Paper describes a study designed to determine if the Morning Meeting technique promoted positive communication abilities in a second grade classroom in which many students exhibited inadequate social communication skills.
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Paper describes a study designed to determine if the Morning Meeting technique promoted positive communication abilities in a second grade classroom in which many students exhibited inadequate social communication skills.
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Abstract: Coupled with stimulating academic instruction, teachers are expected to guide students in developing fundamental social and emotional proficiencies and strong cognitive abilities. One classroom model created to assist teachers is the Morning Meeting. Morning Meeting was developed by Roxann Kriete and Carol Davis (2014) to assist teachers in creating a classroom community where students succeed academically and develop healthy emotional relationships and social skills. The action research was conducted to determine if Morning Meeting promoted positive communication abilities in a second grade classroom in which many students exhibited inadequate social communication skills, resulting in social misunderstandings. To assess model effectiveness, the classroom was observed for a four-week period to record student self-perceived communication abilities with and without Morning Meeting. Anecdotal teacher notes,student surveys, and interviews tracked progress in students’ communication skills during the action research. The implementation of the Morning Meeting resulted in an increase in students’ positive self-perceived social communication abilities.
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