2021 Symposium

On Thursday, April 29, 2021, Cleveland State University’s College of Education and Human Services, in collaboration with K-12 school districts, hosted the 8th annual CSU Action Research Symposium in a virtual format. The symposium featured 21 practitioners’ action research projects and hosted about 80 participants.

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2021 Symposium Program

Participants self-navigated through three different presentation formats: 1. Paper Sessions, which allowed presenters to highlight details of their projects and participate in a Q&A session with the audience; 2. Roundtable Sessions, which invited presenters and participants to converse about research gains and works in progress; 3. Jamboard Sessions, which provided a collaborative visual that allowed researchers & participants to provide feedback on the presented topics.

Recordings

The following are recordings from the virtual event. The opening and closing sections feature an introduction and summary, respectively, of the program and event highlights. Each session features a different format in which participants present their research and research findings.

Opening

Closing Remarks

Paper Sessions

Room 1 Chair: Dr. Elena Andrei

  • Project 1: Teaching Newcomers English Learners: Use of Visuals and Realia in Remote Learning

    • Action Researcher: Tracy Finch

    • Collaborative Action Research Mini-Grant Awardee

  • Project 2: Teaching Literacies to Multilingual High School Students in Online Learning

    • Action Researcher: Bekah Harper

    • Collaborative Action Research Mini-Grant Awardee

  • Project 3: Leading the Way: Considering the unique experiences and characteristics of students in a high school's inaugural class

    • Action Researcher: Sarah Schwab

Room 2 Chair: Dr. Eddie Lam

  • Project 4: Relationship Between Rough Draft Math Strategies and Growth Mindset and Achievement

    • Action Researcher: Kathleen Taylor

    • Collaborative Action Research Mini-Grant Awardee

  • Project 5: Increasing Student Attendance and Engagement during Remote Learning

    • Action Researcher: Jennifer Mahnic

  • Project 6: Daily Meditation for and Engaged Classroom

    • Action Researcher: Lauren Schneider

  • Project 7: Increasing Academic Performance During Virtual Learning Through the Use of Gamified Learning Platforms

    • Action Researcher: Carmen Alicea

    • Collaborative Action Research Mini-Grant Awardee

Jamboard Session

Room 3 Chair: Dr. Judi Poluga

Typing & Thriving

Hayden Harrison

Collaborative Group Prewriting: Digitally Connected Education

William Fistek

Effects of Jig-Saw Learning on Student Achievement

Zach Kilbane

Roundtable Session

Room 4 Chair: Dr. Terri Purcell

  • Project 11: Does the utilization of project-based learning result in improved student grades?

    • Action Researcher: Jon Paul Filipkowski

  • Project 12: Teaching Vocabulary Through the News

    • Action Researcher: Casey Ensell

  • Project 13: Catapult Project

    • Action Researcher: Angela McCay & Kanisha Coward

Room 5 Chair: Dr. Anne Galletta

  • Project 14: Do mindfulness stress reduction activities reduce math anxiety and increase math achievement?

    • Action Researcher: Kathleen Taylor

  • Project 15: Intrinsic Motivation in a 4th grade classroom

    • Action Researcher: Jennifer Mahnic

  • Project 16: Daily Meditation for and Engaged Classroom

    • Action Researcher: Lauren Schneider

  • Project 7: Collaborative Action Research Grant Ô Music as a Facilitator in Learning Ó

    • Action Researcher: Carmen Alicea

    • Collaborative Action Research Mini-Grant Awardee

Photo Gallery

How to create a virtual Symposium

For more information about how to develop and deliver a successful virtual symposium, please visit our Summer Sand Box Presentation (Summer 2021 presentation).