Browsing UWRF Graduate Research Papers by Title
Now showing items 41-60 of 298
-
Creating Cosmic Context: Investigating the Impacts on Students and Families in a Montessori Elementary Classroom through the Implementation of Cosmic Task Connections
(2026)The purpose of this unconventional study was to examine the effects of creating context regarding the Cosmic Task in the Montessori Lower Elementary classroom. The intentionally delivered environmental (materials and ... -
Creating vocabulary awareness and promoting its use through prewriting graphic organizers in writers workshop
(2014-12-11)The purpose of this study was to determine the effects that vocabulary focused lessons and the use of vocabulary specific graphic organizers have on third grade student writing. This study was motivated by the the recently ... -
Creating wind chimes, toy train simultaneous equation collisions and applying physics to energy-cost analysis of a shower
(2013-06-28)I have compiled 3 original activities I created to enhance the physics education my students receive via the use of data collection and analysis hardware and software, project-based applications of physics, and discussions ... -
Creative Drama and its Implications for Language Leaning and Teaching
(2022)Creative Drama for teaching English as a second or foreign language has been observed to provide many benefits for heleoing leaners improve proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Creative Drama, for ... -
Creativity through improvisation for strings
(2012-03-23)The purpose of this paper is to discuss the importance of teaching improvisation to string musicians. This paper will discuss the history of improvisation, the importance of improvisation, the importance of creativity in ... -
Cultivating student writers in the evolving 21st century writing room
(2013-12-11)This paper examines how emerging technologies benefit students and teachers in a modern writing classroom. In the 1980s, language arts teachers recognized that workshop style classrooms advanced writing students. Now that ... -
Cultural responsive pedagogy in English and eliminating the achievement gap
(2008-05-02)This project investigates the causes of academic achievement gap, overviews the best practice solutions, and demonstrates how the author uses Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in her English classroom to elimate the achievement gap. -
Curriculum development of a flipped classroom in general chemistry
(2014-01-08)This paper explores one possible solution to the best use of class time in a high school chemistry classroom. Many classrooms are taught through a lecture style where the content is taught in class and the student tries ... -
Curriculum project: counting principles
(2013-08-25)The purpose of this project is to provide mathematics teachers with a ready-to-use-activity-based probability and counting principles component of the statistics curriculum, which will help students better understand the ... -
Determination of bow sight settings using arrow ballistics, initial measurements of bow and arrow geometry and initial arrow velocity
(2000-07-24)Historically, problems in archery have been solved primarily by the trial and error method. Of these problems, one deals with the increasing popular use of the bow sight as a sighting aid. The problem arises in setting ... -
Developing a Peaceful In-Class Mealtime for an Early Childhood Classroom
(2019-04-23)Within the Early Childhood setting, mealtimes are often fraught with high-energy, time constraints, and reminders to “talk less and eat more.” However, traditionally, a meal is a calm, social event in which the participants ... -
Developing critical literacy through English newspaper articles for high-intermediate EFL students in Korea
(2012-12-10)Diverse teaching methods have been used in English classrooms of Korea to enhance students' academic proficiency. In spite of English education reform, students are not encouraged to express their ideas spontaneously and ... -
Developing the food safety management system for the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Dairy Pilot Plant
(2014-06-09)The concern over food safety and the implications associated have increased over the last several years due to high profile and large scale recalls. The recalls have forced many companies to invest in a more comprehensive ... -
Development of Early Childhood Racial Identity in the Montessori Classroom through intentional use of ABAR lessons and materials.
(2025)Study of Early Childhood development has emphasized the absorbency of children’s minds between the ages of 3-6. In a culture that largely prioritizes the Eurocentric, majority White perspective, careful intent must be ... -
Differentiated Spelling Instruction and the Impact on Student Spelling
(2017-11-14)How does my students’ spelling proficiency change after I utilize differentiated spelling and word work? This study looks at the effects using differentiated spelling instruction has on 13 students’ spelling. Students ... -
Digital Texts and Engagement in 2nd Grade
(2019-05-08)Reading engagement is a necessity for reading instruction. If students are not engaged in their reading, they may not be able to construct meaning. Recent technological advances have allowed people to access texts in ... -
Displaying children's artwork
(2014-05-07)Displays of children's artwork are common in early childhood classrooms. Maria Montessori, however, did not write about visual displays. Just like in all other areas of the classroom a Montessori guide should ponder over ... -
Do Goal Setting and Student-Directed Learning Lead to Gains in Self-Motiviation and Academic Performance?
(2021-06-07)Self-directed learning (SDL) has been gaining popularity in recent years, particularly with adult learners. However, research has indicated that it can be an effective means to educate younger students within a variety of ... -
Does student engagement have a direct correlation to student achievement?
(2014-09-18)Education has been changing and evolving over time. There have been different initiatives over the years that have come and gone. The way teachers teach has become very different from that of even twenty years ago. There ... -
Does word work really work? Investigating the effects of word work vs. traditional spelling instruction during guided reading
(2011-12-17)The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of word study instruction as opposed to traditional spelling instruction on students' reading abilities during guided reading. The participants consisted of three-second ...