Sociocultural factors affecting students’ academic performance are difficult to identify for educators, especially of those students from the barrio; a population of students afflicted with social, cultural, economic, and linguistic barriers. Due to t . . .

Poetry has been used in classrooms for many years as a teaching tool. However, teachers do not have a clear guideline for choosing poetry to share. By having students share what their preferences are, it will help to create a more effective teaching a . . .

Abstract This qualitative study was conducted with five Mexican American English language learners with varying degrees of English language acquisition. The study took place in Lake Elsinore, California. When the researcher began the process of answer . . .

This study focused in creating curriculum based workshops in order to guide parents on how to help their child at home effectively resulting in a higher parental involvement. In this study, the use of curriculum based workshops was used as a mean to r . . .

The purpose of this project was to create kindergarten curriculum that integrates art-based language arts instruction that is focused on the Common Core and Visual and Performing Arts Standards. The curriculum includes twelve 15- 20-minute lessons. Ea . . .

The research highlighted in this Master of Arts thesis is a quantitative study based on the issue of harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) middle and high school students. The participants in this study are lesbian, gay, bisexua . . .

Collaborating with parents to establish a better home-school connection is tantamount to academic success. Teachers and administrators often search for effective ways to involve parents in their children’s education. Venues, such as workshops, can pro . . .