Assistant Professor of Education Melissa Wells has been appointed to the National Council of Teachers of English committee. NCTE seeks to amplify the voice of educators through personal connection, collaboration, and a shared mission to improve the teaching and learning of English and language arts at all levels. [...]
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Elephant toothpaste. The giant glob of sudsy foam created in a classroom experiment gave Battlefield Elementary School student Aidan Muller a thought: “Chemistry is cool!” The whimsical tooth wash – hydrogen peroxide mixed with dish soap and a healthy dose of imagination – was part of a fall field trip Read more…
Assistant Professor of Education Melissa Wells and her students were interviewed in The Free Lance-Star, along with Callie Brown '17, Fredericksburg Parks and Recreation's Outdoor Recreation Supervisor, about the class's work on the StoryWalk project along the Rappahannock Heritage Trail.
The StoryWalk débuted on Fredericksburg’s Rappahannock River Heritage Trail last year—but Read more…
Each time Melissa Wells has taught “Literature and the Arts in Elementary Classrooms,” her students have partnered with local teachers to create children’s books to use in their classes.
That wasn’t an option after the pandemic hit, said Wells, an assistant professor in University of Mary Washington’s College of Education (COE). Read more…
Each time Melissa Wells has taught “Literature and the Arts in Elementary Classrooms,” her students have partnered with local teachers to create children’s books to use in their classes. That wasn’t an option after the pandemic hit, said Wells, an assistant professor in University of Mary Washington’s College of Education Read more…Read more about Melissa Wells.