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We Need A New Idea: The Need For Student Autonomy Because There Is No One Right Way
(2016-05-13)
In this thesis, I will argue that it is important to encourage empowered adaptability through developing autonomy in school. I believe that emphasizing the importance of unique individual experiences through life and ...
Using Young Adult Literature as the Cornerstone of Literacy: Pairing Young Adult Novels with the Classics
(2016-05-13)
English classes are still relying on novels taught consistently since the eighties if not earlier. Though our students have changed drastically since that time, our teaching methods and texts have not. And now, only 20% ...
Courage and Connection in Teaching
(2019)
Social-emotional learning has been shown to have a positive impact on student outcomes, but too little attention has been placed on how the social-emotional competence of teachers is integral to this process. This study ...
WING-WING OR WIN-WIN: A CASE STUDY OF THE INFLUENCES OF CHINESE SOUTHWESTERN DIALECTS IN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION
(2019-05-10)
This case study investigated the influence of Chinese speakers’ Southwestern dialects, which do not distinguish alveolar nasal sounds /an/, /en/, /in/ and velar nasal /ang/, /eng/, /ing/ sounds in Pinyin, on their English ...
Scaffolded Writing to Improve Reading Comprehension for English Learners
(2019-08-01)
The objective of this study was to determine effective strategies for using scaffolded
writing to improve or expand reading comprehension for newcomer and intermediate level
English Language Learners in the English ...
Anthropocentrism as an Illustrative Example of how Foundational Epistemologies Unconsciously and Consciously Impact the way we Live and Teach: It is not just Changing the way we Think, it is also Changing the way we Are
(2023-12-15)
Climate change poses an immense threat to the planet and all life on earth, and yet in public education the environment continues to be an afterthought. The largely unnamed phenomenon of anthropocentrism is a driving force ...
Concept questions with peer-led vs. teacher-led discussions in a high school physics course
(2011)
Introductory physics classes attempt to guide students while they develop the mental structures and schema necessary to consistently apply the Newtonian concept of force to various situations. Science education research ...
Adaptive Classroom Project Management: Facilitating Collaborative Science Inquiry with Scrum
(2017-05-12)
New standards such as NGSS require science teachers to shift the focus of classroom teaching to making sense of phenomena and designing solutions to problems, engaging in three dimensional learning, and developing 21st ...
Teachers as Writers: A descriptive case study of my observations of English teachers in the middle school classroom
(2020)
ABSTRACT
For decades, numerous reports show a deficit in the American students’ ability to write well. Many sound recommendations, such as teachers acting as writers, have been made to improve the performance of students ...
Media Literacy and Citizenship
(2020-12)
Students are inundated with messages via media that relate to their understandings of citizenship. Through the literature review, we find that media literacy and media education has been around for decades, with experiences ...