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LEaPP Decoding Screener
Get PDFThe LEaPP Decoding Screener is an educational tool to systematically map a learner\u27s phoneme/grapheme knowledge and decoding skills along a progression. The screener starts with establishing phoneme/grapheme knowledge and continues to word level decoding skills from basic to advanced. The screener can be used in part or whole and can be repeated as needed for progress monitoring. Tables for data analysis are provided. Data from the decoding screener can be mapped to the scope and sequence progress monitoring form to help determine point of instruction
LEaPP Advanced Code Sight Word Vocabulary Screener PowerPoint Set 1-12
No full textThis slide deck contains the words for the LEaPP Advanced Code Sight Word Vocabulary Screener. The deck is organized by set and contains directions for use
LEaPP Sight Word Protocol
Get PDFThe Sight Word Protocol provides guidance for explicit teaching of a sight word. It includes a script for the educator that provokes multiple modalities supporting errorless learning. The script provides 15+ trials for learners to spell a target word during the learning process and includes a special template to be used with instruction. This document also includes instructions on how to use the special template, helpful instructional hints, list of materials needed, and optional items to support the learner as they work through the sight word protocol. This protocol should be used after the educator has completed the basic or advanced code sight word vocabulary screener and has analyzed spelling and reading errors. This document should be printed double sided
Supporting the Self-Confidence of a Student with Mathematics Learning Disabilities through the Engineering Design Process
Get PDFAlthough STEM education has been widely studied, research on its application for students with Mathematics Learning Disabilities (MLDs) remains limited. One promising approach is using an engineering design process (EDP) (Yilmaz Bilir, 2021), which promotes hands-on problem-solving and fosters cognitive and emotional growth. This study explores the self-confidence of an MLD student during the preparation stage of an EDP. The results indicate that the student’s self-confidence in STEM subjects and social communication skills improved even at the preparation stage. These findings emphasize the value of the preparation stage of an EDP and offer insights for designing effective STEM learning modules
Leveraging Apprenticeship in Place-Based Education to Advance Integrated STEM Learning
Get PDFPlace-based education (PBE), which leverages local knowledge and community resources, is increasingly recognized as an effective approach to fostering STEM learning, especially in rural settings (Avery, 2013). Students from underrepresented rural populations could provide important contributions to the future STEM workforce if attracted to the disciplines during their K-12 education. Integrating real-world experiences with local industry expertise into the curriculum makes STEM more relevant and fosters critical thinking and problem-solving skills essential for future STEM careers. This research brief proposes a study on the positive effects of cognitive apprenticeship, grounded in rural PBE contexts, creating potential for increased efficacy for integrated STEM educational frameworks
The Networks of Prison Narrative: Imagining Sociality and Making Narrative in Assad’s Syria
Get PDFThis article argues for a new reading of collectivity – in both narrative voice and scenes of shared experience – in works of Syrian prison literature. Although these texts were published and are interpreted as the products of single author figures, the wider narrative field from which they emerge is shaped by numerous collective practices, from the oral and written to the digital. Breaking disciplinary boundaries around prison literature, this article introduces the term “prison narrative” and foregrounds diverse efforts by Syrian writers and former prisoners to imagine alternative formations of national experience and community under the Assad regime (1970-2024). Drawing on postcritical methods, it reads texts for their dual roles as representations of sociality (in this context, of group cells in Syrian prisons and between Syrians under dictatorship) and as objects that circulate in the world. As such, prison narratives imagine social bonds as they were shaped under the Assad’s carceral logic. Transgressing political ideologies, the socialities that prison narratives depict are rooted in a shared vulnerability to violence and the severing of familial ties. Moreover, as objects that circulate, published prison narratives enact and demand new practices of sociality. Even as these works pluralize the archetype of Syrian prison literature across gender, prison location, and experiences of violence, they retain a commitment to mapping non-hegemonic bonds of collectivity for Syrians that were founded in carceral logic but exceed the walls of prisons
Midwest Entrepreneurship Case Competition Page in the Pitch Platform
Get PDFThis is an archived version of the competition page for the 2024 Midwest Entrepreneurship Case Competition, a regional, library-led business case competition held from February 10–24, 2024. The page was hosted on Purdue University’s Pitch Platform, an in-house system for managing case competitions. This page was captured on January 7, 2025
Activity Design Principles to Support Engineering Engagement for Families with Preschool-Age Children from Low-Income English-and Spanish-Speaking Communities
No full textExisting evidence highlights the significance of family STEM learning experiences during early childhood. However, there is a lack of research specific to early childhood family-based learning in the field of engineering, especially with preschool-age children (three to five years old). To address this gap and inform engineering education programs for young children, we conducted a design-based research study in collaboration with 15 Spanish-and English-speaking families with preschool-age children from low-income communities. Our study aimed to develop and test a series of family-based engineering design activities while also identifying underlying design principles. Guided by an asset-based family learning framework, which acknowledges the strengths and assets that families bring to STEM learning experiences and recognizes the unique nature of family learning compared to other contexts, we iteratively tested and revised three family-based engineering activities over approximately five months. Data were collected through videos of families interacting with the activities at home as well as postinteraction interviews with parents and caregivers. Based on the iterative testing and retrospective analysis, we identified three overarching design principles: (1) carefully consider the affordances of the activity materials, including open-endedness, flexibility, level of difficulty, and nature of feedback; (2) include narrative contexts and supports that motivate engagement in engineering practices and support user-centered design; and (3) present design challenges that connect with family interests and leverage the ways families naturally orient to the materials. These design principles extend existing research and highlight how educators can support the unique goals and learning practices of families through early childhood engineering education programs
Eggplant Variety Demonstration Results for West-Central Indiana, 2024
No full textA non-replicated demonstration of eggplant varieties was conducted at Purdue University\u27s Meigs Horticulture Facility to evaluate eight varieties, including four Italian-type and four Asian-type varieties, under Indiana growing conditions. Plants were transplanted on May 14, 2024, with 30 plants per variety in 180-foot rows. Weekly harvests occurred from weeks 8 to 18 after transplanting. Italian varieties consistently produced higher marketable yields than Asian types, with Nigral achieving the highest yield at 55,446 pounds per acre (17.7 fruits per plant, averaging 11.2 ounces per fruit). Rolandia produced the heaviest individual fruits, with an average weight of 12.3 ounces. Among Asian varieties, Orient Express and Shikou performed best, both yielding approximately 43,700 pounds per acre. Chinese String produced the most fruits per plant (35.2) but showed reduced heat tolerance. All varieties demonstrated peak performance during the first five weeks of harvest (July to early August), with color fading being the primary quality concern