This capstone project works under the assumption that playing video games can benefit students in English Language Arts (ELA) education. I utilized New Literacy Studies (Knobel & Lankshear, 2007; Leu, Kinzer, Coiro, Castek, & Henry, 2013) and Gamifica . . .

This study examined the perceptions of four preschool teachers regarding the importance of students' social-emotional development, as well as the implications social-emotional assessment and curriculum had on their teaching. Research shows that social . . .

Federally-funded college preparatory programs such as Upward Bound (UB) weigh heavily on the importance of academic preparation for postsecondary success. A premise of these programs is that participants have opportunities to attain soft skills, while . . .

The purpose of the current study was to examine the community cultural wealth of immigrant Latino parents from a parent’s perspective. Research supports the idea that Latino parents have cultural capital to draw on to support the educational experienc . . .

Dual-language immersion is an educational practice in which “literacy and content instruction” is provided in two languages at school (Howard et al., 2007, p.1). The students in these programs have been the center of many studies including student lit . . .