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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"inquiry education"”.
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Inquire Within: The Connection between Teacher Training in Inquiry Learning Methodology and Classroom Practice.
… preschool teachers focusing on systematizing an inquiry learning approach inspired by the literature on Reggio Emilia inspired practices. This study uses a qualitative, multi-methodology approach including interviews, examination of classroom documentation, and examination of the Broderick and …
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An Auditory Training Program for Kindergarten
The intent of this project is to develop an auditory training program for kindergarten children which will strengthen auditory perception. The program will identify the essential auditory skills, establish objectives, construct evaluative measures and outline activities that will develop basic …
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Embedding Racial And Gender Diversity In State Mandated Common Assessments: A Policy Advocacy Document
<p>The purpose of this policy advocacy document was to promote the need to modify the Illinois School Code 5/27-20.4 to include language about a state developed, common assessment that focuses on past and current racial and gender diversity issues in the United States. It highlights the need for …
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Integrating Journal Writing With Inquiry Based Science Instruction In A Second Grade Classroom
… changes in student attitudes in a second grade inquiry-based science class. This was an action research study in which qualitative and quantitative data was collected. The data was collected using science journals, pre and post inventories, field notes, teacher observations, videotaped science …
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Middle School Algebra as a College and Career Readiness Indicator
<p>A goal of historic and current educational policy in American public schools has been to increase middle school student completion of Algebra I. The purpose of this study was to investigate equitable strategies for mathematics acceleration of diverse populations of middle school students. The …
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Addressing One Florida Elementary School's Morale: A Change Leadership Project
<p>My change leadership plan proposed to affect an increase in teacher morale at A-One Elementary School by implementing promising morale boosting protocols. To measure levels of teacher morale and morale level change, I administered <em>The Purdue Teacher Opinionaire</em> (1980) to participants at …
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Functional Literacy: Should it be Mandatory?
Millions of United States citizens are functionally illiterate. Included are persons who cannot read or write or perform simple arithmetic at all. The reasons for failure of voluntary literacy are reviewed, and consideration given to mandatory literacy as a solution to the problem. The effect of …
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Implementing Authentic Practice Through Capstone Projects At Selected Terminal Grades: A Policy Advocacy Document
<p>American educational and political communities have become focused on assessment of students and accountability of teachers and administrators. Consequently, educators are focused largely on preparing students for high stakes tests, oftentimes at the expense of authentic instructional practice. …
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The Relationship between the Use of Developmentally Appropriate Practice and the Inclusion of Product-Producing Art Activities in Infant Programs.
<p>Product-producing art activities (PPAA) produce visual products, disregarding developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) and the creative learning experience. Infant programs in Northeast TN were examined to determine if as PPAA levels increased DAP levels decreased, which was unfounded: …
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Planting Seeds of Change: Teaching for Social Justice in Elementary Classrooms
<p>Much research has been done on novice teachers’ dispositions and how their beliefs contribute to the enactment of equitable or inequitable teaching practices. Ways that deficit-based beliefs and inequitable pedagogical choices have negatively impacted students of color and low-income students …
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Embedding Diversity Into The Curriculum: Facilitating Challenging Conversations
<p>Wagner, Kegan, Lahey, Lemons, Garnier, Helsing, and Rasmussen’s (2006) four C’s, consisting of competency, conditions, culture, and context, were used to think systemically when looking at the current (As-Is) and projected (To-Be) in the Galaxy School district. This paper focused on the need to …
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Professional Learning Communities Supporting Teacher Collaboration And Student Achievement: A Program Evaluation
<p> In 2013, an initiative was implemented throughout a school district to address years of declining student assessment scores. With a directive for engagement in collaboration, this study was conducted to determine what a school was doing well in their Professional Learning Communities, areas for …
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The Transformative Experiences of Female Educators as a Catalyst for Social Change in the World
… efforts around the globe. Through narrative inquiry, a cross-case analysis of the participants revealed the Connectivity of Transformative Conditions (CTC)- situationality, positionality, self-efficacy, agency, and praxis- illuminating our human capacity to further fracture barriers related …
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The Use of Rotation Model Sunday School.
… Model (RM) Sunday school employs early childhood education practices. This study investigates the attitudes of parents, children's Sunday school leaders, and children in RM Sunday school compared to those in Non-Rotation Model (NRM) Sunday school. The purpose of the study was to determine if the …
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Journaling as a Tool to Improve Story Comprehension for Kindergarten Students.
<p>This study investigated story journaling to enhance story comprehension. Eighteen kindergarten children participated in this six-week study with the teacher reading a total of twenty-four stories to the class. The class was randomly divided into Group A and Group B, with 3 focus participants …
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