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https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/14551 Differentiated Instruction on Verbal Student Engagement in a Mixed High School Sociology Class Cameron Nielsen 6/15/2025 Text CameronNielsen_ARP_2025 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 06/20/2025, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en Student engagement in class is a pressing issue in schools that educators must consistently address. This is to ensure that students are obtaining the knowledge they need to become active citizens after they finish their schooling. To combat disengagement, this action research project studied the effects of differentiated instruction on student verbal engagement in a mixed high school sociology class. Data gathering methods were borrowed from Sagor (2000), using detailed clipboard notes during small group discussions and pre-set checklist marks during lecture periods. Verbal student engagement was monitored while each differentiated instructional method was being used to see what effect they had on student voice in the classroom. The data was sorted into three main themes: full-class discussion and lecture, small-group discussion and paired work, and independent work. For this class of 29 students, this research found that think-pair-share was the most effective strategy to engage students in conversations with each other and the teacher throughout all three themes. Culturally relevant teaching (CRT) had the second largest impact on student verbal engagement during full-class discussion and lecture, and had the largest impact during independent work. The results of this study support the established understanding that differentiated instruction can increase student engagement (Tomlinson, 2014) while offering the opportunity to compare the effectiveness of those differentiated instructions with one another. Master of Arts in Teaching (initial licensure) Think-Pair-Share | Culture | Community Amy Bowden | Kenneth Carano | N/A Action Research Project
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/13966 Paying Attention to Professor at Whiteboard Seyed Abdollah Shahrokni | Janeanne Rockwell-Kincanon colleges | universities | science | laboratories | diverse students | STEM a description is not yet provided for this image. Western Oregon University 2023 Image;StillImage | Photograph diversityimages_83 https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/page/diversity-images http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ alt-text is not yet provided for this image Students give their attention to a professor's lecture.
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/13891 Lecture at the Board Seyed Abdollah Shahrokni | Janeanne Rockwell-Kincanon colleges | universities | science | laboratories | diverse students | STEM a description is not yet provided for this image. Western Oregon University 2023 Image;StillImage | Photograph diversityimages_48 https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/page/diversity-images http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ alt-text is not yet provided for this image A professor presents as students listen.
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/13886 Focusing on the Lecture Seyed Abdollah Shahrokni | Janeanne Rockwell-Kincanon colleges | universities | science | laboratories | diverse students | STEM a description is not yet provided for this image. Western Oregon University 2023 Image;StillImage | Photograph diversityimages_43 https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/page/diversity-images http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ alt-text is not yet provided for this image Students concentrate on a professor.
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/13709 Availability of Sexuality Education Materials for Incarcerated Adults: Providing Recommendations for a Comprehensive Education Amanda M. Mooney 6/14/2024 Text; Image; StillImage English https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en | Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 6/29/2024, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. Sexual literacy is the understanding of sexuality in all areas, from sexual health to anatomy. Adults in custody (AIC) have historically been shown to have low rates of sexual literacy and an abundance of unhealthy sexual habits. Despite this, there is no targeted curriculum to improve the sexual literacy rates or sexual practices of AICs in the United States. This paper aimed to determine any resources that are accessible for AICs to address these concerns. The results showed that there are not many; however, there are targeted research articles discussing how AICs interact with various elements of human sexuality. This paper combined those research articles with human sexuality Open Educational Resources (OER) to create a Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) for AICs. This intervention is targeted at young, incarcerated males in the state of Oregon; however, there is abundant possibility to generalize this program to other incarcerated populations. The developed program consists of an informative lecture(s), activities, and discussion questions, all targeted at increasing sexual literacy, improving sexual health, and providing a strong foundation for participants to build strong intimate relationships. Based on the developed curriculum, possibilities for future research, limitations, and recommendations for other programs and policy changes are discussed. CC-BY-NC-SA (attribution, non-commercial, share alike) professional_project | Master of Arts in Criminal Justice Omar Melchor-Ayala | Terry Gingerich | Mari Sakiyama professional_project
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/13295 Incorporating Music, Movement, and Activity Based Methodology into a Traditional Science Lecture Travis Torgerson Music | Movement | and Activity Based 6/17/2023 Text | Image;StillImage eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 10/03/2023, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author by contacting the WOU Library. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ I teach biology, fish and wildlife science, agriculture science, and social dance. What I would like to focus on for my project is how music, interactions, and physical activity (such as dance) help people with trouble focusing.
I will look at how music and physical activity cannot only help people focus but can increase the power of belief in themselves that allows them to focus. What I would like to do for my project is to pick a science-related project in the realm of my expertise like fish and wildlife, agriculture, etc., and figure out how to make a lesson plan that is designed to teach about the subject incorporating music and dance to help one’s focus and learning about the subject along with their motivation and self-belief.
I think it could be a useful tool to tie music and social interactions such as dance into learning a serious subject such as wildlife education and or agriculture education. The lesson will be an eight-lesson series that incorporates music and movement/physical activity into learning about physical science for a unit about motion. Master of Arts in Teaching (initial licensure) Joshua Schulze | Lila Reid | Randall Dana Ulveland Professional Project
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/12549 How to Write Well Lars Soderlund Dr. Lars Soderlund's lecture on writing at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon University. Academic Innovation Center 2/1/2017 Image; MovingImage; Text video/mp4; application/pdf commlectureseries/9 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 04/18/2021, this item is in copyright. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/12547 Math: The New Civil Rights Issue Sylvia Valdes-Fernandez Dr. Fernandez's lecture on math and civil rights at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon University. Academic Innovation Center 4/1/2017 MovingImage; Text video/mp4; application/pdf commlectureseries/6 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 04/18/2021, this item is in copyright. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/12546 Hiking in Oregon Tom Kelly Tom Kelly's lecture on Oregon hiking at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon University. Academic Innovation Center 4/1/2016 MovingImage; Text video/mp4 commlectureseries/19 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 04/18/2021, this item is in copyright. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/12545 Alignment, Retention, and Meeting Our Students Where They Are Sue Monahan Dr. Sue Monahan's lecture on alignment and student retention at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon University. Academic Innovation Center 11/1/2016 MovingImage; Text; Image video/mp4; application/vnd.ms-powerpoint commlectureseries/18 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 04/18/2021, this item is in copyright. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/12467 Parallel Lines Garima Thakur Garima Thakur's lecture on parallel lines at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon University. Academic Innovation Center 3/1/2016 MovingImage; Text video/mp4 commlectureseries/16 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 04/18/2021, this item is in copyright. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/12466 Brain, Health, and Aging Rob Winningham Dr. Rob Winningham's lecture on the brain, health, and aging at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon University. Academic Innovation Center 11/1/2015 Image; MovingImage; Text video/mp4; application/vnd.ms-powerpoint commlectureseries/14 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 04/18/2021, this item is in copyright. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/12465 Non-fiction Texts That Inspire Writers Melanie Landon-Hays Melanie Landon-Hays' lecture on non-fiction texts which inspire writers at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon University. Academic Innovation Center 10/1/2015 MovingImage; Text video/mp4 commlectureseries/13 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 04/18/2021, this item is in copyright. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/12464 The Dog Ate My Cell Phone: Teaching and Learning in the Google Age Dan Clark Dan Clark's lecture on teaching and learning in the google age at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon University. Academic Innovation Center 12/1/2015 Image; MovingImage; Text video/mp4; application/vnd.ms-powerpoint commlectureseries/12 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 04/18/2021, this item is in copyright. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/12463 Inclusion of Youth with Disabilities in Community Recreation and Physical Activity Jennifer Taylor Dr. Jennifer Taylor's lecture on inclusion of youth with disabilities in community activity at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon University. Academic Innovation Center 5/1/2016 Image; MovingImage; Text video/mp4; application/vnd.ms-powerpoint commlectureseries/10 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 04/18/2021, this item is in copyright. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/12261 Retention: It Takes a Campus Kristin Mauro Dr. Kristin Mauro's lecture on retention at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon University. Academic Innovation Center 3/1/2017 MovingImage; Text video/mp4; application/pdf commlectureseries/7 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 04/18/2021, this item is in copyright. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/12259 Executive Function in Children Born Low Birth Weight and Preterm Patricia Blasco | Sybille Guy | Serra Acar Lecture by Patricia Blasco, Sybille Guy, and Serra Acar on executive function in children born preterm and with low birthweight at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon University. Academic Innovation Center 1/1/2016 Image; MovingImage; Text application/vnd.ms-powerpoint commlectureseries/11 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 04/18/2021, this item is in copyright. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/6856 Global Learning: Bringing the World to WOU Students Rob Troyer Dr. Rob Troyer's lecture on global learning at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon University. Academic Innovation Center 5/1/2017 Image; MovingImage; Text video/mp4; application/vnd.ms-powerpoint; application/pdf commlectureseries/5 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 04/18/2021, this item is in copyright. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/6852 The Great American Eclipse Jon Brewster Jon Brewster's lecture on the August 2017 eclipse. Western Oregon University. Academic Innovation Center 8/1/2017 Image; MovingImage; Text video/mp4; application/vnd.ms-powerpoint; image/jpg commlectureseries/3 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 04/18/2021, this item is in copyright. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/6842 Retention and Student Success Rex Fuller student success | Rex Fuller | Western Oregon University Dr. Fuller's lecture on student success at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon University. Academic Innovation Center 10/1/2016 Image; MovingImage; Text video/mp4; application/vnd.ms-powerpoint commlectureseries/1 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 04/18/2021, this item is in copyright. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/4934 Pedagogy of Teaching History: Comparing the Chronologic and Thematic Approaches Daniel J. Tew 6/1/2014 Text | Honors Thesis honors_theses/14 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 06/01/2023, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ In Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, a monotone history teacher lectures in a room full of adolescents who show no interest at all in the topic. Unfortunately this is not an isolated instance of teaching history. History teachers are plagued with the stereotype of being dry and boring. While other contents adjust to accommodate students, the majority history tends to be taught in the typical fashion (Laufenberg, 2011, p. 1). A teacher lectures and students absorb information by taking notes. If students are really “lucky” there will be a break from lectures and instead will be able to enjoy a lengthy historical documentary. What can be done to change the ways that history can be taught? Perhaps the approach the teacher takes to teaching can impact the way students respond to the content. Classes typically taught with this lecture style tend to teach history as a timeline (Olson-Raymer, 2011). Teachers start with one event or date and move forward throughout history. An alternative approach further examined in this paper is a thematic approach where a teacher instead selects meaningful themes for students to explore in great detail. While other methods exist outside of these two approaches, the traditional chronological approach is contrasted to the thematic approach to determine if there are ways to alleviate the disinterest students have in history. Advantages, disadvantages and sample lesson plans are used to dissect these approaches to determine their effectiveness for use in the history classroom. Honors Program Ken Carano | Gavin Keulks
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/4883 Kinesthetic Teaching Strategies for Adults in a Lecture Setting Rowan Cheney 6/1/2017 Text | Honors Thesis honors_theses/121 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 06/01/2023, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Kinesthetic teaching is a beneficial way for adults to learn and retain new information, but is not commonly used by instructors. The purpose of this project was to compile and discuss a list of kinesthetic strategies to help instructors facilitate learners’ ability to engage and focus on the learning material during presentations. The list of strategies was split into three sections: strategies that can be put into place by the learner, strategies used by the presenter without any specific learning outcomes, and strategies that are used by the presenter with specific learning outcomes. Honors Program Robert Hautala | Gavin Keulks
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/4218 Becoming a better teacher through differentiation: new instructional methods and addressing controversy in the social studies classroom. Benjamin Finnegan Curriculum and Instruction | Education | Educational Methods | Secondary Education | Differentiation | Classroom Climate | Technological Instructional Methods | Controversial topics in social studies 6/11/2022 Text theses/216 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 6/10/2022, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author at the email address listed above. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Creating a classroom that ensures students growth, success, comfortability, and cohesion is critical to a successful educational experience for students. All students come from different learning and life experiences, and these experiences help enrich the learning environment for all students. This research project examines how creating this type of environment can be achieved through the 2021-2022 school year. During this school year I spent my practicum experience in both a 9-10th grade Social Studies course, as well as a course specifically for 10th grade students. The research in this project focuses on the questions of:
1. How can differentiation improve and strengthen classroom climate?
2. What is the benefit of incorporating technology, and other non-lecture-based methods of instruction?
3. How can I more effectively teach controversial topics in social studies?
Data collection for these research questions came in the format of journal entries and personal note taking, conversations and conferencing one on one with students, and feedback from both my clinical instructor and university mentor. Also included in this paper also is an introduction, my philosophy of education based on my educational experiences, a literature review of work to help formulate research questions, research methods and results, and implications on how my research and data will impact my future teaching career.
Keywords: Differentiation, Classroom Climate, Technological Instructional Methods, Controversial topics in social studies 6/7/2022 Master of Arts in Teaching (initial licensure) Amy Bowden, Rachel Duncan action_research
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/4185 Action Research in Applying Culturally Responsive Teaching, Engaging Lesson Plans, and Balancing a Learning Management System with Lecture Jesse Aitken learning management system | pandemic | action research | distance learning | classroom management 6/10/2021 Text theses/114 eng Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 6/10/2022, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author at the email address listed above. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ An action research project performed while distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic at an alternative high school, this study focuses on the student teacher's progress of using the Universal Design for Learning, applying classroom management methods, and utilizing a learning management system with instruction. 6/10/2022 Master of Arts in Teaching (initial licensure) Jaclyn Caires-Hurley, Rachel Harrington action_research
https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/2955 Natural Science Lecture Class Undetermined Classroom | Lecture | Natural Science (NS) | Oregon College of Education (OCE) | Science Class | Students In the Natural Science Building, a professor gives a lecture on evolution to a class of students. 197u Image; StillImage Photograph as a jpg image (600 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 3024, height: 2376) omeka/1768 Copyright Not Evaluated: As of 04/21/2020, the copyright for this item has not been investigated by Hamersly Library. | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ United States--Oregon--Polk County--Monmouth
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