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April 15, 2004 Students show their research at symposium By Anna Krejci At the symposium, Rachel Delebreau, an early childhood education major,
presented an educational experiment in the introduction of young children
to a structured learning environment.
Delebreau and fellow early childhood education majors, Christina Potter
and Lori Duval, are attempting to track the future levels of academic
achievement for a group of 23 children entering the Green Bay Area Public
Schools. Two Green Bay teachers, a translator for the Spanish language
and 15 to 20 UWGB students introduced children of diverse races to institutional
learning through a "balanced literacy" program at Fort Howard Elementary
School during the summer.
Although the children were exposed to learning activities to prepare
them for reading, writing, listening and speaking, the study's organizers
also looked for other ways the children were growing.
The qualitative results of the study show the students, after participating
in a three- to four-week session, had more initiative to learn, stayed
on task for longer periods of time, assumed leadership roles.
Those are things a student needs before entering school, Delebreau said.
Potter, Duval and Delebreau are waiting for the quantitative results
of the study to be prepared by Friday. After that, they plan to present
their findings to the Green Bay School Board.
Delebreau said she hopes the schools will form a program to prepare
children to make the transition between life at home and life at school,
something similar to a Head Start program but accessible to more children,
regardless of their family's economic status. "Every school needs this,"
she said.
A team of students and one UWGB graduate who have studied environmental
policy and planning researched the expanding flood plain surrounding the
East River. They displayed pictures of flooded roads taken in 1992.
Even after having their homes flooded, people are still building in
the flood plain and the development expands the flood plain's reach, said
Ben LaCount, a UWGB graduate.
The roads being built keeps water from being absorbed into the ground,
he said.
The conclusion to their research called for making the area in the flood
plain into parks whose property is easier to replace than that of homes
or businesses.
Returning vegetation to the area will help stop the expansion of the
flood plain. "Trees really help absorb the water," said Kristin Blankenheim,
student.
Student Kristin Murphy also participated in the project.
Students participate in the symposium based on faculty members' nominations.
Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt and state Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, talked
with students about their projects. The work of approximately 100 students
was represented in 46 exhibits.
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