Browsing Teaching & Learning Capstone Projects by Title
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-06-15)Autism prevalence is rapidly increasing in the United States, and more and more general education teachers are finding children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) included in their classrooms. While these students ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2007-05-08)These documents set up a teacher inservice day providing information about teaching science to early childhood students. Activities, teaching methods and assessments are included in addition to a review of literature about ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)This paper details the theoretical underpinnings of the curriculum unit designed. The basic structure and components of successful service learning inform the unit, which is designed in response to features of the ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)Like all people, adolescent members of racial, linguistic, and socio-economic class minorities are in possession of norms and values from their home cultures that influence how they see and act in the world. Unlike those ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-03-01)This capstone consists of three major parts under the theme of teaching English as a second language. In the first part, philosophy of teaching, I state the theories that I’ve learned and set as the basement for my future ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-05)Single-sex instruction is increasingly popular as a means to close the standardized testing achievement gap between White and African-American students. This is especially the case in urban school districts that have ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-08-20)For young children, learning to work cooperatively with others is an important part of the learning that goes on in the classroom. Unfortunately, with increased pressure from state standards and tests, the limited time ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-03)This paper examines the social development of children with mild developmental disabilities in inclusive preschools. Since the enactment of PL 94-142, also known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)This literature review is designed to investigate the similarities and differences in Investigations in Number, Data and Space and Everyday Mathematics and to analyze the ways in which the curricula support the learner and ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-15)Reading comprehension is defined by Vellutino (2003) as “the ability to obtain meaning from written text for some purpose” (p. 51). However, individual differences in knowledge, skills, and abilities affect a student’s ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)This paper examines the neglected state of science education and the nature-deficit children are experiencing and it looks toward outdoor education as a means to heal both issues. It also focuses on the inquiry approach ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-07-15)Students come to beliefs about what mathematics is through a host of factors. One of these is through the way that they are assessed. Through summative, standardized achievement tests, students are evaluated on what it is ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-07-16)This essay seeks to examine the study abroad experience and its effects on second language acquisition. It is separated into four sections, each containing findings from research-based publications, as well as discussions ...
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Successful Practices in Culturally Responsive Educational Programming for Immigrant and ELL Parents (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)This paper identifies the need to improve the academic achievement of immigrant and ELL children, particularly those living in conditions of poverty and proposes to do so by increasing parental involvement in children’s ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021)This paper aims to explore current problems English language learners face in using hedging devices while conducting English academic writing. Through a systematic review of research works with a special focus on the use ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022-11-28)This teacher’s portfolio reflects my professional knowledge developed and the works I have done during my time at Vanderbilt University. The paper begins with my philosophy of teaching, which addresses my vision of quality ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-03-01)