A variety of factors coalesce in civics instruction to promote political engagement. This study examines the extent to which political knowledge, classroom environment, and pedagogic approaches influence participatory dispositions among high school st . . .

tWhy do candidates risk alienating voters by engaging in negative campaigning? One answermay lie in the large empirical literature indicating that negative messages are more effec-tive than positive messages in getting individuals to do many things, i . . .

An elderly patient with chronic cerebellar stroke was seen for treatment for physical therapy for 12 sessions from October, 2013 until May, 2014 at an outpatient clinic for patients with neurological pathologies under the supervision of a licensed phy . . .

Poetry interests me, because of the far depths I can take writing about a subject where it is personal and yet relatable to a broad audience. Most of my poetry expresses many symbols or motifs representing a single thought transcribed in a way where i . . .

This qualitative study examined if the Trucha Camp critical consciousness leadership physical education program contributed to Latino students’ success. Critical Consciousness Pedagogy (CCP) was the Freirean theoretical framework implemented in the pr . . .

This is a compilation of student essays from the writing program. Preface Writing is never finished. Every semester we tell our students, It’s a process of getting it wrong, and doing it again, over and over, until it’s almost right. Almost finish . . .

The Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda serve as the primary texts from which we draw our modern understanding of ancient Norse mythology. Central in these myths is the role of nature, which is depicted in a ways that are closely associated with contempora . . .

On a cold starry night in 1816, young Mary Shelley started a story that would change the world. In Frankenstein, Shelley told a tale that went beyond the modest task of a ghost story. In it, her hero Doctor Frankenstein created a living being from the . . .

Writing about romantic female relationships can be traced back over 2500 years. But until recently, they have tended to perpetuate the narrow stereotypes of lesbianism. These recent narratives create new depictions of lesbianism that disrupt stereotyp . . .

Marriage is a central theme in all of Jane Austen's novels. In her novels, it is presumed that her heroine will live happily ever after with the right man. However, her work is much more than a stereotypical love story. Through the marriage of her her . . .

Technology plays a large role in our educational system in the twenty-first century. Increasingly, students in United States schools are being equipped with their own devices. Miranda and Russell (2011) pointed out that Internet access is accessible a . . .

The primary goal of this project was to enhance children’s perceptions of people with disabilities by exposure to multicultural bilingual literature. The articles and studies that were reviewed analyzed how people with disabilities are portrayed in ch . . .

Responses from 151 CI student interns who completed the semester-long HLI Internship between spring 2013 and fall 2016 were reviewed and analyzed. Of this number, 87 students completed the optional end-of-semester evaluation: a return rate of 57%. Of . . .

The purpose of this study is to examine Ventura County Office of Education's implementation of the Quality Rating Improvement System. The research will outline the core of the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS), the five-tier matrix point sy . . .

The purpose of this study was to implement a co-teaching model of instruction in two fourth grade classrooms to evaluate the collaborative process among teachers and to study the affects of co-teaching on student achievement. This was a mixed methods . . .

The United States of America is currently undergoing a major literacy instructional shift with the adoption of the new educational standards. Currently, forty- five states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Educ . . .

Based on teachers' responses to an informal school-wide survey, this case study describes teachers' resistance to incorporating into core academic instruction the Native Schoolyard Habitats on the Land View School campus. Results indicated that resist . . .