Browsing School of Education (SoE) by Title

Labeled individuals: The influence of stereotypes on communication between American and Non-American students

Lamei, Lena (Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)

Skin shades, gender, country of origin, accents, and even our names make a big difference in how we are perceived, welcomed, beaten up, appreciated, or degraded. All of us might have been carrying a scar of being labeled ...

Let's see the facts: The effects of text mapping on comprehension and visual representation of expository text with fourth-grade students

Palmer, Kelly (Wichita State University, 2013-05)

Despite the importance of expository text in the daily lives of students and adults, the amount of time actually devoted to explicit comprehension instruction of nonfiction text is often not enough for students to gain an ...

Literature circles in the high school setting: an inquiry from comprehension to synthesis

Walston, Shelly (2006-05)

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of literature circles in a high school English classroom setting. Specifically, the purpose of this is to determine if literature circles improve reading comprehension ...

Locating queer community in award-winning LGBTQ-themed young adult literature (2005-2010)

Cramer, Katherine Mason; Brannon, April; Yarborough, Elle (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English (ALAN), 2012)

Manipulating word properties: Targeting vocabulary learning for children with and without speech sound inaccuracies

McDowell, Kimberly D.; Carroll, Jeri A. (SAGE Publications, 2012-02)

The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to examine the relations between speech sound accuracy, vocabulary, and phonological awareness, and (2) to examine the effect of word properties of neighborhood density and ...

Meaningful literacy: how multimodal literacy engages all learners

Connelly, Kelly (Wichita State University, 2017-05)

There is a strong divide between the literacies educators are teaching students in the classroom and the twenty-first century literacy skills students need. While the definition for literacy is constantly changing it ...

Measuring creativity: evaluating middle school students using a divergent thinking task in the visual art classroom

Collins, Tracy L. (Wichita State University, 2017-04-28)

This research study evaluated the divergent thinking process, creative fluency and elaboration differences in middle school students who have never taken a visual art class compared to students who have. A modernized, ...

Measuring the effects of rhythmic movements implemented in a high poverty elementary classroom

Oswald, Dana R. (Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2010-04-23)

This study investigated the effects of rhythmic movements on students’ behaviors, emotions and academic growth. The study concentrated on a fourth grade class from a Title 1 building, where the majority of students were ...

Mental representation of fractions: It all depends on whether they are common or uncommon

Liu, Fuchang (SAGE, 2018-09-01)

This study examined whether common and uncommon fractions are mentally represented differently and whether common ones are used in accessing the magnitudes of uncommon ones. In Experiments 1 and 2, college education majors, ...

Microblogging about teaching: Nurturing participatory cultures through collaborative online reflection with pre-service teachers

Krutka, Daniel G.; Bergman, Daniel J.; Flores, Raymond; Cramer, Katherine Mason; Jack, Ashlie R. (Elsevier Ltd, 2014-05)

Reflection is a cornerstone of most teacher education programs, but common practices have long been individualistic and this has become increasingly evident in an era when young people are participating in online cultures ...

Miracles in the classroom: How to engage all levels of readers using multi-modal literacy

Connelly, Kelly (Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)

Students hate reading. Studies show that students report a decline in reading for enjoyment starting in 6th grade, by the time students reach high school they spend less than an hour on average reading for enjoyment. Through ...

Models and impacts of science research experiences: a review of the literature of CUREs, UREs, and TREs

Krim, Jessica S.; Cote, Laleh E.; Schwartz, Renee S.; Stone, Elisa M.; Cleeves, Jessica J.; Barry, Kelly J.; Burgess, Wilella Daniels; Buxner, Sanlyn R.; Gerton, Jordan M.; Horvath, Lawrence; Keller, John M.; Lee, Soon-chun; Locke, Sharon M.; Rebar, Bryan M. (NLM (Medline), 2019-11-29)

In efforts to increase scientific literacy and enhance the preparation of learners to pursue careers in science, there are growing opportunities for students and teachers to engage in scientific research experiences, ...

Modern learning: Quizlet in the social studies classroom

Vargas, Julie Marie (Wichita State University, 2011-05)

This study evaluated the effects of technology on the performance of high school students with learning disabilities in a resource room to increase skills of learning new vocabulary that is linked to standards within ...

"More like a conversation": Cultivating reflective dialoge with a student-centered observation form

Flores, Raymond; Krutka, Daniel G.; Cramer, Katherine Mason; Bergman, Daniel J. (National Association for Professional Development Schools, 2013)

Supervision of teacher candidates (TCs) in the field is often teacher-centered, anti-dialogical, and focused on the evaluation of TCs (Nolan & Francis, 1992; Coombs et al., 2013). With a teacher-centered approach to ...

Multiple representation instruction first versus traditional algorithmic instruction first: Impact in middle school mathematics classrooms

Flores, Raymond; Koontz, Esther; Inan, Fethi A.; Alagic, Mara (Springer, 2015-06-01)

This study examined the impact of the order of two teaching approaches on students’ abilities and on-task behaviors while learning how to solve percentage problems. Two treatment groups were compared. MR first received ...