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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
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Meaningful Movement and Literacy Content
Gayla Lohfink; Rick Pappas
Advocate, v23 n2 Article 4 p21-26 2016
Links among brain research, movement, and cognition suggest that integrating meaningful movement activities with content can foster elementary students' engagement in literacy learning. This manuscript describes an action research project of a module for teacher candidates' incorporation of meaningful movement in elementary classrooms. Activities and their alignment to the English Language Arts standards are described. Evidence of the impact of the module on teacher candidates' planning reflects that 41% of candidates' lessons showed intentional movement, specifically by encouraging children to move about the classroom, use body gestures, and rotate physically though centers.
Descriptors: Motion, Literacy Education, Elementary Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Language Arts, Class Activities
The Advocate. Available from: New Prairie Press, Center for the Advancement of Digital Scholarship, Kansas State University Libraries. 2123 College of Business Administration, Manhattan, KS 66506. Web site: https://atekan.weebly.com/journal.html; Web site: https://newprairiepress.org/advocate/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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