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2022-02-16 (Western Howl)
Get PDFStudent newspaper includes campus, local and national news stories and photographs. For additional information about this collection see: http://digitalcommons.wou.edu/studentnewspapers
Playfully Expanding Interpreter Development
Get PDFAccording to research, new experiences that start from creating interactions such as role playing, stimulus, or group discussions are a result of participant actively learning (Terehoff, 2002). The focal point of this study is exploring a method of experiential learning while adults students learn new language. Basic understanding of early language acquisition and second language acquisition is used to better understand how and why play can be a much-needed component in the classroom. The experiential method of learning through play has been used to gain perspective about adult learning preferences in the interpreting field. The participants were American Sign Language interpreter volunteers.
Learning through play may present itself or can be used in the forms of therapy, improvisation, or board games. It creates an environment that allows interpreters to experience experiential learning and incidental learning. This method of learning allows students to become comfortable with the use of the language and make new experiences. Research shows that learning happens when there is an opportunity for previous experiences to affect the learners’ approach to new experiences (Yardley et al., 2012).
In this study, interpreting participants engaged in learning through play during an intervention. The volunteers played a game. After the intervention, the results were determined based upon the volunteers’ feedback about their playful experience with learning. The participants results were expressed in qualitative surveys to better understand the participants’ perspectives of learning through play
Using Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Universal Design for Learning, and Alternative Teaching Practices to Engage Learners: An Action Research Project
Get PDFEngagement and equity are areas of significant educational research. The use of culturally responsive pedagogy, universal design for learning, and alternative teaching practices have shown promise for enhancing equity and engagement in secondary schools. This action research project examined the use of these practices to improve the abilities of one teacher. The findings suggest some improvement in student engagement through culturally responsive pedagogy, universal design for learning, and alternative teaching practices.
Keywords: culturally responsive pedagogy, universal design, alternative practice
Integrating Best Instructional Practices into the English Language Arts Classroom
Get PDFUtilizing evidence-based strategies to increase student engagement and intrinsic motivation will deepen overall learning. As well as foster a lifelong love of learning that students take with them throughout their lives. This research project details an analysis of a student teacher’s instruction and planning of curriculum during their practicum experience in the 2021 - 2022 school year. I spent the year in an 11th-grade English language arts classroom. The research details an analysis of the following questions:
How have my differentiation strategies improved throughout my teaching to increase accessibility and equity?
How have I improved my own teaching through the implementation, reflection, and analysis of evidence-based teaching practices?
How have I improved my teaching of English language arts through content-specific strategies to increase overall engagement and deepen learning?
Data was analyzed from journal entries, lesson plans, and supervisor feedback. This paper includes a philosophy of education, a literature review, research methods, presentation of data, implications, and concluding analysis
Supporting English Language Learners Through Effective Teaching Strategies
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The Challenges and Prospects of Using Forensic Body Farms as a Forensic Science Tool in Oregon
Get PDFDespite what others may think, people still do have a way of speaking after their death, and often they have a lot to say; it just takes special people with the patience and training to hear them. What are they trying to tell us? That all depends on the environment they are in and how they got there. Even when a human is unable to speak anymore, they can still give information to scientists such as how long they have been dead or what could have caused their death. Just like how different crops grow in different environments, organic material decomposes in different ways in varying environments; in this case, the organic material will be cadavers. Currently, scientists are studying the decomposition process of cadavers that have been generously donated to science in a variety of environments. Scientists who study this type of decomposition do so at locations known as forensic “Body Farms” or Forensic Anthropology facilities. Many different environments can be observed at forensic body farms such as cadavers partially submerged in water, encased in concrete, or fully exposed to the elements. They also have cadavers that have been autopsied and not autopsied in order to explore all variables. The eight locations in the United States are spread out across the Eastern and Central portions of the continent, meaning that there is no location in the Western part of the continent. The closest location to the Western part of the continent is the Forensic 6 Investigation Research Station located in Grand Junction, Colorado. Even then, it is still roughly 1,020 miles away from San Francisco, California (Map Data), 1.050 miles away from Portland, Oregon (Map Data), and 1,110 miles from Seattle, Washington (Map Data). An ideal location for a “Body Farm” would have a diverse climate and be located in a location that is easy enough to access for those that need to access it but also secluded enough to not be interfered with by other people. Oregon has a very diverse climate that would expose the subjects of a forensic body farm to different elements that they would not be exposed to on the Eastern side of the United States. Such as different temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind, other climatic factors and more. My main goal for this project is to explain to readers the opportunities that opening a forensic body farm could become within reach for the scientific, law enforcement, and other communities. If one was to be opened in Oregon, it would be the only forensic body farm located on the West side of the Rocky Mountains. Along with providing general knowledge of what a forensic body farm is, I want to identify the stigma that surrounds “Body Farms” and explain how despite the challenges that can be faced it would be valuable if a location was created in Oregon. To combat the poor picture that comes to mind when the words are brought up, people need to understand that things decompose 7 differently in varied environments and see the facility as a scientific need. The cadavers donated to forensic body farms cannot be seen as people, they need to be seen as scientific tools. I want to address any concerns that may arise from a project such as this and explain ways of handling them constructively to help people understand the uses of “Body Farms.” Decomposition is not something that should be thought of as the “end” for the remains of a human after death, information can still be obtained from said decomposition and be valuable to fields of research that are beneficial for the future
How to Teach Math More Effectively and Efficiently: Engaging Students In the World of Math
Get PDFThe United States is struggling with teaching mathematics in school. Students don’t see the connection between math and the real world. Students are viewing math as a rigid set of rules instead of as a creative and exciting subject to explore. A few of the problems that are in traditional classrooms are: students having a fear of being publicly embarrassed, students memorizing methods instead of truly understanding the math , math problems not being relevant to students, and students not being engaged during class. A few methods and teaching strategies that can help solve these problems include: Gradual Release, Open Middle problems, and the 5 Practices of Discussion. By applying these strategies and tools to everyday math classrooms, math can become the intriguing and creative subject that it is meant to be
Educational Technology and Educational (In)Equity: A Look at the Impact of Comprehensive Distance Learning on Students Who Are Emergent Bilingual
Get PDFThe shift to virtual education has exposed the magnitude of inequitable access to educational resources and support that are necessary to adequately meet the needs of students who are emergent bilingual. During the wide-spread school closures of the past two years we have learned many lessons and discovered many virtual tools that can continue to serve students who are emergent bilingual far beyond the season of comprehensive distance learning. One of the important instructional lessons learned is that educators need to think about ways to provide quality instruction using online tools to assist with bridging equitable access to both the language and content of schools. Through a case study and discourse analysis, this professional project investigates the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 and subsequent switch to distance learning on educational opportunities for students who are emergent bilingual
The Start of Something New
Get PDFThe goal of this professional project is to generate a proposal for a sign language interpreter training program at California State University of Bakersfield, constructed from research on the community’s needs in Bakersfield. Surveys will be issued to all stakeholders such as, American Sign Language students, working interpreters, interpreting agencies and the Deaf and hard of hearing community of Bakersfield. The data collected from these groups will provide information on the current state of the interpreting field in Bakersfield. This data collected from surveys will be used to support the proposal for an interpreter training program at California State University Bakersfield. Any issues that arise, related to the interpreting field in Bakersfield, from the surveys will be addressed and possibly researched as well. While this project is specific to Bakersfield, this information could be of use to others as well, to improve their community and field of interpreting