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dc.contributor.advisorMcLyman, Meghanen_US
dc.contributor.authorBythrow, Brittney J
dc.creatorBythrow, Brittney Jen_US
dc.date2021-11-24T14:05:39.000en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-29T11:35:40Z
dc.date.available2021-11-29T11:35:40Z
dc.date.issued2016-05-01en_US
dc.date.submitted2016-06-29T09:42:08-07:00en_US
dc.identifierhonors_theses/81en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/881en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this research was to determine if incorporating dance into elementary school classrooms increases academic achievement and enjoyment. Throughout this project, an experiment was done with second graders that supported this idea that by adding dance into classroom lessons, students achieve more. These students scored higher on an assessment after including movement into the lesson. Some of them enjoyed the lessons more with dance and others did not. Previous research found that dance helps the student learning process due to its ability to meet diverse needs, its effect on the memory, and increase on student engagement. Dance also connects to Bloom's Taxonomy and Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Students with different disabilities have also shown higher academic achievement when dance is used in their classrooms. It helps with attention and stimulating the brain. Along with this research, four mini units are attached that incorporate dance for teachers to use as examples as to how to incorporate dance into their lessons. These include English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies lesson made for second graders using Massachusetts State Standards and National Dance Standards for second graders. Through the experiment, research, and creation of lesson plans, it can be said that incorporating dance into elementary school classrooms increases academic achievement and may increase overall enjoyment.en_US
dc.titleDoes Incorporating Dance into Elementary School Classrooms Increase Academic Achievement and Enjoyment?en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.legacy.pubstatuspublisheden_US
dc.description.departmentChildhood Education and Careen_US
dc.description.departmentSport and Movement Scienceen_US
dc.date.displayMay 2016en_US
dc.type.degreeBachelor of Science (BS)en_US
dc.legacy.pubtitleHonors Thesesen_US
dc.legacy.identifierhttps://digitalcommons.salemstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=honors_theses&unstamped=1en_US
dc.legacy.identifieritemhttps://digitalcommons.salemstate.edu/honors_theses/81en_US
dc.legacy.identifierfilehttps://digitalcommons.salemstate.edu/context/honors_theses/article/1081/type/native/viewcontenten_US
dc.subject.keywordacademicen_US
dc.subject.keywordachievmenten_US
dc.subject.keyworddanceen_US
dc.subject.keywordeducationen_US
dc.subject.keywordenjoymenten_US
dc.subject.keywordmovementen_US


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