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title

Studies in Teaching: 2006 Research Digest

alternative

Research Projects Presented at the 12th Annual Graduate Student Research Forum

abstract

These Proceedings document an educational research forum held at Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) on December 6, 2006. Table of contents and 27 research studies of high school teaching are included. Studies include: (1) A Study of Teachers' Perceptions of High School Mathematics Instructional Methods (Caroline Adkisson); (2) Consequences of Teacher Response to Student Misbehavior on Classroom Engagement (Kate Robb Allman); (3) Investigating the Causes of Math Anxiety in the High School Classroom (Amanda Barnes); (4) Flow Theory in the English Classroom (David A. Beveridge, Jr.); (5) Teaching Personas: Static to Dynamic Styles (Elizabeth A. Callahan); (6) Finishing Strong: Student Engagement During the Final Minutes of Class (Bryan Christopher); (7) A Comparison of Virtual and Traditional Chemistry Laboratories (Susann Connin); (8) The Effects of Three Different Modes of Lab Preparation on Student Understanding and Affect for Animal Behavior (Amy Dietzen); (9) The Efficacy of Strategies to Reveal and Address High School Chemistry Students' Preconceptions (Benjamin Alan Everhart); (10) The Effect of the Outdoor Environment on Knowledge Acquisition, Retention and Attitudes in a Biology Class (Sarah Grant); (11) A Study of the Effect of Calculator Use on Computation Skills of High School Mathematics Students (Sarah Greer); (12) Talk Time: Discussion as Discourse in Social Studies Classrooms (Julianna Grogan-Brown); (13) Reader Response Criticism in the Secondary English Classroom (Chad E. Harris); (14) Do You See What I See?:Visual Aids in the Secondary English Classroom (Lorin Mikyle Hooker); (15) Speak Up: Teaching Practices that Encourage Oral Participation in the English Classroom (Emily J. Houlditch); (16) Teaching Grammar for Proficiency in the Secondary French Program (Julia Kroner); (17) Gender and Racial Difference in Academic Motivation of High School Mathematics Students (Jennifer L. Kropff ); (18) Journaling in Geometry: A Study of Students' Attitudes and Achievement (Alisa R. Mook); (19) The Use of Visuals in High School Spanish Classroom (Katie Mundell); (20) Instructional Strategies that Promote Listening Comprehension in Secondary French Classes (Rachel Norton); (21) Document Analysis or Making the Grade? (Bradley J. Phillis); (22)Accountable Talk Benefits for Peer Communication (Tiffany A. Reed), Students' Questions in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom (Tim Schwarz); (23) Engaging the Disengaged (Shea Setzer); (24) Vague Versus Specific Instruction and Its Effect on Student Output (Jamie Sullivan); (25) The Effect of Musical Mnemonic Devices on Biology Retention Including Unique Effects for Class Level, Ethnicity, and Gender (Andrea C. Townsend); and (26) The Effects of General and Explicit Lab Instructions on Student Time Off-Task (Nicole Whitman). Each paper contains a literature review, methodology, results, conclusions, and references.

subject

High Schools

Mathematics Anxiety

Methods

Motivation

Racial Differences

School Holding Power

Student Attitudes

Teacher Response

Teaching Methods

Visual Aids

contributor

McCoy, Leah P. (editor)

coverage

Winston-Salem, NC (spatial)

date

2006-12-06

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

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

2025-05-02 (issued)

identifier

ERIC Number: ED494888 (other)

https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED494888 (uri)

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/110809 (uri)

publisher

Wake Forest University