Item Details

title

Studies in Teaching: 2007 Research Digest

alternative

Research Projects Presented at the 13th Annual Graduate Student Research Forum

abstract

These Proceedings document an educational research forum held at Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) on December 12, 2007. Table of contents and 23 research studies of high school teaching are included. Each paper contains a literature review, methodology, results, conclusions, and references. Studies include: (1) Cultural Development in the K-12 Spanish Classroom (Sefina Adasi); (2) Where in the World is Writing in Social Studies? (Emily Bagley); (3) The Use of Music in the K-12 Spanish Classroom (Mary Barnhardt); (4) Using Assessments in the High School Social Studies Classroom (Christy L. Blankenship); (5) The Calculator Conundrum: Effect of Calculator Use on Student Knowledge (Lauren Brooks); (6) How Students Engage with Technology in the Social Studies Classroom (Heather M. Bulpett); (7) I Want My MTV: The Importance of Pop Culture References Within Secondary English Classes (Katherine S. Cates); (8) Cooperation, Collaboration, and Classroom Climate: Small Group Learning and its Relationship to Student Participation and Involvement in the Classroom (Kathryn Claffey); (9) Watch Your Tone: Teacher Tone of Voice during Student Redirection (Katy Coleman); (10) Words in the Air: Do Read-Alouds Engage the High School English Classroom? (Amy Fitzgerald); (11) Comparing Selected "Dynamics" Items from North Carolina's End-of-Course Test in Physics to a Separate Comprehensive Assessment of "Dynamics" (Richard Gaut); (12) Relationships between Student Attitudes toward Laboratories and Quiz Scores (Margaret Gross); (13) Effects of Extra Critical Emphasis in Biology Classrooms (Lacey Huffling); (14) A Study of Teachers' Perceptions of the Importance of Homework in High School Mathematics (Austin James); (15) Teachers' Use of Small Group Instruction in the Social Studies Classroom (James Jolley); (16) Objectively Stated: The Role of Explicit Learning Objectives in Creating a Constructive Class Environment (Chad Lorentzen); (17) The Problem with Word Problems (Ashley R. Lumpkin); (18) Talkin' Shop: The Use of Slang in the Secondary English Classroom (Scott Murphy); (19) Primary Source Documents and Standardized Tests: Is There a Relationship? (Matthew Owen); (20) What's in a Name? (Chelsey Lee Saunders); (21) Teaching Grammar for Proficiency in Spanish at the Secondary Level (Adrian Singerman); (22) Investigating the Student-Teacher Relationship: A Student Perspective (Jason M. Sinquefield); and (23) The Use of Authentic Texts in the K-12 Spanish Program (Ashley C. Velazquez). [For 2006 proceedings, see ED494888.]

subject

Biology

Calculators

Classroom Environment

Cooperative Learning

Cultural Awareness

Educational Objectives

Elementary Secondary Education

English Curriculum

Grammar

High Schools

High Stakes Tests

Homework

Identification

Knowledge Level

Laboratories

Language Proficiency

Learner Engagement

Mathematics Instruction

Music

Native Speakers

Oral Language

Physics

Popular Culture

Primary Sources

Reading Aloud to Others

Relationship

Science Instruction

Second Language Learning

Secondary School Curriculum

Small Group Instruction

Social Studies

Spanish

Standard Spoken Usage

Standardized Tests

Student Attitudes

Student Evaluation

Student Participation

Teacher Attitudes

Teacher Student Relationship

Technology Uses in Education

Tests

Validity

Verbal Communication

Word Problems (Mathematics)

Writing Instruction

contributor

McCoy, Leah P. (editor)

coverage

Winston-Salem, NC (spatial)

date

2007-12-12

2025-05-02T19:20:11Z (accessioned)

2025-05-02T19:20:11Z (available)

2025-05-02 (issued)

identifier

ERIC Number: ED503269 (other)

https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED503269 (uri)

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/110808 (uri)

publisher

Wake Forest University