HAFNILIANA
HAFNILIANA.1@OSU.EDU
TEACHING AND LEARNING,
FOREIGN, SECOND, & MULTILINGUAL LANGUAGE EDUCATION
KEIKO SAMIMY, ADVISOR
AN ANALYSIS OF ELT MATERIALS IN ENGLISH E-TEXTBOOKS OF THE 2013 CURRICULUM FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN INDONESIA
The Indonesian Ministry of Education has published English e-textbooks for students and teachers. The ELT materials presented in English e-textbooks which are expected to support and provide the ease for students’ learning and teachers’ teaching process in English classrooms need to be investigated.
KAREN KOEHLER
KOEHLER.3@OSU.EDU
TEACHING AND LEARNING, LANGUAGE, EDUCATION, AND SOCIETY
TIFFANY WILD, ADVISOR
IMPACT OF 3-D PRINTING ON CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS
This session will present the findings of a pilot study on assessing middle school students with visual impairments conceptual understanding of Earth science concepts through the use of an inquiry-based science curriculum. The results will be reported and compared by methodology used in instruction (tactile graphics vs 3-D printing).
WILLY PRASETYA
PRASETYA.4@OSU.EDU
TEACHING AND LEARNING,
FOREIGN, SECOND, & MULTILINGUAL LANGUAGE EDUCATION
KEIKO SAMIMY, ADVISOR
COHESION AND COHERENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WRITING
This descriptive study examined the cohesion and coherence in texts written by 20 high school students in Indonesia. The result showed there was lack of both aspects in the students’ texts. This finding may lead to other studies about what factors affect EFL students’ writing quality and what methods are effective to teach writing in EFL contexts.
TARA STRANG
STRANG.42@OSU.EDU
TEACHING AND LEARNING,
READING & LITERACY IN EARLY & MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
SHAYNE PIASTA, ADVISOR
IMPLEMENTING A NEW KINDERGARTEN READINESS ASSESSMENT: WHAT DO PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS THINK?
This study examined teachers’ and principals’ experiences with a state-mandated Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) during its inaugural year. In general, teachers and principals did not perceive the KRA as useful for guiding instruction and cited reasons related to administration, assessment content, and different perceptions of purpose.