Volume 13, Summer 2020

Ellie Bauer, Playing to learn and learning to play: The case for play-based literacy in early childhood

Mary Childs, Positive peer interactions: The relationship between social emotional well-being, friendship and the learning environment

Angela Cruz, A way with words: Improving vocabulary acquisition in the social studies classroom

Natalie Edwards, How would you feel if?: Investigating the effect of perspective-taking on classroom behavior

Courtney Fielders, Here’s what I learned: Self-reflections increasing classroom learning time

Kailey Held, I control my world: Exploring the power of social emotional learning to alter students’ locus of control

Josephine Inaldo, Enhancing students’ theories of intelligence: Growth mindset and the power of “yet”

Christopher Joyce: Forever free: The relationship between student engagement and diverse reading choices

Price Kinsey, Keeping students on task: How Gangé’s nine events of instruction supports positive student behavior

Jaclyn Machina, Think about it: How reflective discipline impacts disruptive behavior

Natalie Meyer, Active or relaxation?: How different types of brain breaks affect reading time-on-task

Caroline Morton, Students as scientists: The relationship between inquiry-based learning and student engagement

Grace Papp, Exceptionality integrated literature: Increasing friendship behaviors

Jordan Parker, Self-determined writing: Exploring the relationship between daily creative writing practice and writing self-efficacy

Caroline Petosa, Giving students choices: Can supporting student autonomy increase motivation and comprehension?

Shannon Robinson, Good morning students: Increasing teacher student relationship quality and student engagement

Megan Root, The writer’s ARCC: The creation of sequential narrative compositions through art and peer collaboration

Henokh Sharon, Why not focus on positive behavior?: Implementation of behavior-specific praise and ticket distribution

Scott Sutton, A time to pause: Exploring the relationship between brain breaks and time on task

Jennifer Westbrook, Teaching musicians through mastery: The relationship between musical self-efficacy and learning a new instrument