item: #1 of 144 id: ijwc-1001 author: Xiang, Yajuan; Colson, Tori title: Childrearing Experiences in Cross-national Families date: 2018-04-03 words: 6498 flesch: 48 summary: This number portrays an image of cross-national marriage in the U.S. Since such marriages were often subsumed in discussions of other types of intermarriages including interracial, interethnic, and intercultural (Cottrell, 1990; Lee & Fernandez, 1998; Seto & Cavallaro, 2007), cross-national couples and their families are not adequately represented in the research literature (Adams, 2004; Crippen & Brew, 2013). To date, research studies suggest cross-national couples faced unique stressors due to the nature of their marriages. keywords: childrearing; children; couples; families; family; foreign; language; marriage; national; parenting; parents; spouses; u.s cache: ijwc-1001.pdf plain text: ijwc-1001.txt item: #2 of 144 id: ijwc-1074 author: Alghamdi, Ahlam Abdullah; Ernest, James M; Hafiz, Fatimah title: Teaching Sustainable Practices as Part of a Holistic Education in the Saudi Context date: 2018-04-03 words: 5255 flesch: 49 summary: As DAP was initially based on a framework of well-known European theorist’s’ views of child development and theory, questions have been raised about the relevance to children from different ethnicities (e.g., Delpit, 1988; Jipson, 1991; Kessler, 1991; Wien, 1995; Spodek, 1991; Lubeck, 1998). Children are encouraged to remove their shoes and socks before they enter the sand block area; children gain from playing with sand as much as they benefit from playing with water. keywords: arabia; childhood; children; culture; development; education; learning; sand; saudi; teaching; water; world cache: ijwc-1074.pdf plain text: ijwc-1074.txt item: #3 of 144 id: ijwc-1084 author: Burriss, Kathy title: Introduction date: 2017-11-14 words: 1101 flesch: 37 summary: Implications for teachers, teacher educators and school district personnel are described. With increased school focus on students’ secondary language, the authors describe how language strategies can be productive only when language teachers are “knowledgeable about the assessment, the process of implementation, interpretation of assessment data, and most importantly, the use of these results for further improving education. keywords: children; sand; teachers cache: ijwc-1084.pdf plain text: ijwc-1084.txt item: #4 of 144 id: ijwc-1089 author: Szecsi, Tunde; Lashley, Tara; Nelson, Sydney; Sherman, Jill title: Teachers’ Perspectives on Language Assessment and Effective Strategies for Young English Language Learners in Florida date: 2017-11-14 words: 4831 flesch: 49 summary: However, these efforts can be productive only when language teachers are knowledgeable about the assessment, the process of implementation, interpretation of assessment results, and most importantly, the use of these results for further improving education. Studies indicate that language teachers are often unprepared to maximize the benefits of assessment results (Popham, 2004). keywords: assessment; education; ells; english; esol; florida; language; students; study; teachers cache: ijwc-1089.pdf plain text: ijwc-1089.txt item: #5 of 144 id: ijwc-1090 author: Essary, Jessica; Hoot, James title: Gender Equity in Diverse Curriculum Content: Views from Primary Teachers in Tanzania date: 2017-11-14 words: 6131 flesch: 49 summary: Conclusion Understanding the negative effects training can have on teacher pedagogy encourages careful planning prior to testing an intervention for gender equity teacher training. Teacher training is offered in 34 government and 43 non-government colleges in Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania, 2013). keywords: boys; development; education; equity; gender; girls; pedagogy; perceptions; research; study; tanzania; teachers; training cache: ijwc-1090.pdf plain text: ijwc-1090.txt item: #6 of 144 id: ijwc-1091 author: Alghamdi, Ahlam; Ernest, James; Hafiz, Fatimah title: Teaching Sustainable Practices as Part of a Holistic Education in the Saudi Context date: 2017-11-14 words: 5206 flesch: 50 summary: As DAP was initially based on a framework of well-known European theorists’ views of child development and theory, questions have been raised about the relevance to children from different ethnicities (e.g., Delpit, 1988; Jipson, 1991; Kessler, 1991; Wien, 1995; Spodek, 1991; Lubeck, 1998). Children are encouraged to take off their shoes and socks before entering the sand area; children benefit from playing with sand as much as they benefit from playing with water. keywords: arabia; childhood; children; culture; development; education; learning; sand; saudi; teaching; water; world cache: ijwc-1091.pdf plain text: ijwc-1091.txt item: #7 of 144 id: ijwc-1092 author: Burriss, Kathy title: Pictures for Reflection date: 2017-11-14 words: 132 flesch: 54 summary: Unlike younger children, older children understand and follow the rules, recognize their strengths, and focus on areas requiring practice. Older children are better able to communicate, negotiate, and compromise. keywords: children cache: ijwc-1092.pdf plain text: ijwc-1092.txt item: #8 of 144 id: ijwc-1093 author: Burgess, Bill title: Today’s Classroom Accessibility date: 2017-11-14 words: 1355 flesch: 52 summary: If a student with a disability is struggling with a task that is easy for other students, such as opening a door, promote independence by asking the student if she or he wants help or if his or her preference is independence. After remembering to regard basic social premises, teachers consider what different technologies might do to support students with disabilities. keywords: classroom; disabilities; disability; students cache: ijwc-1093.pdf plain text: ijwc-1093.txt item: #9 of 144 id: ijwc-1094 author: Giles, Rebecca M.; Tunks, Karyn W. title: The Nitty, Gritty of Sand Play date: 2017-11-14 words: 1472 flesch: 60 summary: Placing sand containers near walls or other borders gives definition to the space allotted for sand play. As an open-ended, sensory motor activity, sand play is highly compatible with the explorative, imaginative nature of young children and well-suited for promoting the fun and expansive learning that embodies childhood. keywords: childhood; children; learning; plastic; play; sand; sand play cache: ijwc-1094.pdf plain text: ijwc-1094.txt item: #10 of 144 id: ijwc-1136 author: Allee-Herndon, Karyn Anne; Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth title: Neuroeducation and Early Elementary Teaching: Retrospective Innovation for Promoting Growth with Students Living in Poverty date: 2018-10-30 words: 5891 flesch: 43 summary: Teachers of early elementary classrooms are more and more in need of strategies for those children most in need. These same experts believe that growth-promoting environments in early elementary classrooms are ones that are language-rich, include purposeful play, and allow discovery and exploration with the support of peers and teachers scaffolding metacognitive development of skills that support SR and EF development. keywords: brain; childhood; children; control; development; executive; function; games; journal; learning; memory; play; poverty cache: ijwc-1136.pdf plain text: ijwc-1136.txt item: #11 of 144 id: ijwc-1169 author: Burriss, Kathy title: Introduction date: 2018-04-03 words: 900 flesch: 32 summary: As couples become ever more mobile, opportunities for teachers to interact with children of cross-national families increases. The authors describe how teachers nurture Saudi children to become caretakers for their natural sand-desert environment, while simultaneously underscoring the critical importance of culture and religion in the daily lives of all Saudi citizens. keywords: children; experiences; learning cache: ijwc-1169.pdf plain text: ijwc-1169.txt item: #12 of 144 id: ijwc-1170 author: Stone, Sandra J. title: Differentiated Instruction: A Band-Aid Approach for a Flawed System date: 2018-04-03 words: 7237 flesch: 59 summary: While the intentions were well-meaning, they were not based on an understanding of child development or even on how children learn. Some of the appropriate measures DI is attempting to do such as ongoing assessment, pursuing children’s interests, and recognizing how children learn differently are approaches that could have the freedom to unfold in a different way in child-centered system based on child development, process learning, and the ungrading of schooling (Goodlad & Anderson, 1987). keywords: approach; children; curriculum; instruction; learning; students; system; tomlinson cache: ijwc-1170.pdf plain text: ijwc-1170.txt item: #13 of 144 id: ijwc-1171 author: Sharifian, Maryam title: Early Childhood Education in Iran: Progress and Emerging Challenges date: 2018-04-03 words: 3640 flesch: 53 summary: Research studies further indicate that early education has a more powerful effect on pre-primary school children from lower income environments than on their wealthier counterparts (Lamb 1998; Myers 1995, 2004). Pre-primary school teachers receive the lowest salary in the educational system of this country. keywords: centers; children; ece; education; iran; organization; pre; programs; school; teachers cache: ijwc-1171.pdf plain text: ijwc-1171.txt item: #14 of 144 id: ijwc-1172 author: Burriss, Kathy title: Playing in the Snow and Much More date: 2018-04-03 words: 268 flesch: 57 summary: Building snow villages, ice skating, cross and down-hill skiing, ice sculpturing, ice fishing, snow shoe walking, and ice hockey playing provide a diverse range of children with choices, challenges, and cold noses. If you say you see children playing in the snow, you are correct, but take a closer look. keywords: children cache: ijwc-1172.pdf plain text: ijwc-1172.txt item: #15 of 144 id: ijwc-1173 author: Burriss, Larry L. title: Star Parties: Bringing The Infinite Universe Into A Small Classroom date: 2018-04-03 words: 650 flesch: 58 summary: 3, NO. 1 Star Parties: Bringing The Infinite Universe Into A Small Classroom Larry L. Burrissª aMiddle Tennessee State University Dr. Larry L. Burriss, B.A., M.A., M.A., Ph.D., J.D., LtCol USAF, is a professor in the College of Media and Entertainment at Middle Tennessee State University. That’s the image, unless you show up at one of the monthly first-Friday night star parties hosted by the Middle Tennessee State University department of astronomy and physics. keywords: state; universe; university cache: ijwc-1173.pdf plain text: ijwc-1173.txt item: #16 of 144 id: ijwc-1236 author: Stone, Brian; Surmitis, Kendra title: Educator Perceptions of Student Ownership and Self-Authorship: Building a Connective Framework Between Two Constructs date: 2018-10-30 words: 2650 flesch: 46 summary: Simply defined, student ownership or autonomy is an “action that is chosen; action for which one is responsible” (Deci & Ryan, 1987, p. 1025). Following the question of importance, and for the purpose of gauging perceptions of probability of student ownership and self-authorship in the participants’ classrooms, participants completed a number of questions that specifically requested their perceptions of likelihood. keywords: authorship; classroom; ownership; participants; self; students cache: ijwc-1236.pdf plain text: ijwc-1236.txt item: #17 of 144 id: ijwc-1251 author: Crawford, Patricia; Calabria, Kaybeth title: Exploring the Power and Processes of Friendship through Picturebooks date: 2018-10-30 words: 4896 flesch: 63 summary: While many childhood friendships are maintained through long periods of time, other friendships seem to fade or lose importance; friends may develop new interests and grow in different directions, sometimes resulting in a relationship that is abandoned or left in a state of disrepair (Erwin, 1998; Staub, 1998). Unlike more general relationships, childhood friendships are evolving, intimate relationships with selected similarly-aged peers; close relationships in which the participants are relative equals in terms of power and in which there is a degree of reciprocity (Gifford-Smith, 2003; Kemple, 2004; Nangle, Erdley, Newman, Mason, & Carpenter, 2003; Rubin, Coplan, Chen, Bowker, McDonald, & Heverly-Fitt, 2015). keywords: childhood; children; friendship; journal; literature; new; peer; relationships; time cache: ijwc-1251.pdf plain text: ijwc-1251.txt item: #18 of 144 id: ijwc-1261 author: ., IJWC title: Pictures for Reflection: Who do I want to become? date: 2018-10-30 words: 200 flesch: 61 summary: Providing children the time, props, and foundations for role play is healthy, fun, and contributes to children’s emerging sense of self and other. Young children, lacking power and authority, now fly, disappear, and save the world. keywords: children cache: ijwc-1261.pdf plain text: ijwc-1261.txt item: #19 of 144 id: ijwc-1263 author: Caukin, Nancy title: EdTech - Where Do I Start? date: 2018-10-30 words: 1461 flesch: 52 summary: Learner – Educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning. We may visualize iPads with educational games located at student learning centers, or clicker systems used in the classroom for both engagement and assessment, or particular software that students participate when home. keywords: edtech; learning; students; technology cache: ijwc-1263.pdf plain text: ijwc-1263.txt item: #20 of 144 id: ijwc-1264 author: Tharp, Nancy title: Family Literacy Events: A Framework for Teacher Candidates date: 2018-10-30 words: 1971 flesch: 42 summary: Toward establishing networking on behalf of children and families, collaborative planning for family literacy events is a viable alternative to connect families, local schools, university colleagues, and community agencies. Interactions during family literacy events include immersing teacher candidates in real-world professional development, building relationships between teacher and families, and connecting families with relevant community agencies. keywords: candidates; children; family; literacy; teacher cache: ijwc-1264.pdf plain text: ijwc-1264.txt item: #21 of 144 id: ijwc-1265 author: Burriss, Kathy title: Introduction date: 2018-10-30 words: 1126 flesch: 36 summary: Crawford and Calabria provide readers with an “overview of the role of friendship in the lives of children and consider ways in which children can develop the skills and habits of mind and heart needed to initiate, sustain, and navigate challenging areas within these types of relationships.” Creating opportunities to play, use language, and diminish stress enhance all children’s learning, but in particular, support children who may be additionally vulnerable. keywords: children; learning; readers cache: ijwc-1265.pdf plain text: ijwc-1265.txt item: #22 of 144 id: ijwc-1365 author: Burriss, Kathy title: Introduction date: 2019-04-10 words: 1085 flesch: 30 summary: Learning from one another, child advocates from a range of disciplines can more effectively collaborate and promote children’s and families’ health and wellness. Drawing connections between holistic learning theory and real-world practice, the third article, “Explorations on the Benefits of a Holistic Family Language and Literacy Program in a Latino Community: Multiple Perspectives,” authors, Clarisse Halpern, Daisy Gonzalez, Debra Giambo, and Tunde Szecsi, describe how an early childhood program supported children’s and families’ abilities to more effectively interact and engage in both the school and extended community. keywords: authors; children; learning; play cache: ijwc-1365.pdf plain text: ijwc-1365.txt item: #23 of 144 id: ijwc-1366 author: Ernest, James M.; Nicholas, Amy; Vardanyan, Shushan; Hafiz, Fatimah; Alazemi, Mohammad; Dixon, Dorielle title: Childhood Remembered: Reflections on the Role of Play for Holistic Education in Armenia, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the USA, and Wales date: 2019-04-10 words: 7555 flesch: 62 summary: Design and Methods To add to the literature base for and about play, we explored perceptions of early childhood play from teachers that grew up in diverse cultural settings that included Armenia, Great Britain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. Fostering pretend play skills and creativity in elementary school girls: keywords: childhood; children; development; education; learning; play; playing; research; school; self; teachers; time; university cache: ijwc-1366.pdf plain text: ijwc-1366.txt item: #24 of 144 id: ijwc-1367 author: none title: Critically Reflective Leadership: Defining Successful Growth date: 2019-04-10 words: 5193 flesch: 44 summary: Here we describe four aspects of leadership common across various leadership models. Critically Reflective Leadership Most leadership models are prescriptive. keywords: behaviors; development; followers; goals; leadership; models; organization; reflection; servant cache: ijwc-1367.pdf plain text: ijwc-1367.txt item: #25 of 144 id: ijwc-1368 author: Halpern, Clarisse; Gonzalez, Daisy; Giambo, Debra; Szecsi, Tunde title: Explorations on the Benefits of a Holistic Family Language and Literacy Program in a Latino Community: Multiple Perspectives date: 2019-04-10 words: 4790 flesch: 41 summary: However, when these challenges are targeted early in effective ways within communities and family education programs, possible barriers toward undermining children’s ultimate success in the U.S. can be diminished. Keywords: administrators; family literacy program; Latino children Introduction Diversity within the U.S. brings rich possibilities along with significant challenges for families, communities, and schools. keywords: children; community; education; english; family; mothers; program; skills cache: ijwc-1368.pdf plain text: ijwc-1368.txt item: #26 of 144 id: ijwc-1369 author: Contributor, IJWC title: Pictures for Reflection: I am 10 Years Old: Watch me Grow date: 2019-04-10 words: 384 flesch: 28 summary: Developmental milestones for typical fourth and fifth graders. This means, as much as 10 year olds want to be just like their peers and fit into a group, each 10 year old follows their own individual growth changes. keywords: year cache: ijwc-1369.pdf plain text: ijwc-1369.txt item: #27 of 144 id: ijwc-1370 author: Caukin, Nancy; Trail, Leslie title: SAMR: A Tool for Reflection for Ed Tech Integration date: 2019-04-10 words: 2975 flesch: 44 summary: Additionally, teachers may tell students to submit their work through an online tool rather than turning in a hard copy, which adds another dimension for analyzing student work. Students can use Skitch to record observations and collect data, or pictures can be taken of an area on the school grounds that students would like to redesign and then create scale drawings from their markings on the picture. keywords: learning; samr; students; teacher; technology; tool cache: ijwc-1370.pdf plain text: ijwc-1370.txt item: #28 of 144 id: ijwc-1371 author: Ertel, Pamela Kramer title: A Book Review & Action Plan for Using Renata Galindo’s “My New Mom & Me” Publisher: Schwarz & Wade date: 2019-04-10 words: 1451 flesch: 66 summary: The depiction of animals as the characters is an effective strategy helping to make this book more appealing to children, while also broaching a sensitive topic in a less traumatic way. The story depicts the daily activities the parent and child do together as they learn to bond and become a family. keywords: book; children; story cache: ijwc-1371.pdf plain text: ijwc-1371.txt item: #29 of 144 id: ijwc-1372 author: Lancaster, Barbara; Wilson, Tiffany; Wetsell, Katie title: ACEs and Healthcare: Creating a Positive Future date: 2019-04-10 words: 3008 flesch: 47 summary: Strait and Bolman proposed to formulate a method of instructing the next generation of health care providers on ways to prevent, recognize, and address unresolved childhood trauma (ACE’s) and to inspire other training programs to do the same. Strait and Bolman (2017) challenged health care providers to see patients for who they really are – just like ourselves- a composite of several different circumstances. keywords: aces; care; childhood; children; experiences; health; participants; trauma cache: ijwc-1372.pdf plain text: ijwc-1372.txt item: #30 of 144 id: ijwc-1373 author: Peterson, Kaitlin; Stone, Brian Andrew title: From Theory to Practice: Building Leadership Opportunities through Virtual Reality Science Expeditions date: 2019-04-10 words: 3602 flesch: 55 summary: The candidate prepared the students for VR use by telling them they need to use the goggles responsibly. The training consisted of VR tours of several different places, including: the Taj Mahal, the International Space Station, and the Jordan River. keywords: candidate; reality; students; teacher; technology; use cache: ijwc-1373.pdf plain text: ijwc-1373.txt item: #31 of 144 id: ijwc-1374 author: Crawford, Patricia A; Genest, Maria T; Jacobs, Katrina Bartow; Meyer, Carla K; Sobolak, Michelle J title: Page Turners: Books for Children date: 2019-04-10 words: 2059 flesch: 70 summary: 4, NO. 1 Page Turners: Books for Children Patricia A. Crawforda, Maria T. Genestb, Katrina Bartow Jacobsc, Carla K. Meyerd, Michelle J. Sobolake aUniversity of Pittsburgh, bLa Roche College, cUniversity of Pittsburgh, dDuquesne University, eUniversity of Pittsburgh Picturebooks Outside My Window Written by Linda Ashman Illustrated by Jamey Christoph Eerdmans, 2018. Ages 4-8. (MTG) I Do Not Like Books Anymore! keywords: ages; book; candlewick; family; isbn; jilly; readers cache: ijwc-1374.pdf plain text: ijwc-1374.txt item: #32 of 144 id: ijwc-1375 author: Editors, IJWC title: IJWC Updates date: 2019-04-10 words: 368 flesch: 40 summary: Within an understanding of holistic and integrative learning, the editorial board assumes responsibility to nurture and support tomorrow’s child advocates and educational leaders. 2018 Neuroeducation and Early Elementary Teaching: Retrospective Innovation for Promoting Growth with Students Living in Poverty by Karyn Allee-Herndon and Sherron Killingsworth Roberts 2017 Gender Equity in Diverse Curriculum Content: Views from Primary Teachers in Tanzania by Jessica Essary and James Hoot 2016 Are Korean Early Childhood Teachers Becoming More Responsive to Multicultural Children? keywords: ijwc; learning cache: ijwc-1375.pdf plain text: ijwc-1375.txt item: #33 of 144 id: ijwc-1594 author: Burriss, Kathy title: Introduction date: 2019-10-28 words: 1002 flesch: 38 summary: Building on past research, they describe issues teachers confront as they educate children in war zones. In particular, authors provide teachers, parents, and pre-service candidates with numerous hands-on activities, multiple tech-based applications, and several strategies to support professional growth. keywords: authors; children; learning; teachers cache: ijwc-1594.pdf plain text: ijwc-1594.txt item: #34 of 144 id: ijwc-1595 author: Sharifian, Maryam Sadat; Kennedy, Pat title: Teachers in War Zone Education: Literature Review and Implications date: 2019-10-28 words: 8190 flesch: 49 summary: Research also indicates that during war teachers themselves may suffer from trauma. Perhaps the mitigating variable here may be teacher resilience which Henderson & Milstein (2003) suggest can help teachers “bounce back from negative life experiences and become stronger in the process of overcoming them” (p.2). keywords: burnout; children; conflict; education; health; high; ptsd; research; resilience; school; stress; students; study; teachers; trauma; war cache: ijwc-1595.pdf plain text: ijwc-1595.txt item: #35 of 144 id: ijwc-1596 author: Chappell, Julie; Szente, Judit title: International Teacher Perspectives on Quality in ECE: A Case Study date: 2019-10-28 words: 6886 flesch: 50 summary: Revisiting the two faces of child care quality: Structure and process. 29 Research Questions The following research question guided this study: (1) How do teacher perceptions of quality compare between early childhood teachers in the United States and Finland? keywords: care; childhood; children; education; environment; finland; finnish; quality; research; states; study; teachers; united cache: ijwc-1596.pdf plain text: ijwc-1596.txt item: #36 of 144 id: ijwc-1597 author: Oestreich, Jo Beth; Fite, Kathleen title: Developing a Professional Identity in a Global Society date: 2019-10-28 words: 3605 flesch: 40 summary: Research targeting the development of teacher identity describes how it transacts with teacher retention, motivation, and learning in diverse cultural and social contexts. Exploring teacher identity from a holistic perspective: keywords: education; experiences; global; identity; preservice; professional; students; teachers; texas cache: ijwc-1597.pdf plain text: ijwc-1597.txt item: #37 of 144 id: ijwc-1598 author: Stone, Sandra J title: About Twins date: 2019-10-28 words: 860 flesch: 55 summary: The amazing journey of a set of identical twins begins with one single egg, which splits during fertilization into two eggs with the same genes. Having the same genetic makeup is why identical twins have similar hair and eye color, height, and build. keywords: august; twins cache: ijwc-1598.pdf plain text: ijwc-1598.txt item: #38 of 144 id: ijwc-1599 author: Donahoe, Brianna; Rickard, Derrian; Holden, Hunter; Blackwell, Kerra; Caukin, Nancy title: Using Edtech to Enhance Learning date: 2019-10-28 words: 2606 flesch: 43 summary: By using edtech in an activating strategy, teachers can draw students into their lessons by using tools students are familiar with and potentially passionate about. With Padlet, teachers can post an open-ended question and students can see their own responses as well as those of other students. keywords: edtech; nearpod; strategy; students; teachers; technology cache: ijwc-1599.pdf plain text: ijwc-1599.txt item: #39 of 144 id: ijwc-1600 author: Balkaran, Sonia M; Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth title: Equity Audits of Ethnicity in Three Transitional Series: Moving Toward Diverse Series Books for Today’s Young Readers date: 2019-10-28 words: 5948 flesch: 58 summary: Focusing on series books, Green and Hopenwasser (2017) describe transitional series books as straightforward, predictable, and comprehensible literature, usually for kindergarten through third grade students. Prior studies, such as Gangi (2008) and Green and Hopenwasser (2017), exposed the deficiencies of multicultural literature in elementary classrooms, particularly among transitional series books. keywords: american; books; brown; caucasian; characters; children; demographics; hair; literature; protagonists; school; series; students cache: ijwc-1600.pdf plain text: ijwc-1600.txt item: #40 of 144 id: ijwc-1601 author: Wilson, Tiffany; Maloney, Matthew title: Dating Violence in Adolescent Relationships date: 2019-10-28 words: 2762 flesch: 32 summary: Dating violence in adolescent dating relationships can also lead to negative emotional states and create a foundation of maladaptive relationship patterns of abuse in future adult intimate relationships (Howard et al., 2013). Significant reasons related to adolescent dating violence within dating relationships include childhood family violence experiences, social networking sites, and influences from media outlets. keywords: adolescent; behaviors; dating; journal; partner; relationships; violence cache: ijwc-1601.pdf plain text: ijwc-1601.txt item: #41 of 144 id: ijwc-1602 author: Lozon, Cris; Brooks, Jacqueline Grennon title: The Potential of Purposeful Play: Using the Lens and Language of Crosscutting Concepts to Enhance the Science and Engineering Practices of Play date: 2019-10-28 words: 2550 flesch: 56 summary: Tracking the formula embeds math into science practices as an essential feature of the investigation. In preschools and elementary schools everywhere, young children make secondary and tertiary color pigments from primary colors. keywords: children; engineering; green; play; practices; science cache: ijwc-1602.pdf plain text: ijwc-1602.txt item: #42 of 144 id: ijwc-1603 author: Genest, Maria T; Jacobs, Katrina Bartow; Meyer, Carla K; Sobolak, Michelle J; Crawford, Patricia A title: Page Turners date: 2019-10-28 words: 1511 flesch: 69 summary: A Spotting Book Written and Illustrated by Britta Teckentrup Big Picture Press (Candlewick), 2018 Elephants are trumpeting and thundering, while geese are honking and splashing their way through this colorful, engaging picture book for young readers. 4, NO. 2 Page Turners: Books for Children Maria T. Genesta, Katrina Bartow Jacobsb, Carla K. Meyerc, Michelle J. Sobolakd, Patricia A. Crawforde aLa Roche College, bUniversity of Pittsburgh, cDuquesne University, cUniversity of Pittsburgh, eUniversity of Pittsburgh Picturebooks Good Morning Snowplow! keywords: ages; book; children; isbn; text cache: ijwc-1603.pdf plain text: ijwc-1603.txt item: #43 of 144 id: ijwc-1604 author: Editors, IJWC title: IJWC Updates date: 2019-10-28 words: 239 flesch: 36 summary: In particular, IJWC editors believe by supporting student authors with modeling, feedback, and mentoring, IJWC strengthens and extends understanding, recognition, and implementation of “best practices” into the next generation of educational professionals and child advocates. Again, the IJWC editorial team invites students (undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels) to submit papers including problem resolutions, literature reviews, and research designs (qualitative or quantitative). keywords: ijwc cache: ijwc-1604.pdf plain text: ijwc-1604.txt item: #44 of 144 id: ijwc-1707 author: Wilson, Tiffany title: Introduction date: 2020-04-24 words: 1055 flesch: 39 summary: In the first article, “Analyzing Student Achievement Data: Preparing Teacher Candidates for Leadership,” Angela Danley, Karen Loman, and Natalie Tye discuss the importance of ensuring teacher candidates with relevant fieldwork opportunities to analyze and apply student achievement data. Authors describe how these early field experiences better prepare teacher candidates to assume future school leadership positions. keywords: alghamdi; children; play; teacher cache: ijwc-1707.pdf plain text: ijwc-1707.txt item: #45 of 144 id: ijwc-1708 author: Danley, Angela; Tye, Natalile; Loman, Karen title: Analyzing Student Achievement Data: Preparing Teacher Training Candidates for Leadership date: 2020-04-24 words: 6511 flesch: 53 summary: Analyzing student data provides teachers with a snapshot of what their students know and should know (Lewis, Madison-Harris, Muoneke, & Times, 2010). Analyzing student data indicates a direct relationship to teacher leadership (Killion et al., 2016). keywords: achievement; candidates; classroom; data; students; tcs; teacher; teaching; writing cache: ijwc-1708.pdf plain text: ijwc-1708.txt item: #46 of 144 id: ijwc-1709 author: Alanazi, Dalal; Alghamdi, Rana; Alghamdi, Adli title: Teacher Perceptions of Gender Roles, Socialization, and Culture During Children’s Physical Play date: 2020-04-24 words: 4905 flesch: 52 summary: The existing literature describes ways in which teachers’ perceptions may influence children’s emerging gender roles during physical play. This paper describes teachers’ perceptions of children’s gender roles and the relationship with physical play. keywords: activities; boys; childhood; children; gender; play; preschool; roles; teachers cache: ijwc-1709.pdf plain text: ijwc-1709.txt item: #47 of 144 id: ijwc-1710 author: Brown, Monica; Burriss, Kathleen G; Snead, Donald; Burriss, Larry L title: Teacher Practices, Time for Physical Activity, and the School Day: A Preliminary Analysis date: 2020-04-24 words: 5781 flesch: 48 summary: In order to provide data to plan for the implementation of appropriate physical and play activities into the daily school routine, this study identifies the range and duration of different types of physical activities used by classroom teachers and describes teachers’ practices to consistently include physical activity throughout the daily schedule. This current mixed-method study identifies ways in which classroom teachers describe implementing physical activity and play 40 opportunities during a typical school day. keywords: activities; activity; burriss; children; control; data; health; play; prevention; recess; school; teachers; time cache: ijwc-1710.pdf plain text: ijwc-1710.txt item: #48 of 144 id: ijwc-1711 author: Burriss, Kathleen G title: Playgrounds: Think Differently date: 2020-04-24 words: 1173 flesch: 59 summary: Instead of ordering from a catalog, did adults consult with professionals knowledgeable in designing children’s complex, inclusive, and integrated play spaces? Did adults include manufactured equipment in order for children to climb, tunnel, and grip as well as plan for natural spaces wherein children learn to appreciate, explore, and problem-solve with nature (bushes, trees, flowers, dirt)? keywords: adults; children; nature; play cache: ijwc-1711.pdf plain text: ijwc-1711.txt item: #49 of 144 id: ijwc-1712 author: Caukin, Nancy; Trail, Leslie; Hover, Ashlee title: How EdTech Can Support Social and Emotional Learning at School and at Home date: 2020-04-24 words: 2469 flesch: 23 summary: In a 2017 follow-up meta-analysis of 82 school-based studies involving more than 97,00 kindergarten through senior high school students, Taylor, Oberle, Durlak, and Weissberg asserted that there are long-term benefits of school-based implementation of SEL programs across diverse geographic contexts and age groups including social-emotional skills, attitudes, and sense of well-being. On a larger scale, a 2011 grant-funded meta-analysis of 213 different studies written by Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor, and Schellinger showed that incorporating SEL programs in schools had positive benefits on students’ social and emotional skills, attitudes, behaviors, and academic performance. keywords: casel; edtech; learning; school; sel; self; students cache: ijwc-1712.pdf plain text: ijwc-1712.txt item: #50 of 144 id: ijwc-1714 author: Alghamdi, Rana; DeMarie, Darlene; Alanazi, Dalal; Alghamdi, Adil title: Teacher-Child Interactions and Dramatic Play: Stories from Three Continents and Three Cultures date: 2020-04-24 words: 6755 flesch: 59 summary: Children in the United States might include items such as hot dogs and apples; whereas children in South Africa might include bread and biltong (a beef jerky) in their list of items. Child development (9th ed.). keywords: center; childhood; children; development; education; example; learning; play; role; saudi; teachers; writing cache: ijwc-1714.pdf plain text: ijwc-1714.txt item: #51 of 144 id: ijwc-1715 author: Lancaster, Barbara title: Gratitude: A Lifestyle Worth Developing date: 2020-04-24 words: 1272 flesch: 58 summary: Children become able to show more gratitude as they develop and become mature. According to Webster (1999), gratitude is the state of being grateful, thankful, a readiness to show appreciation, and a disposition to return kindness. keywords: children; entitlement; gratitude cache: ijwc-1715.pdf plain text: ijwc-1715.txt item: #52 of 144 id: ijwc-1716 author: Tye, Natalie; Willard, Sarah title: STEAMING Ahead by Challenging Thinking date: 2020-04-24 words: 3903 flesch: 52 summary: The STEAM Movement With STEM education taking an active role in the school system, Ramaley envisioned the inclusion of arts education to broaden student learning and intensify teaching experiences (Christensen, 2011). This incorporated a meaningful and empowering component to the work that is essential for student learning and growth. keywords: classroom; creativity; education; educators; learning; steam; students; teacher; teaching cache: ijwc-1716.pdf plain text: ijwc-1716.txt item: #53 of 144 id: ijwc-1717 author: Genest, Maria T; Jacobs, Katrina Bartow; Meyer, Carla K; Sobolak, Michelle J; Crawford, Patricia A title: Page Turners: Books for Children date: 2020-04-24 words: 1189 flesch: 70 summary: Norris, who always travels with a flock of beautiful butterflies, shows Elba (and young readers) how friendship and kindness can help share the burden of the big heavy block, and maybe tomorrow, the block will become smaller and lighter. With dynamic illustrations of the natural world, informative text, and a “Nutty Facts” section at the end, Squirrel’s Family Tree provides young readers with a realistic depiction of the life cycles of the squirrel and the oak and the centrality of the acorn through it all. keywords: ages; book; isbn; story cache: ijwc-1717.pdf plain text: ijwc-1717.txt item: #54 of 144 id: ijwc-1718 author: Wilson, Tiffany title: Spring 2020 Updates date: 2020-04-24 words: 228 flesch: 37 summary: IJWC Updates For the new column, “Emerging Professional,” the IJWC editorial team invites students (undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels) to submit papers including problem resolutions, literature reviews, and research designs (qualitative or quantitative). In particular, IJWC editors believe by supporting student authors with modeling, feedback, and mentoring, IJWC strengthens and extends understanding, recognition, and implementation of “best practices” into the next generation of educational professionals and child advocates. keywords: ijwc cache: ijwc-1718.pdf plain text: ijwc-1718.txt item: #55 of 144 id: ijwc-1720 author: Snead, Donald title: Education by the Numbers date: 2020-04-24 words: 345 flesch: 56 summary: In the United States, the estimated cost for all related spending on public Pre-K-12 education in 2019-2020 school year is $680 billion ($13,440 per student). 83 Table 1: Students enrolled in Pre-K - 8th Grade There are 15.3 million students in secondary (9th grade-12th grade). keywords: pre; students cache: ijwc-1720.pdf plain text: ijwc-1720.txt item: #56 of 144 id: ijwc-1918 author: Trail, Leslie; Fields, Stacy ; Caukin, Nancy title: Finding Flexibility with HyFlex: Teaching in the Digital Age date: 2020-12-14 words: 2046 flesch: 52 summary: When in-person and online synchronous students engage in small group work, summaries can be provided and digitized for asynchronous students to enrich their experience. Technology now extends student choice not only in how they demonstrate mastery of content, but also in how they receive their content. keywords: hyflex; learning; model; person; students cache: ijwc-1918.pdf plain text: ijwc-1918.txt item: #57 of 144 id: ijwc-1920 author: Lancaster, Barbara Whitman title: Sleep Hygiene: Evidence for a Healthy Family Habit date: 2020-12-14 words: 1727 flesch: 62 summary: Their findings purported that sleep hygiene is associated with psychologic health because good sleep hygiene practices increased sleep quality and allowed the body and mind the ability to recover from daily physical and psychological exertion. This article focuses on the topic of sleep hygiene including describing sleep hygiene, providing the evidence-based literature, and highlighting how sleep remains important in family life and wellness. keywords: bedtime; health; hygiene; media; sleep cache: ijwc-1920.pdf plain text: ijwc-1920.txt item: #58 of 144 id: ijwc-1921 author: Snead, Donald title: Education by the Numbers date: 2020-12-14 words: 324 flesch: 52 summary: 5, NO. 2 Education by the Numbers Donald Sneada aMiddle Tennessee State University Donald Snead (B.S.in Natural Science, M.A. Teaching in Curriculum & Instruction, Ed.D. Curriculum & Instruction in Science Education) is the Interim Department Chair and Professor in the Educational Leadership Department at Middle Tennessee State University. 40    Reference National Center for Education Statistics, United States., (2019). keywords: education cache: ijwc-1921.pdf plain text: ijwc-1921.txt item: #59 of 144 id: ijwc-1922 author: Wermuth, Shelley title: Innovative and Engaging Approaches in a Middle School Science Classroom: Ideas to Capitalize on Student Interest date: 2020-12-14 words: 4469 flesch: 59 summary: Centers Centers are utilized in the environment to capitalize on student interests, inquiries, and explorations (McCarthy, 2014). Students are no longer content with sitting passively, taking notes, and listening to a teacher lecture. keywords: car; centers; classroom; education; learning; science; stem; students; teacher cache: ijwc-1922.pdf plain text: ijwc-1922.txt item: #60 of 144 id: ijwc-1923 author: Jacobs, Katrina Bartow; Meyer, Carla K. ; Sobolak, Michelle J. ; Crawford, Patricia; Genest, Maria T. title: Page Turners: Books for Children date: 2020-12-14 words: 1229 flesch: 71 summary: This nearly wordless picture book is not only a lovely story of compromise when playing together, but also highly engaging for young children, with illustrations that seem to jump off the page. The bright, engaging illustrations compliment a character to whom many children can surely relate. keywords: ages; children; isbn; world cache: ijwc-1923.pdf plain text: ijwc-1923.txt item: #61 of 144 id: ijwc-1926 author: Giles, Rebecca; Hoot, James title: Bubbles and Balls in Belize: A New Perspective on Play date: 2020-12-14 words: 1404 flesch: 63 summary: I immediately focused on the hazards and began to imagine the many possible scenarios of children playing in this space that could result in injury. As the days progressed and my fearful imagining of worse case scenarios failed to occur, I began to consider the space and children playing there from a new perspective. keywords: children; end; play; playground cache: ijwc-1926.pdf plain text: ijwc-1926.txt item: #62 of 144 id: ijwc-1927 author: Alharbi, Manal ObedAullah; Alzahrani, Mona Mohsen title: The Importance of Learning Through Play in Early Childhood Education: Reflection on The Bold Beginnings Report date: 2020-12-14 words: 4040 flesch: 53 summary: It is important children gain their own internal sense of competence and not rely on an external evaluation. The report claims when children learn more academic curriculum early without spending too much time on play, they become ready and qualified in their academic lives which in turn, makes instruction easier for their future elementary school teachers. keywords: childhood; children; development; education; learning; play; report; skills cache: ijwc-1927.pdf plain text: ijwc-1927.txt item: #63 of 144 id: ijwc-1928 author: Danley, Angela title: Foster A Growth Mindset in Children Using Two Books: “Beautiful Oops” by Barney Saltzberg and “Stickley Makes a Mistake: A Frog’s Guide to Trying Again” by Brenda S. Miles date: 2020-12-14 words: 1593 flesch: 63 summary: Through the read alouds connected to growth mindset, the educator can promote discussion, provide writing opportunities, and help students develop personal goals. Abstract This article provides early childhood educators and parents information on the importance of teaching students about growth mindset. keywords: children; growth; mindset cache: ijwc-1928.pdf plain text: ijwc-1928.txt item: #64 of 144 id: ijwc-1929 author: Wilson, Tiffany title: Introduction date: 2020-12-14 words: 957 flesch: 41 summary: Articles: The Importance of Learning Through Play in Early Childhood Education: Reflections on The Bold Beginnings Report Manal ObedAullah Alharbi, Mona M. Alzahrani In the article “The Importance of Learning Through Play in Early Childhood Education: Reflections on The Bold Beginnings Report,” Manal ObedAullah Alharbi and Mona Mohsen Alzahrani compares two perspectives on using play while learning. Moreover, Alharbi and Alzahrani explain the added benefits students receive when play is incorporated into the learning process, as it encompasses a more holistic approach to learning. Pictures for Reflections Bubbles and Balls in Belize: A New Perspective on Play Rebecca Giles Photographs by Jim Hoot “Bubbles and Balls in Belize: A New Perspective on Play,” by Rebecca Giles, sheds light on the importance of allowing children to engage in what is already available instead of creating an environment of play that could be too restrictive. keywords: children; learning; sleep cache: ijwc-1929.pdf plain text: ijwc-1929.txt item: #65 of 144 id: ijwc-1930 author: Wilson, Tiffany title: IJWC Updates date: 2020-12-14 words: 225 flesch: 35 summary: 5, NO. 2 IJWC Updates For the new column, “Emerging Professional,” the IJWC editorial team invites students (undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels) to submit papers including problem resolutions, literature reviews, and research designs (qualitative or quantitative). In particular, IJWC editors believe by supporting student authors with modeling, feedback, and mentoring, IJWC strengthens and extends understanding, recognition, and implementation of “best practices” into the next generation of educational professionals and child advocates.  keywords: ijwc cache: ijwc-1930.pdf plain text: ijwc-1930.txt item: #66 of 144 id: ijwc-2042 author: Lim, Jane Seok Jeng ; Ridgley, Robyn title: Reflection on Practice: Pre-Service Teachers’ Reflection and Intentional Planning to Enhance Toddlers’ Engagement During Free Play date: 2021-06-02 words: 7295 flesch: 48 summary: Exploring the relationship between global quality and group engagement in toddler child care classrooms. They shared their perspectives related to the four prompts: interests of children; specific centers that were engaging or not to specific children; recommendations for changes; and opportunities for provid ing differentiated instruction. keywords: centers; children; classroom; engagement; learning; materials; play; ptc; teacher; toddlers cache: ijwc-2042.pdf plain text: ijwc-2042.txt item: #67 of 144 id: ijwc-2043 author: Pence, Alicia title: Motivation for Participation in Extracurricular School Clubs for Students with Severe Disabilities date: 2021-06-02 words: 5265 flesch: 41 summary: The last theme (i.e., finding a niche) explains motivators that influenced students’ ongoing participation in club activities. In general, students were motivated to continue their involvement because they liked being part of a group and they were continuously encouraged to participate; identified as less frequent motives included related to having a relationship with peers outside of club activities and learning new skills. keywords: activities; club; disabilities; involvement; participation; peers; school; self; students; youth cache: ijwc-2043.pdf plain text: ijwc-2043.txt item: #68 of 144 id: ijwc-2044 author: Caukin, Nancy; Trial, Leslie; Wright, Constance title: The Whole Teacher: Practicing Self-Care date: 2021-06-02 words: 4006 flesch: 45 summary: Teacher stress and health. In order to teach the whole child, we need whole teachers. keywords: activity; care; exercise; health; learning; school; self; sleep; stress; teachers; times cache: ijwc-2044.pdf plain text: ijwc-2044.txt item: #69 of 144 id: ijwc-2045 author: Jones, S. Renée title: Striving from the Margins During COVID-19: One Family's Experience Advocating for their Middle School E-learner date: 2021-06-02 words: 4917 flesch: 52 summary: Middle school can be a challenging time for many students and can be fraught with additional struggles or barriers for marginalized children. Discussion As Crockett et al. (1989) noted, middle school child ren are in a period of transition, some on the cusp of being a teenager and everything that comes with this developmental period. keywords: children; education; family; journal; middle; school; students; united cache: ijwc-2045.pdf plain text: ijwc-2045.txt item: #70 of 144 id: ijwc-2046 author: Parlak, Simel ; Canel, Azize Nilgün title: Instances of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Among the Young in Turkey date: 2021-06-02 words: 8568 flesch: 55 summary: In the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which was conducted on 9900 students, 20.9% of the female students and 10.4% of the male students stated that they were exposed to partner violence (Vagi, Olsen, Basile, & Vivolo-Kantor, 2015). Her research focuses on planning psycho-educational works and nation-wide programs to prevent intimate partner violence targeting conflict resolution skills, communication skills, anger management, healthy romantic relationships, and gender equality with involvement of several bodies such as family, school, non-governmental organizations, and social media. keywords: acts; anger; dating; family; father; female; participants; partner; partner violence; people; research; school; study; theme; turkey; violence cache: ijwc-2046.pdf plain text: ijwc-2046.txt item: #71 of 144 id: ijwc-2047 author: Snead, Donald title: Education by the Numbers date: 2021-06-02 words: 459 flesch: 47 summary: Teacher characteristics are often associated with other variables related to student’s success. Teachers are the backbone of society. keywords: nonhispanic; teachers cache: ijwc-2047.pdf plain text: ijwc-2047.txt item: #72 of 144 id: ijwc-2048 author: Horrace, Rebecca title: STREAM into Online Play Groups How Children Adapt to Play in a Rapidly Digitized World date: 2021-06-02 words: 3900 flesch: 48 summary: Creative Play Play that enables children to explore, develop ideas and make things in a digital context. Communication Play Play using words, songs, rhymes, poetry, etc. in a digital context. keywords: children; context; education; groups; media; play; technology; toys; wohlwend cache: ijwc-2048.pdf plain text: ijwc-2048.txt item: #73 of 144 id: ijwc-2049 author: Genest, Maria T; Jacobs, Katrina Bartow; Meyer, Carla K.; Sobolak, Michelle J.; Crawford, Patricia A. title: Page Turners: Books for Children date: 2021-06-02 words: 1341 flesch: 75 summary: Seluk uses comic book style illustrations and humor to teach young readers how the brain controls everything we do from our thoughts, movements, senses, and feelings. Young readers will surely be pulled in by the illustrations and humor that Seluk uses to complement the text as they learn about the many functions of the brain and how it controls all other parts of the body. keywords: ages; isbn; new; readers; text cache: ijwc-2049.pdf plain text: ijwc-2049.txt item: #74 of 144 id: ijwc-2050 author: Munday, Peri; Horton, Christan title: The Impact of Emotional Intelligence among Children with Disabilities and the Role of Professional Educators and Caregivers: A Literature Review date: 2021-06-02 words: 7765 flesch: 31 summary: In addition to the role of educators and other human service professionals, parental involvement may have a huge impact on bolstering positive child emotional intelligence by creating a parental/caregiver support system that concentrates on the whole child and not merely academics alone. This conceptual analysis focuses on the significant position of emotional intelligence and children with disabilities and other special needs. keywords: care; children; development; disabilities; emotions; et al; health; individuals; intelligence; learning; needs; social cache: ijwc-2050.pdf plain text: ijwc-2050.txt item: #75 of 144 id: ijwc-2051 author: Wilson, Tiffany title: Updates date: 2021-06-02 words: 137 flesch: 68 summary: Beginning Fall 2021, submission deadlines for the Fall will be September 30th. We look forward to seeing you in Fall 2021. keywords: journal cache: ijwc-2051.pdf plain text: ijwc-2051.txt item: #76 of 144 id: ijwc-2052 author: Wilson, Tiffany title: Introduction date: 2021-06-02 words: 847 flesch: 35 summary: Black middle school students can experience various challenges and barriers related to inequities in education. 8 STEAM Manuscript STREAM into Online Play Groups: How Children Adapt to Play in a Rapidly Digitized World Rebecca Horrace In the STEAM article, “STREAM into Online Play Groups How Children Adapt to Play in a Rapidly Digitized World ,” Rebecca Horrace provides an understanding of the role technology and digital media have on children’s play. keywords: children; disabilities; play cache: ijwc-2052.pdf plain text: ijwc-2052.txt item: #77 of 144 id: ijwc-2145 author: Wilson, Tiffany title: Introduction date: 2021-12-20 words: 1116 flesch: 40 summary: Article #1: Designing Clothing Patterns to Promote Fine Motor Skills: A Research and Development Project Usep Kustiawan, Rosyi Damayani T. Maningtyas, Arda Purnama Putra, Ayu Asmah This article discusses the importance of children in their early childhood to learn and engage in activities that develop their fine motor skills. Article #2: Developing Children’s Resilience to Overcome Recent Challenges Mona Moshen Alzahrani keywords: article; children; resilience; school; theory cache: ijwc-2145.pdf plain text: ijwc-2145.txt item: #78 of 144 id: ijwc-2146 author: Kustiawan, Usep; Maningtyas, Rosyi Damayani T. ; Putra, Arda Purnama; Asmah, Ayu title: Designing Clothing Patterns to Promote Fine Motor Skills: A Research and Development Project date: 2021-12-20 words: 3686 flesch: 48 summary: The early childhood years provide important opportunities for children to grow in all areas of child development (Kustiawan, 2017). Results The clothing pattern product developed in this research and development (R&D) project was designed to support fine motor skills in young children by using the method and materials of children engaged in simple sewing skills. keywords: children; clothing; design; development; learning; motor; pattern; physical; sewing; skills cache: ijwc-2146.pdf plain text: ijwc-2146.txt item: #79 of 144 id: ijwc-2147 author: Alzahrani, Mona Moshen title: Developing Children’s Resilience and Overcome Recent Challenges date: 2021-12-20 words: 3665 flesch: 47 summary: Alzahrani’s research interests focus on family engagement, child development, child resilience; play based learning, and culture sustainability. In addition, the policy makers and practitioners also have an interest in child resilience to aid children to development in full and appropriate ways (Caspi et al., 2016). keywords: children; et al; factors; resilience; southwick cache: ijwc-2147.pdf plain text: ijwc-2147.txt item: #80 of 144 id: ijwc-2148 author: Vinson, Lori; Caukin, Nancy title: eLearning for K-12: Challenges and Solutions date: 2021-12-20 words: 3550 flesch: 48 summary: Many students are experiencing uncertainty and change in their lives that are creating hardships in their school life and home life during this pandemic. Research interests include Social Emotional Learning and Mindful Movement for both teachers and students. keywords: education; help; learning; parents; school; students; teachers; teaching; technology cache: ijwc-2148.pdf plain text: ijwc-2148.txt item: #81 of 144 id: ijwc-2149 author: Walker, Quiteya; Grant, Nykeisha; Johnson, Chantel; Rollins, Carolyn title: The Intersection of Trauma, Mental Health, and Academic Performance Among School- Aged Youth date: 2021-12-20 words: 7766 flesch: 52 summary: Transformation of children's mental health services: The role of school mental health. London and Ingram (2018) reported that elementary school students had high loneliness and increased depressive symptoms. keywords: children; covid-19; education; et al; health; learning; parents; school; shootings; students; trauma; violence; youth cache: ijwc-2149.pdf plain text: ijwc-2149.txt item: #82 of 144 id: ijwc-2150 author: Snead, Donald title: Education by the Numbers date: 2021-12-20 words: 460 flesch: 45 summary: Teacher characteristics are often associated with other variables related to students’ success. Teachers are the backbone of society. keywords: school; teachers cache: ijwc-2150.pdf plain text: ijwc-2150.txt item: #83 of 144 id: ijwc-2151 author: Stone, William title: STEM Content vs. A Sense of Wonder and Joy of Learning: It Shouldn’t Have to be a Choice date: 2021-12-20 words: 4593 flesch: 63 summary: Drew went on to invent many other products during his career at 3M. Before he died, he made the statement that there is great joy in “finding something valuable in something not even sought out” (Matchar, 2019, para. 12). Many schools are beginning to implement their own version of the 15% rule, which they now call “Genius Hour” (Genius Hour, 2021). keywords: bruner; curiosity; drew; education; genius; science; students; time; university cache: ijwc-2151.pdf plain text: ijwc-2151.txt item: #84 of 144 id: ijwc-2152 author: Sobolak, Michelle J.; Crawford, Patricia; Genest, Maria title: Page Turners: Books for Children date: 2021-12-20 words: 1122 flesch: 66 summary: 6, NO. 2 Page Turners: Books for Children Michelle J. Sobolaka, Patricia Crawfordb, Maria Genestc, Katrina Bartow Jacobsd, Carla K. Meyere aUniversity of Pittsburgh, bUniversity of Pittsburgh, cLa Roche University, dUniversity of Pittsburgh, eDuquesne University Bonaparte Plays Ball Written by Margery Cuyler Illustrated by Will Terry Crown, 2020 ISBN 9781984830470 Batter up! This charming board book for young children takes them through numbers 1 to 10, using the language of exploring and wondering about our natural world. keywords: ages; book; children; isbn cache: ijwc-2152.pdf plain text: ijwc-2152.txt item: #85 of 144 id: ijwc-2153 author: Offutt, Laurie; Snead, Donald title: The Utilization of Instructional Coaches on the Impact of Student Achievement and Teacher Instructional Practices in Reading and Math in Grades Three Through Eight date: 2021-12-20 words: 7213 flesch: 46 summary: Purpose of Study The purpose of the current study is to determine if teacher instructional practices and utilization of instructional coaches support districts and schools to increase student achievement scores. In this study, most sub-groups in the school district realized increases in proficiency levels in math and reading after the implementation of instructional coaches. keywords: achievement; coaches; development; learning; math; practices; proficiency; reading; school; student; teachers cache: ijwc-2153.pdf plain text: ijwc-2153.txt item: #86 of 144 id: ijwc-2154 author: Daily, Sara title: “Productive Struggle” as an Effective Strategy in Elementary Math Classrooms date: 2021-12-20 words: 4560 flesch: 56 summary: This strategy builds on student understanding of the material because the students can develop their own reasoning on how to solve the problem. Abstract Productive Struggle refers to a strategy that gives students an opportunity to increase their background mathematical knowledge. keywords: et al; struggle; students; teachers cache: ijwc-2154.pdf plain text: ijwc-2154.txt item: #87 of 144 id: ijwc-2155 author: Arns, Kaitlyn M. title: Multiple Intelligence in a Center Based Environment date: 2021-12-20 words: 8086 flesch: 47 summary: Her research interests include understanding how the Theory of Multiple Intelligences and Self-Determination Theory can be better understood to help engage students in the classroom. This research was conducted to gain a new perspective on students as individual learners and the findings serve as a resource for teachers to reform instructional practices. keywords: centers; children; choice; classroom; gardner; intelligences; learning; students; teachers; theory; way cache: ijwc-2155.pdf plain text: ijwc-2155.txt item: #88 of 144 id: ijwc-2156 author: Wilson, Tiffany title: Updates date: 2021-12-20 words: 144 flesch: 68 summary: Beginning Fall 2021, submission deadlines for the Fall will be September 30th. The submission deadline for the Spring will be February 28th. keywords: fall cache: ijwc-2156.pdf plain text: ijwc-2156.txt item: #89 of 144 id: ijwc-2175 author: Wilson, Tiffany title: Introduction date: 2022-05-31 words: 942 flesch: 35 summary: Tech Talk Manuscript Make it Visible: Video Record Teaching and Learning Leslie Trail, Nancy Caukin In the Tech Talk article, “Make it Visible: Video Record Teaching and Learning,” the authors discuss how video recording offers realistic views of teacher practices because it captures the truth of classroom instruction. Using PBL can assist teachers and students in understanding the process and knowing where their work is taking them. keywords: article; children; learning; teacher cache: ijwc-2175.pdf plain text: ijwc-2175.txt item: #90 of 144 id: ijwc-2176 author: Liesch, Hillary Polchow ; Morrison, Karen; Giles, Rebecca M title: Pre-Kindergarten Teachers’ Perceptions of Social and Emotional Learning date: 2022-05-31 words: 5642 flesch: 45 summary: Given that administrators and classroom teachers are expected to address social and emotional developmental teaching standards in all 50 states in the United States (Dusenbury & Weissberg, 2017), more research about teacher perceptions of those standards must be conducted, preferably using larger samples and including qualitative components. The impact of age and racial identity on teacher SEL beliefs and/or classroom practices would be another area worthy of further investigation. keywords: childhood; education; learning; perceptions; research; sel; students; teachers; years cache: ijwc-2176.pdf plain text: ijwc-2176.txt item: #91 of 144 id: ijwc-2178 author: Jung, Jessun ; Geist, Eugene title: One Male Student Teacher’s Perception and Experiences of Student Teaching in an Infant Group Care Setting date: 2022-05-31 words: 5594 flesch: 61 summary: Some female teachers insist that male student teachers are incapable of caring for young children because of their gender (Beyazkurk, 2006). However, existing studies on male student teachers’ field experiences in ECE settings are very limited (Heikkila & Hellman, 2017) and to the best of my knowledge, there is no research on male student teachers in infant group care settings. keywords: care; childhood; education; experiences; infants; john; male; student; teachers cache: ijwc-2178.pdf plain text: ijwc-2178.txt item: #92 of 144 id: ijwc-2179 author: Roitsch, Jane ; Horn, Annemarie L. ; Morin, Lisa title: Parent Reports of Executive Functions in Students with Learning Disability date: 2022-05-31 words: 5936 flesch: 45 summary: Biederman, J., Petty, C. R., Fried, R., Black, S., Faneuil, A., Doyle, A. E., Seidman, L. J., & Faraone, S. V. (2008) Discordance between psychometric testing and questionnaire-based definitions of executive function deficits in individuals with ADHD. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used to examine differences in the BRIEF scale raw scores between parent education, parent race, household income, parent age, child age, child diagnosis severity, presence of other child diagnoses, child ADHD diagnosis, child ASD diagnosis, and child emotional/behavioral problem diagnosis. keywords: adhd; children; executive; learning; students cache: ijwc-2179.pdf plain text: ijwc-2179.txt item: #93 of 144 id: ijwc-2180 author: Trail, Leslie ; Caukin, Nancy title: Make it Visible: Video Record Teaching and Learning date: 2022-05-31 words: 2453 flesch: 63 summary: The use of classroom videos provides a powerful tool for professional development as well (Knight, 2018). Continuing instruction despite these issues is consequential for student learning. keywords: classroom; learning; students; teachers; teaching; video cache: ijwc-2180.pdf plain text: ijwc-2180.txt item: #94 of 144 id: ijwc-2181 author: Feck, William title: A Family Systems Approach to Addressing Depression in Children date: 2022-05-31 words: 4404 flesch: 42 summary: In the 1970s, Minuchin and his colleagues developed structural family therapy, which became one of the most influential family systems approaches and resulted in family therapy being accepted into mainstream psychiatry (Sexton et al., 2003). Therapists utilizing structural family therapy map family structure to address presenting problems. keywords: children; depression; family; family therapy; journal; therapy cache: ijwc-2181.pdf plain text: ijwc-2181.txt item: #95 of 144 id: ijwc-2182 author: Snead, Donald title: Education by the Numbers date: 2022-05-31 words: 408 flesch: 53 summary: For example, Miller, Murnane, and Willett (2008) assessed that 10 additional days of teacher absences reduced achievement in mathematics of fourth grade students by 3.2% of a standard deviation. Moreover, they found that 10 days of teacher absences resulted in some students’ designation in the state proficiency system to be lowered (Miller, Murnane, & Willett, 2008). keywords: absences; teacher cache: ijwc-2182.pdf plain text: ijwc-2182.txt item: #96 of 144 id: ijwc-2183 author: Stone, Brian title: Holistic Identity Development in STEAM date: 2022-05-31 words: 4257 flesch: 45 summary: Practical Suggestions The first suggestion for creating optimal conditions for STEAM identity development is for teachers to use an Interactionist Approach. When considering STEAM identity development, it is also necessary to consider the effects of inquiry and interest-based learning. keywords: children; development; education; fields; identity; play; science; steam; students cache: ijwc-2183.pdf plain text: ijwc-2183.txt item: #97 of 144 id: ijwc-2184 author: Crawford, Patricia ; Genest, Maria ; Bartow, Katrina ; Meyer, Carla K. ; Sobolake, Michelle J. title: Page Turners: Books for Children date: 2022-05-31 words: 1388 flesch: 69 summary: Ages 4-8. (PAC) Out of a Jar Written and illustrated by Deborah Marcero Putnam Books, 2022 ISBN 9780593326374 Out of the Jar provides young readers with the tale of Llewellyn, a young rabbit, who struggles to deal with his many emotions. Young readers will enjoy learning about Dr. Bath’s perseverance as a leader in her field, as well as her innovative spirit! keywords: ages; maus; readers; text cache: ijwc-2184.pdf plain text: ijwc-2184.txt item: #98 of 144 id: ijwc-2185 author: Wilson, Tiffany title: Updates date: 2022-05-31 words: 141 flesch: 70 summary: 7, NO. 1 Updates Thank you for your continued support of the International Journal of the Whole Child and our commitment to holistic learning and to the development of the whole child. The submission deadline for Fall 2022 is September 30th. keywords: journal cache: ijwc-2185.pdf plain text: ijwc-2185.txt item: #99 of 144 id: ijwc-2303 author: Kavrayici, Ceyhun title: Possible Selves of Pre-service Elementary School Teachers in the Time of Covid-19 Pandemic: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed Method Study date: 2022-12-13 words: 7791 flesch: 49 summary: Within this context, the aim of this study was to examine the possible selves of pre-service teachers in order to consider implications for their future orientations. In Turkey, pre-service teachers were matched with the on-line learning system of the Ministry of National Education called EBA (Education and Information Network); pre-service candidates attended on-line lessons delivered by teachers in the Ministry of National Education’s schools. keywords: classroom; covid-19; data; education; elementary; findings; future; learning; pre; research; school; selves; service; study; teachers; teaching cache: ijwc-2303.pdf plain text: ijwc-2303.txt item: #100 of 144 id: ijwc-2306 author: Wilson, Tiffany title: Introduction date: 2022-12-12 words: 1384 flesch: 45 summary: Final Draft IJWC Fall 2022 copy 6 Introduction Tiffany Wilson, Editor This Fall issue provides readers with diverse perspectives on a variety of topics including the impact Covid-19 had on pre-service teachers, Korean mothers, and children’s social skills. Continued development of pre-service teacher practicum/ observation as well as support in technology and management is necessary for the development of pre-service teacher skills. keywords: authors; children; classroom; play; use cache: ijwc-2306.pdf plain text: ijwc-2306.txt item: #101 of 144 id: ijwc-2307 author: Park, Sungok Reina ; Kang, Jeongae title: Parenting and Education Involvement of Korean Mothers During the Covid-19 Pandemic date: 2022-12-12 words: 4476 flesch: 57 summary: In this study, researchers explore the unique experiences of Korean mothers who were geographically distant from their spouses during the COVID-19 lockdown. Through interviews with the participant mothers with school-age children, researchers explore how the COVID-19 lockdown created changes in childcare and education involvement of Korean mothers. keywords: children; covid-19; dami; distance; education; korean; learning; mothers; pandemic cache: ijwc-2307.pdf plain text: ijwc-2307.txt item: #102 of 144 id: ijwc-2308 author: Alsultan, Riham title: Implementing Phonological Awareness in Saudi Arabia Kindergarten date: 2022-12-12 words: 3734 flesch: 47 summary: Keywords: Arabic phonological awareness, rhythm, syllables, rhymes, kindergarten students, Whole Language Theory, Saudi Arabia literacy skills. Phonological awareness (PA) promotes oral heritage and emphasizes the need of providing children with powerful oral experiences. keywords: arabic; awareness; children; language; reading; students cache: ijwc-2308.pdf plain text: ijwc-2308.txt item: #103 of 144 id: ijwc-2318 author: Kitami, Yoko; Yamuchi, Lois A. title: Discussion-Based Pedagogy to Promote Socio-emotional Learning and Well-Being Among Students in a Japan date: 2022-12-12 words: 4876 flesch: 53 summary: In 2016 and 2017, the first author observed and took field notes at two meetings of P4C Japan, an organization of educators who used the P4C Hawai‘i approach. This group studied and promoted P4C Hawai‘i methods by writing articles, and sharing lesson plans and other materials (P4C Japan, 2018). keywords: approach; children; dewey; education; educators; hawai‘i; japanese; learning; p4c; philosophy; school; students; study; university cache: ijwc-2318.pdf plain text: ijwc-2318.txt item: #104 of 144 id: ijwc-2319 author: Robinson, Hannah title: Recommended Toys for the Playroom date: 2022-12-12 words: 413 flesch: 50 summary: The carefully chosen toys allow children an ability to express a full range of emotions, with toy categories including the following: real-life toys, acting-out aggressive-release toys, and toys for reactive expression and emotional release. Landreth (2012) recommends that toys be intentionally selected instead of collected. keywords: play; toys cache: ijwc-2319.pdf plain text: ijwc-2319.txt item: #105 of 144 id: ijwc-2320 author: Caukin, Nancy title: Destination Adventure: Virtual Field Trips that Won’t Disappoint! date: 2022-12-12 words: 1726 flesch: 60 summary: Included in the table are descriptions of the offerings, the costs, and notes identifying resources, age ranges, and any requirements. 64 Table 1: List of virtual field trips with explanations for each Virtual Field Trip Link Type Costs Notes The Nature Conservancy Narrated videos Free Teacher guides are available with alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards. Virtual field trips are a great way to let students experience new and exciting places, people, and animals. keywords: field; learning; students; trip; vfts; videos cache: ijwc-2320.pdf plain text: ijwc-2320.txt item: #106 of 144 id: ijwc-2321 author: Busby, Sally title: Music and Middle School Literacy date: 2022-12-12 words: 5128 flesch: 65 summary: Using music to highlight the individuality of middle school students allows teachers to hone in on the importance of student identity and its relationship to literacy and learning within a classroom community. Students’ interests in music and the connections with music relate to student identity. keywords: classroom; identity; learning; literacy; lyrics; middle; music; reading; school; song; students; teachers cache: ijwc-2321.pdf plain text: ijwc-2321.txt item: #107 of 144 id: ijwc-2322 author: Gallo, Dawnita title: Post-Pandemic Teaching in the Early Childhood Classroom: Supporting Children’s Social Skills to Enhance Play Experiences date: 2022-12-12 words: 10699 flesch: 61 summary: Children receiving a pretend play intervention provided longer, more coherent narrative explanations of their experiences than children who did not receive an intervention (Baumer et al., 2005). Children, highly skilled at playing with peers, exhibit more persistence and motivation than children less skilled; children skilled at play also exhibit a more positive attitude toward learning than children who are less skilled than their age-mates (Coolahan et al., 2000). keywords: children; development; interactions; jason; knowledge; learning; olivia; play; pretend; skills; support; teacher cache: ijwc-2322.pdf plain text: ijwc-2322.txt item: #108 of 144 id: ijwc-2323 author: Williams, Tyreeka; Dowden, Angel title: Adverse Childhood Experiences of Elementary School Students Exacerbated by Covid-19: A Conceptual Framework date: 2022-12-12 words: 3569 flesch: 42 summary: For now, the literature recognizes child psychological maltreatment as the following: “repeated pattern or extreme incident of caretaker behavior that thwarts the child’s basic psychological needs and convey a child is worthless, defective, damaged goods, unloved, unwanted, endangered, primarily useful in meeting another’s needs, and/or expendable (Bernet, 2017). 104 Additionally, from a micro lens a child experiencing child psychological maltreatment is likely to experience a high level of irritability/fussy behavior (Hines, 2020). keywords: abuse; attachment; child; children; covid-19; maltreatment; neglect; school cache: ijwc-2323.pdf plain text: ijwc-2323.txt item: #109 of 144 id: ijwc-2325 author: Pearson, Rachael title: STEAM Education and the Whole Child: Examining Policy and Barriers date: 2022-12-12 words: 5293 flesch: 52 summary: STEAM education also expands on skills students already have such as social-emotional learning (SEL). Students' passions and interests 110 can be fostered when they are meaningfully engaged in STEAM education, and elements of the Whole Child are nurtured if the implementation of STEAM instruction is of high-quality. keywords: arts; child; education; learning; programs; skills; steam; students; teachers cache: ijwc-2325.pdf plain text: ijwc-2325.txt item: #110 of 144 id: ijwc-2328 author: Slater, Carleigh title: Let the Games Begin: Why Structured and Unstructured Play Should be Utilized in the Classroom date: 2022-12-12 words: 4643 flesch: 47 summary: Play and game retrieval practices are simple and effective ways to solidify knowledge of students and serve as well as a formative assessment for teachers to gauge the effectiveness of student learning (Agarwal & 131 Bain, 2019). How can I improve the math performance of intermediate students using game-based learning. keywords: bain; children; game; instruction; learning; play; retrieval; students; teachers cache: ijwc-2328.pdf plain text: ijwc-2328.txt item: #111 of 144 id: ijwc-2330 author: Genest, Maria ; Bartow, Katrina; Meyer, Carla K.; Sobolak, Michelle J.; Crawford, Patricia title: Page Turners: Books for Children date: 2022-12-12 words: 1648 flesch: 68 summary: The author, Angelina Boulley successfully writes a story that will keep younger adult readers on the edge of their seat as the heroine learns what it means to be a strong Ojibwe woman. Based on historical documents from 13th century Europe, this beautifully illustrated picture book introduces young readers to the menagerie of animals, creatures from all corners of the world, that were kept at the Tower of London. keywords: ages; bear; book; isbn; readers cache: ijwc-2330.pdf plain text: ijwc-2330.txt item: #112 of 144 id: ijwc-2333 author: Wilson, Tiffany title: IJWC Updates date: 2022-12-12 words: 115 flesch: 69 summary: The submission deadline for Spring 2023 is February 28th. The Spring issue will be published in May and the Fall issue will be published in December. keywords: child cache: ijwc-2333.pdf plain text: ijwc-2333.txt item: #113 of 144 id: ijwc-2386 author: Wilson, Tiffany title: Introduction date: 2023-06-20 words: 1245 flesch: 42 summary: Moreover, this issue discusses face masks and student engagement, cyber safety, and the utilization of games in telemental health with children. 7 Article #3: Facial Masks and Student Engagement in Early Childhood and Exceptional Student Education Classrooms Anna Frahm, Judit Szente, Sherron Killingsworth Roberts The authors of this paper examine whether wearing masking affects student engagement in both early childhood education (ECE) and education of students with exceptionalities (ESE). keywords: article; children; education; games; learning cache: ijwc-2386.pdf plain text: ijwc-2386.txt item: #114 of 144 id: ijwc-2387 author: Kim, Hyunjin; Trostle Brand, Susan title: Parent Involvement in Early Childhood Education: Exploring Cultural Beliefs and Practices Through the Figured Worlds Approach to Support Learning Success for All Children date: 2023-06-01 words: 5004 flesch: 41 summary: An examination of the unique cultural and social context of Korean American families through the lens of the “figured worlds” approach highlights the important role that parental involvement plays in promoting positive learning outcomes for Korean American children. The paper focuses specifically on Korean American children and their parental involvement in the US through the lens of the “figured worlds” approach, in order to better understand differences in educational practices and to support the success of all diverse groups of children in the learning process in American schools. keywords: american; children; cultural; education; educators; involvement; korean; learning; practices cache: ijwc-2387.pdf plain text: ijwc-2387.txt item: #115 of 144 id: ijwc-2388 author: Sadat Sharifian, Maryham; Bollinger, Chelsey; Kang, Shin Ji; Perlish, Jordan; Masters, Madison title: The Importance of Community in a Fully Online Program: Establishing Equity, Inclusion, and Access with Nontraditional Students in an Early Childhood Licensure Program date: 2023-06-05 words: 7078 flesch: 46 summary: A high-impact practice for online students: The use of a first-semester seminar course to promote self-regulation, self-direction, online learning self-efficacy, Smart Learning Environment, 8(6). Clinical educators provided support for student teachers and practicum students in the classroom during their required hours. keywords: childhood; college; community; education; learning; online; program; score; sense; students; study; support; teacher; university cache: ijwc-2388.pdf plain text: ijwc-2388.txt item: #116 of 144 id: ijwc-2389 author: Frahm, Anna; Szente, Judit; Sherron Killingsworth Roberts, Sherron title: Facial Masks and Student Engagement in Early Childhood and Exceptional Student Education Classrooms date: 2023-06-01 words: 5066 flesch: 41 summary: This study examined related research to explore whether wearing masks had any impact on student engagement, particularly in Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Education of Students with Exceptionalities (ESE) settings. Many elements probably played a role in this, such as technical issues, high absences, and the difficulty of holding student engagement through the barrier of a screen in virtual instruction. keywords: children; covid-19; education; engagement; face; language; literacy; masks; research; students cache: ijwc-2389.pdf plain text: ijwc-2389.txt item: #117 of 144 id: ijwc-2391 author: Hartenstein, Jamiee L.; Brumbaugh, Klaire; Holguin, Julianna; Likcani, Adriatik title: The Representation of Differing Abilities in Children’s Literature: A Local Analysis date: 2023-06-20 words: 5085 flesch: 48 summary: Children who have the opportunity to engage in reading on differing abilities inclusive literature creates space for children to see themselves and others represented visually and textually (Golos & Moses, 2013), while also helping to foster positive peer relationships in children of varying degrees of ability (Stelle, 1999). Book characters representing children with disabilities can add to all children understanding the concept of children with disabilities. keywords: abilities; books; characters; children; disabilities; disability; family; impairment; literature; neutral; representation; visual cache: ijwc-2391.pdf plain text: ijwc-2391.txt item: #118 of 144 id: ijwc-2394 author: Caukin, Nancy title: Cyber Safety Efforts for Children: Are They Working? What Can We Do? date: 2023-06-05 words: 2439 flesch: 51 summary: Safe online invests an additional $15 million in combating online child sexual abuse and exploitation. In 2022 The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, a global collaborative of more than 700 organizations, including governments, UN agencies, NGOs, etc., invested $15 million through its Safe Online arm towards eighteen projects world-wide that will strengthen systems to protect children against online child exploitation and abuse. keywords: abuse; children; internet; media; online; safety; violence cache: ijwc-2394.pdf plain text: ijwc-2394.txt item: #119 of 144 id: ijwc-2395 author: Weaver, Jo Lauren; Swank, Jacqueline M. ; Scott, Shatoi; Davis, Tonya title: Games in Telemental Health with Children and Adolescents date: 2023-06-01 words: 3315 flesch: 55 summary: For existing clients, playing games can help transition from in person to telemental health. Clinicians can apply this same technique with other games, such as Trouble, where players can share an instance they got in trouble” when sending the other player to the starting space. keywords: adolescents; children; client; counseling; games; health; play; use cache: ijwc-2395.pdf plain text: ijwc-2395.txt item: #120 of 144 id: ijwc-2396 author: Horrace, Rebecca; Stone, Brian title: Learning Doesn’t STEM from Worksheets: Why STEM Learning Starts Beyond Paper and Pencil Tasks date: 2023-06-01 words: 5880 flesch: 48 summary: Developing of students worksheets through STEM approach to train critical thinking skills. Worksheets, along with their prescribed standardized expectations and learning outcomes, are inappropriate practices to support student learning and engagement, and do not represent authentic assessments of student learning. keywords: activities; children; education; learning; play; science; stem; students; teaching; worksheets; world cache: ijwc-2396.pdf plain text: ijwc-2396.txt item: #121 of 144 id: ijwc-2397 author: Stone, Sandra title: Considering Retention in the Light of the Covid-19 Pandemic date: 2023-06-01 words: 1967 flesch: 59 summary: “Grade retention is not an educationally advantageous or cost effective solution for supporting struggling students, and may in fact cause more harm in the long run both to individual students and to their districts” (para. The effect of grade retention on high school completion. keywords: children; grade; retention; school; states cache: ijwc-2397.pdf plain text: ijwc-2397.txt item: #122 of 144 id: ijwc-2398 author: Genest, Maria; Bartow Jacobs, Katrina; Meyer, Carla K.; Sobolak, Michelle J.; Crawford, Patricia title: Page Turners: Books for Children date: 2023-06-01 words: 1599 flesch: 65 summary: This droll, engaging picture book imparts the gentle, yet joyful, lesson that a little care, attention, and appreciation can make a world of difference in life’s circumstances. Young readers will appreciate learning from her words, thinking about her thoughtful - and ever hopeful - perspective on the history and future of the United States of America. keywords: ages; book; children; isbn; readers cache: ijwc-2398.pdf plain text: ijwc-2398.txt item: #123 of 144 id: ijwc-2399 author: Wilson, Tiffany title: IJWC Updates date: 2023-06-01 words: 216 flesch: 56 summary: We are excited to announce coming in the fall, a new IJWC column titled “Education: Words and Meanings” will provide readers with clarification associated with terms and words used in educational practice and writing. In other instances, terms may not be as familiar with readers and require further description in order to enhance understanding. keywords: words cache: ijwc-2399.pdf plain text: ijwc-2399.txt item: #124 of 144 id: ijwc-599 author: Stone, Brian title: Playing Around in Science: How Self-Directed Inquiry Benefits the Whole Child date: 2016-04-05 words: 3426 flesch: 47 summary: Children of all ages who have the opportunities, time, and materials to explore science content in a self-directed manner will develop higher level understandings, and demonstrate more sophisticated approaches to science. Playing around in science presents children with opportunities to think creatively and divergently, to solve problems in innovative ways, and to develop a unique scientific identity. keywords: benefits; children; inquiry; play; science; self; stone cache: ijwc-599.pdf plain text: ijwc-599.txt item: #125 of 144 id: ijwc-600 author: Reeb-Reascos, Kathleen title: Conversations in an 8th –Grade ELA Classroom: Spaces Where Young Adolescents Can Construct Identities date: 2016-04-05 words: 7378 flesch: 65 summary: Lacking the opportunities to utilize these skills or explore in the ELA classroom, students experience teaching and learning devoid of meaning, empowerment and creativity, which has become associated with widespread student disengagement and superficial instructional practices (Alsup, 2010; Beach, et. Considering the push to take constructive exploration out of ELA curricula in favor of technical skill building, it is necessary to question of what students are being deprived when they are denied the opportunity to engage in, and make meaning from, discursive literary work. keywords: adolescents; discourses; discussion; douglas; identity; new; parents; students; things; voice; young cache: ijwc-600.pdf plain text: ijwc-600.txt item: #126 of 144 id: ijwc-601 author: Sharp, L. Kathryn title: Examining the Precepts of Early Childhood Education: The Basics or the Essence? date: 2016-04-05 words: 3367 flesch: 52 summary: Early childhood teachers have rich and abundant research, but we have to ask if we are using the findings to determine what is best for children. Abstract The purpose of this article is to encourage early childhood educators and the related professional development and research communities to become the leading voices in determining the direction of early childhood education. keywords: childhood; children; education; educators; learning; precept; society; teacher; time cache: ijwc-601.pdf plain text: ijwc-601.txt item: #127 of 144 id: ijwc-603 author: Lozon, Criselda title: Puddle Ponderings date: 2016-04-05 words: 535 flesch: 75 summary: Spotlight on Real-World Practice Puddle Ponderings Criselda Lozon, M.A. Chadwick School, Palos Verdes, California Criselda Lozon is currently the Lead Teacher at Chadwick School in Palos Verdes, California. Cris Lozon is the new future Director of the Early Childhood Development Center at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, California. keywords: puddle; school cache: ijwc-603.pdf plain text: ijwc-603.txt item: #128 of 144 id: ijwc-604 author: Editors, IJWC title: Table of Contents date: 2016-04-05 words: 71 flesch: 31 summary: International Journal of the Whole Child Volume 1, Issue 1, 2016 Introduction and Overview Playing Around in Science: How Self-Directed Inquiry Benefits the Whole Child Brian Stone Conversations in an 8th Grade ELA Classroom: Spaces Where Young Adolescents Can Construct Identities Kathleen Reeb-Reascos Examining the Precepts of Early Childhood Education: The Basics or the Essence? Kathryn Sharp Pictures for Reflection Spotlight on Real-World Practice Puddle Ponderings Criselda Lozon keywords: child cache: ijwc-604.pdf plain text: ijwc-604.txt item: #129 of 144 id: ijwc-605 author: Editors, IJWC title: Introduction date: 2016-04-05 words: 982 flesch: 37 summary: The Introduction section provides a summary of the articles and underscores the relationship to the whole child perspective; the main content includes three original manuscripts with relevance for children birth through the adolescent years; Pictures for Reflection provides for readers a photograph, illustration, or graphic that, in a single moment, captures the learning of the whole child; and finally, the fourth component, Spotlight on Real-World Practice, demonstrates how practitioners make daily contributions to the lives of children; they appreciate children are diverse, unique, and holistic learners. These precepts include: Precept 1: Young children need special nurturing, Precept 2: Young children are the future of society, Precept 3: Young children are worthy of study, and Precept 4: Young children’s potential should be optimized. keywords: children; learning; play cache: ijwc-605.pdf plain text: ijwc-605.txt item: #130 of 144 id: ijwc-606 author: Pictures for Reflections, IJWC title: Pictures for Reflection date: 2016-04-05 words: 3 flesch: 34 summary: Pictures for Reflection keywords: pictures cache: ijwc-606.pdf plain text: ijwc-606.txt item: #131 of 144 id: ijwc-716 author: Park, Sungok R.; Hoot, James; Shin, Hyejin title: Are Korean Early Childhood Teachers Becoming More Responsive to Multicultural Children? An Analysis of Diversity Self-efficacy Data From the Korean Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE) Survey date: 2016-11-16 words: 5694 flesch: 49 summary: Research provides a promising glimpse of teacher variables that are likely to result in more productive multicultural classrooms. This study assessed progress in the preparedness of Korean teachers to address diversity issues in this rapidly changing society. keywords: childhood; children; diversity; dse; education; efficacy; korean; relationships; self; study; teacher cache: ijwc-716.pdf plain text: ijwc-716.txt item: #132 of 144 id: ijwc-719 author: Smith, Shaunna; Burrow, Lauren; Fite, Kathy; Guerra, Laurie title: Considering Instructional Appropriateness of Technology Integration into Early Childhood Education date: 2016-11-16 words: 7656 flesch: 36 summary: In an early childhood education (ECE) context, there are multiple concerns about technology integration that go beyond access and classroom management of student use. McMannis, Nemeth, and Simon (2013) point out that lack of research on technology integration in EC classrooms could be contributing to common misconceptions in the discussions about affordances and translation of theory into practice. keywords: classrooms; education; focus; group; integration; learning; participants; practice; survey; teacher; technology; technology integration; use cache: ijwc-719.pdf plain text: ijwc-719.txt item: #133 of 144 id: ijwc-720 author: Fite, Kathleen title: A Book Review of J.D. Kirylo’s “Teaching with Purpose: An Inquiry into the Who, Why, and How We Teach” date: 2016-11-16 words: 1208 flesch: 49 summary: From the author, we learn purposeful teachers foster collaborative relationships with students, parents, caregivers, and the local and greater communities. Only in knowing students as individuals, can purposeful teachers create culturally responsive curriculum and just and equitable instruction that can foster inspiration. keywords: kirylo; teachers; teaching cache: ijwc-720.pdf plain text: ijwc-720.txt item: #134 of 144 id: ijwc-721 author: Affilate, IJWC title: Digging in the Dirt date: 2016-11-16 words: 155 flesch: 72 summary: If you are still not sure, consider the content areas I am targeting including language arts, chemistry, geology, physics, mathematics, and art. And finally, playing in the dirt is great fun.” keywords: dirt cache: ijwc-721.pdf plain text: ijwc-721.txt item: #135 of 144 id: ijwc-722 author: Best, Claudia title: The Halloween Holiday: A Time for Community Celebration date: 2016-11-16 words: 474 flesch: 55 summary: Many school districts decided to regard this holiday as just another traditional school day due to high stakes testing and accountability. The administrators, faculty, and staff of Akron Elementary School fully understand the important relationship between the school and the community. keywords: school; students cache: ijwc-722.pdf plain text: ijwc-722.txt item: #136 of 144 id: ijwc-723 author: Setser, Tylar title: Growing up Healthy: From the Farm to the Cafeteria date: 2016-11-16 words: 823 flesch: 63 summary: In particular, I coordinated with local farmers and local District Nutrition Directors to source local produce into school cafeterias. This knowledge allows you to ask informed questions regarding the farmer’s interest in sourcing to local schools. keywords: produce; school cache: ijwc-723.pdf plain text: ijwc-723.txt item: #137 of 144 id: ijwc-724 author: Editors, IJWC title: Introduction date: 2016-11-16 words: 642 flesch: 45 summary: After reflecting upon these many learning possibilities, classroom teachers will insist on creating an area for dirt and mud play for their students. These researchers were interested in the progress being made in the preparedness of Korean teachers to address diversity issues. keywords: childhood; children; teachers cache: ijwc-724.pdf plain text: ijwc-724.txt item: #138 of 144 id: ijwc-801 author: Xiang, Yajuan; Li, Miao; Berridge, Gina title: Chinese Migrant Children in Crisis date: 2017-04-25 words: 5421 flesch: 53 summary: It is our hope that with this article, the voice of Chinese migrant children and migrant children in other socio-contexts can be heard by more educators, and resources can be allocated to better the education and well-being of migrant children. 13 References Ce zhi shang ruxue: xiao xue lao shi huai yi This gives migrant children a feeling of belonging which, in turn, creates a wider social gap between rural migrant children and urban children (Ming, 2009). keywords: children; china; education; hukou; liu; migrant; parents; public; schools; urban; wang cache: ijwc-801.pdf plain text: ijwc-801.txt item: #139 of 144 id: ijwc-802 author: Burriss, Larry title: Literacy and Education as Correlates to National Stability and Human Development date: 2017-04-25 words: 2981 flesch: 47 summary: This would tend to lower national education scores which would then be reflected in a weakened relationship between human development and education. * Data for Public Expenditure on Education also came from the United Nations, and is simply the amount of money spent on education as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product. keywords: development; education; groups; literacy; national; stability cache: ijwc-802.pdf plain text: ijwc-802.txt item: #140 of 144 id: ijwc-803 author: Blackburn, Heather title: Music in the Classroom date: 2017-04-25 words: 3898 flesch: 56 summary: Background music helps to lower teacher anxiety, raise student involvement, and student productivity (Can background music help learning?, 2008). For this current discussion, music in the general education curriculum is defined as usage in any way to enhance a lesson or usage as background music in the general education classroom. keywords: background; brain; classroom; help; learning; listening; music; students; teacher cache: ijwc-803.pdf plain text: ijwc-803.txt item: #141 of 144 id: ijwc-804 author: IJWC, IJWC Pictures for Reflections title: Pictures for Reflection date: 2017-04-25 words: 142 flesch: 52 summary: Sometimes, children experience by tasting; watchful adults are close-by to guide safe exploration. Young children come to know their world by touching, manipulating, lifting, dropping, and throwing. keywords: children cache: ijwc-804.pdf plain text: ijwc-804.txt item: #142 of 144 id: ijwc-805 author: Burriss, Larry title: Solar Eclipse Safety date: 2017-04-25 words: 515 flesch: 72 summary: DO NOT point your unprotected camera at the sun then look through the view finder, even if you are wearing “eclipse glasses.” This will take you to hundreds of university web sites related to the eclipse. keywords: sun cache: ijwc-805.pdf plain text: ijwc-805.txt item: #143 of 144 id: ijwc-807 author: Nelson, Hilary title: Panama Moments date: 2017-04-25 words: 693 flesch: 71 summary: “Ms. Hilary, if we put this wooden plank here, place it under the rock and sit on the other end, it lifts it up!” Kathy 38 Panama Moments Hilary Nelson Hilary Nelson is currently teaching at the Marin Preparatory School in San Francisco, California. keywords: hilary; learning cache: ijwc-807.pdf plain text: ijwc-807.txt item: #144 of 144 id: ijwc-814 author: Burriss, Kathy title: Introduction: From the Editors date: 2017-06-05 words: 730 flesch: 47 summary: Building upon the cognitive and affective dimensions of child development, IJWC content respects children’s creativity, problem-solving, and inquiry. Articles In the first article, “Chinese Migrant Children in Crisis,” Yajuan Xiang, Miao Li, and Gina Berridge describe the serious plight of Chinese migrant children. keywords: children; development; education cache: ijwc-814.pdf plain text: ijwc-814.txt