This document presents the proceedings of 16th Annual Research Forum held June 15, 2011, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included herein are the following 25 action research papers: (1) The Effects of Prompted Math Journaling on Algebra 1 Students' Achievement and Attitudes (Heidi I. Arnold); (2) Group Work and Attitude (Greg Bartley); (3) Assessing How Current Events Contribute to Student Learning Outcomes in a Civics and Economics Course (LaShunda Faison); (4) What is the Impact of Inquiry-Based Instruction in a Group Setting? (Jennifer Foreman); (5) Developing Oral Language Ability in the High School Spanish Classroom (Eleanor Fuller); (6) "There's an App for That:" A Study Using Apple iPads in a United States History Classroom (Emily R. Garcia); (7) Increasing Parent Involvement: Using Newsletters to Expand School-Home Communication (Meredith Horton); (8) Guided Discovery Learning with Collaborative Discourse (Chloe Johnson); (9) Multiple Types of Assessment and Learning Styles (Jill Klinepeter); (10) Recognizing and Understanding Irony (Cederick Moore); (11) The Use of Contextualized Listening Activities to Develop Listening Comprehension in the High School Spanish Classroom (John A. Mundell); (12) The Effects of Photograph Analysis on Students' Historical Thinking Skills (Anna Newman); (13) Effective Approaches for Teaching Irony in the High School English Classroom(Carmen Peek); (14) Inspiring Instrumental Genesis through Guided Reflection (Jacob Steven Perry); (15) Global Citizenship Education in Secondary Social Studies: Utilizing Global Newspapers to Help Students Identify Global Perspectives and Bias (Andrew R. Petrilli); (16) The Use of Authentic Materials in Developing Oral and Written Language Ability in the Secondary Spanish Classroom (Amy Plyler); (17) Teaching "Habits of Mind": Impact on Students' Mathematical Thinking and Problem Solving Self-Efficacy (Cayce Poindexter); (18) The Impact of Feedback on Student Confidence, Self-Efficacy, and Attitudes Toward Mathematics (Lauren Redman); (19) Understanding Students' Ability to Recognize Irony (Grace Rishel ); (20) Improving Student Achievement through Error Analysis (Lauren Schnepper); (21) Using Homework to Improve Students' Abilities to Self-Regulate (Brian A. Smith); (22) The Use of Food as a Context to Develop Cultural Awareness in the High School Spanish Classroom (Silvia Timmerding); (23) Teaching High School Students to Identify Irony and its Effects (Sarah Vroom); (24) Recasts, Elicitation, and Praise: Tools for Oral Language Production in the High School Spanish Class (Kenneth L. Wallace, Jr.); and (25) Music and Culture in the High School Spanish Classroom (Rachel Will). (Individual papers contain references.) [Abstract revised to meet ERIC guidelines.]
Authors
- Authorizing Institution
- Wake Forest University, Department of Education
- Education Level
- ['High Schools', 'Secondary Education']
- Location
- United States
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- Collected Works - Proceedings
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents 2
- Table of Contents Page 2 3
- Heidi I. Arnold 5
- Greg Bartley 11
- LaShunda Faison 17
- Jennifer Foreman 23
- Eleanor Fuller 29
- Emily R. Garcia 35
- Meredith Horton 41
- Chloe Johnson 47
- Jill Klinepeter 53
- Bahar M. 2009. The relationships between pupils learning styles and their performance in mini 58
- Educational Sciences Theory and Practice 9 58
- Fleming N. 2010. Retrieved from httpwww.vark- 58
- VARK--A guide to learning styles. 58
- Lim L. Colgan L. 2004. Implementing multiple assessments in mathematics An action 58
- Ontario Action Researcher 7 58
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. 2000. Principles and standards for school 58
- Oberg C. 2010. Guiding classroom instruction through performance assessment. 58
- Journal of Case 58
- Studies in Accreditation and Assessment 58
- 1 1-11. 58
- Sternberg R. 2008. Assessing what matters Worthy assessments should reflect the broader 58
- Educational Leadership 58
- 20-26. 58
- Suzuki K. 1997. Cognitive constructs measured in word problems A comparison of students 58
- Cederick Moore 59
- John A. Mundell 65
- Anna Newman 71
- Carmen Peek 77
- Jacob Steven Perry 83
- Andrew R. Petrilli 89
- Amy Plyler 95
- REVIEW OF LITERATURE 95
- METHODOLOGY 97
- RESULTS 98
- CONCLUSIONS 99
- REFERENCES 100
- Cayce Poindexter 101
- Lauren Redman 107
- Journal of Educational Psychology 78 112
- Journal of Behavioral Education 18 112
- Journal of Educational Psychology 77 112
- Review of Educational Research 77 112
- Studies in Higher Education 27 112
- The Practice of University History Teaching. 112
- Psychological Bulletin 119 112
- Educational Assessment Evaluation and Accountability 21 112
- Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied 15 112
- Assessment in Education 12 112
- Grace Rishel 113
- Lauren Schnepper 119
- Brian A. Smith 125
- Silvia Timmerding 131
- Sarah Vroom 137
- Kenneth L. Wallace Jr. 143
- Rachel Will 149