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Leah P. McCoy, Editor – Online Submission, 2024
This document presents the proceedings of the 28th Annual Research Forum held June 27, 2024, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following eight action research papers: (1) College Athletics and the High School Athlete: Perspectives of High School Coaches (Michael Goehrig); (2) The Influence of Blogging on…
Descriptors: Action Research, Athletic Coaches, College Athletics, Athletics
Grundel, Amanda; Pleau, Andrea R. – Principal Leadership, 2013
One of the key literacy skills for a student to possess is the ability to comprehend text, especially in a content-driven course. All teachers can help students learn how to put meaning to text by developing a toolbox of strategies they can use to comprehend difficult material. This article discusses tips for teachers in teaching, monitoring, and…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Reading Comprehension, Progress Monitoring, Student Evaluation
Keenan, James M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Teachers of standards based, College Prep English classes regularly face resistant and struggling readers who fail to engage, persevere, and comprehend curricular texts. As a result, these readers do not share in class discussions. Therefore, a class discourse was formulated upon Gee's (1996) Social Discourse theory and Leu, Kinzer, Coiro, and…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Resistance (Psychology), Writing Assignments, Imagery
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
This document presents the proceedings of the 20th Annual Research Forum held June 25, 2015, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following 21 action research papers: (1) History Lives! The Use of Simulations in a High School Social Studies Classroom (Lydia Adkins); (2) Using Francophone Music in the High…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Action Research, Simulation, Social Studies