Volume 7, Summer 2014

Elementary

Alyson Bahel, The Story and Me: The Effects of Text-to-Self Connections on Students’ Interest and Comprehension

Leslie Gilman, Everyone Can Read: How do ELLs and Struggling Readers Respond to Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol-Funds of Knowledge Fusion Model?

Christine Kodluboy, Teaching Adaptive Emotion Regulation Strategies in the Early Childhood Classroom

Laura Koler, Math in Motion: Does Movement Increase Engagement and Achievement in Mathematics?

Scott Marsh, Student Autonomy: Does It Help in Elementary Language Arts Classes

Brooke Masimore, The Effects of Inquiry-Based Science Instruction on Student Achievement and Interest

Asia McNeil, Sing it Loud, Sing it Proud: Using Song as a Transitional Time Management Tool

Julia Plant, I Like to Move It: Adding Movement to the Kindergarten Reading Curriculum

Asta Repenning, Changing the Grade: Using Checklists to Improve Grades

Peter Robertson, Negate Work Avoidance: Using Reflection to Promote Mastery-Goal Orientations in Fourth Grade

Shea Rust, Wielding Words: Teaching Vocabulary Through Creative Writing in the 5th Grade

David Smith, Comparing Performance on International Assessments Between Slovenia and the United States: Examining Possible Explanations

Sara Wubbenhorst, Opportunities to Respond as Behavior Management While Teaching Abroad

Secondary

Chelsea Bradcovich, Democratic Pedagogy: What Is It and Does It Work?

Katherine Brown, Grammar Rules: Do 9th Grade Students Find Rhetorical Grammar More Engaging?

Paul Christenson, Our Own Stories: The Effect of Personal Histories on Relevance, Student Voice and Engagement in a Middle School Social Studies Classroom

Victoria Davis, Read Me: A Study of Students’ Independent Reading Selection

Tiffany Dorsey, Flipping the Switch: Code-Switching in the English Classroom

Zach Etsch, Wheeling In the TV Cart: Does Video Instruction Elicit Learning Behaviors?

Shelby Mullennix, Decoding Shakespeare: The Use of Mastery Goals to Raise Student Self-Efficacy and Achievement.

Meagan Ragland, Transformative Theater: Making the Way for Relevant and Responsive Theatre Programs

Caroline Sellers, Word Associations, Gender, and Language: Investigating Gender Assumptions And Using Gender-Neutral Language in a Secondary English Classroom

K-12 Classrooms

Eleonore Bejerano, Chin-ease: Integrating Technology in a Chinese Language Classroom to Enhance Character Learning

Chance Hazelton, Integration of Math into the Arts: The Effect of Math on Art Production

Matt Pearson, If the Shoe Fits: A Case for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy In 8th Grade General Music

Alice Viksen, Overcoming Perceptions of Talent: Can a Homework Sketchbook Change Art Students’ Self Efficacy and Implicit Beliefs Relating to Art Ability