Browsing Teaching & Learning Capstone Projects by Title
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-09-15)The evidence supporting the inclusion of children's cultures and backgrounds into the classroom and curriculum is strong, and multicultural children's literature provides the perfect means to achieve this goal. Along with ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)This capstone essay focuses on the role of motivation in the middle grades Language Arts classroom. I frame the essay through an investigation balanced on the importance of intrinsic motivation and its relationship with ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-03)Increasing Reading Motivation Through Successful Experiences: Helping English Language Learners Be Successful Readers Anastasia Erickson Vanderbilt University Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide a ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-05-19)Inquiry-oriented instruction is an instructional model that can be implemented in almost any classroom. The following will discuss learners and learning, learners and the environment, curriculum and instructional strategies, ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-09-15)Hawai'i is a culturally and ethnically diverse state, with the 2006 U.S. Census reporting the state's demographics as 40% Asian, 9.1 % Native Hawai'ian, 19.4% multiracial, 7.8% Hispanic or Latino origin, 24.7% white, and ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-07-28)Motivation is a key ingredient in the elementary classroom. When students are intrinsically motivated to learn, they learn more effectively. While some students enter the classroom with a high-degree of motivation, many ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2009-04)The integration of subjects is becoming increasingly more popular with educators, and yet rarely is the idea of linking mathematics and literacy considered. This essay delineates the benefits of integrating children's ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-05)Learning mathematics can sometimes be mundane and limited when it is taught solely through a textbook. In order to engage and reach more students, mathematics in the K-5 classroom can be supplemented with an approach through ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-07-22)By the time students reach high school, many parents do not feel equipped to assist their children with homework. However, research shows that even through high school parent involvement in homework can lead to positive ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-03-01)Many researchers emphasize the importance of interactive read-alouds in developing and teaching necessary literary skills such as comprehension strategies and vocabulary acquisition. The Commission on Reading (Anderson, ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-06-13)Despite the multitude of benefits, interactive read-alouds are being implemented less frequently and without best practices due to the current state of education, in which time and data are overpowering teachers’ ability ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-10-15)One issue that today's teachers face is figuring out ways to get students motivated about learning, especially in the area of mathematics. In the past, teachers have utilized computers with projector screens and internet ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)Linear measurement is a complex concept. In order to become proficient in linear measurement one must understand and perform numerous components. The following lessons introduce primary students to linear measurement ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014)Traditionally, adult ESL education has been dominated by rote memorization of cultural and language facts, audio-lingual drillings, and delivery of frequent daily conversations, while students’ social identities and their ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-06-15)This capstone employs research from cognitive architecture to analyze, critique, and inform a form of digital scaffolding called Immersedition. Specifically, this capstone explores the way in which Immersedition and ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018)This paper articulates the need for hands-on experiential learning for young children in traditional museum settings. Consideration of developmental stages and milestones is important when designing guided learning tools. ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)With a growing number of English Language Learners (ELLs) in school in the United States, the educational needs of this population of students are being scrutinized. Though they are a diverse group, all ELLs bring their ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021-05)This article uses a literature review from different perspectives to investigate and explore different research on late Mandarin-English bilinguals and their cross-language processing. Through reviewing different articles, ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021-04-29)The purpose of this design is to clarify a shared vision of math instruction collaboratively over the course of a school year in a secondary math department in either middle or high school. The structure roots ongoing work ...