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Lizette Fernandez            I was thinking about researching what teachers can do to make students feel comfortable in the classroom environment. 

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Lizette Fernandez            I was thinking about researching what teachers can do to make students feel comfortable in the classroom environment. 

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*Safe space, creating "spaces" learning through play*

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Andrea Castaño: I was thinking about writing, bilingual students(ESL, ELL) how they struggle  or  about how to collect data information

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Andrea Castaño: I was thinking about writing, bilingual students(ESL, ELL) how they struggle  or  about how to collect data information

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*example: what can I do to facilitate general education teacher's data collection for ELL students*

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What are the effective results and advantages within a student’s cognitive development being in a dual language program, such as their academic progress, cultural influences being exposed to a diverse classroom, language acquisition, and their advantages to becoming bilingual?

**gtg**

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I want to research the inequalities young women and children face in schools, and how can we as teachers work to fight against the idea of gender roles in the classroom

**This is addressing 3 different things: inequalities in women, inequalities in children, how can teachers fight against gender roles. It seems that your main focus is supporting students who identify as non-hetero-normative gender identities. Try rewording to make this an action statement with an idea of how to do that**

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Look at the theses under the "slightly broad" category. How can you frame your thesis to be more aligned to those?

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I want to write about cultural diversity in the classroom and incorporating traditions in lesson plans. This upcoming election motivated me to help students feel proud about their culture and ignore negative judgements from other people.

**What do we mean "traditions"? Engaging cultural heritage besides Euro-centric, caucasion is a challenge - how are you going to work around that?**

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This is more of a topic than a thesis - what's the difference?

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How to create acceptance in a inclusion classroom for students with disabilities somewhere along the lines of that

**I'm not a fan of "acceptance" because it suggests that there's something "unacceptable" about them - perhaps understanding? Think about the term "safe space" and how that could apply**

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How can we improve the education of students with emotional and behavioral disorders?

**This is fairly broad - how do we define "improve" and "education"? That may be a starting point, then work towards 2 to 3 specific disorders, perhaps even have them connected in some way?**

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How students socio-economic status affects their education

**What do you mean by "education"? Also, what can be done to change this thesis into something that can lead to change?**

Education + Socio-economic

Escaping  poverty

Student Motivation in low income homes

(culture - Vivian Paley Girl with a Brown Crayon)

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I would like to research why transgender students in the K-12 grade levels commonly face a negative climate in schools from peer and adult educator interactions.

**This is a hornet's nest, primarily because you're going to be looking into social implications of gender. It's a convo that needs to happen, just know that the research on this is still fairly new and, therefore, it'll fall on you to draw conclusions. It'll be harder to prove you're right because there are few people to draw upon to support you, but it's a worthy topic**

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How can we build good relationships with our students and make them feel comfortable in the classroom?

**love the title ;P what is a "good" relationship? look at "safe spaces" and, since you're math, look into "makerspaces"**

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How can you make your topic slightly more specific?

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The importance of making sure that teacher training programs discuss teaching non-traditional learners in their classrooms, which could include those with physical disabilities such as blindness or deafness.

**good to go**

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Mental Health- My main goal of essay: We should be working towards helping, preventing, intervening, and promoting mental health.

**Good Point - let's phrase this as an action statement: how can ____ action affect ______ form of mental health?

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I was hoping to write about CLD students and the struggle with being CLD in a mainstream school. While i am not CLD I'm interested in researching more about teaching CLD students after my own field experiences.

**Very interesting; however, I'm a little afraid that the concept is super broad because of the sheer number of languages. Also, what specifically are you looking at to help CLDs acclimate to mainstream school? Are you looking at pullouts, podding, inclusion, etc? Focusing it down to either looking at broad practices that can help CLD students or down to some specific languages that could have a culture shock."

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I want to write about how to incorporate diversity in the classroom? how to make lessons culturally relevant for my students? How would this impact students academically?

**Diversity in what manner? Literature, students, etc? I'd suggest delving into Paulo Freire's "Word world", at least the first chapter, to get some ideas**

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I want to write about how being raised in a single parent home effects a child's education.

**This is nice and specific, but also broad in concept - are you looking at it socio-economically, politically, etc? I would suggest moving it towards a lens born from single parent house holds and its affects upon the educational space the child is in.**

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How do students afford college? Do they take out loans, grants, work, or paying out of pocket?
An how does this effect their school work?

**Interesting stance - what is the end goal for this research? It seems that you're looking for ideas about the stresses related to work/loans and school performance**

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Im planning on writing about How Military life affects students social, emotional, and academic growth.

**This feels like a very valuable topic - I would think we would need to define what military life is, and what aspects of the social, emotional, and academic areas you're wanting to delve into. Is the goal to support academic growth? Emotional support?**

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My topic is going to be about motivating students inside and outside of the classroom.

**Motivating students to what? Also, I'd stick with inside just because this is only a 20 page paper**

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I was thinking about making this question my main focus. How does the socioeconomics statues effect the learning of a student in a low-income home?

**There is plenty of information about this already researched. How about we point it towards what you can do to support those students? If you do, then you'd be looking into creating safe spaces in your classroom to foster student's growth**

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I want to write about child abuse, the effects it has on a student socially and academically, and how teachers can teach those students effectively

**This has too much for just a 20 page paper (I'm thinking more along the lines of 300+). What form of abuse (mental, physical, sexual)? Start there, then go backwards - what can you do as a teacher to create a space where that child can learn?**

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I'm planning on writing about how abuse and/or neglect in the home affects a student's academic performance and behavior in the classroom

**I would suggest focusing on specific forms of neglect (maybe 2 or 3). Neglect is a form of abuse, so that may be a starting place. The behavior and performance seem to be a cause/effect relationship**

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I was hoping to write about why it is important to teach/ learn about diversity and equity in primary school?

**Interesting topic - diversity/equity in what? Gender, opportunities, training, etc?**

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How can writing help a teacher solve the issue of bullying in classrooms?

**Very interesting and close to my heart. I suggest Vivian Paley, Abydos, San Antonio Writing Process, Paolo Freire (Word World) as starting points, as well as looking at the social-constructivist paradigm**

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I want to focus on foster children in the classroom: how to provide equitable education, valuable resources,
& help them thrive in this setting

**How can I create a space for foster children in my classroom where they can have equitable gains despite their struggles - might be a way to look at it. I might even suggest pushing down to children who are fostered for a specific reason (physical, mental, sexual abuse).

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My goal is to research how I can incorporate culturally relevant material in a CLD classroom more effectively as well as being able to fit that into state standards.

**This feels extremely broad. Culturally relevant material is extremely important, especially for students who are not part of the hegemonic majority. I'm not sure what a "CLD" class is - a resource type class? Perhaps looking into leveled literature? Paulo Freire's "Word World" may be a place to go for ideas on how to approach the students**

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I wanted to research why there is a misrepresentation or overrepresentation of ELL in Special Education

**I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean in your claim that ELLs are misrepresented in SpEd? Are you saying there's too many categorized as SpEd? If so, this seems like you're questioning authentic diagnosis for ELLs.**

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How can I implement play into early childhood curriculum so that my students are more engaged and supported in their learning

**Beautiful - learning through play is perfect - check out John Dewey and "constructionist" paradigm.

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I want to see was a teacher can provide a safe and learning environment in their classroom.

**This is a topic near and dear to my heart. I would suggest wording it as "how can a teacher create a safe space in the classroom that will foster learning," or something close to it. Great job**

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I wanted to examine how labels and stereotypes affect children and teachers

**We need to be more specific - what labels/stereotypes? In what context? Racial, socio-economic, sexually, sexual identity, etc?**

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How can we effectively  teach students with Down syndrome in middle school?

**I really appreciate how specific you are in your topic. I would point you to look at it as what you can do to support middle school students with down syndrome to grow their _____**

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The question that I want to explore is how do we better help students with learning disabilities and behavioral disorders without medicine?

**Which disabilities and disorders were you looking at, specifically? I appreciate the "without medicine" giving specificity. Look into "Feingold Diet" for an example.

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How the perception of black women in the U.S and how it's affecting young black girls

**I appreciate that your topic is focused down to African-American women and your desire to explore its affect on "young black girls"; We need to focus it a bit more, though. Whose perception? Which culture, which ethnicity? What do you mean by "young" and "black"? In the cultures that originated in Mexico, we have Latino/a, Hispanic, Mexicans, and more, if you delve deeper into subsets. Also, what do we mean by "affecting"? Are we talking socially, physically, emotionally? You're on a very interesting idea - let's winnow it down to specifics**