Room: NRN 1025

Intern: Rebecca Woods

Mentor Teacher: Robin Hayse

Internship Placement: Hidden Oak Elementary School

Title: The Effects of Art-Integration with Fourth-Grade Geometry Lessons on FourthGrade Students and Their Teacher

Rebecca Woods was experiencing a challenge in her fourth-grade classroom related to the engagement of students and the teacher with the geometry curriculum at the end of the school year. She wondered if engagement would be bolstered by the integration of art into the geometry lessons. She collected data during a four-week time period through field notes, video recorded lessons, student surveys, and mentor teacher interviews. Data analysis revealed three claims that focused on the engagement of the teacher and her students while integrating art with geometry.

Intern: Molly Szilagyi

Mentor Teacher: Claudia Snead

Internship Placement Kimball Wiles Elementary

Title: Integrating the Arts in Multiple Subject-Areas in Elementary School Classrooms

Molly Szilagyi was noticing a lack of engagement in her first-grade classroom. She wondered if integrating something new into lessons would spark students' interest in different subject areas. Molly decided to implement art in multiple subject areas over the course of four weeks. During these weeks she collected data through student interviews, a reflective journal, and field notes. Molly's data analysis supported three claims based on how art integration affects students' education.

Intern: Melanie Medeiros

Mentor Teacher: Morgan Douglas

Internship Placement: Newberry Elementary School

Title: Arts Integration in a First-Grade Science Classroom

Melanie Medeiros wanted to implement arts integration in a subject that she would be independently planning and teaching throughout the semester- science. She wondered what would happen when the arts are integrated within science instruction. She collected data through interviews, student artifacts, quantitative measuring, reflection journals, field notes, and surveys for four consecutive weeks. The data analysis reflected three claims regarding what happened when the arts were integrated in science.