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Online instruction successes and challenges: faculty viewpoints
(Wichita State University, 2019-07)The purpose of this exploratory mixed method study was to investigate how the successes and challenges of online learning are perceived by graduate faculty. The review of the current literature focused on: course development, ... -
Out of the closet and onto the playing field: Two decades of lesbian athletes in young adult literature
(National Council of Teachers of English, 2014)Using the Identity Formation Model, the author examines the representation of lesbian athletes in young adult literature and suggests that students benefit from reading about characters with a range of sexual and gender identities -
Parent involvement in pre-kindergarten and the effects on student achievement
(Wichita State University, 2013-12)An ever-present achievement gap has been found among students and their peers. Educational research and literature have found that the growing gap is due in part to a lack of parent involvement in their students' education ... -
PD with distance-based instructional coaching to improve elementary teacher’ self-efficacy in teaching science
(Springer Verlag, 2021-09-10)Elementary students’ interest in science and careers in STEM are typically associated with their curiosity along with engagement in science activities and whether they find these activities to be fun, exciting, and enjoyable. ... -
PEER: Project for Encouraging Excellence Review
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The picture word inductive model and vocabulary acquisition
(2007-05)The main purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to determine if students’ vocabulary acquisition is enhanced with the picture word inductive model (PWIM), a research based method of vocabulary instruction (Calhoun, ... -
The picture word inductive model and vocabulary acquisition
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2007-04-27)The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to determine if students’ vocabulary acquisition is enhanced with the picture word inductive model (PWIM), a research-based method of vocabulary instruction. During instruction ... -
The power of story and classroom management in affirming sexual and gender diversity
(National Council of Teachers of English, 2019-07-12)Author discusses a power of story as an effective response to students’ use of anti-LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) language. Among other methods, she recommends the middle school theachers of English ... -
Pre-service teachers' perceptions of ethical student evaluation practices: Comparing impact of online and face-to-face coursework
(Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, 2020-10)Two groups of pre-service teachers in undergraduate education foundations classes completed a survey with various ethical scenarios related to student evaluation. One group was enrolled in a traditional face-to-face class ... -
Preservice elementary teachers: Creative thinking, pedagogy and MathArt projects
(2014-08-19)Preservice elementary teachers, themselves taking a Mathematical Investigations class, completed a project whereby they created an artistic representation of a mathematics concept of their choice. An eclectic collection ... -
Promoting child development through music: A comparision of preschool teachers' perspective in Kenya and United States
(Wichita State University, 2009-07)This qualitative study examined teachers' perceptions on their use of music as a medium for enhancing development in all early childhood domains/areas (e.g., cognitive, communication, physical/motor, social-emotional and ... -
Promoting self-questioning through picture book illustrations
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-12)This teaching tip manuscript demonstrates how picture book illustrations can be used as an inquiry tool that facilitates one's connecting of visual investigations in a picture to the process of generating self-questions. ... -
Race, schools and opportunity hoarding: evidence from a post-war American metropolis
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-01-02)Opportunity hoarding is a sociological concept first introduced by Charles Tilly. This article explores its utility for historians by examining efforts to exclude different groups of people in a major American metropolis ... -
Racial equity by design: forming transformative agency to address the racialization of school discipline
(SAGE Journals, 2022-02-21)Racial disproportionality in school discipline is an enduring systemic problem whose patterns change from one context to another. In order to develop systemic solutions that are responsive to local contexts, school ... -
Racial equity by design: Forming transformative agency to address the racialization of school discipline
(SAGE, 2022-02-21)Racial disproportionality in school discipline is an enduring systemic problem whose patterns change from one context to another. In order to develop systemic solutions that are responsive to local contexts, school ... -
Reading poetry for improved adolescent oral fluency, comprehension, and self-perception
(Wichita State University, 2009-05)This study was designed to explore the effects of oral fluency instruction and strategies on struggling adolescent readers’ prosody, comprehension and self-perception as readers. Additionally, this study sought to determine ... -
Relations among socioeconomic status, age, and predictors of phonological awareness
(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2007-08)PURPOSE: This study simultaneously examined predictors of phonological awareness within the framework of 2 theories: the phonological distinctness hypothesis and the lexical restructuring model. Additionally, age as a ... -
Reorganization of 9A grammar based on the Morrison theory of unit learnings
(Wichita State University, 1931-08)Some of the defects of the present organization are: (1) that information gained in the classroom functions little if at all outside the classroom, (2) that the pupils assume a "get by" attitude and consider the performance ... -
Scientization of professional teacher knowledges and construction of teaching methods
(Routledge, 2021-10-12)This article explores how the idea of teachers as agents of change is historically constructed through the institutionalisation, secularisation, and normalisation process of professional teacher knowledges. Authors ... -
Searching for common ground: Two teachers discuss their support for and concerns about the inclusion of LGBTQ issues in English methods courses
(Kansas Association of Teachers of English, 2012)The genesis of this article grew out of our shared experiences working with preservice English teachers and our differing perspectives regarding the benefits and challenges of including the study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, ...