Self-selecting books in a children’s fiction collection arranged by genre

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 852-865
Author(s):  
Joan Bessman Taylor ◽  
Andrea Hora ◽  
Karla Steege Krueger
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Book Selection ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Survey Responses

Given school librarians promote reading and assist students in the self-selection of texts, this case study examines youth information-seeking practices, specifically book selection, within the context of a genrefied fiction collection. It examines how sixth grade students interacted with the collection along with their teachers’ perceptions of the collection’s recent genrefication. Data includes observation and video recording of 16 sixth grade students’ browsing activity during four checkout times, interviews with eight students, and survey responses from eight classroom teachers. Findings include that students used prior knowledge of genre for beginning book selection, preferred browsing with a peer and were more likely to leave with a book when they did, and tended to browse across genres even when coming to the library with a particular genre in mind. Classroom teachers viewed genrefication as a means for supporting students as readers, and appreciated that the library’s organization reinforced their curricular goals around teaching the concept of genre.

The Writer in the Reader

2013 ◽  
pp. 202-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadette Dwyer ◽  
Lotta Larson
Keyword(s):  
Sixth Grade ◽  
The United States ◽  
Peer Collaboration ◽  
Literature Discussion ◽  
Message Board ◽  
Global Literature ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Literature Circle ◽  
The Relationship

Digital reading environments are redefining the relationship between reader, text, activity, and sociocultural context. This chapter explores the nature of engagement, collaboration, and reader/writer response, as sixth-grade students from Ireland and the United States read and responded to electronic books within the context of an online global literature circle. In response to the readings, students composed digital thinkmarks, which served as springboards for subsequent written asynchronous message board discussions. Findings from this qualitative case study suggest that peer collaboration in an online literature discussion forum enabled the construction of social identity, community building, and a sociocultural situated response and engendered immersion in, involvement with, and interpretation of texts.

scholarly journals El fenómeno de crianza y sus efectos en el contexto escolar

2014 ◽  
pp. 120-147
Author(s):  
Dr. Carlos Varela Nájera ◽  
Dr. Manuel Alfonso Urtusuastegui Ibarra ◽  
Lic. Pilar Del Carmen Santoyo Pereda
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
School Aggression ◽  
Depth Interviews

En el presente trabajo de investigación se intenta dar cuenta del vínculo entre el fenómeno de crianza y las dificultades escolares de 10 alumnos de sexto grado en una escuela primaria pública de Culiacán, Sinaloa, México. Tiene como objetivo analizar las condiciones de la crianza que inciden en las dificultades escolares de los estudiantes y que, por su carácter subjetivo, plantean limitantes a la labor educativa.  Para ello se utiliza el enfoque cualitativo y el método de estudio de casos. Las técnicas de recolección de datos fueron la entrevista a profundidad, dispositivos grupales e individuales psicoanalíticamente orientados, observación participante y un cuestionario exploratorio aplicado a profesores. Destacan en los resultados seis tipos de conflictos familiares que afectan o modifican la crianza, generando distintas modalidades de expresión en cada caso, tales como: desinterés por la escuela, agresividad, bajo rendimiento escolar, entre otros. Se retoman los aportes del psicoanálisis para su estudio.AbstractIn the present research work tries to account for the bond between the phenomenon of parenting and schooling difficulties than 10 sixth grade students of a public elementary school in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. We aimed to analyze the conditions of parenting difficulties that affect school students and that its subjective nature, pose limitations to educational work. For this reason we use the focused qualitative and case study method. The data collection techniques were in-depth interviews, group and individual devices psychoanalytically oriented, participant observation and exploratory questionnaire applied to teachers. Results highlight six types of family conflicts that affect or modify the parenting, generating particular ways of expressing discomfort in each case, such as disinterest in school, aggression, poor school performance, among others. Are taken the contributions of psychoanalysis for analysis.Recibido: 13 de agosto de 2013Aceptado: 13 de febrero de 2014

scholarly journals STEAM Education for Critical Consciousness: Discourses of Liberation and Social Change among Sixth-Grade Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Bhaskar Upadhyay ◽  
Kara Coffino ◽  
John Alberts ◽  
Andrew Rummel
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Language Arts ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Critical Consciousness ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Steam Education ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
And Mathematics

Abstract In this case study, we present opportunities science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) education provided to a sixth-grade class. We collected observational and interview data in a language arts and a science class over 1 year. We used the liberation social psychology (LSP) framework to understand students’ discourses and discussions as they drew from science, engineering activities, and language arts ideas. Further, LSP allowed us to explore students’ engagement in critical reflection of social, racial, and other discrimination. The data analysis showed that STEAM education promoted the integration of science ideas, engineering design, social and critical consciousness. We found STEAM education supported discourses of critical reflection, racism, and social discrimination in class. Finally, we argue that STEAM education in Asia-Pacific and Global South countries has to be about critical consciousness, social change, and liberation of underrepresented groups and immigrants for more inclusive, sociopolitically conscious, and democratic STEAM education experiences.

The Implementation of Tahfiz Qur’an Juz 29 and 30 (Study in SD Islam Al-Mujahidin Cilacap)

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 214-223
Author(s):  
Muhdir Muhdir
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

The background of this study the authors look at the implementation of programs of interest Tahfiz Elementary School. After examining various virtues and benefits of both the primacy of the world and the Hereafter, it is known that a great many virtues if Tahfiz be a program at the elementary school, there are still many elementary schools that have not implemented the program Tahfiz. From this background, giving a boost to the author to explore in order to reveal the subject matter regarding 1) how the implementation of the program Tahfiz Al-Quran Juz 29 and 30 in SD Islam Al Mujahidin Cilacap 2) how the factors supporting and hindering the implementation of programs in SD Islam Tahfiz Al-Mujahideen Cilacap. This study used qualitative methods, with the strategy case study. In this experiment the data collection process using the method of observation, interviews, and documentation. While the analysis used qualitative descriptive analysis technique. While the theory used in this research is the Program Implementation Tahfiz Al-Quran.Based on research that has been done, it is known how the implementation of the program Tahfiz Al-Quran Juz 29 and 30 in SD Islam Al Mujahidin Cilacap is good, because it has met some of the things that support the success memorize the Qur'an including curriculum program has become typical Tahfidz , Tahfidz programs implemented in class VI were allocated for 2 hours of lessons a week, this curriculum is developed independently. For children of sixth grade students are expected smoothly semeter I memorize Juz 29, while the second half is expected to smoothly memorize Juz 30. And there is an evaluation program every week, tests Tahfiz the end of each semester. From the memorization process is good then memorizing dihasilkanpun also be good, factors that affect the implementation of the program Tahfidz Qur'an grouped into two parts, namely supporting and inhibiting. Factor Tahfidz program supporting the Qur'an is the interest, motivation of students and teachers qiro'ah, while the factors inhibiting the implementation of the program Tahfidz Qur'an include; lack of skills in time management, lack of support from parents, and the environment.

State-Mandated School-Based BMI Screening and Parent Notification

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 797-801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna M. Kaczmarski ◽  
Rita D. DeBate ◽  
Stephanie L. Marhefka ◽  
Ellen M. Daley
Keyword(s):  
Sixth Grade ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medical Professional ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Public Middle School ◽  
Child’S Weight

To address childhood obesity, several states and local school districts across the United States have adopted body mass index (BMI) measurement initiatives. This descriptive case study explored psychosocial, environmental, and behavioral factors among parents of sixth-grade students who received BMI Health Letters (BMIHLs) in one Florida County. A nonexperimental postintervention design was employed to gather quantitative data via self-report Likert-type questionnaire. Participants were parents/guardians of sixth-grade students attending one Hillsborough County public middle school ( n = 76). Results indicate three main findings: (a) most parents in this study (67.4%) who discussed the BMIHL with their child reported their child as “very” or “somewhat” uncomfortable with the discussion; (b) some parents of normal weight (NW) children responded by taking their child to a medical professional to control their weight; and (c) more parents of at risk of overweight/overweight (AR/OW) children (vs. NW) reported greater concern about their child’s weight, using food restriction and physical activity to control their child’s weight, and giving negative weight-related comments/behaviors. This case study illustrates the importance of adapting and tailoring state mandated BMIHLs for parents based on child’s BMI status.

scholarly journals ¿Harry Potter en Educación Deportiva? Percepciones del profesor, estudiantes y familias

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
José Ignacio Menéndez Santurio
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Sport Education ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Teacher Students ◽  
Educación Primaria

The goal of this study was to examine teacher, students and parents’ perceptions of a quidditch-muggle Sport Education season at a primary school. Fifty-two sixth-grade students from one primary school participated in the study. A case study research design was followed. One Physical Education specialist with expertise in the Sport Education Model agreed to participate and conducted a season based on the quidditch-muggle sport (17 sessions; 60 minutes/each, two days/week). Finally, forty-five parents, 86.52% of the total sample, agreed to provide their insights on their children’s Harry Potter experience. Several instruments were used to collect qualitative data: teacher’s diary, students’ open-ended question, parents’ open-ended question and students’ discussion groups. From the analysis of all data obtained, four positive categories emerged: enjoyment, novelty, learning and self-construction and one negative: competitiveness. Teacher, students and parents highlighted the usefulness of the SEM despite of the overemphasis on the competition. El objetivo de este estudio fue examinar las percepciones del profesor, estudiantes y familias de una temporada de Educación Deportiva de quidditch-muggle. 52 estudiantes de 6º de Educación Primaria de un colegio participaron en la investigación. Se llevó a cabo un estudio de caso. Un profesor de Educación Física experto en el modelo de Educación Deportiva participó en el estudio y dirigió la temporada de quidditch-muggle (17 sesiones; 60 minutos por sesión, dos días a la semana). Finalmente, 45 familias, esto es un 86,52% del total de la muestra, aceptaron participar y proporcionar sus puntos de vista acerca de la experiencia de Harry Potter de sus hijos. Se utilizaron diferentes instrumentos de recogida de datos: diario del profesor, preguntas abiertas del alumnado, preguntas abierta de las familias y grupos de discusión del alumnado. Del análisis de datos se extrajeron cuatro categorías positivas: diversión, novedad, aprendizaje y autoconstrucción y una negativa: competitividad. El profesor, el alumnado y las familias destacaron la utilidad del modelo a pesar de la competitividad presente.

scholarly journals Mnemonics Strategies and its Effects on English Vocabulary Building on Sixth Grade Students in Mafraq Educational Directorate - a Case Study –: استراتيجيات تقوية الذاكرة وأثرها على بناء المفردات لدى طلاب الصف السادس في مديرية تربية قصبة المفرق – دراسة حالة –

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (19) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ala'a Odtallah Al-khaza'aleh
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Vocabulary Building ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Mental Map ◽  
English Language Teachers

 This case study examined the effect of mnemonic strategies on improving sixth grade students' English vocabulary building. This study examined into students' response and their point of view toward using mnemonic strategies in teaching English vocabularies. A chick list was built based on experts' notes and English language teachers' observations in Mafraq educational directorate, Jordan, during 2019-2020 the first academic semester and vocabulary lessons were conducted using mnemonic strategies depending on the curricula to examine the validity and reliability of the research tool. Data from the teacher's observation was analyzed and the results showed the highest mean range was stated as ''Students make a mental map for a familiar place in their minds'' with mean range (20). And the lowest mean range was stated as '' Students decode words by numbers throughout giving each consonant sound a number'' with mean range (5). Based on the results of the study the researcher recommends using mnemonic strategies to improve students' English vocabulary building.

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