". . . every lesson should be for the teacher an inquiry, some further discovery, a quiet form of research."

-- Garth Boomer

During the Spring semester, 1998, Language and Literacy Education students completed a two part inquiry as part of their early field placement (a pre-student teaching experience). The first part of the inquiry was designed as a theoretical exploration of some topic of concern to each individual literacy educator. The second part of the inquiry was intended to put theory into practice, and to reflect on what was learned through that experience.

On the following pages are the results of these inquiry projects.

Carrie Alexander

• Group Work - part I
• My Problem With Standards: Implementing Group Work in the Non-Traditional Enlish Classroom

Unit Plan: Creative revising of written texts and a transfer of those texts into oral presenations

Jasmone Brockington

• How Does an Educator Teach Standard English in Urban Schools, and is it Necessary?
• Inquiry part 2

Shawn Cooley

• Outcome Based Education and Proposed Academic Standards in Pennsylvania: Implementation and Implications in the Classroom
• Part I
• Part II

Thomas Dimond

• How can I not let the students' creative nature be stifled by their perception of the assessment of their creative works? What environmental characteristics aid in the students' acceptance of creative writing projects?
• Part I
• Part II

April Hardisty

• Part I: Developing Student Self-Assessment through Portfolios
• Part II: Reflection of Portfolio Use in my Pre-service Placement

Dave Hash & Nicole Weigle

• How do teacher expectations affect student achievement? The Self-fulfilling Prophecy

Andrea Kucharski

• Assessment and Evaluation of Writing: An Attempt to Alleviate Tension Between Recognized Theories and Practices
• Research into Practice: Creative Alternatives to Formal Writing and Assessment Based on Communication

Kara Lopsonzski

Keri Nedimyer & Kimberly Zewan

• Conflict in the Classroom
• Part One: Theoretical Inquiry
• Inquiry Project Reflection

Unit plan: Holocaust speeches and Fairy Tale presentations

Keri

Kim

Melissa Nemchek & Robin Pytleski

• The Importance of Media Literacy in the Classroom
• Implementing Media Literacy in the Classroom

Melissa Snyder

• Using Journals Effectively: Part 1
• Part 2

Anne Van Le

• "A Multicultural Perspective: How Can A Student's Cultural Knowledge and School Knowledge be Contextualized Within the Classroom?"

Danielle Yoka

• What are some effective strategies for writing evaluation?
• implementation

Unit plan: multi-cultural unit

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