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DIALOGICAL APPROACHES TO ENHANCING DISCUSSION, WRITING, AND THINKING IN A RURAL UNIVERSITY
(2017-05)
This action research self study explored how dialogic instruction influenced 21 freshman composition students’ quality of discussion, writing practices, and ability to critical think and reflect on their learning. The study ...
EXPLORING AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS, ATTITUDES, AND MISCONCEPTIONS OF SCIENTISTS AND THE NATURE OF SCIENCE
(2011)
The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the perceptions, attitudes, and misconceptions (PAM) that high school American Indian (AI) students possess about scientists and the nature of science. AI is the least ...
Engineers' Self-Perceptions And A Strategy For Fostering Authentic Images of Engineers And Scientists Among Elementary School Students
(2013)
Over a decade since Finson’s 2002 review article, “Drawing a Scientist: What We Do and Do Not Know After Fifty Years of Drawings”, images of scientists, sometimes stereotypes, continue to be created and promoted in popular ...
I Too, Have a Race: The Autoethnographic Journey of a Teacher Confronting Herself and Social Justice in the College Composition Classroom
(2011)
This study addresses the research question "How might an autoethnographic exploration of my own perceived Whiteness inform how I approach the phenomenon of racism in my teaching of university composition students?"
Holocaust Education and the Student Perspective: Toward a Grounded Theory of Student Engagment in Social Studies Education
(2010)
Too often students perceive history as boring with no relevance to their lives; however, this does not seem to be the case with one aspect of social studies education - Holocaust studies. Why do students choose to study ...
WRITING A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF ONE NON-WRITER'S JOURNEY
(2010)
This qualitative study explores the experiences of a self-proclaimed non-writer as she seeks to understand and develop a style of writing. Research is included to support the ideas that teachers of writing should be writers ...
Invisible Minority: Military-Connected Adolescents in Secondary Schools
(2018-12-14)
Military families and military-connected children are a vital source of support – the backbone for soldiers fighting in our armed forces. There are currently four million military-connected children in the U.S. and 80% of ...
Oklahoma Teachers' Perceptions of the Qualitative Portion of the Teacher Evaluation System
(2017-05-13)
This quantitative study explores teacher evaluation from a teachers’ perspective through an organizational lens. Political reforms such as Race to the Top has ignited state reforms within the teacher evaluation framework. ...
Effecting Change on the Mathematics Teaching Efficacy of Preservice Elementary Teachers
(2017-05)
This sequential mixed methods case study was conducted in a mathematics class in a Midwestern university to determine whether exposure to constructivist mathematics teaching would influence change in the mathematics teaching ...
The Making of a Thriving University-Based Reading Clinic: A Case Study
(2013)
In this case study, the researcher closely examined an active, university-based reading clinic. In particular, this study explored the experiences and perspectives of the stakeholders regarding the reading clinic. It ...