FAU Undergraduate Student Research
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Promoting Cultural Awareness in the Urban Elementary Classroom through Multicultural Literature
Type: Text
Year: 2017, 2017, 2017, 2017
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Dassa, Lori, Musick, Gina
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: As the country’s population grows ever more diverse,
there is a growing need of cultural awareness in
our elementary public schools. Young children are
coming together from all over the world with diverse
families and experiences and co-existing with each
other in America’s elementary schools. In order to
minimize a negative view towards diversity, this study
implements a multicultural… more
Full Text: Promoting Cultural Awareness in the Urban Elementary Classroom through Multicultural Literature Gina Musick and Lori Dassa Percentage of Positive Perception Responses 100% SUPPORTING DATA HYPOTHESIS 90% 80% 70% Participants Percentage of Positive …
Taking a Brain Break
Type: Text
Year: 2017, 2017, 2017, 2017
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Burton, Christiania, Dassa, Lori
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: The purpose of the project was to see if giving
students a structured physical activity break after a
lesson and before the intended summative assessment
would increase their scores academically and/
or decrease their test anxiety. The idea was acquired
from spending over 1,000 hours in elementary school
classrooms ranging from kindergarten to fifth grade.
It was observed that after a 30-… more
Full Text: Taking a Brain Break Chris5ania Burton and Dr. Lori Dassa College of Educa5on at Florida Atlan5c University CONCLUSION SUPPORTING DATA HYPOTHESIS Can taking a structured physical ac3vity break a6er a lesson and …