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HR Newsletter: a Newsletter from the Office of Human Resources at Minnesota State University Moohread
Get PDFSerenity
No full textThe Goal of “Serenity” was to create a landscape through the perspective of a dream.https://red.mnstate.edu/ijgllcovers/1004/thumbnail.jp
A Qualitative Study to Further Explore Student Perceptions of Identities and Representations within A Social Studies Classroom
Get PDFThrough a qualitative study, the researcher explored student identity. Students enter into schools with diverse identities and perspectives. To make learning meaningful, engaging, and relevant teachers need to learn about their students’ unique identities. Students deserve a place where they feel safe and empowered to explore themselves, the curriculum, and their futures.
This study focused on two research questions; 1) What impact does learning about students’ identities have on the teacher? 2) How do students perceive their identities are reflected in the curriculum? Qualitative data was collected through a series of journals. Participants in an eighth-grade social studies classroom were asked to share and reflect on their unique and diverse perspectives. Over three weeks, students\u27 journal entries were analyzed for themes and allowed the researcher to reflect on improving the curriculum and school community. This research concluded that students are aware of their identities, reflected in the curriculum, and students’ desire to have better representation. The researcher found that engaging with students’ identities allowed them to be more aware of the needs of students along with a new dedication to creating relevant learning opportunities for all students
Variations in antibody response to Aspergillus fumigatus inhalation in mice
Get PDFStudies have configured immunological responses to Aspergillus fumigatus in mice, leading to advanced understandings. However, the comparisons of the immune responses between juvenile (younger than 6 weeks) male and female C57BL/6J mice after A. fumigatus exposure, remains uninvestigated. In this study, we intranasally inoculated 3 week old male and female mice with Aspergillus fumigatus spores dilution of 2 106spores per 40 l. They were exposed to the allergen once a week for 8 consecutive weeks and euthanized on day 28 post the last inoculation. As compared to our last report, we increased the sample size for each group in this study. To compare the immune response, we analyzed bronchoalveolar lavage cell counts to quantify macrophages, lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, and monocytes after differential staining. We also quantified IgE levels using an ELISA kit to see the allergic response from the repeated exposure of Aspergillus fumigatus. Treatment groups representing both genders have significantly higher lymphocytes. However, macrophages accounted for both the treatment and naive groups have similar quantification.. At the end of the study, our data could indicate that sex differences could be an important factor in shaping the immune response of mice against A. fumigatus which could benefit the design of diagnostics and therapeutics for allergic asthma treatments
News Media Literacy and Political Engagement in High School Civics Education
Get PDFThe task of teaching civics to secondary students has been complicated by a constantly changing media environment and declining political involvement by young people. Youth are not equipped to interpret the vast amounts of information they consume on their phones and computers (Breakstone et al., 2018). At the same time, civics education has not prepared students to be engaged citizens in democracy (Vercellotti & Matto, 2016). Considering these factors, this study attempted to analyze whether teaching a news media literacy unit increased the political engagement levels of high school students, as some other studies have shown. Thirty high school students were surveyed using a single-subject, quantitative research design as a part of action research. Participants took the sixteen-question survey at the beginning of the research period, engaged in five lessons on news media literacy, and then answered the same survey questions a second time. The survey, originally developed by Ashley et al. (2017), measured political engagement using four categories: political knowledge, political trust, political activity, and political efficacy. The results of the study revealed that the news media literacy unit had the greatest impact on political trust, such as students’ belief in the honesty of the government. There were slight increases in students’ political knowledge and activity. The data showed that the news media literacy unit had a minor impact on the internal and external political efficacy of participants
A Qualitative Study of Parental Needs in Supporting Home Literacy Environments and Child Literacy Interest
Get PDFLiteracy education begins long before students step foot in their first classroom. Much research has been done that highlights the importance of the home literacy environment and the development of literacy interest in children (Jeynes, 2018). Home literacy environment (HLE) refers to the variety of literacy materials and activities found within the home. Literacy interest, broadly put, is a child\u27s desire to engage in literacy activities. The development and practice of these has shown to be correlated with students\u27 later reading success in school. Considering this, the role of a parent in their child’s success is influential. However, it seems that many parents are unaware of the power they hold in impacting how their child learns. The purpose of this study aims to understand parental perspective in this matter to gain an understanding of how schools can better support parents in their attempts to create rich HLE and develop literacy interest in their children. The study examined parents of children in grades K-2 who attended the cooperating elementary school. The parents were asked a series of questions in the form of a survey. Their responses were then analyzed for emerging patterns and themes among answers. This information gained from the study highlighted what next steps the school could then take to better support parents in their endeavors to support their children’s literacy development at home
The Study of Morphological Awareness for English Learners
Get PDFEnglish Learner (EL) students in American schools are becoming increasingly common, but there does not seem to be enough support for these students. This is causing EL students to fall behind in content areas such as reading (Richards-Tutor et al., 2016). The purpose of this study was to investigate what barriers are keeping EL students from succeeding in reading. After identifying a need for vocabulary instruction, the researcher will be conducting a morphological awareness intervention to improve EL students’ ability to figure out unknown words. Morphological awareness is the understanding of a word’s smaller units such as prefixes, suffixes, and roots. After conducting this action research, the researcher will be able to determine if a morphological awareness intervention improves the skill of solving unknown words while independently reading
The Effect of Choice in Reading: Motivation, Engagement, and Enjoyment
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to examine the effects of student choice in independent reading material. Specifically, the research focused on student motivation, engagement, and enjoyment of reading in classrooms where choice is offered versus those in which texts are assigned by the teacher. Data was collected through multiple student surveys and researcher observation of student behavior. The students in this classroom gave before and after information about their reading interest and self perceived growth. The results of this study were used to determine whether the freedom of choice in a student’s in class independent reading material fostered an increase in other positive literacy outcomes
The Impact of Extracurricular Activity Participation on Student Academics and Connectedness
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, education was pushed in multiple directions resulting in varied levels of student learning and forced isolation. This took its toll on school staff, parents, and students. In the aftermath, schools have tried to reclaim what was lost and urgency was placed on the emotional well-being and connectedness of students across America. Educators’ ability to build relationships and recognize student needs is important to help them be successful in school and this process can be facilitated through extracurricular activities. The purpose of this study was intended to explore the connection between participation in extracurricular activities, feelings of school connectedness, and academic success. In previous studies, extracurricular activities have been shown to increase student achievement, but the researchers wondered if they also promote a greater feeling of connectedness to school