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The Effectiveness of Literature Circles for Increasing Engagement and Comprehension in Language Arts/Social Studies Novels
Northwest University, July 2011
What teaching strategies work best to increase the engagement level and comprehension of required texts for middle school students? This study looked at the effectiveness of specific reading strategies in conjunction with ...
The Best Method for Teaching High School Math Inquiry-Based vs. Direct Teaching
Northwest University, July 2011
How should teachers be teaching math in High Schools? This has been a question with much debate over the last decade. Many teachers have focused on the idea of a more traditional approach of lecture and practice called ...
The Educational Experience of Hmong Students at John Muir Elementary
Northwest University, July 2011
The story of the Hmong people is a story of facing adversity and adapting to grow as a community and a people. The Hmong students of John Muir Elementary have faced this adversity in their journey to find academic success ...
The Use of a Wiki Stick in a Third Grade Classroom
Northwest University, July 2011
The ever changing classroom environment is a challenge for the educators as well as the students. There needs to be an environment that allows students to learn in their own unique way. Assessing the students to uncover ...
Somali Families in America: a Journey of Integration and Transformation in the Globalized Era
Northwest University, 2011
Somali Refugees make up a growing population in urban parts of America. Researchers have examined the integration and assimilation processes of refugees, yet this study acts to highlight the intricacies of culture, situation, ...
Sports Participation: How it Affects High School Students Academically
Northwest University, July 2011
With the current economy, schools are forced to tighten their budget. One way to cut costs is to cut sports programs. Research on how sports programs affect a student is mixed. The purpose of this research project is to ...
Literature and its Effects on the Individual
Northwest University, July 2011
Reading and the study of literature have a seemingly permanent place in all levels of education. Still, the question of why students, or readers of any age for that matter, should read literature has no clear and easy ...
The Language of Mathematics and Fluency
Northwest University, May 2011
The problem of mathematics avoidance in the United States has a massive effect on how students can compete with students of other nations in a world economy. This problem may have it roots in the attitudes toward and ...
Engaging Disinterested Middle School Science Students
Northwest University, July 2011
Students are at many times not focused on certain areas of study. I hypothesized that there would be middle school-aged students who claim to be disinterested in their science class. Additionally, I thought that these ...
Food for Thought: The Relationship Between Nutrition and Academic Performance
Northwest University, June 2011
The media is constantly providing new information on brain food or ways to increase our metabolisms. This nutrition craze has even influenced schools to look at the nutritional value of the foods being served to students ...