Members of a Tusculum College composition class recently helped students in the seventh and eighth grade gifted class at Doak Elementary School learn about research. Front row from left are Candice Ottinger, an eighth grader at Doak; Ashley Rines; Kristen Buckles, an eighth grader at Doak; Noah Naseri, a Doak seventh grader; Amber Serchaud; and Devin White, a Doak seventh grader. Back row from left are Tusculum students Sarah Cartwright, Adam Strachn, Wesley Dulaney, Josh Morgan, Leanne Lietzke, Curtis Tuggle, and Matt Baker; Patrick Dalton, a Doak seventh grader; Tusculum professor Corinne Nicolas; and Tusculum student Courtney Holmes. (Photo courtesy of Doak School)
Some seventh and eighth grade students at Doak Elementary School are better prepared for the term papers and research projects they will do in high school and college thanks to a Tusculum College class.
Members of an English Composition class at Tusculum shared what they were learning in the course, which focuses on research, with students in the seventh and eighth grade gifted class at Doak. The Tusculum class was taught by Corinne Nicolas, assistant professor of English, and the Doak gifted class is taught by Linda Hensley.
The Tusculum students worked with the Doak class at the elementary school as well as in the college library. After providing basic information about conducting research, Tusculum students then pared off with the Doak students to teach them how to use the Internet and databases to conduct find information about specific topics.
With their newfound knowledge, the Doak students conducted their own research projects. Their effort culminated with a visit to the Tusculum composition class to make oral presentations of their projects to the college students.
Tusculum and Doak are Partners In Education, through the local program of Greene County Partnership. Tusculum students are a familiar site at Doak whether they are student teaching in a classroom, helping complete a service project, or visiting classrooms to teach students about a specific topic, such as Earth Day.