrated into higher education literacy programs. Using online focus groups, we collected information about diversity in literacy at the program and course levels. Literacy teacher educators reported complexities in the preparation of current and future teachers regarding working with diverse learners. The three themes of perspectives and dispositions, curriculum issues and decisions, and outside influences emerged. The researchers recommend that teacher educators find innovative ways to increase teacher education program effectiveness to enhance the dispositions and practices of the teachers whom they prepare where diversity …
Anti-Realist Epistemologies In Education, Mark Ortwein
Anti-Realist Epistemologies In Education, Mark Ortwein
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
Constructivism and postmodernism endorse and anti-realist metaphysics. Once we abandon the fruitless search for objective reality, so the argument goes, we can devote ourselves to making our beliefs more efficacious than they were before. We can do this because we have given up truth-as-correspondence, and have embraced the claim that what makes a belief right is just that experience has taught us that it works. In short, because our claims to truth (and thus knowledge) refer to utter contingent accounts of reality, it follows that they are only contextually true. As such, any claim to an invariant foundation (an objectively …
Improving Literacy Rates For Students With Dyslexia In A Rural School District, Steven W. Havens, Michael Seth Mott
Improving Literacy Rates For Students With Dyslexia In A Rural School District, Steven W. Havens, Michael Seth Mott
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
This applied research study aimed to improve literacy rates for students identified as having dyslexic tendencies in the Lynn County School District (LCSD). The need to improve literacy rates of students with dyslexia in the Reaching Reading Success Program was identified through Mississippi K-3 Assessment Support System data. Using the two elements found in the program evaluation, accurate identification of dyslexic students and multisensory interventions the study sought to improve the literacy rates for students with dyslexia in kindergarten. Assessment, survey, and interview data were used in this applied research study to determine success. The findings indicated early identification, multi-sensory …
Being Nomadic In A Neo World, C. Steven Page, Rebecca G. Harper
Being Nomadic In A Neo World, C. Steven Page, Rebecca G. Harper
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
Teachers are often classified into groups based on performance, identity, and through the use of metaphors. This article utilizes a post structuralist lens to build on past research by posing the classification of teachers into three personas: the nematode, neo, and nomad. These personas are not always chosen by the teacher, but instead are reactions to environments, colleagues and administrators, and education mandates. Standardization and accountability, which are forced on education by neoliberal policies, affect teachers’ identities in negative ways and often cause them to be the type of teacher they never desired to be to their students. Utilizing Deleuze’s …
Understanding The Role Of The Common Core State Standards For Mathematics In Mathematics Methods And Mathematics Content Courses For Prospective Teachers, Sarah Ives, Anne Marie Marshall, Emerald Shee
Understanding The Role Of The Common Core State Standards For Mathematics In Mathematics Methods And Mathematics Content Courses For Prospective Teachers, Sarah Ives, Anne Marie Marshall, Emerald Shee
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
The reform efforts brought about by the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) necessitate inquiry into how these standards are (or are not) being addressed in teacher preparation courses. This study examines the extent that the CCSSM are emphasized in mathematics content and mathematics methods courses for prospective teachers. We implemented a web-based survey and follow-up interviews of faculty from institutions across the nation. Results indicate a moderate level of variability in opportunities that prospective teachers have to learn about the CCSSM. Additionally, results show that mathematics teacher educators have changed their courses to include discussions around the CCSSM …
Curtailing The Reading Difficulties Of International Students Through An Online Eye Training Interventions, Evan Ortlieb
Curtailing The Reading Difficulties Of International Students Through An Online Eye Training Interventions, Evan Ortlieb
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
Eye training interventions have been shown to improve reading skills of students. Investigators pondered about its effectiveness with developmental reading students in college who completed 122 online modules related to word reading speed and comprehension. Students not only increased their word reading speed to a statistically significant rate, but they also increased their comprehension rates of passages regardless of factors such as instructor of record, course time, or module completion time. Findings further depict the considerable relationship between eye movements and reading, prompting teachers to incorporate known eye training techniques to prepare struggling readers to be more efficient readers.
A Book Review Of Donelson R. Forsyth’S College Teaching: Practical Insights From The Science Of Teaching And Learning, Deidra Faye Jackson
A Book Review Of Donelson R. Forsyth’S College Teaching: Practical Insights From The Science Of Teaching And Learning, Deidra Faye Jackson
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
As an advanced doctoral student and former college instructor for 12 years, I reviewed Forsyth’s (2016) book, College Teaching: Practical Insights from the Science of Teaching and Learning, to determine how the author created an accessible and contemporary text for novice and veteran higher education instructors, alike. In a straightforward appeal, the book offers proven college teaching recommendations and debunks what the author, an experienced social and personality psychologist, considers faulty theoretical analyses by bolstering arguments in empirical studies grounded in psychology theory and research. The book’s discussions, which are backed by ample supporting qualitative and quantitative data distributed …
An Assessment Of The Business Model Paradigm Shift In Education, Richard Gardiner, Jessica O'Keeffe
An Assessment Of The Business Model Paradigm Shift In Education, Richard Gardiner, Jessica O'Keeffe
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
No abstract provided.
The Readiness Is All: How Surprise Observations Improve Pre-Service Teachers' Preparation, Elise Langan, Juan Walker
The Readiness Is All: How Surprise Observations Improve Pre-Service Teachers' Preparation, Elise Langan, Juan Walker
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
This article discusses ways to improve the practice of pre-service teachers during their clinical experiences by bridging the gap between theory and practice. The authors emphasize the need for unannounced visits and immediate feedback by clinical supervisors during the field experience to better prepare pre-service teachers for the profession. Pre-service teachers were sent an online questionnaire asking them to respond to the pros and cons of surprise and scheduled visits by their supervisors. The participants in the study were enrolled in a state college in the Southeastern United States. Pre-service teachers’ responses indicate a preference for direct feedback and unannounced …
From Oral To Written Language: Scaffolding Literacy Development In A Kindergarten Classroom, Cynthia Leung
From Oral To Written Language: Scaffolding Literacy Development In A Kindergarten Classroom, Cynthia Leung
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
The purpose of the present study was to explore how an experienced kindergarten teacher used oral language to scaffold her students in their development of written language skills. The research design was a yearlong qualitative case study that employed prolonged engagement, persistent observation, and triangulation. Data sources included participant observation, fieldnotes, audio and video recording of classroom literacy events, informal interviews with the teacher and students, photographs, and a collection of students’ drawings/writings. This article provides examples of read-aloud and writing events where the classroom teacher made connections between oral and written language or re-accented the students’ oral productions into …
The Common Core And Its Implications For The Temporal Pace And Homework Assignments For Ap Calculus, Louise Perkins
The Common Core And Its Implications For The Temporal Pace And Homework Assignments For Ap Calculus, Louise Perkins
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
We collect and combine two types of assessment data for an AP Calculus course, standardized testing and student feedback. This data informs us, both directly and indirectly, about the efficacy of the existing pre-calculus high school curriculum. We apply this information to an analysis of the common core curriculum to which the school is currently transitioning. The assessment analysis is designed to focus the class examples and homework assignments in pre-requisite courses to strengthen concepts needed during the AP Calculus class, and to assist teachers in planning concepts to re-teach in follow on classes. More broadly, our approach is a …
Creating The Learning Environment For Limited English Proficient Students Online, Lisa H. Thomas, Francisco Brizuela, Michael S. Mott, Susan S. Mcclelland
Creating The Learning Environment For Limited English Proficient Students Online, Lisa H. Thomas, Francisco Brizuela, Michael S. Mott, Susan S. Mcclelland
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
When offering online program options for higher education students, one of the primary concerns for institutions of higher learning program administrators is achieving high quality learning experiences for students. To achieve this goal, faculty must understand how to employ new and innovative technologies in a manner that ensures all students have positive learning outcomes. Limited English Proficiency (LEP) students are not missing in this equation. Institutions offering online courses have discerned that developing these courses requires an understanding of technologies with which many faculty are unfamiliar. As a result, administrators must create "pedagogical models that enable educators to capitalize on …
Are Academically At-Risk College Students More Entitled Than Their Non-At-Risk Peers?, Rebekah Reysen, Matthew Reysen, Suzanne Degges-White
Are Academically At-Risk College Students More Entitled Than Their Non-At-Risk Peers?, Rebekah Reysen, Matthew Reysen, Suzanne Degges-White
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
Academic Entitlement (AE) is a belief held by students that they deserve high grades in school despite a lack of effort put forth into their work (Chowning & Campbell, 2009). Although AE has become a major focus of conversation amongst higher education professionals, few studies have been published on this topic in relationship to student retention and success. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between academic performance and AE for two college student groups. Results included academically at-risk students scoring significantly higher on AE than the non-at-risk group, with AE being negatively correlated with GPA.
How Would Executive Functions Play A Role In Comprehending Art?, Burhanettin Keskin
How Would Executive Functions Play A Role In Comprehending Art?, Burhanettin Keskin
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
This study is a theoretical attempt to explain the relationship between the components of executive functions and comprehending art. Specifically, the study examined the specific executive functions’ (i.e., inhibitory control, suppressing irrelevant information, and sustained attention) role in comprehending art. Cognitive skills that rely on paying attention to relevant cues rather than prevailing yet irrelevant features and sustained attention are used in the process of comprehending artwork. Suggestions are made for early childhood teachers regarding how art can be used to improve children’s executive functions.
Vol. 1, No. 1 (August 2012): Full Issue, Journal Editors
Vol. 1, No. 1 (August 2012): Full Issue, Journal Editors
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
No abstract provided.