Browsing UWRF Graduate Research Papers (formerly "Plan B") by Title
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Early Adolescents' Perceptions of their Engagement and Comprehension Using Reader's Theatre
(2019-05-23)Reader's Theater has been proven effective in boosting engagement and fostering comprehension. However, most Reader's Theater studies reveal the benefits of using Reader's Theater with younger grades in elementary settings ... -
Easing constraints on L2 readers: a blueprint for teaching native texts to high-intermediate non-native speakers
(2014-12-10)Reading can be frustrating and alienating for second language (L2) learners, but it is crucial to surviving in an L2 environment ? especially an academic environment. According to Grabe and Stoller (2002, p. 76), a reader ... -
Education that Fosters Environmental Literacy
(2018-10-15)This study was conducted to examine the effects of exploratory play in nature combined with locally based, environmental education (EE), on the environmental literacy (EL) of students in a lower elementary Montessori ... -
Effect of a formal lab practical performance activity before written exams on test scores in high school physics classes
(2013-11-25)Mastering a physical concept is and should always be the goal of any lesson in a physics classroom. How to prove the understanding of that concept is difficult to assess. Written exams only give us a small indication of ... -
Effect of book choice on read-to-shelf engagement
(2013-11-13)Elementary teachers who are using "The Daily 5" and/or any independent reading strategy as part of their literacy block often wonder how to select books for their readers and who should do the selecting. This action research ... -
The Effect of Explicit Phonics Instruction on First-Grade Writing
(2021-05-30)Learning to write and composing a story in first grade requires multiple steps of phonemic awareness and phonics. The writing process they use requires more than one simple step of putting words together to make a sentence ... -
Effect of inquiry labs on content knowledge and inquiry skills
(2012-04-17)Inquiry had become a major part of science education in the last decade, as seen by the inclusion in the National Science Standards (NRC1996, 2000). However, the definition of inquiry can vary widely between educators. The ... -
Effect of interactive read-alouds on student comprehension
(2015-05-05)With elementary schools using comprehensive and demanding reading curricula, interactive read-alouds are often being neglected, or implemented without utilization to their fullest potential. Research shows that read-aloud ... -
Effect of Nursery Rhymes on Emergent Literacy Development in a Kindergarten Classroom
(2017-11-13)Students are expected to become emergent readers by the end of kindergarten, yet some students begin kindergarten lacking the emergent literacy skills needed to become readers. As a teacher, I need to know what I can do ... -
Effect of student sharing on reading comprehension
(2014-11-19)One of the elements of effective literacy instruction is to provide the opportunity for every child to talk with peers about reading (Allington & Gabriel 2012). Book clubs and literature circles have become very popular ... -
Effect of test retakes on long-term retention
(2012-11-26)This study examines the effect of an optional retesting strategy on long-term retention of course content. It does so by comparing the number of retests a student chooses to take during the semester to the student's ... -
Effect of working and semantic memory on inferencing comprehension
(2013-12-03)This study examines the connection between working and semantic memory and its effect on the reading process, specifically inferential comprehension. Research indicates many of the cognitive processes involved in inferential ... -
Effective multisensory multimedia model for engaging literacy instruction in first grade
(2013-04-25)This action research project was undertaken to determine if a multisensory, multimodal approach to comprehensive reading instruction would be effective, as well as engaging, for students in a coeducational, public, first ... -
Effective reading strategies to engage reluctant readers
(2014-01-21)Reluctant readers are readers who lack motivational skills and drive to read. This study tracked a group of students that was handpicked by their teachers for a small group interaction reading time with vocabulary and ... -
Effectiveness of a Classroom Response System in a Wisconsin Technical College Mathematics Course
(2015-06-30)The following study is designed to see if a classroom response system (CRS) enhances learning when used to supplement a traditional lecture course. The study compared the overall performance of the students from three ... -
The Effectiveness of Montessori Materials in Multiplication Understanding as Evidenced by Teacher Made Assessments
(2017-11-14)Recent assessment results have indicated a need for strengthening multiplication understanding in students at the researcher’s school. Montessori materials have been developed to practice, implement, and master academic ... -
Effectiveness of Student Response Systems in secondary science education
(2013-05-14)This paper reports the findings of the effectiveness of Student Response Systems (SRS) in two ninth grade Physical Science classes. SRS are handheld devices given to each student so that they may respond to questions posed ... -
Effectiveness of Words Their Way(TM) as an instructional intervention tool for building reading comprehension in English language learners through word study
(2013-05-15)Meeting the ever-changing and diverse needs of students in today's classroom is essential to a teacher. No Child Left Behind Act has brought to the forefront the large discrepancies amongst the subgroups of today's students ... -
Effects of choice on young children's reading engagement and stamina
(2013-12-10)The purpose of this study is to examine how choice affects first grade students' reading engagement and stamina. CAFE (Boushey and Moser, 2009) strategies and the DAILY FIVE (Boushey and Moser, 2006) structure are used to ... -
Effects of creating a news broadcast on the prosody of four students with developmental disabilities
(2010-05-04)The goal of this study was to examine what effect creating a news broadcast would have on the prosody of two students diagnosed with autism and two students diagnosed with Down syndrome. Students produced seven news ...