Term

Summer 7-29-2016

Capstone

Thesis

Degree Name

MAT

Primary Advisor/Dissertation Chair

Trish Harvey

Secondary Advisor/Reader One

Cassie Lynott

Peer-Reviewer/Reader Two

Rachel Warmke

Abstract

The research question in this capstone was: How might teachers’ use of personalized learning in elementary reading through adaptive and assignable instructional technology programs lead to accelerated student achievement and agency? This curriculum development capstone started with researching the current literature on blended learning, instructional technology and student agency/achievement. From there, a survey for teachers was created to probe their mindset on technology’s place in the classroom. Using the Design Thinking Process, a curriculum was then developed that leveraged both the literature review done along with the teacher survey. This curriculum, a prototype, will be tested after the capstone and continuously improved upon.

Research Methodology

Curriculum Development, Survey

Keywords

Reading, Technology, blended learning, personalized learning

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