Jon Balzotti, Assistant Professor of English Evaluation of Academic Objectives This project analyzed student engagement in a high school setting using digital learning environments based on a semi-realistic workplace simulation. The research team explored the challenges of high school student engagement in both traditional and digital learning environments. Data from student surveys suggest that traditional role-play […]
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Standardized Education for Parents Requesting an Immunization Exemption for School Entry in Utah: A Mentored Experience
Lacey Eden Academic and Mentoring Objectives As a pedagogical strategy, the purposes of this service-learning activity were two-fold: 1) to provide students with an organized service activity that also met identified community needs; and 2) to help augment the students’ learning, giving them a broader appreciation of any given discipline, and enhance their sense of […]
Slam Poetry in Suburban Schools
Madelyn Taylor and Christopher Crowe, English Introduction Since the birth of hip-hop culture as youth culture in the 1970s, exploration of hip-hop influenced pedagogies in formal schooling has grown increasingly popular (Hill, 2009). By centering classrooms on elements of hip-hop arts such as spoken word, graffiti culture, and hip-hop music, educational research has seen notable […]
Heterogenity of Private School Effects in Sub-Saharan Africa
Isaac Riley and Donald Baum, Education Leadership & Foundations Introduction The “private school effect” or “private school advantage” is often treated in the literature as monolithic and constant across countries (Srivastava and Walford 2007), and much of the debate is between two camps arguing whether private education helps or harms, with special emphasis on the […]
Calling on Trial: Anticipated Calling Among Law School Students
Bradley Goronson and Jeffery Thompson, Romney Institute of Public Management Introduction Human beings spend a large proportion of their time working. What one does for work will end up having a huge influence throughout their life. Given that this is the case, sociologists and psychologists have conducted research on the ways in which individuals attach […]
Using Writer’s Notebooks and Tutoring with Alternative High School Students
Alexis Cramer and Dawan Coombs, English Introduction I began this project with a goal to determine how I could help my at-risk students become more engaged in learning. Research encourages teachers to use relevant pedagogical tools to engage students. While I agree with that conclusion, I felt it was still too broad to be effective. […]
Poets of Resistance: Restoring Life to the Student Writings of the Intermountain Indian School
Terence Wride and Faculty Mentor: Michael Taylor, English Department In hopes of permanently removing them from their Indigenous cultures and communities, from 1950 to 1984, thousands of Navajo and other American Indian children were sent to Brigham City, Utah to attend the Intermountain Indian School, the largest of nineteen postwar federal Indian boarding schools that […]
Teacher Training Films: Helping Sunday School Teachers Better Teach Individuals with Disabilities
Mary Woodruff and Katie Steed, Counseling Psychology and Special Education Introduction Sunday schools are primarily taught by devoted lay volunteers. Often times these individuals are willing to help, but can have feelings of self-doubt and anxiety. These feelings can be felt at a greater magnitude when a volunteer has a class that includes a student […]
Teacher’s Use of Technology in a Preschool/Kindergarten Setting
Maudi Mckell Sundrud and Jennifer Wimmer, Teacher Education Teacher’s Use of Technology in a Preschool/Kindergarten Setting Mentor: Jennifer Wimmer, Teacher Education As a response to the increase of technology in society, the education system has pushed for greater technology integration in schools. Schools across the nation have invested in technology intended to help students learn […]
Buddhist Artistic and Religious Traditions of Nepal (Tibetan Buddhist Art, Culture, and Schools in Dharamshala India)
Mark Graham Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Overview This project was designed to take students to New York City, Nepal, and Dharamsala India in the Spring of 2015. This is an ongoing project, which continued in 2016-2017. Three of the graduate students took part in the second round […]
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