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Perceptions From Intercultural Students at Tiffany Park Elementary of an Effective Teacher
Northwest University, July 2013
Students from around the world are continuing to fill the desk chairs of classrooms in America. These students come in with expectations of how they believe the classroom will operate and how their teacher will teach. ...
Perception and Usage of Graphic Novels in High Schools
Northwest University, July 2013
This study sought to address the question of how teachers and librarians in a public high school perceived the instructional utility of graphic novels, and whether that perception was reflected proportionately in actual ...
Can Simple Movements Prior to Instruction Increase Learning in Early Morning Secondary School Classes?
Northwest University, July 2013
The present study examined the effects of performing simple, early morning movements on students’ memory. For week 1 of the study, students were shown a series of 20 images at the beginning of their first period class on ...
Refugee Resettlement in Seattle: Building Partnerships between Community-Based Organizations and Resettlement Agencies for Better Refugee Integration
Northwest University, March 2013
While refugee resettlement has been primarily the responsibility of voluntary agencies, it cannot be completed, understood, and effective without community-based organizations (CBOs). This research focused on how CBOs can ...
Effect of Incremental Cognitive Messages on Mathematical Self-Concept Within Remedial and Grade-Level High School Students
Northwest University, July 2013
Student self-concept, particularly within the mathematics discipline, is deeply rooted in student understanding of the control or lack of control (locus of control) that they might have over their potential for success. ...
Observations of Calculator Use by Accelerated High School Students
Northwest University, July 2013
Today it is expected in m any advanced high school math classes that students utilize the graphing calculator, and it is helpful for Algebra I and Geometry students to understand how to use the calculator to excel in class ...
Effects of Second Language Acquisition on Knowledge of First Language Grammar
Northwest University, July 2013
In the study of cross-lingual interaction, linguistic research has mainly focused on three areas: LI transfer to L2, subtractive bilingualism, and additive bilingualism. Of these three areas, the latter is the least studied. ...
Using Manipulatives to Support Mathematical Concept Understanding and Skill Improvement in Sixth Grade Students
Northwest University, July 2013
This action research report investigates the question of whether the targeted use of manipulatives with small groups of sixth grade students, who are struggling with math, will improve their skill and understanding. A ...
Sixth-Graders’ Attitudes About War and the Military in Portable 6 at Eckstein Middle School in Seattle, Washington
Northwest University, July 2013
Students as young as 10 years old face pressure from the Department of Defense (DoD), which wants to shape young people’s opinions toward a pro-military, pro-war bias. The DoD studies learners’ opinions and uses digital ...
The Impact of Strengths-based Leadership Training at Northwest University
Northwest University, March 2013
Northwest University, a Christian institution of higher learning, uses the Gallup Organization’s StrengthsFinder 2.0 psychometric to equip student leaders through interactive, integrated, Strengths-Based Leadership Training ...