Volume 10, Summer 2017

Elementary Candidates

Jordan Ashley, Keeping in Touch: Fostering Parent-Teacher Communication Through Technology

Denise Crane, Strategies for a Positive Classroom Environment: A Balanced Approach to Behavioral Management

Lizzie D'Agostaro, The Effect of Contemplative Practices on Students’ Engagement 

Amanda Erdman, Improving Students’ Theories of Intelligence: The Role of Children’s Literature 

Taylor Foley, Using Children’s Literature Depicting Disabilities to Foster Empathy and Understanding

Amanda Lamoureux, Influencing Implicit Theories Of Intelligence In A Fourth-Grade Classroom

Melissa Michalek, Improving Students’ Writing Skills: The Use of a Blogging Intervention

Kathryn Newkirk, Goal Setting For A Growth Mindset

Margaret Padukewicz, Inclusion, Co-teaching, and Relationships Between Classroom and Special Education Teachers

Christina Puglisi, Fun Friday: Small Group Intervention Effects on Cross-Sex Interactions During Lunchtime

Emily Sinton, Changing Students’ Minds: A Dual Intervention Approach to Implicit Theories of Intelligence

Rachael Sowers, In Control: The Effect of Contemplative Practices on Student Self-Regulation 

Megan Treutler, Film in the Elementary Literacy Classroom: Promoting Creative Writing Through Film

Secondary Candidates

Sarah Daniels, Keeping it Compatible: Investigating Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in a Secondary Science Class

Courtney Dunn, Getting To Know One's Students: The Development Of TSRQ In The Classroom

Ben Goldsmith, Problem Based Learning vs. Direct Instruction: Who Gets Left Behind?

Austin Gore, Keeping High School Drama Onstage: Motivation for Curricular and Extracurricular 

Conor Jordan, Teacher Student Relationship Quality (TSRQ): What Do Students Want From Their Teachers? 

Alex Lanham, Do You See What I See?: Student Awareness Of Gender Bias In The History Classroom

Maureen Monk, Improving Self-Efficacy: Intervening in High School Biology

Tong Mu

Ashley Paul, Promoting Participation in the Mathematics Classroom

Tori Poffenberger, The Creative Classroom: Improving Student Motivation and Critical Thinking Skills through Arts Integration

Kasey Raines, Self-monitoring To Improve Attention In Middle School

Mason Redmond, Independent and Hopefully Lifelong Reading Through Social Discourse

Tess Roper, Let’s Take This Outside: Combatting Negative Attitudes Towards Science With Outdoor Education

Alyson Thompson, The Fluctuation Of Math Anxiety Within The Classroom

K-12 Candidates

Angela Cirillo

Sarah Diaz

Alex Kennedy, Rehearsing Upside-down: Flipping Elementary Ensembles To Facilitate Musical Skills Education