Room: NRN 1033

Intern: Grace Winkel

Mentor Teacher: Bobbi Scott

Internship Placement: Oak View Middle School

Title: Increase Engagement and Classroom Management Strategies in a 5th-Grade Math Class

Grace Winkel was seeing a disconnect with her students' engagement in a 5thgrade math class. She wanted to figure out if the implementation of a competition behavior management system called “Table Wars” would increase her students’ classroom engagement and create fewer classroom disruptions. She collected data throughout four weeks including the daily tallies each table earned, student reflection, and the comparison of test scores before and during the data collection period. These four data points explained students' overall engagement in class and their opinions about “Table Wars.”

Intern: Julia Musso

Mentor Teacher: Neal Haines

Internship Placement: P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School

Title: Exploring Engagement During 3rd-Grade Collaborative

Discussions

Julia Musso noticed that students were having difficulty staying focused during collaborative turn-and-talk discussions in class. She wondered how incorporating various strategies, specifically sentence stems and partner rotations, into lessons would impact engagement. She collected data during a four-week period in the form of field notes, student engagement surveys, and goal-focused engagement plans curated for each student involved. Data analysis revealed three claims focused on the relationship between collaborative discussions and engagement and how students can get the most out of their conversations.

Intern: Hailey Brown

Mentor Teacher: Alicia Stevens

Internship Placement: Newberry Elementary School

Title: Integrating the Arts into Third-Grade Classroom Management Strategies

Hailey Brown was experiencing a tension in her 3rd grade classroom related to classroom management. She wondered if incorporating the arts into her classroom management strategies would improve student engagement. She collected data during a 6-week time period through behavior charts, photos, videos, and reflections. Data analysis revealed three claims that focused on whether student engagement increased as a result of implementation.