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Creating the Premiere Issue of the Texas State Undergraduate Research Journal
… Premier Issue of the Texas State Undergraduate Research Journal maps the process of taking the idea of a research journal for Texas State students from concept to reality. The creation of TXSTUR provides an outlet for all undergraduate students to aid Texas State University as it moves toward …
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Moving Research Journals Online: Using Blogs to Teach Research-based Writing in First-Year Composition
<p>The thesis describes a research study that evaluates replacing the research journal assignment with a research blog assignment. The study was conducted in Spring 2011 in the author's ENGL 1102: Composition II class.</p>
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What happens when fourth graders use learning profiles to direct their learning?
… sources of data collected included teacher research journal, focus group discussions, student interest surveys, student talk, and a self esteem scale. Data was analyzed, triangulated, and informed by Katherine Schultz's (2003) listening framework. The students determined how they were going …
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Using movement and kinesthetic learning to teach academics in a fourth grade classroom
<p>The purpose of this research study was to determine what happens when movement and kinesthetic learning are implemented academically in a fourth-grade regular education classroom. Kinesthetics were used to help teach a social studies unit on Europeans in New Jersey and were later infused into …
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What are students' and teachers' perspectives of differentiated instruction in a fourth grade inclusive classroom?
<p>This qualitative teacher research study investigated the question: what are students' and teachers' perspectives of differentiated instruction in a fourth grade inclusive classroom? Data was collected in the forms of open-ended student interviews, open-ended teacher interviews, and through …
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Writer's workshop: the results when iPads are used by kindergarten students
<p>The purpose of this research study was to determine what happens when kindergarten students use iPads during writer's workshop. The iPad was used on a daily basis to help determine what students were capable of when using this tool. Additionally, a series of mini lessons were used to teach …
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Authentic literature's effect on student attitudes towards individuals with disabilities
… classroom. Eighteen students participated in the research model. Data collected included surveys, audio taped interviews, audio taped discussions, student response cards, and personal teacher research journal. The data was analyzed recursively across all data sets to determine patterns and themes. …
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Student motivation: the impact intrinsic motivation and extrinsic rewards have on elementary students
The purpose of this research study was to determine what happens when intrinsically motivating strategies and an extrinsic reward program are implemented in a fifth-grade inclusion classroom. The intrinsic strategies of enthusiasm, incorporating student choice into the lessons, and cooperative …
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Integrating children's literature and mathematics
… Data collected includes student response journals, observations of students, student work, and my teacher research journal. This data is analyzed utilizing the qualitative approach, where themes are identified and linked back to the initial question. The findings reveal many benefits to …
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A student-driven approach to reduce bullying in elementary school classrooms
… students' projects and artifacts, and a teacher research journal to develop and access a student-driven approach to reduce bullying in elementary school classrooms. A qualitative and quantitative approach was utilized to analyze the data, which showed a decrease in the frequency of bullying …
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An exploratory investigation on how authentic writing affects students' attitudes towards writing
The purpose of this research study was to determine how students' attitudes towards writing are affected when authentic writing activities are implemented into the traditional writing curriculum. The students kept Lifebooks for a period of three weeks and there was an emphasis placed on writing …
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How to create a successful team teaching partnership
… teacher interviews, and a teacher research journal to sample a southern New Jersey elementary school. The participants' responses provided insights to answer the question "How do teachers create a successful team teaching partnership?" The study suggests criteria for successful …
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A study on the discernment by occupational therapists on whether mental health service users' occupations of a spiritual nature are health seeking behaviours or manifestations of illness
… worksheets. Member checking, peer reviews, research journal, data triangulation and visual presentation of data were used to enhance research rigor.Three themes emerged from the study: Clinical Reasoning: Complex, dynamic and multi-layered; Multiple resources: People as key; and Rewarding …
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Using multicultural literature in the classroom to encourage tolerance and respect
The purpose of this research study was to determine what happens when multicultural children's literature is used to supplement the kindergarten curriculum. Over the course of four weeks, students were read eight books about diverse cultures during centers and during circle time. Qualitative …
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Magic, monsters, and Merlin: an exploration of the fantasy genre in a fifth grade setting
… Seventeen students participated in the research model. Data collected included audiotaped discussions, student projects and artifacts, and my personal teacher research journal. The data was analyzed recursively across all data sets to determine patterns and themes. Data was coded …
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How do first graders define a family?
… grade students define a family. Qualitative research was used as the methodology for this inquiry. The participants were thirteen first grade inclusion students in a school that is located in Southern New Jersey. An instructional unit depicting various family constellations was implemented …
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Reciprocal teaching and its effect on inference skills to enhance reading comprehension
… focus group discussions, excerpts from teacher research journal, and video clips the study showed some increase in inference making among focus group participants. Out of four focus group participants, all participants increased their ability to make inferences in reading. The findings of this …
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The effect of different-sex and same-sex cooperative learning groups on achievement
… anecdotal notes/observations, teacher research journal, and a student end-of-study questionnaire. A qualitative approach was used to analyze the data, which revealed that students in the same-sex cooperative learning groups most often achieved more than the students in the different-sex …
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Morning meetings and how they create a community in the classroom
… sociograms, focus group discussions, and teacher research journal. The analysis revealed that morning meetings had many positive effects on the students and the classroom. This positive impact will continue to help the students in the future. The morning meeting allowed acceptance and …
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An investigation of how self-assessment impacts oral reading fluency
… Qualitative sources of data included a teacher research journal with observation notes and reflections, audio recordings of students reading, and informal group interview responses. Numerical data included initial and final words correct per minute scores for each week, as well as initial and …
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