Romagnoli, Alex
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Diverse literature in the secondary ELA classroom and teachers' perceptions of curriculum change, 2022
Item — Call number MU Thesis Pal
Identifier: b7931932
Abstract
While many aspects of instructional planning, implementation, and assessment have changed in the last few decades, the literary canon taught in English classes across the United States, comprised of authors who are often White and male, has largely remained the same. This study builds on research that argues that such a canon does not support students’ intercultural and cross-cultural needs, especially as classrooms contain increasingly diverse student populations. The purpose of this...
Dates:
2022
How ninth-grade AP world history impacts a school : rigor and the culture of confidence, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Smi
Identifier: b7929345
Abstract
Schools are under tremendous pressure to close achievement gaps and increase students' college and career readiness. Research has shown that students' interactions with rigorouus curriculum and instructional practices positively impact their postsecondary outcomes (e.g. Adelman, 2006; Oakes and Saunders, 2007). With an established standard of rigor already existing in many high schools in the form of Advanced Placement courses, a majority of high schools could increase the rigor of their...
Dates:
2019
Teacher perspectives when implementing a new mathematics program, 2022
Item — Call number MU Thesis Wil
Identifier: b7931123
Abstract
Schools often utilize research-based interventions, treatments, and programs to target student learning gaps. Quality implementation is a tool to connect research and practice with teachers’ perspectives, attitudes, beliefs, and anxieties being integral ingredients to achieve program implementation (Durlak, 2015, 1016; Durlak & DuPre, 2008). Once in the field, teachers have less access to important resources for assisting with the integration of new programs, meeting standards, and...
Dates:
2022
The effects of a service-learning project in a technology education elective course on student outcomes, 2021
Item — Call number MU Thesis Bru
Identifier: b7930732
Abstract
Students lack the necessary skills as they graduate from high school and pursue college or a career. A few of the essential skills needed to thrive in today's global economy include problem-solving, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, creative processing, and leadership perspective. Traditional curriculum is not providing students with an opportunity to learn and develop these skills. John Dewey (1938) suggested that engaged learners maximize their portential through a hands-on...
Dates:
2021