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Trade Books in Elementary Education : Misconceptions in Science
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Elementary pre-service teachers are required to take only a few science courses and are not likely to have the pedagogical content knowledge necessary to choose accurate science trade books. Incorporating trade books in ...
Interest, Challenge, Choice, and Enjoyment for the Gifted Learner
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Gifted learners are engaged in many classroom settings that each offer something different. This study investigated how gifted learners perceive interest, challenge, choice, and enjoyment across three classroom settings: ...
The Incorporation of Reading and Writing in the Middle Grades Math Classroom
(2015-03-23)
Through observations during my training in teacher education, I have noticed a general student distaste, accompanied by lower achievement, in mathematics word problems. Among closer investigation, I noticed that this ...
The effects of an afterschool STEM program on students’ motivation and engagement
(2017-06-12)
Background: One significant factor in facilitating students’ career intentions and persistence in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields is targeting their interests and motivation before eighth ...
Impacts of Journaling on Mathematical Performance
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact that journaling would have on students’ academic performance in mathematics. Alongside this, student perceptions on writing in the mathematics classroom were also ...
Flagship: News for the Pirate Education Nation
(2018-10)
This is the Fall 2018 edition of the Latham Clinical Schools Network newsletter. The newsletter aims to highlight events within the College of Education and share information from ECU with partners in the Latham Clinical ...
Using Video Segments to Enhance Early Clinical Experiences of Prospective Teachers
(2013)
This poster outlines a perspective for framing an early clinical experience course by using a model in which video segments of typical K-5 classrooms are used in conjunction with a structured classroom observation instrument ...
Listening to the most important voice in teacher education: The voice of the teacher candidate
(2014)
The conversation surrounding the current state of public education in America has become increasingly
negative and harsh. The focus of that criticism is often directed at funding issues, charter schools,
vouchers, ...