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Showing 1 to 20 of 76 for “"student interest"”.
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Primary sources and their effects on student interest
… determine the effect of primary sources on the interest levels of three Honors classes during my Student Teaching. I wanted to see if my students would enjoy the ten primary sources I introduced to them. The study was conducted over a month's time. Data was collected using hundreds of surveys, …
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Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Teaching Toward Student Interest in an Algebra Classroom
… depending on how they are approached and how the students react. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy is a strategy that is becoming more popular by educators. This curriculum project presents three examples that align with Cultural Relevant Pedagogy based upon students’ interests, hobbies and cultural …
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Development of a Teacher Identification Form of Student Interest in Mathematics
Comparing the mathematics performance of American students to their counterparts in other countries has been a common theme in recent literature, with conclusions generally finding that American students are falling far behind. One response to this problem may involve research which has shown a …
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How Does Using a Student Interest Inventory Benefit Teachers and Teacher Candidates?
Using a Student Interest Inventory and interest-aligned mathematics problems, this article connects interest alignment with student performance. The findings from this pilot study reveal students’ performance increased when interest-based problems were incorporated into their mathematics …
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Examining and Supporting Domain Identification and Student Interest in First Year College Students
Students entering college with a pre-selected major have often developed some beliefs and knowledge related to their major. Domain identification (DI) and interest are two constructs that could be particularly useful to researchers and practitioners examining the first year experiences of college …
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An Examination of Factors Contributing to Critical Thinking and Student Interest in an On-line College-level Art Criticism Course
… facilitated higher level thinking, increased interest in art, and affected attitude toward on-line courses in an undergraduate philosophical aesthetics and interpretation of art criticism course. The research conducted for this study suggests that constructivist problem-based learning does …
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Influence of choice on motivation to learn for students with autism: Effect on student interest, writing achievement, latency, and behavior
… outcomes and increasing motivation to learn for students with autism is a growing concern for educators today. While schools strive to fully include students with autism in general education classrooms, the number of children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder continues to rise, …
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Effect of Individualized Curricular Accommodations, Incorporating Student Interest and the Impact on the Motivation and Occurrence/ Nonoccurrence of Disruptive Behavior Displayed By Students with Emotional/behavioral Disorders.
… and strategies to address problem behavior of students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders (E/BD). Given the poor behavioral, academic, and social outcomes for these students, there is a compelling need to identify effective, proactive interventions. Current literature has well established the …
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The role of entomology in environmental and science education: Comparing outreach methods for their impact on student and teacher content knowledge and motivation
… programming can be an important way for local students and teachers to be exposed to new fields while enhancing classroom learning. University-based outreach programs are offered throughout the country, including most entomology departments as few individuals learn about insects in school and …
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Cultivating Engagement Through Student-Centered Learning in a High School Media Art Class
<p>Student-centered-learning is a broad term for an approach to education where students are independent, self-directed learners (Krueger, 2014). This active environment is invigorating, energizing and filled with students deeply engaged in the work at hand. Educators are leaning towards embracing …
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A case-study of a socio-scientific issues curricular and pedagogical intervention in an undergraduate microbiology course: A focus on informal reasoning
… investigation was to measure specific ways a student interest SSI-based curricular and pedagogical affects undergraduates' ability informally reason. The delimited components of informal reasoning measured were undergraduates' Nature of Science conceptualizations and ability to evaluate …
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Identity-Based Assignments and Student Disinterest in FYC
… assignments in FYC and identify the student response to these assignments. If individuals teaching and studying FYC can determine that identity-based assignments raise first-year student interest in academic writing then we should intensify the study and use of these assignments.</p>
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Teacher Education in Integrating Technology Tools in the Elementary Classroom
… tools in the elementary classroom promote student interest and engagement. As teachers implement hardware and software into their instruction, student interest is sustained which leads to depth in learning. The research literature supports student engagement, promotes many different types …
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Developing, Piloting, and Factor Analysis of a Brief Survey Tool for Evaluating Food and Composting Behaviors: the Short Composting Survey
… on composting interventions is somewhat lacking, student interest in the topic is demonstrated by a range of exploratory senior projects and pilot interventions conducted at colleges across the United States and abroad. The purpose of this study was twofold: conduct an educational compost …
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An Analysis of an English Curriculum Modification in a Senior High School
… if it did successfully: (1) enlist greater student interest in the areas of English, (2) motivate students to become more involved with their education, (3) do the above mentioned things, but not at the expense of other curriculum.
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The Effects of Hypertext and Prior Knowledge on Learning Geographic Information in Social Studies
… effective instructional medium to compensate for students' lack of background knowledge. Finally, findings from this study provide evidence that the use of hypertext tends to increase student interest in learning social studies by encouraging students to become actively involved in the learning …
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The Big Picture School Model: Understanding the Student Experience
… The role of education should be to encourage students to be creative and foster a love for continuous learning; however, this does not seem to be the case in many traditional school systems. In order to address the growing needs of different types of learners who are no longer engaged in …
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The Relationship Between Professed Student Reading Interest and Student Choice of Reading Topics
<p>One hundred seventh- and eighth-grade students in an Inner-city Georgia school served as subjects for surveys of reading interests. The two surveys were designed to gather information from students for the book topics they professed to want to read, and the actual reported topics they read. …
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Coaching Secondary Teachers To Engage Students By Incorporating Storytelling Into Content-Area Instruction
… youth in response to the escalating number of students exiting high school unprepared for postsecondary educational programs and the workforce. Literacy coaching, as an embedded professional development model is one effective approach that can provide essential leadership and support for school …
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The role of interest in first-year composition
This dissertation focuses on how interest matters to students in first-year composition. Generally, students are required to take first-year composition and are not in such a course by choice. Thus, understanding what interests them, and understanding how interest matters to them, are major …
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