How are breaks during educational times beneficial to all students? Additionally, how does Universal Design for Learning benefit students' learning? This goal is important because it allows teachers to further their knowledge on what types of teaching styles and break methods benefit their students the most, in terms of retention and processing information. My project investigates previously written research from both educational and scientific backgrounds to merge these ideas together. This allows for many perspectives to be covered, which will provide new knowledge on how cognitive functions and education directly affect each other. I used data from previous research related to the impact of UDL and how breaks impact learning and retention. My project is a literature review, so for this, I found credible sources that discussed UDL and then later how breaks impacted learning. This research is important because it will help educators have an outline on how they can structure their breaks so that they benefit their students. Since this is only a literary review, the hope is to work with schools and try different types of breaks for a variety of grades, to see the overall impact.
Investigating preservice teachers’ use of behavior-specific praise in a clinical setting The purpose of this study is to examine whether the use of a visual reminder influences the rate preservice teachers use Behavior Specific Praise (BSP) in a clinical setting. Effective classroom management strategies are essential in addressing students' behavior and managing teacher burn out. Although previous BSP research has shown an increase in desirable student behaviors, limited research has been done on the use of visual reminders to specifically encourage its use with preservice teachers in a clinical setting. Using a multiple-baseline design, researchers collected data on student clinicians' (n=26) use of BSP in an interprofessional assessment clinic with school-aged clients (n=10). Baseline and intervention-phase data was collected on student clinicians during a four-hour clinical testing session. Comparisons analyzing BSP rates for pre- and post-intervention are included. Based on previous research involving tactile reminders, it is expected that the visual prompts will show an increase in the rate of BSP among preservice teachers. The anticipatory findings will work to inform education programs in providing proactive support to improve classroom management skills.
How are breaks during educational times beneficial to all students? Additionally, how does Universal Design for Learning benefit students' learning? This goal is important because it allows teachers to further their knowledge on what types of teaching styles and break methods benefit their students the most, in terms of retention and processing information. My project investigates previously written research from both educational and scientific backgrounds to merge these ideas together. This allows for many perspectives to be covered, which will provide new knowledge on how cognitive functions and education directly affect each other. I used data from previous research related to the impact of UDL and how breaks impact learning and retention. My project is a literature review, so for this, I found credible sources that discussed UDL and then later how breaks impacted learning. This research is important because it will help educators have an outline on how they can structure their breaks so that they benefit their students. Since this is only a literary review, the hope is to work with schools and try different types of breaks for a variety of grades, to see the overall impact.
