Item Details

title

Studies in Teaching: 2021 Research Digest

alternative

Action Research Projects Presented at the 25th Annual Graduate Student Research Forum

abstract

This document presents the proceedings of the 25th Annual Research Forum held June 30, 2021, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following eighteen action research papers: (1) Using Modern Events to Teach United States History (Charles Ahern); (2) "We Are All ESL Teachers": Culturally and Linguistically Relevant Vocabulary Instruction for Spanish Speaking Elementary School Students (Elizabeth McKenzie Bell); (3) The Effects of Ability-Based Peer Partners on Student Achievement in Elementary Mathematics (Mary Hallet Culbreth); (4) The Effect of Online Presentations on Reading Comprehension and Attitudes (Anna-Dixon Harkey); (5) The Impact of Mindfulness Education on Students' Mental Wellbeing and Engagement (Benjamin Hill); (6) Science Outdoors! (Rebecca Hill); (7) Dialogic Reading Practices (Jane Isherwood); (8) The Influence of Kinesthetic Revision Strategies on Students' Metacognitive Awareness of the Revision Process (Elizabeth Kennard); (9) Second Grade Students' Perspective on Influences over Wellbeing and Attitude Toward School (Caroline Kenney); (10) Visual Arts Integration, Student Engagement, and Reader Response Journals (Natalie Lett ); (11) Whispering and Thundering Witness: Studying the Effects of Textual Primary Sources on Affective Historical Empathy (Matt McCoy); (12) Do Cultural Children's Literary Materials Affect Attitudes in Elementary School Students? (Tilah McDowell); (13) Media Use in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom and its Impact on Student Engagement and Achievement (Kyle Nanney); (14) Turning Practice into Theory: Identifying a Theoretical Framework Through Which to Understand and Replicate the Success of the University of Southern California's Neighborhood Academic Initiative Program (Logan Philon); (15) Influence of Reading and Writing Activist Poetry on Students' Attitude Toward Poetry (Sydney Schaedel); (16) The Effect of Analytical Writing through a Study of Sports Analysis (Abby Scoresby); (17) Visual Arts Pedagogy and Student Engagement with Poetry (Elijah Shalaway); and (18) Identifying Bias and Perspective in News Related Tweets (Dustin Smith). Individual papers contain references, tables, and figures.

subject

Academic Achievement

Action Research

Art Education

Athletics

Bias

Childrens Literature

Current Events

Elementary School Mathematics

Elementary School Students

Empathy

English (Second Language)

Grade 2

Higher Education

History Instruction

Learner Engagement

Mathematics Achievement

Metacognition

News Media

Poetry

Primary Sources

Reader Response

Reading Attitudes

Reading Comprehension

Revision (Written Composition)

School Attitudes

Science Education

Second Language Instruction

Secondary School Students

Social Media

Social Studies

Spanish Speaking

Theory Practice Relationship

United States History

Vocabulary

Well Being

Writing (Composition)

contributor

McCoy, Leah P. (editor)

coverage

Winston-Salem, NC (spatial)

date

2021-06-30

2025-05-02T19:20:33Z (accessioned)

2025-05-02T19:20:33Z (available)

2025-05-02 (issued)

identifier

ERIC Number: ED615309 (other)

https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED615309 (uri)

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/110825 (uri)

publisher

Wake Forest University