Journal of Undergraduate Research

Cheryl Morris and Dr. Roni Jo Draper, Teacher Education Adults in America get most of their information from mass media (Norris & Phillips, 2003). These sources keep them informed about politics, natural disasters, advances in science, etc. However, adults need to be able to understand these sources to form opinions and take an active role […]

Jason P. Nance and Professor Martin Kokol, Education My intent when I sought after this scholarship was to use the funds to complete my honors thesis. After reading about many of the educational reform movements that are occurring in the United States, I decided to make educational reform the topic of my thesis. To make the paper […]

Elizabeth Thackeray and Dr. Stefinee Pinnegar, Teacher Education Background Early intervention is often the key to freshman student success; however, it is often hard to uncover freshman students’ problems and difficulties until it is too late to help them adjust time schedules, develop stronger study habits, or create more balanced life-styles (DeBerard 66). The tool […]

Christian Peña and Professor Brad Wilcox, Teacher Education In the fall of 2008, I founded a service program called Conexiones. This service program seeks to organize and send Brigham Young University students into the homes of local Latino families to encourage literacy by reading with the children and parents. The program provides no curriculum, but relies heavily […]

Jacob Burdis and Professor Ray Graham – Education For decades, researchers have explored various aspects of the development or morphology in second language learners of English. Undoubtedly, one of the most popular models describing this development is the natural order hypothesis. Stephen Krashen (1977) presents an average morphological order of acquisition for English where learners, “acquiring […]

Ann Marie Hinckley and Dr. David P. Crandall The Nicaraguan Revolution ended nearly fifteen years ago, however, the political, economic, and cultural effects resulting from the war continue. These effects are keenly felt in the border regions of Costa Rica. Border regions are frequently turbulent because within them 70% of the world’s smallest wars are […]

Seth Warburton and Dr. Geoff Wright, TEE The purpose of this study was to compare Utah high school television production teaching practices and standards to industry television production standards and techniques. The intent of this study was to evaluate (a) if schools are teaching appropriate television production standards and techniques; (b) if the limited equipment […]

Gwyn C. Franson and Dr. Blaine Moore, Elementary Education Fall semester 1994, Brigham Young University Department of Elementary Education began its first Cohort program for the training of elementary school teachers. This program focuses on integrating traditional methods classes into a two semester field-based pre-service experience. It provides for the placement of university professors on […]

Hallie Shumway and Professor James Jacobs, Teacher Education Department My research was to compare the difference of print-rich classroom environments at a school in America and a school in New Zealand. I used a 33 point scale created by a BYU alumnus to grade each classroom. I then randomly chose a representative grade from each level, […]

Arisa Sanchez and Professor James S. Jacobs, McKay School of Education: Teacher Education One of the most essential things a child will learn in elementary school is how to read. Countless hours of research have been done trying to discover the best methods of literacy instruction. As I was taking my education classes to prepare me […]