Browsing Elementary Education and Middle Grades Education by Title
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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: ... -
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, ... -
Not White Saviors, but Critical Scholars: The Need for Gifted Critical Race Theory
(2022)Gifted Black and Brown students are not voiceless; their voices are suffocated under the knee of systemic racism and white supremacy. This chapter proposes that the field of gifted education advocates for needed structural ... -
Our World, Our Fight: Teaching Advocacy and Activism as a Pivotal Practice for Talented Youth
(2024)Teaching advocacy and activism is a pivotal practice for talented youth. Advocacy is broadly defined as championing a cause, from self-advocacy and community/local issues to sociopolitical and global awareness contexts. ... -
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 ... -
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 ...