Morgan Gulley conducted a study on the effects of journaling in a 7th grade history class. The study took place over 8 weeks in Morgan's 3rd period World Regions class of 24 students at Taylor County Middle School. Students wrote personal entries on Mondays and content-related entries on Wednesdays and Fridays. Test scores and grades improved over the course of the semester for students who participated in journaling compared to Morgan's other classes. The positive results suggest that journaling can help build relationships and enhance student learning.
Edu 610 Final Project Differentiated Instruction Powerpoint With Soundkduggan2
This is a Power Point Slide Show Presentation with a overview of Differentiated Instruction as a mission to meet the full range of learners at Barrett Elementary.
Submitted by: Kathleen Duggan, Special Education Teacher
Two way communication is very important in schools, offices, colleges even in every aspect of life. Here specifically discuss about two way communication between teachers and students.
Edu 610 Final Project Differentiated Instruction Powerpoint With Soundkduggan2
This is a Power Point Slide Show Presentation with a overview of Differentiated Instruction as a mission to meet the full range of learners at Barrett Elementary.
Submitted by: Kathleen Duggan, Special Education Teacher
Two way communication is very important in schools, offices, colleges even in every aspect of life. Here specifically discuss about two way communication between teachers and students.
Based on the work in Learning in Safe Schools, 2nd edition by Brownlie and King, a pedagogical framework to support co-teaching all children IN the classroom and examples of such are presented.
Day 1 of 3 day series. What counts in effective literacy instruction? How does this match the BC Ministry Definition of Literacy? What does this look like in the classroom? What do you want to hold on to, what to let go of? 2 keynotes, with breakout sessions.
1. mgulley3@mix.wvu.edu
Getting to Know You (And the Content!)
Morgan Gulley
Pre-Service Teacher, West Virginia University
Purpose and Passion
• I love working with journals in the classroom
as it builds classroom community.
• I wanted to establish personal connections
with my students through journaling and
discover how writing about content
connected to academic growth.
• How does journaling affect student learning in a 7th grade
history class?
Literature Review
• “…not only do strong student-teacher
relationships help increase student academic
achievement, but they are also crucial to the
social-emotional development of students”
(p. 47, Capern & Hammond, 2014)
• “…journal writing enhanced student learning
as reflected in test scores” (p. 46, Connor-
Greene, 2000)
• “dialogic classrooms tended to reduce
achievement differences across race,
ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and school
track” (p. 53, Johnston, 2012)
Taylor County Middle School
A WVU Collaborative Professional Development
School in Taylor County, WV
• 5-8 middle school
• ̴700 students, 97% white
• My class: 7th grade World Regions
• 3rd period - 24 students, varying ability
• 14 boys, 10 girls
• 4 students with IEPs
Implications
• I plan to incorporate journal writing, both
personal and content related entries, in my
future practice.
• I want to make sure that students have a sense
of critical literacy even in a social studies
classroom.
• A goal of mine is to have lasting, personal
relationships with all of my students.
Methodology
• Prompts were given to students
• Personal entries on Mondays
• Content related entries on Wednesdays and
Fridays
• Discussed entries as a whole group after
students were finished writing
• Journaling occurred for 8 weeks during the
first semester
Results
• Students who journaled had less F’s at the end of the semester than students
who did not.
• Students in my focus class built positive relationships with me and each other
establishing a positive classroom community.
• Test scores improved over the course of the semester.
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Class Semester Averages
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Test Scores
Mesopotamia Test Egypt Test
Research Question
Context & Participants
Contact Information
Morgan
Gulley