Current Initiatives and Research
Students:
Department of Curriculum & Instruction (EDCI)
Cynthia Cannock, EDCI, (Co-presenters: Ashley Guest and Jisun Mok)
White Teachers in Multiracial Classrooms
Their research roundtable at the Graduate Student Research Day regarded White teachers who teach multiracial students. Specifically, a) how their racial background affects how they teach their class, b) how they interact with their students, and c) how a White teacher influences their student’s academic retention and sense of trust in the classroom.
Leayne Freeman, EDCI
IB or On-Level?: Breaking the boundaries of tracking through Creative and Subjective Pedagogy
A study that attempts to reform the On-Level English classroom by infusing its structure with various aspects of the International Baccalaureate Theatre curriculum. This study tests this "newly designed" curriculum's affect on students' attendance, self-efficacy, writing skills, and critical analysis abilities.
Ausaf Qarni EDCI
(Co-presenters: Reggie Stout and Samitha Kulathunga)
Teaching Students of Various Religious Backgrounds Islam in the School System
This research will look at the impact of the War on Terror on the image of students of an Islamic background and teaching in communities where religious diversity does not exist.
Cory Cummings, EDCI
(Co-presenter: Erik Bostick)
Is there a positive correlation between single-sex classrooms and academic progress in public schools?
Gender plays an important role in the development of learning styles and interests. Single-sex classrooms may be the solution to the decline of the education system.
Rui Ma, EDCI
Designing a questionnaire of advanced ESL learner's language learning strategies
My topic is the process of designing and qualitatively validating a questionnaire of advanced ESL learners’ academic English learning strategies (listening and speaking). I will also provide a literature review of ESL learners’ academic listening and speaking strategies.
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