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Summer 2018. Volume 4, Issue 3.

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IMPLEMENTATION OF INQUIRY AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING IN A HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY CLASSROOM: AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT
Michelle Vanhala

UNDERSTANDING CLASSROOM MOTIVATION AMONG ADOLESCENT MALES
Floralba Arbelo Marrero and Maria Aguirre Castells

DEVELOPING STUDENT TEACHERS’ ABILITY TO EVALUATE THEIR PUPILS LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM
Susan Wyn Jones

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THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL STORIES ON COMPLIANCE AND AGGRESSION IN A KINDERGARTEN AGED CHILD
Alica Benton and Cynthia F. DiCarlo

THE IMPACT OF TEACHER QUESTIONING AND OPEN-ENDED PROBLEMS ON MATHEMATICAL COMMUNICATION
Cinthia Rodriguez and Emily P. Bonner

STUDENT AND TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF STABILITY BALLS AS ALTERNATIVE SEATING IN A FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM
Nicole Schoolcraft

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Spring 2018. Volume 4, Issue 2.

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USING POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TO INCREASE ATTENTIVE BEHAVIOR AND
CORRECT TASK PERFORMANCE IN PRESCHOOLERS DURING EXTRA
CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Heather Reames
Cynthia F. DiCarlo

LESSONS LEARNED: AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT IN SELF-REGULATED
STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT WRITING INSTRUCTION FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS

Mandy E. Lusk
Calli Lewis Chiu
Donna Sayman

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE ALPHABET KNOWLEDGE IN KINDERGARTEN
Linda Stanley
Maida Finch

USING PARAGRAPH FRAMES TO SCAFFOLD THE TEXT-BASED ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING EXPERIENCES OF LOW-PERFORMING EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS
Yvonne C. Campbell
Nicole Parke

STUDENT TEACHER LEARNING THROUGH REFLECTION
Jeffrey Johnson

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USING POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TO INCREASE ATTENTIVE BEHAVIOR AND
CORRECT TASK PERFORMANCE IN PRESCHOOLERS DURING EXTRA
CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Heather Reames
Cynthia F. DiCarlo

LESSONS LEARNED: AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT IN SELF-REGULATED
STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT WRITING INSTRUCTION FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS

Mandy E. Lusk
Calli Lewis Chiu
Donna Sayman

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE ALPHABET KNOWLEDGE IN KINDERGARTEN
Linda Stanley
Maida Finch

USING PARAGRAPH FRAMES TO SCAFFOLD THE TEXT-BASED ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING EXPERIENCES OF LOW-PERFORMING EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS
Yvonne C. Campbell
Nicole Parke

STUDENT TEACHER LEARNING THROUGH REFLECTION
Jeffrey Johnson

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Fall 2017. Volume 4, Issue 1.

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EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF FEMALE STUDENTS’ MINDSET ON THEIR APPROACH TO CHALLENGES WHEN LEARNING MATHEMATICS
Caitriona O’Sullivan
Máire Ní Ríordáin

CHALLENGES OF MEETING THE NEEDS OF GIFTED STUDENTS WITHIN AN RTI SYSTEM
Jennifer Redenius
Nicole Skaar​

AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN A RURAL
APPALACHIAN HIGH SCHOOL

Michael Melton
Steven Hooker

THE HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM: EFFECTS ON
ACHIEVEMENT, ATTITUDE, AND ENGAGEMENT

Brittany Williams
Regina L. Suriel
Ellice Martin


DIFFERENTIATING INSTRUCTION TO INCREASE CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND ENGAGEMENT IN MATHEMATICS
Melissa J. Mainini 
Leslie C. Banes

PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS LEARNING TO ENGAGE RELUCTANT WRITERS: THE POWER OF EXPERIENTIAL CRITICAL LITERACY PEDAGOGIES
Myriam N. Torres

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Summer 2017. Volume 3, Issue 3.

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A SENSE OF POSSIBILITY: CULTIVATING PERSEVERANCE IN AN URBAN MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM
Samantha A. Marshall

MORE THAN WORDS: STRUGGLING READERS’ COMPREHENSION OF WORD PROBLEMS
Leanna R. MacDonald and Leslie C. Banes

IMPROVING READING WITH TARGETED STRATEGIES FOR A RELUCTANT ELEMENTARY READER
Amanda Bright

“SO WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON TODAY?”: PRESERVICE TEACHERS’ USE OF ASSESSMENT DATA IN A READING DIAGNOSIS COURSE
Bethanie Pletcher and Danielle Tefft

INVESTIGATING MASTER LEVEL K-6 READING TEACHERS’ ATTITUDE
TOWARD TEACHING CONTENT-AREA LITERACY STRATEGIES

Kay Hong-Nam and Susan Szabo

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Spring 2017. Volume 3, Issue 2.

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IMPACT OF SHORT-TERM INTENSE FLUENCY INSTRUCTION ON STUDENTS' READING ACHIEVEMENT: A CLASSROOM BASED, TEACHER-INITIATED RESEARCH STUDY
Kristy DiSalle and Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.

USING TEACHER ACTION RESEARCH IN HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY TO DEVELOP NOVEL ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Chad Husting and Jordan Harshman, Ph.D.

DATA ON THE DATA: A METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE FIDELITY OF OFFICE DISCIPLINE REFERRAL COMPLETION
Paul Gavoni and W. Alex Edmonds

AN ACTION RESEARCH ON ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO SPEAK IN SECOND LANGUAGE EDUCATION: A LEARNER-CENTERED APPROACH
Vahid Rahmani Doqaruni

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Fall 2016. Volume 3, Issue 1.

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 Art Therapy Based Curricula in After-School Programs
Afsaneh Ezzatyar and Alyson F. Shapiro

Giving Students Choice in Math Workshop and its Effects on Student Motivation
Shannon Hedman

Assessing the Impact of a Teacher Leadership Programme in a Teaching Schools Alliance
Katy Granville-Chapman

Asking “Why?” Matters: The Case of a High School English Language Arts Teacher
Erica Hamilton and Shawn Jacob

Improvement of Present Subjunctive Oral Production in Graded VoiceThread Tasks
Beatriz G. Glick


Spring 2016. Volume 2, Issue 2. 

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Using Comment Only Marking in a Mathematics Classroom in the Republic of Ireland: Experience and Learning of a Student Teacher
Kathleen O’ Mahoney and Manuela Heinz

Can I Play, Again? Using a Literacy App to Increase Letter Recognition & Phonemic Awareness
Dorothy Beach and Cynthia DiCarlo

Introducing Teachers to PowerPoint Presentation in a Technologically Challenging Environment: Action Research
Cecilia Boakye and Isaac Buabeng

Leveraging Technology in the Classroom: Using Comic Life Software to Support Literacy
Marcus Artigliere

Feedback Use with Preservice Teachers’ Writings: Building Confident Writers and Effective Teachers of Writing
Laurie A. Sharp

Using Group Roles to Promote Autonomy in the University Classroom
Jena K. Lynch and Alan M. Orr

​Implementing Reading Strategies for Second Grade Immigrant Students to Increase Reading Proficiency and Help Them Enjoy Reading
Floralba Arbelo Marrero and Thaise Mustellier


Fall 2015. Volume 2, Issue 1. 

Improving Reading in the Content Areas through Informational Text Reading Inventory

Corrie Nelson, Bobby Ojose, Abel Waithaka

Choice and the Reader’s Identity 

Lauren Meier

Strategies for Mentoring and Engaging Undergraduate Students in Planning, Conducting, Writing, and Presenting Research

Lisa D. Hobson, Alex Colvin, Douglas Butler, Sonia Boone, Clarissa Gamble Booker-Thomas

Response to Intervention (RTI-B) and its Impact on Student Behaviors

Kalie N. Dunn

Spring 2015. Volume 1, Issue 2. 

Articles

Using Math Journals to Encourage Students to Communicate their Understanding of Math Concepts


Faye Marsha G. Camahalan, Kelly M. Young

Choral Reading Theater: Bridging Accuracy, Automaticity and Prosody in Reading Fluency across an Academic Unit of Study


Dennis Rowen, Marie Biggs, Nancy Watkins, Timothy Rasinski                   
Additional Resource: 
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Mathematics Word Problem Solving Through Collaborative Action Research

Eda Vula, Rajmonda Kurshumlia

Determining the Impact of Individual Goal Setting Aligned with Standards on Kindergarten Students’ Math Proficiency

Karly Davis
Additional Resources: 
Appendix A
Appendices B-K

From Research to Practice

Readability Levels Show that Social Studies Textbooks Are Written Above Grade Level Reading

Tamara Robison, Tracey Roden, Susan Szabo 

Fall 2014. Volume 1, Issue 1.

Front Matter

A Letter from the Editors


Articles

The Research That We Need

Timothy Rasinski

Changing Directions: One Teacher's Journey

Kimberly Lebak, Lauren Schule

Scriptwriting: Exploring the Use of Mentor Texts to Extend the Readers Theater Experience

Kristie Miner, Patricia Follette, Timothy Rasinski, Kasim Yildirim

Lesson Plan

It Costs How Much? A Guidance Lesson for Personal Finance and Career Exploration

Jeff Cranmore, Jenifer Atkins

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