Tag: EDUC

Jessa Fricke, Nathanael Gepford & Colleen Walsh

Adolescent Development

We have studied adolescent development in 5 domains; cognitive, social/emotional, identity, moral and physical. In our presentation we will inform the audience about each of the three subjects in one of the 5 domains. The goal will be to compare and contrast the subjects while articulating our findings. Through research and observation we have found that boys are still behind girl in social and emotional development but have caught up in cognitive, identity and physical development.

EDUC 330

Brian Kaelin

Emily Helt

Case Study of a Six-Year-Old Girl

This case study presents the data and analysis of a six-year-old girl. The participant’s development was researched over the period of approximately one month in the following five domains: cognitive, physical, social, identity, and moral. The data was obtained through interviews with the participant and her mother, observations of the researcher, and academic data. The study found that the participant was experiencing healthy, age appropriate development in all five domains, though the physical domain had the most cause for concern of the five.

EDUC 330

Brian Kaelin

Kaeli Massetto & Taylor Medley

The Tale of Two Adolescents

Throughout a period of time, we observed two adolescent children in five developmental areas. These areas were cognitive, social, identity, physical, and moral development. One student is a 16 year old boy and the other is a 14 year old girl. We found that they are both are developing as expected for their age and gender. However, we also noticed that the two acted and behaved very differently compared to one another. 

EDUC 330

Brian Kaelin

Megan Temple & Haley VandenHazel

Self Esteem in Adolescent Girls

In our time researching two adolescent girls we have seen different levels of self esteem and self efficacy among our two participants. One our our participants has a low self esteem and efficacy, while another has semi-high self esteem and efficacy. The purpose of our presentation is to explore the reasons behind these two different levels of their image of themselves.

EDUC 330

Brian Kaelin

Miriham Walle

The Study of Jordan

I found where a 12-year-old boy is in the five domains of cognitive, physical, social, identity and moral development. I went through a series of interviews, extant data and observations to see where my participant was. I will be talking about where I think he stood.

EDUC 330-370

Brian Kaelin

Megan Baum

Kindergarten Management vs. Middle School Management

I will be presenting a research based poster and contrasting Middle School Classroom Management and Kindergarten Classroom Management.  I will have examples of recommended systems that have worked, and are currently working for classrooms.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Chandler Gabrio & Danielle Schmidt

Verbal & Non-Verbal Cues

Our poster will compare & contrast classroom management skills that consist of verbal & non-verbal cues. There are several different methods that be used in classroom management. The combination of verbal & non-verbal cues used within a classroom creates a consistent & routine environment. This contributes to a successful learning environment for not only students, but teachers as well.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Mikayla Gattie

Evaluating Student Progress in Middle School 

This poster will include data collected from a Briggs Middle School classroom where I had the privilege to teach for the past semester. The data will also be featured in an extensive work sample that will include work from a low-achieving student, a grade-level achieving student, & a high-achieving student. The poster will show copies of the pre/post test, graphs of student achievement, & samples of the performance task. Come learn what middle school teens are learning!

EDUC 415

Vivian Moen

L203

1 – 3 PM

Jason Haggard

Are You Smarter than a 6th Grader?

An assessment of materials taught this year. Focus on the evaluation of 3 students’ progress in the span of one chapter, eleven lessons, & four learning targets. These 6th grade students learn how to calculate a part of another part, a.k.a. fraction-sense; discover how to multiply fractions, mixed numbers, & decimals; find the area of shapes, including rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, & trapezoids; & break complex shapes into smaller pieces to find area. Let’s see if you can do any better…

EDUC 415

Vivian Moen

L203

1 – 3 PM

Stephanie Harrison & Linda Paredes

Classroom Management

We will be exploring the similarities & differences between lower & upper elementary incentives systems in the classroom. Motivation will be discussed & define. (Internal/external.) We will describe positive & negative incentives & how each age has a different type of motivation; therefore they need a different incentive system. We will describe the difference & importance of individual & class incentives & how they vary between lower & upper elementary & give examples of different individual & class incentive system. Lastly, we will include the negative effects of no incentive system & why it would create an ineffective classroom.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Maren Mansfield

Writing in Kindergarten

My Work Sample this year focused on Writing at the Kindergarten level. This subject interested me because students at this age are just beginning the process of writing. It was just that, a process. It was thrilling to see these students start with no skills & knowledge & develop their minds to forming sentences & producing words. Each student wrote a short story with all of the elements. The creativity involved with students five or six years was astounding. This unit was not a pre-planned curriculum.

EDUC 415

Vivian Moen

L203

1 – 3 PM

Kathryn Peterson

El Cuerpo Humano

This Work Sample was developed for students in the first stage of linguistic acquisition & was taught to a Kindergarten class in a dual-immersion setting. We will discuss my findings on their language acquisition & vocabulary knowledge, as well as the instructional strategies that helped to manage classroom behaviors while this Work Sample was taught.

EDUC 415

Vivian Moen

L203

1 – 3 PM

Danielle Rocco

Kindergarten Reading

This project will evaluate how well students can recognize the letter names & the letter sounds of the alphabet. This evaluation serves as an Pre & Post test for students. Students will have 24 letter names; both lowercase & uppercase & 24 letter sounds; both lowercase & uppercase to identify. Students will also be tested on 8 sight words. This will bring the assessment to a total of 32 points. Three different levels of students will be evaluated based on a specific performance task.

EDUC 415

Vivian Moen

L203

1 – 3 PM

Annie Jo Wilson

Setting the Perfect Classroom Climate

This poster presentation will be a display of my work sample. All teachers know that the first day of the school year is the most important. The way that you portray yourself & your classroom will set a standard for the rest of the year. It is very vital that on the first day the teacher sets a particular climate. This poster will give information about the importance of the first impression as well as give tips & activities a teacher could do to immediately start creating a positive relationship with their students.

EDUC 415

Vivian Moen

L203

1 – 3 PM

Samantha Wolle

Kindergarten Concept Words

These words are based on a test called the Boehm Concept Language Test. Within the test students must mark pictures that describe the statement connected to the pictures. I took this test & broke apart the words into different lessons so that the students could get practice on the words that they may not know. To teach these words the unit will incorporate Language Art standards as well as Speaking & Listening standards. There are more content areas covered, however, the majority of the Unit focuses on these content areas. The main goal of this unit is to not only to further their understanding of the words but to also help them succeed on the Boehm Concept Lang.

EDUC 415

Vivian Moen

L203

1 – 3 PM

Ivy Simpson

Classroom Management: Success by Organization

This research project focuses on the importance of organization by a classroom teacher, & how it affects his or her students’ learning outcomes. Room organization, structure & layout, & teacher preparedness in lessons & management are keys to success for a teacher running an efficient learning environment. These aspects of classroom management can make a teacher’s daily routine easier, more effective, & create more time for learning. Based upon research, potential management strategies will be shared, with organization in consideration. Research done by educators including Fred Jones, Jack Snowman, Debbie Diller, Randy Sprick, David Sadker, & Harry Wong.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Megan Baum & Danielle Schmidt

Developmental Domains

This is a case study on a six year old girl whom we have collected data on by several different techniques. By observation, interviews, tests, and extant data we have been able to analyze her development in each of the five domains. We closely examined her in the developmental domains of physical, cognitive, social, moral and personal. After data collection and review it has led us to analyze her development and compare it to another case study participant.

EDUC 330/370

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Allison Duvenez & Jordan Miller

The Case Study of Brother and Sister

This case study is on a two siblings, brother and sister. We are observing and evaluating where they are at in five different domains; cognitive development, physical development, identity development, social development, and moral development. We have been conducting interviews with the participants and their parents over the past couple of months. Also observing them in school and/or athletic activities to see how they interact with their peers. We will be showing where they are developmentally and also sharing how they affect each other’s development.

EDUC 330/370

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Stephanie Harrison & Linda Paredes

Development of a Six-year old Boy

This paper investigates five of six-year-old Cody and Carter’s developmental domains, which are cognitive, physical, social, personal, and moral development. For the purposes of this research, interviews of Cody and Carter, their families, and teachers, experiments, observations, and tests were used. All the facets of research helped to diagnose Cody and Carter’s developmental level in each domain. The research shows that Cody and Carter are developing normally in all areas. For a continued normal development minor suggestions had been made in each developmental domain.

EDUC 330/370

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Scott Perkins

Mathematics as a Step-by-Step Process (Senior Work Sample)

When most people hear the phrase “mathematics,” they admit a certain negative view of this branch of knowledge. If you ask someone, they will often say that they had a “bad experience” in school or that it never really “clicked”. The focus of this work sample was in presenting

mathematics as a step-by-step process, developed by human beings throughout history, and not something that is beyond anyone.

EDUC 496

Jim Howard

A201

1:30 – 2 PM

Ivy Simpson

Child Development Case Study

The reason for this research-based project is to evaluate a child developmentally in comparison to other children their age. The student will be evaluated to see if they are progressing normally according to the educational research of psychologists like Piaget, Marcia, Bandura, and others. Over a month, data was gathered from the subjects of this research project, third-grade boy and girl twins who are referred to as James and Rosie. Data was collected in cognitive, physical, personal, identity, and moral categories and will be compared to data collected by education researchers. Evaluations and recommendations will be made based upon the twins’ progress. It appears that James and Rosie are developing normally.

EDUC 330/370

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Kelsey Atkins

Literature Novel Study

My work sample was a literature novel study as a whole class reading The BFG by Roald Dahl. This is a fun book in which the students are practiced their decoding skills with nonsense words, sequence of events, vocabulary, making inferences, comprehension through context clues, and much more. As a final book report project for the novel The BFG, each student created a diorama.

EDUC 415

Vivian Moen

L203

1 – 3 PM

Jordan Bennett, Tamara Brown & Gabrielle Stover

Incentives in the Classroom

Junior year in the Education program at NCU requires students to spend 90 hours per semester observing classrooms in their perspective grade levels. Our time in the classroom has shown us the effectiveness of using rewards as an incentive. We found that teachers who focus on and actively reinforce classroom management techniques are the ones who really see an improvement in behavior among students. Incentives hold a great power in driving students towards achieving things they didn’t believe possible and for that reason, we see rewards as a very valuable tool within the classroom.

EDUC 321

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

9 – 11 AM

Shawna Bradley

Whatever the Weather

Many adults understand but are often confused by the plethora of weather conditions that affect our beautiful planet Earth. How do older children and adults come to know the science behind weather conditions such as tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes, tsunamis, and thunderstorms? They begin by learning about weather through their senses when they are young children. Kindergarten teachers should teach children the most basic information about weather so they may have concrete experiences that help build knowledge. This can happen through hands-on lessons that allow young children to learn about weather conditions by seeing, touching, smelling, feeling, hearing, tasting and experiencing.

EDUC 415

Vivian Moen

L203

1 – 3 PM