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Effect of Spiral Vocabulary Review on Test Scores at a Western Washington Middle School
Northwest University, July 2010
The purpose of this research project was to study how spiral review tasks effect student performance on end of unit vocabulary tests. Every Wednesday a vocabulary test is given during the humanities block periods. The ...
The Power of Choice: the Implementation of a Free Choice Reading Program in an Eighth-Grade English Classroom
Northwest University, July 2010
Many of the titles on contemporary middle school reading lists across the country fail to appeal to the interests of today’s adolescents. Oftentimes, this shortfall negatively affects students’ attitudes toward reading and ...
Effective Methods of Teaching Spelling
Northwest University, August 2008
An action research was conducted to investigate the most effective ways of teaching spelling in a third grade class. The research compared two schools of thought, Phonics/Word Study vs. Whole Language, as it relates to ...