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Effects of Intentional Joint Planning with Caregivers in Early Intervention
No full textThis project examines what effect implementing a structured joint planning tool has on intended use of coaching practices by interventionists and parent engagement to coaching practices within an early childhood home visiting program. Three early interventionists are asked to measure both their use of five coaching practices related to joint planning as well as five parent participation indicators for each of their intervention visits over a six week period. The results of this project indicate positive correlations between the use of a structured tool and increases in the use of coaching practices and parent participation when joint planning with caregivers in intervention visits
Differentiated School-Wide Training: Strategies to Increase Student Emotion-Regulation
No full textStudents’ emotion regulation plays a large role in their ability to acquire new knowledge; therefore, educators have a role in supporting students with developing the necessary skills to self-regulate. Through the development of these skills, educators use emotion-regulation strategies to assist students in managing their emotions. In the elementary school in which the research will take place, a school-wide behavior management system has been implemented in a differentiated model. The researcher conducted a longitudinal survey collecting quantitative data in order to analyze the impact employing a differentiated model of the intervention had on student emotion regulation. Through the analysis of the quantitative data, the researcher determined that by using the differentiated school-wide behavior management system, the students were able to acquire some self-regulation skills and decrease their dependence upon adults in order to regulate their emotions. Moving forward, this data will be used within the district to communicate the effectiveness of the school-wide behavior management system and encourage educators to continue to put the intervention into practice.
Keywords: emotion regulation, self-regulation, attachment, elementary, co-regulation, professional development, school-wide intervention, differentiatio
The Impact of Flexible Seating on Academic Performance within an Elementary Classroom
Get PDFThis study examined how the implementation of flexible seating in an elementary classroom impacted academic achievement. The focus for this study was to determine if allowing students the opportunity to choose the type of seating they use is more beneficial than having every student sit in traditional seating arrangements of desks and chairs. Data was collected through pre- and post-tests via the STAR Reading and Math assessments, and analyzed in a Google Sheet. This nine-week study took place within two 3rd grade classrooms, with a total of 38 participants, in a small school in west-central Minnesota. The results of this study indicated that flexible seating did have a positive impact on academic achievement as the students that used flexible seating, when looking at the averages and medians, showed more growth than their traditional seating counterparts
NorthWestern Corporation Financial Statement Analysis
Get PDFThe main company that I chose to research and analyze is NorthWestern Corporation. NorthWestern is an energy producer and distributor that supplies both electricity and natural gas to the states of South Dakota, Montana, and Nebraska. NorthWestern was founded in 1923 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The benchmark company that I chose was MGE Energy. MGE Energy is another energy producer and distributor of electricity and natural gas in the state of Wisconsin. MGE Energy was founded in 2001 in Madison, Wisconsin. I was able to obtain the most recent six fiscal years for both firms and analyze them in a financial analysis worksheet. This allows me to determine that NorthWestern Corporation is financially sound firm
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.
Keywords: school connectedness, academic achievement, extracurricular activities, sense of belonging, extracurricular participatio
A Slice of Teaching: Reading Comprehension Intervention
Get PDFReading is an essential life skill that affects both learning, and life outside of school and participating in society. Reading is a complex skill that is influenced by cognitive processes, linguistic abilities, and relevant knowledge. One major component of reading and learning how to read is reading comprehension. The acquisition of reading comprehension is an individual’s ability to learn to understand writing as well as he or she understands spoken language (Perfetti et al. 2013). Reading Comprehension is a crucial component to successful learning for all students but, for some students, reading comprehension is a task that does not come easy to them. Approximately 80% of students with learning disabilities also struggle with reading comprehension. Because of this large percentage, it is important to find reading comprehension techniques and teaching methods that will provide students with the skills to succeed in their educational careers and everyday lives.
In my current classroom placement, I work with a variety of students with needs that vary greatly. One student, Jane, struggles significantly with her reading comprehension, due to her various disabilities including, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and Epilepsy. This project will discuss the current reading comprehension techniques used with Jane, techniques that were trialed to improve her comprehension rates, and the research-based evidence of the importance of high-quality reading comprehension strategies.
When broken down, reading comprehension is the result of decoding and language comprehension. Decoding is when you are learning to read by sounding out words and recognizing them. Language comprehension is making sense of the words within the sentence we hear and read. Those two skills together are what build a child’s reading comprehension. Reading comprehension involved integrating, memorizing, and organizing all of the information that is provided in the text. Through numerous studies and research, it has been shown that students with ASD show significant struggles with reading comprehension and require explicit interventions to improve these skills. My research will connect the research behind reading comprehension difficulties and autism spectrum disorder, and the way that I used those interventions with my students
Emotional Regulation in a Kindergarten Music Class
No full textThis research project looked at the effects of explicitly teaching social emotional skills by using lessons from the Second Step Curriculum in a kindergarten music class. The purpose was to see what impact using a social emotional curriculum in a music class would have on the emotional regulation of kindergarteners. The design of the study was qualitative ethnographic, with the researcher/music teacher taking an active role in the study. Three different categories emerged from the study, skills for learning, recognizing the emotions of others, and application of skills from the Second Step Curriculum. Three themes came from these categories. The first theme was teaching the skills for learning of how to focus, listen, use self-talk, and be assertive helped students regulate their behavior during music class. The second theme was students can recognize emotions of others and show care and concern through modeling activities and stories in Second Step Lessons. The third theme was students can apply the skills of how to be a good learner and how to recognize the feelings and emotions of themselves and others in real situations. The results of the study showed an increase in skills related to emotional regulation in kindergarten participants
Halfway: The Legacy of Civilian Conservation Corps Company #704
Get PDFCivilian Conservation Corps Company #704 began operations in 1933 approximately 10 miles southeast of Ely, MN, based at the site known as Halfway Camp F-1. This presentation explores some of the legacy they left in the region in the form of ecological projects and recreational structures, as well as the few remaining signs of their former camp on the shores of Birch Lake
Improving Disciplinary Literacy in the Science Classroom with Scaffolding
Get PDFThis study examines the effects of scaffolding on students’ scientific literacy skills. This study measured the scientific literacy skills of students before and after the use of four different scaffolding practices by the researcher. Participants included 41 students in grades 7-12 that are enrolled in a science course taught by the researcher. The data collected will be used to direct the researcher’s future teaching of scientific literacy practices
How Well Do Students Perform on A Five-Paragraph Analysis Essay When Writing Digitally Versus Handwritten?
Get PDFTechnology use in the secondary education setting has been increasing since the early 2000s, but with the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, when students learned remotely, technology use exponentially increased. Many districts provided devices for their students to continue their schoolwork. As we return to the classroom, should assignments remain technology-based or return to handwritten assignments? In this study, the researcher focused on identifying whether handwritten work or typing is more effective when developing a five-paragraph analysis essay in a ninth-grade classroom. Students were given the same curriculum throughout the study, but one group was given the curriculum through worksheets to focus on handwritten work, while the other group was given their assignments digitally and was able to type the information. The results are shown using an independent Mann-Whitney U test to compare the students’ five-paragraph analysis essay scores