Volume 16, Summer 2023

Gabriele Backus, Let’s talk about books: Using student-created conversational podcasts to increase engagement and improve reading attitudes of middle schoolers

Laura Bailey, How are things?: Raising achievement and motivation through conversation in the Chinese language classroom

Lauren Baker, Handshakes or hugs: Improving SEL and interactions through greetings at the door

Carolyn Colina, Teaching dictation to improve sight-reading skills

Kailee Earp, Science shortfalls: Incorporating science into reading to combat a shortage of instructional time

Kelly Emge, “I can’t” to “I can”: Building self-efficacy through feedback

Izzy Hermans, Building book buddies: Influencing academic self-concept and peer relations through paired reading

KC Horan, We’re all in this together: Developing social emotional skills through collaborative project-based learning

JaKai Jordan, The roundabout table: Utilizing community circles to increase peer feedback and peer relationships

Gracie Knudson, Thinking outside the Bachs: The effects of culturally relevant pedagogy on elementary music education

Rileigh Krell, Wake up and chat: The effects of morning meetings on teacher student relationship quality and peer relationship quality

Megan Lane, Using yoga to enhance behavioral self regulation in kindergarteners

Patrick Lee, Thinking about thinking: Lessening high test anxiety through metacognitive study strategies

Henry Morin, You choose! Student choice and its effect on students intrinsic motivation and engagement

Emily O’Neill, Improving science engagement through student data collection

Travis Petty, Real learning, simulation lessons: The impact of social studies simulations on student intrinsic motivation

Maysen Salazar, Need a break?: A comparison of movement brain breaks and a quiet rest period in the kindergarten classroom

Erika Schutt, Using review games: Do they improve student engagement and grades?

Dina Tuggle, Exploring speaking anxiety in the Chinese as a foreign language classroom

Margaret Warnick, All work and no play? The impact of games on vocabulary acquisition