Research Roundtables

Saturday, March 21, 2009
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.


Pre-Service Teachers' Digital Citizenship Video Projects
The objective of this session is to share a qualitative research study about the knowledge, skills and behaviors of junior level elementary social studies pre-service teachers who made videos about digital citizenship.
Linda Bennett, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

Pre-Service Teachers and Spirituality: A Dimension Worth Noting
This presentation reports findings, important for teacher educators, from a questionnaire administered to 331 pre-service undergraduate students to ascertain their perceptions of the dimensions of spirituality.
Mike Boone, Kathleen Fite, Robert F. Reardon, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA

Teaching Learning Standards Through Play
This research investigated elementary teachers' implementation of play-based methods while teaching academic learning standards.
Mary K. Bendixen-Noe, Ohio State University-Newark, Newark, OH, USA

Young Children's Mathematics Autobiography
Investigate how young children use mathematics in their daily lives and learn how to incorporate this information to enhance the effectiveness of mathematics teaching.
Fongyun Lee, Fredrick Silverman, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, USA

Outdoor Games and Classroom Learning in the Early Primary Years: The Tanzanian Experience
This session will report on the relevance of spontaneous outdoor games to classroom learning of language(s), mathematics and science in the early primary years.
Selina Lesiaki Prosper Mushi, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, USA

Two Parents' Perspectives of Preparing Kindergarten Readiness Skills
"What are important readiness skills that children need to have before attending kindergarten?" and how parents' thoughts (matuarationism, environmentalism, and constructivism) influence children's development of readiness skills.
Yu-Ju Huang, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA

Playing Around: Young Children's Responses to Two Modes of Presentation of Where the Wild Things Are
This study examines the differences in young children's play after being exposed to either the video or book version of Where the Wild Things Are.
Megan Cooper, Georgette C. Page, Millikin University, Decatur, IL, USA

Using Online Learning to Reflect on Issues/Trends and Children's Futures
Online learning was found to be an effective strategy to enhance student knowledge of early childhood issues and trends.
Elizabeth Engley, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL, USA

An Investigation for Self Professional Teaching Competence of Visual Art Education in Multicultural Kindergarten Classrooms in Taiwan
Government policy must raise immigrant parents’ aspiration to join kindergarten art activities. Limited funds restrict art materials that educators can use. Promoting personal art accomplishments is top issue for educators.
Ching-Yaun Hsiao, Chia-Cheng Lin, National University of Tainan, Tainan, Taiwan

Early Childhood and Middle School Teachers' Ability to Identify Divergent Thinking in Their Students
This session focuses on whether early childhood and middle school teachers can accurately identify students in their classes who are divergent thinkers.
Vicky Morgan, Nancy Latham, Rena Shifflet, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA

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