The following are research posters composed by Education 452/652 students at Valparaiso University.
Dr. Del Gillispie
Submissions from 2013
Accelerated Reader Showdown, Emilio Alcaraz
How Increased Motivation Levels Can Lead to Increased Levels of Muscular Strength and Cardiovasular Endurance, Derrick Alvarez
Strategies to Alleviate Test and Mathematics Anxiety, Clara R. Brandt
Total Physical Response in the Foreign Language Classroom, Amy Buckman
Intonation Awareness, Sara DeRossi
Cooperative Learning in the Mathematics Classroom: Work Together, Learn Together, Katerina Koutouvas
Houston, We Have a Problem: Effects of Technical Frustration on Student Learning in Physics Laboratories, Kayla Kutz
The Image of Vocabulary, Courtney Lesperance
KWL and Homer's Illiad., Kristen Menke
Poverty: It is Not Just an Economic Concern, Jessica O'Brien
Full Immersion's Effects on Students' Scores in a Secondary German Classroom, Emily Stillman
Effects of Guided Notes on 6th Grade Math Students' Academic Achievement and Self-Perceptions of Learning, Colin Strange
A Void to Fill: Recognizing a Lack of Diversity in the High School Social Studies Curriculum, Joseph Teeple
Is Rewarding Beneficial to Behavior?, John Webb
Pursuing Leading Lexile Scores, Allysa Wennlund
The Effects of Personal Goal Setting in Music Ensembles, Benjamin White
Is There a Learning Gap?, Alyssa Wittman
What Motivates the Minds of Level Three Spanish Students: The Effects of Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation for Classroom Success, Elizabeth Zaplatosch
Submissions from 2012
Does Health Class Affect Students' Decision Making?, Taylor Aiello
What about the Quiet Students?: Investigating Students' and Teachers' Perceptions of Non-Participatory Students, Elise Appold
Student Motivation in the High School Mathematics Classroom, Kristen Bettice
Secondary Student Metacognition Compared to Actual Participation in the Classroom, Kristin Buch
Reading Comprehension Strategies in the ELA classroom, Jenna Budynsky
The Effects of Homework on Students’ Success in the Classroom, Jazmyne Davis
Fostering Student Responsibility: The Effectiveness of Incentive-Based Systems, Erika Farwig
The Relationship between TRP (Total Physical Response) with Memory of Chinese Characters, Shuyi Feng
Physical Activity in the High School Curricula, Katy Foster
Reading Muscles: Preparation for Standardized Testing in High School Students, Katie Genereux
The Problem with Group Work: Engagement of all Students in Group Assignments, Samantha Glasgow
Varying Curricula to Meet Physics Students Learning Styles, Gavin Grillo
Time to Learn: When Classroom Engagement is at Its Peak, Caleb Grim
Health Curriculum in the Middle School Classroom: Assignment Completion vs. Academic Success, Chris Hovan
The Response of High School Students in a Trimester Term, Amy Ketchum
Adding Music to the Math Equation, Phil Luster-Bartz
Name Those Notes, Emily Prough
Can we motivate student behavior in a first grade classroom? Reward System vs. Conventional Teaching Discipline Plan, Nicholas Strzelecki
Teaching Grammar: The most Effective Strategies to use in a Middle School Classroom, Heather Zaharias