Tag: Poster Spring 16

Madison Allen & Nicole Cogburn

Token Economy

The purpose of our research was to understand the purpose and effectiveness of a token economy in a classroom setting as a means of classroom management. Research was collected through various resources including Tools for Teaching (2007), scholarly journals, and websites. The findings include that, “”an incentive along with the structure for delivering it is called an incentive system,”” (Jones, 2007, p.106). A token economy is categorized as a complex incentive system. A token economy is a system of positive reinforcement in which tokens are administered and exchanged for rewards. Token economies can be successful in influencing academic, social, and classroom skills. One of the most positive aspects of token economies is that they are set up to reinforce appropriate behavior and prevent inappropriate behavior. 

EDUC 321, Classroom Management

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

10 AM – Noon

Noah Cabalona

Cluster Criticism on Sabac’s As Children Cry

Suffering is a common theme in every person’s life. The rapper Sabac explains how children suffer and gives advice regarding how humanity can change the cycle of suffering. Sabac’s song As Children Cry, tries to explain why children suffer and calls for a change. Cluster Criticism can help interpret Sabac’s ideas written in his song. Cluster criticism examines the artifact through identification, terministic screen, as well as a few key terms. In Sabac’s, As Children Cry, he incorporates frequently used terms children and suffering. He uses multiple terms that can be interpreted as God and Devil Terms. The terms include stability as a God term and suffering as a devil term. The issues that Sabac addresses look like there is no fix for them. He describes problems, but he doesn’t place blame on one specific group of people. He places blame on all of humanity, even the victims. This song is both very depressing and it also shows a bit of future promise to humanity.

COMM 441, Rhetorical Criticism

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

1:00 – 3:00 PM

Samara Eilert & Jacelyn Neumann

Class Dojo

Our project was to find out if the classroom behavioral tracking system, ClassDojo, is a successful classroom management tool. Over the semester we have collected a wide amount of data through observations, interviews, online sources, and personal encounters. Classroom incentives are used as a tool for teachers to get the desired behavior through a positive exchange. Jones states that, “Incentives or reinforcers produce work.” They assist in motivating students and answering the question, “Why should I?” (Jones, 2000.) Teachers use a variety of different incentive systems and now ClassDojo has become utilized. With ClassDojo, teachers give students points to reinforce positive behavior and take points away in order to suppress negative behavior. Our findings showed that the behavioral tracking system, ClassDojo, proves to be a positive incentive system that improves student behavior in the classroom.

EDUC 321, Classroom Management

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

10 AM – Noon

Meghan Fletcher

Bridging the Gap between Home and School

According to researchers such as Fred Jones and Rick Wormeli, building positive relationships between parents and teachers is an essential component of effective classroom management. For this presentation, I explore the practice of home visits in relation to building the positive parent-teacher relationships that Jones and Wormeli describe. I discuss the procedures of a home visit, costs that occur when implementing a home visit program, and the direct effect that home visits have on student academic performance in the classroom. 

EDUC 321, Classroom Management

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

10 AM – Noon

Colby Hanson

The ideology of military advertising 

One of the best ways to sell a product or recruit people is through effective advertising. This concept is no different for the Army. How does the Army attract students who might otherwise be heading for higher education? Based on one of their ads, they do this by making the experience seem like a more adventurous experience with all of the benefits of college. 

I will be presenting a rhetorical criticism of this ad posted by the army, using the ideological criticism method. In this ad, the army tailors certain situations to fulfill nearly everything someone would receive from going to school including diplomas, team membership, academic breakthroughs, and more. Additionally, the army uses hidden power moves to attempt to create a new ideology towards joining the army. In doing so, they deceive the viewer by leaving out irreconcilable elements of being in the military. Such elements include the presence of enemies, any serious danger, any serious struggle, and more. This ad creates an incomplete view of an alternative to college. This is what I will explore in my critique.

COMM 441, Rhetorical Criticism

Doyle Srader

Banquet Room

1:00 – 3:00 PM

Lyndsey Heikes

Campfire Chat: Kindling Classroom Relationships

This poster presentation explores the use of conversation circles in classrooms as a proactive management strategy. The research is based off of a two-part guiding question: “What impact do positive classroom relationships have on the overall management of a classroom?” AND “What is a strategy I can use in my future classroom to build these positive relationships?” My methods for gathering data included a study of research synthesizing the link between relationships and effective classroom management and the power of connection through respectful conversation. Findings affirmed the influence of relationships in behavior management and proved the impact of shared routine through a conversation circle. Great things are kindling as students and teachers gather around the “campfire” – and it starts with one routine and one relationship at a time! 

EDUC 321, Classroom Management

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

10 AM – Noon

Jessica Hirte

Behavior Modification

Behavioral modification is the process of changing a behavior based on principles of operant conditioning. A target behavior can be changed through reinforcement or punishment. Behavior modification can be used to decrease behaviors, such as running in the road, or increase behaviors, like holding someone’s hand. The current project attempted to modify the dangerous behavior of running in the road using a schedule of reinforcement called differential reinforcement for an incompatible behavior. The child was reinforced for holding hands, which is incompatible with running in the road. This new behavior was formed by reinforcing closer approximations of the wanted behavior until the desired behavior was performed. 

PSY 330, Psychology of Learning

Nani Skaggs

Banquet Room

1:00 – 3:00 PM

Morgan Horn

Classroom Consistency Related to Special Needs

This presentation will be on classroom management. The big question addressed is: Why is consistency important in a special education classroom? There are many factors that go into what consistency is and where it takes place. This presentation addresses three main areas of consistency within a special education classroom: within routine and schedule, within policies and procedures, and consistency at home. Each of these areas of focus requires specific attention when working within a classroom with many different students who all have their own disability and IEP’s (Individualized Education Program). As Fred Jones says: “Consistency permits only two conditions. You are consistent, or you are inconsistent. There is nothing in between”. Within special education, this statement still reigns true. 

EDUC 321, Classroom Management

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

10:00 AM – Noon

Jonathan Jury & Juliet Mullen

Proximity in the Classroom

This presentation will focus on several important components of effective classroom management. We will provide research and personal, anecdotal examples of the importance and effectiveness of proximity in the classroom for classroom management. A key component of this is the concept of “working the crowd” (Jones, 2007). The goal of this practice is to minimize student disruptions and help keep students focused. This necessitates the teacher to be mobile rather than static during classroom instruction and educational activities. It is also vital to intentionally create a classroom design that not only enhances the teacher’s ability to work the crowd, but also works to limit opportunities for student off task behavior and disruptions. These are the key concepts which we will be attempting to communicate through our presentation.

EDUC 321, Classroom Management

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

10:00 AM – Noon

Natalie Kogutkiewicz

P. A. T.

Classroom management is fundamental to building a positive proactive environment. Throughout my Classroom Relations and Management class, we learned about a variety of management tools and ways to create a proactive environment that stimulates learning. As a part of the class, I chose one aspect in which to focus my research on. Preferred Activity Time (P.A.T.), created by Fred Jones, is an incentive tool which promotes active learning that students actually enjoy. For my research I will answer the question, how effective is the incentive system P.A.T. as a classroom management tool? The project will overview what P.A.T. is, what the research says, examples of P.A.T. activities, and what happens when P.A.T. does not work as an incentive for one student? The finding suggest, that P.A.T. is an effective incentive system that promotes academic learning. 

EDUC 321, Classroom Management

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

10 AM – Noon

Meshel Rad

Sales employee for BMW

This is my introduction to potentially being a sales employee for Bayerische Motoren Werke, more commonly known as BMW. A personal goal of mine is to work for a highline car industry. In other words, I want to work for one of the following automobile industries: BMW, Range Rover, Cadillac, or Mercedes. I have been presented with the opportunity of having a mentor in this process. I will be writing my capstone starting with the history of BMW; where the company started and how it became one of the highline automobile industries of today. I will also include what I am learning while working under my mentor at BMW. This will show me what I need to do to get in with the organization and the steps I must follow in order to become a top sales person in the industry. I hope to learn the importance of forming relationships with the people I will interact with on a day to day basis, coworkers and potential customers alike, by watching my mentor and learning from him. Hopefully, this will show me what I need to do to in order to get my life rolling in the direction that will prepare me for my chosen career path. I will be setting many goals that I will need to meet in the future. Different goals will be set for each stage of my life, to ensure that the entirety of my career goals are met throughout my lifetime. The paper will end with where the company stands today and how my time will come to an end under my mentor. By the time I complete my capstone and internship I plan on having a career path set in place. Thank you

IDS 499, Capstone

Mick Bollenbaugh

Banquet Room

1:00 – 3:00 PM

Steven Ray

Classroom Design

Classroom Management can be effected by how the classroom is designed. This can be as simple as how the desks are arranged in the room which effects the proximity or movement of the teacher as well as changes the red, green, and yellow zones in the room. These all can contribute to the overall behavior of students in the classroom. My research follows the question ‘How does the design of a classroom affects the overall behavior of students?’ and references different designs that are listed in Fred Jones’ book Tools For ‘Teaching: Discipline, Instruction, and Motivation’. Jones will also be referenced in regards to proximity as well as red, green, and yellow zones.

EDUC 321, Classroom Management

Brian Kaelin

Banquet Room

10 AM – Noon