Browsing Honors College by Author "Literacy Studies, English & History Education"
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Building Buddies Signature Honors Project
Parker, Aeryn; Rhue, Madison; Whitley, Kristina Katherine; Zon, Carolina Helena (East Carolina University, 2022-05-05)This paper describes my personal experience and my group’s experience identifying a wicked problem, developing a plan, and implementing that plan. I will discuss my experience throughout my classes taken as part of being ... -
Connecting the Dots: Effects of Close Reading on Students' Comprehension of Primary Sources
Ballance, Ann Marie (East Carolina University, 2016-12-08)The Common Core State Standards require teachers to incorporate more primary sources in the history classroom. Primary source documents are often challenging, so teachers must find strategies to help students analyze them. ... -
EDIBLE LANDSCAPE INITIATIVE: A SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT
Coman, Jacob (East Carolina University, 2023-05-15)Climate change is a wicked problem that is faced by every person on earth. Whether this impact comes in the form of food scarcity, weather changes, disease, or the destruction of homes and habitats makes no difference. ... -
PSYDEKICK: EDUCATING AND CONNECTING STUDENTS TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES THROUGH PEER EDUCATION
Poston, Sara Ellen (East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)Wicked problems are “social or cultural problems that are difficult or impossible to solve”1. A wicked problem in our day and age, is the growing mental health crisis in young adults. In a 2020 study conducted by The Jed ... -
Raising Awareness and Lowering Rates of Sexual Assault on East Carolina University’s Campus and Surrounding Areas
Yourkavitch, Abigail Grace; Jarvis, Carly Angela; Lyttle, Elizabeth M (East Carolina University, 2022-05-05)Sexual assault is an all-to-prevalent phenomenon on college campuses and in surrounding areas. This paper follows the process of honors college students examining protective and informative measures to be implemented on ... -
Representation & Construction of Disabilities in Young Adult Literature
Skaff, Hannah M (East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)Young adult literature shows how different people groups interact with each other within a culture. Many young readers are exposed to injustice and prejudice for the first time in the books they read. Because of this, it ... -
TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES IN EDUCATION:AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY
Bonin, Thomas (East Carolina University, 2021-05-28)This study examined the perceptions of high school history teachers on outdoor experiences in education. It used a written interview format to ascertain teachers’ perceptions on the benefit students would have from outdoor ... -
The Effect of Comic Books on Historical Empathy in High School Students
Saulter, Justin C (East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)In this study, a group of 10th -grade civics and economics students from eastern North Carolina participated in two weeks of comic book centered instruction to increase their levels of historical empathy. Historical empathy ... -
The Effects of Using an Online Credit Focused Personal Finance Module on Students’ Understanding of Credit
Franch, Daniel J (East Carolina University, 2016-04-28)This study examined the effect of a credit focused personal finance module on high school students’ understanding of the positive and negative effects of credit as measured by a pre and post-test comparison. This study ... -
THINKING MORE DEEPLY & COLLABORATING MORE CLOSELY: HOW CO-TEACHING IS CHANGING STUDENT TEACHING
Jennette, Matthew (East Carolina University, 2021-04-23)Read about the experiences of interns and clinical teachers participating in a co-teaching model of student teaching. Analysis of focus group data from six-years of implementation is shared. Participants will explore the ... -
TO BE, RATHER THAN TO SEEM: STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY IN THE 9-12 CURRICULUM
Woodard, Jeanann Denise (East Carolina University, 2016-12-07)There has been a recent emphasis on Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) education, an area that seems to be growing even when budget cuts hit. The present study investigates whether high school students ...