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Background Music in a Montessori Classroom: Does Music Help Children Focus During the Work Cycle in an Early Childhood Montessori Classroom?
(2020)This action research project was created to study the different behaviors (focused and unfocused) that occurred when different types of music were played in the background of an early childhood Montessori classroom. The ... -
Barron County comprehensive plan public opinion survey, 2008
(2008-10)The purpose of this survey was to understand public opinions about a range of important land use issues facing Barron County. The results of this survey will provide input into the comprehensive plan that the County is developing. -
Bauxite and greenhouse earth
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Benefits of Choice in a Montessori Classroom on Student Behavior and Focus
(2016-06-04)Studies have shown when students are given a choice, students are more likely to be engaged in the task along with having higher completion rates. Montessori philosophy emphasizes the importance of giving students choice ... -
Benefits of individual, paired and group lessons in a Montessori children's house
(2015-05-28)Presentations, or lessons, are one of the foundations for children's learning in the Montessori environment. Maria Montessori contended that lessons should be given individually; however, through this study, the researcher ... -
Benefits of movement in a Montessori classroom on children's behavior and focus
(2014-05-08)Students, who have a hard time staying on task or concentrating on one thing at a time, often need breaks in between their lessons. There is evidence to support the benefits of "movement breaks" for these students. A study ... -
Bill & Jolene - short story
(2009-04)Short story by Amadeline Baird that appeared in the 2009 edition of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls literature and art magazine, Prologue. -
Biography writing in English as a foreign language
(2014-12-18)This paper examines narrative writing in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms, and then presents a series of lesson plans for teaching how to write biographies as factual narratives. These lesson plans would ... -
Blue, blue, my quartz is blue
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Body image perception in athletes versus non-athletes
(2010-05-07)The purpose of this study was to find if there was a relationship when measuring body image perception between athletes and non-athletes. -
Body image perception in athletes versus non-athletes
(2010-05-07)The purpose of this study was to find if there was a relationship when measuring body image perception between athletes and non-athletes. -
Book review: Geology of the Lake Superior Region by Gene LaBerge, 1994, Geoscience Press.
(St. Croix Rockhounds, Stillwater, MN, 1994) -
Breathing room: time and attention scarcity and the place of mindfulness in a technology rich classroom
(2015-05-12)Technology has the power to distract us from the troubles of everyday life. Effective media providers harness attention, passing it along, in a digital stream of unreflective stimulation. This brings about the unsettling, ... -
Brides & wives
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Bridging the Divide: Synthesizing a Sociocultural-Cognitive Model of Language Acquisition
(2023)"Though there exists many frameworks and theories of language acquisition and learning in the current literature, they often leave something to be desired as they attempt to stand alone as exhaustive concepts despite their ... -
Building bridges: using a flipped learning approach to strengthen pottery skills & comprehension
(2014-08-29)Flipped Instruction is a model of teaching that turns the traditional classroom upside down where lecture material is covered outside of class and what students would normally do as homework becomes the focus of class time. ... -
Building math vocabulary and math operations in a Montessori e1 classroom
(2015-05-18)This research explored methods to develop tools and systems that build math vocabulary and recognition of the type of math operations required according to problems posed in a lower elementary classroom. Participants in ... -
Burnett County comprehensive planning public opinion survey report
(2009-09)The motivation for this study was to gather opinions of residents and property owners about the future direction of development in Burnett County. Foth Infrastructure and Environment, LLC and Burnett County chose to work ... -
Burnett County LAKELines newsletter survey report, 2013
(2013-10)The purpose of this study was to gather recipients' opinions about the LAKELines newsletter produced by the Burnett County UW-Extension Department and Burnett County Lakes and Rivers Association. -
CAFES 2008 new student survey report
(2008-10)During Academic Day, September 2, 2008, incoming freshmen and transfer students in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) were asked to complete a one-page questionnaire designed to find out ...