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Cheryl A. Mosley – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative study explored the experience of third through fifth grade teachers that use kinesthetic learning strategies (KLS) in the classroom and their perception of the student learning process. Most studies on kinesthetic learning have been student-centered, and research to examine the perspective of teachers expands our understanding of…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Kinesthetic Methods, Grade 3, Grade 4
Erica Lozy – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Reading difficulties during childhood often continue during adulthood and result in adverse effects (e.g., unemployment, poverty). A common method to teach early literacy skills is via multisensory instructional programs, which use combinations of mnemonic devices, such as visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic movements. The current…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Instructional Materials, Intervention, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Curtis, Kyle C. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Throughout elementary schools in the United States there is an ongoing concern about students' reading proficiency. Many programs, strategies and initiatives have been implemented across elementary classrooms in the United States to help students become proficient readers by third grade. Numerous theorists and researchers support the idea that…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Kinesthetic Methods
Erickson, Heidi Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Researchers have shown that movement increases brain function, improves mental health, supports cognitive development for students, and reduces sedentary time, all which can influence overall health. Research concerning learning with intentional movement is limited. In the United States, Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are being mandated, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Learning Strategies, Phenomenology
Foley, Adam D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to develop a deeper understanding of aural and kinesthetic rhythm skill development in elementary school-age children. In this study, I examined my curriculum model for rhythm understanding, which included creating and implementing assessments of movement skills in meter and rhythm. The research questions were: 1.…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Motion, Elementary School Students, Aural Learning
Kopf, Sigrid D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation describes the details of a study that explored what possible effects might occur in the area of oral language skills when kindergarten-age children from low socioeconomic backgrounds are exposed to sophisticated vocabulary and are engaged actively through dramatization and movement with a school's existing literacy curriculum. A…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Skills, Language Acquisition, English Language Learners
Kleiderlein, Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This case study describes the high school experiences of White working-class boys in a rural community in the northeast United States. It examines the identity formation of these youth, key characteristics of those identities, as well as a prominent and significant group identity among them. These youth are typically kinesthetic learners and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Working Class, Rural Areas, High School Students
Pritchard, Jan Teena – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The most basic and fundamental skill for academic success is the ability to read. The purpose of this 1-group pretest and posttest pre-experimental quantitative study was to investigate how a unique instructional approach, called "curriculum in motion" with an emphasis on therapeutic martial arts and Brain Gym exercises influenced…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Pretests Posttests, Statistical Analysis, Teaching Methods
Rusinko, Judith E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Multisensory Structured Language Instruction has been used for decades by clinicians and practitioners as an intervention for teaching students with dyslexia. Multisensory Structured Language Instruction uses the integration of multiple senses (visual, auditory, and kinesthetic/tactile) simultaneously to teach literacy. Although the anecdotal…
Descriptors: Models, Literacy Education, Multisensory Learning, Teaching Methods
Masera, Ronald M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This researcher examined the effects of Traditional versus Tactual/Kinesthetic versus Interactive Whiteboard instruction on short- and long-term word-recall and attitude-test scores of primary students. The sample included 87 children, 45 kindergarten and 42 first-grade students. Participants were 41 males and 46 females from a suburban elementary…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Achievement Gains, Sight Vocabulary, Academic Achievement