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 ...

This study examined the nature of circle time within early childhood Montessori classrooms in the United States of America. We explored literature pertaining to the history and development of circle time as well as circle ...

This purpose of this action research project was created to study the effects of a peace curriculum and how it can help mitigate a pandemic or a traumatic societal event. The study took place in a public Montessori School ...

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 ...

This study was designed to determine how phonics instruction combined with the use of decodable text can impact fluency development with struggling third graders. Four third grade participants met daily for 20 minutes ...

Multimodal instruction for literacy comes in many forms. This study focused on digital print, children’s picture books, YouTube presentations of children’s picture books, films, and novels. Twenty-one students between ...

In this action research study, I measured students’ ability to read and spell high-frequency words, then completed twelve lessons and activities using technology to support learning. Students used Seesaw to manipulate ...

Penmanship is more than just a practiced skill. The research states that it is an integral part of brain processing and learning development both mentally and physically. The purpose of this action research study is to ...

Current literature provides ample evidence to support that contact with nature can have a multitude of positive effects on people’s well-being including the learning and development of young children. Furthermore, variations ...

The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative research project was to study how individual student conferencing could impact student’s perceptions of individualized goal attainment. The study took place in a public ...