Volume 8, Summer 2015
Elementary Candidates
Mia Bullock, Two Sides of the Same Coin: Students’ and Teachers’ Beliefs on Good Teaching
Elena Collett, You Have a Choice: The Power of Options in the Intrinsic Motivation of Kindergarten Students
Gabrielle Collins, Language to Motivate Learning: The Power of Inspirational Quotes
Julia Gardner, Tell Me About Your Day: Do Informal Conversations with Elementary School Students Improve Engagement, Relatedness, Belonging?
Emily Grey, Jigsaw instruction: Improving Student-Peer Relationships and the Effects on School Performance
Sarah Harnish, The Impact of a Classroom Garden in the Inclusive Classroom.
Kristen Kamin, Holding a Mirror to Behavior: The Power of Reflecting on Positive and Negative Behaviors
Jennifer Kolb, “Carving Out Time for Curiosity”: The Effects of Student Questions on Intrinsic Motivation
Leila Kurman & Marisa Steiger, “Can you hear me now?”: Understanding English Language Learners’ Oral Language Proficiency Through Voice Recording Applications
Kaitlyn Lindsay, Reflective Discipline: Understanding the Influence of Self-Reflection on Student Behavior
J. Margaret Schmidt, Flexing the Wings of Presentation Skills: How Teaching Improvisation Skills Builds Students’ Confidence in Public Speaking
Natalie Ulrick, 1-2-3 Reflect: Understanding How Reflection Influences Behaviors
Secondary Candidates
Kyle Blackiston, Improving Student Affect in Secondary Social Studies Classrooms
Samantha Cameron, Talking It Out: Social Construction of Knowledge About Israel and Palestine
Allyson Devers, Thinking About Intelligence: How Student Views of Intelligence Influence Academic Performance
Leigh Emig, Combining Young Adult Literature and the Classics in a Secondary English Classroom
Katie Henry, Web-Based Discourse: Reflective Blogging to Encourage Student Motivation in the Social Studies Classroom
Elizabeth Kelley, Shakespeare in Translation: Using Linguistic and Contextual Translation to Teach Hamlet
Jacob Lang, Scaffolded Blogging in Student Writing Improvement
Whitney Nyman, Social Justice in the Social Studies Classroom: Using Culturally Relevant Pedagogy to Promote Civic Engagement
Lizi Pinkus, Globally Relevant Pedagogy in a Social Studies Classroom
Amanda Squires, Group Projects with Technology: Realtimeboard in a Math Classroom
Gretchen Winch, Not Just His Story: Using Biography and Diversity to Increase Engagement in the Social Studies Classroom
K-12 Candidates
Gino Hannah, Elementary Particles: Self-Oorganizing 4th and 5th Grade Music Ensembles
Rachel Heiss, The Art of Conversation: Communication to Increase Sense of Belonging and Engagement
Gabriela Principe, The Effects of Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Middle School Choral Classroom
Grace White, Soundbrush: Using Musical Creation as Differentiation