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TITLE II RESEARCH:
YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY

 

Faculty in Residence

College and Department

Instructional Level and Location

Research Question

1.

Julie Thomas

A&S Psychology

Middle School: Urban

What are some of the emotional needs of middle school children and their teachers, and how can these be addressed?

2.

Teresa Riley

A&S Economics

Elementary: Rural

What effect does the use of children’s literature have on student achievement in economics in a rural high-need setting?

3.

Richard Bretz and Richard Zitto

A&S

Science Consultants

High School: Urban

What effect does the use of hands-on science have on student attendance and achievement in an urban high-need setting?

4.

Kevin Ball

A&S English

High School: Urban

Does the use of effective teaching practices used in the instruction of English affect student achievement in composition? How does student attitude toward writing affect student achievement in composition?

5.

Steve Reese

A&S English

Elementary: Urban

What effect will the Literary Collaboration approach to literacy in teaching poetry have on children’s appreciation, understanding and composition of poetry?

6.

Hy Kim

COE Mathematics

Elementary: Urban and Rural

What effect does the use of supplementary resource materials and teaching strategies have in helping students to learn mathematics?

7.

Patricia Hauschildt

COE Language Arts

Middle School: Urban

What are the various beliefs and practices, successes and dilemmas in classroom management and classroom discipline?

8.

Richard Hazler

COE Ohio University

All Levels

Rural and Urban

From the teachers and administrators’ point of view, what are your levels of satisfaction with the efforts and accomplishments of the activities of the grant?

9.

Sharon Stringer/ Paul Gallagher

COE Youngstown State University/

A&S Psychology

Elementary: Rural

How will the repertoires of strategies for the writing process increase for TEC students? How will the knowledge on the stages of the writing process increase for TEC students? How will the attitudes of the TEC students change?

10.

Sharon Stringer/ Paul Gallagher

COE Youngstown State University/

A&S Psychology

Elementary: Rural

How did teaching behaviors change as a result of training to improve the teaching of mathematics?

11.

Sharon Stringer/ Mary Lou DiPillo

A&S Psychology/

COE Mathematics Youngstown State University

Graduating Seniors: COE Youngstown State University

What are the students’ assessments regarding the effectiveness of their pre-service teacher preparation program at YSU?

12.

Sherri Lovelace Cameron

A&S Chemistry

Middle School: Urban

What effect does the teaching “hands-on” science have on student achievement in science?

13.

Sharon Stringer

A&S Psychology

College TEC Students, Faculty, Teacher/Scholars

Youngstown State University

What effect does the Title II Grant have on pre-service education?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04/10/2002